Box-Office Bombs You Like

[Trevor]

I have a slight liking for Uncle Uwe Boll's ALONE IN THE DARK.

[lester1/2jr]

"O" was pretty good. with Julia Stiles

[Rev. Powell]

The Suicide Squad- the sequel/reboot from 2021. It was enjoyable.

I liked it too. I don't know that I would call it a bomb, it made $168.7 million at the box office (on a $185 million budget). After you add in streaming and physical media revenue it probably came close to breaking even.

Sounds like a bomb to me.     If it were my money, I'd be disappointed.  After all, George Lucas is worth 7 billion... 

I guess it was a bomb. The ratio of budget/receipts is 85%, which is better than some of the real flops. According to the wikipedia list, some of the films whose receipts > budgets are still considered bombs. Due to Hollywood accounting, it's impossible to know how much money a picture really made or lost.

[M.10rda]

Due to Hollywood accounting, it's impossible to know how much money a picture really made or lost.

Yeah, this. I started paying attention to box office grosses as well as budgets waaaaaay back in the 80s when USA Today used to run a weekly feature on them. I'm no kind of expert as we've discussed before but I'm pretty sure that back in the 80s and for a while thereafter studios wouldn't include advertising as part of the production budget, and so when there were discussions about profitability they primarily focused on whether the film made more money in receipts than it cost to produce. Today it's a different story and apparently we have films like ANT-MAN 3 which by some math maybe broke even or came close and by other math lost dozens upon dozens of millions of dollars. I don't actually give a poop one way or another except that I recognize that profit/loss assessment will determine whether we get another ANT-MAN or another SUICIDE SQUAD. However much money it made or lost, ANT-MAN 3 was mediocre. Although I'm disappointed THE SUICIDE SQUAD '21 didn't make more money, there's no real logic in my head that allows it to get classified as "a bomb". Maybe DA' Bomb, but not "a" bomb. It exists and I'm happy for that.

[zombie no.one]

JACK FROST was original enough but not my cuppa tea. budget $40m ?! I got strong 'regional horror' vibes from it...

oops... apparently I'm thinking of the 97 horror, this is actually a 98 family / kids film starring Michael Keaton. budget '$40 - $85 million'

I guess the fact that I've never heard of this one yet I knew the trashy 97 one means my badmovie stripes are intact right?

[Rev. Powell]

Good listicle on the subject, focusing on newer films: https://variety.com/lists/best-box-office-flops/warrior/

I agree with most of these choices. Assuming KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON is a flop, it's one of the better ones.

I really liked/loved BEAU IS AFRAID, TAR, ANNIHILATION, BLADE RUNNER 2049, UNDER THE SKIN, THE MASTER, INHERENT VICE, and FIGHT CLUB.

I liked DUMB MONEY, THE FABELMANS, IN THE HEIGHTS, THE SUICIDE SQUAD, AD ASTRA, HUGO, and the WEST SIDE STORY remake;.

I at least respected ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET, WOMEN TALKING, and STEVE JOBS.

BROS deserved to flop, though.

[M.10rda]

Wow, FIGHT CLUB. Yeah, come to think of it, not a box office success. Surely it's crawled its way into the black over the past 25 years.......?

THE BIG LEBOWSKI seems like a similar long-term success... I remember reports of it being a bomb after opening weekend (grossing only a third of its tiny $15 million budget). Google sez it went on to gross $55 million worldwide. With TV/DVD/blu-ray/streaming/etc I have to think it's still a nice, modest but regular royalty check in the mailboxes of Dude, Walter, and the Coens...

[Zapranoth]

I like Jupiter Ascending.  Wow it is expensive hot garbage, but I can't help myself.

[Doggett]

Madam Web

Didn't love it.
But liked it... enough.

Having a mentor as a lead instead of the punchy hero is a great idea. Following a Giles rather than a Buffy.

But, y'know, the people she's mentoring needs to have more personality than owns a skateboard. Is rich. Is poor.

[ER]

^ Good to see you here. It's been forever.

[Rev. Powell]

Dogget stays away for 7 years.

Comes back to praise "Madame Web."

Now that's a bad movie fan!

[WingedSerpent]

I like Jupiter Ascending.  Wow it is expensive hot garbage, but I can't help myself.

I really liked Jupiter Ascending myself.  Or at least I've come to appreciate it more for trying to be its own thing.

[Ticonderoga 64]

The Spirit(2008)
The Wolfman(2010)
Alien vs Predator: Requiem(2006)

[RCMerchant]

I liked the most recent DEATH RACE movie.

[javakoala]

Madam Web

Didn't love it.
But liked it... enough.

Having a mentor as a lead instead of the punchy hero is a great idea. Following a Giles rather than a Buffy.

But, y'know, the people she's mentoring needs to have more personality than owns a skateboard. Is rich. Is poor.

Don't care what the fools here think of me, it is good to see you, Doggett. Live Long & Prosper!