I’m guessing The Bourne Legacy broke even, or at least came close enough to avoid being called a bomb? $125mm budget, $275mm WW gross, probably what, $175mm-$200mm after theaters take their cut, but I suspect the ad spend was huge because I remember this one being everywhere with Jeremy Renner and the “THERE WAS NEVER JUST ONE” angle being stuffed down our throats.
In a nutshell I sum Legacy up like this: America was asked “hey, we’re soft rebooting this series that just ended 5 years ago. Can Jeremy Renner be the next Matt Damon? You loved him in The Town!” and America answered “Hell no.”
Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away’s budget was $18 million. The Campaign cost under $60 million. IM Global never released the budget of Safe. IM’s CEO Stuart Ford wrote about Safe’s box office, which was their first production: “It landed squarely in the range of what we were expecting for a Jason Statham film, and the movie’s theatrical gross will almost certainly end up in the same range as Jason’s other films, which works successfully with our business model because we are effectively eliminating exposure via the foreign marketplace on Safe and all our other titles.”
Going into release, the budget numbers were between $80 million and $100 million for Dark Shadows (http://variety.com/2012/film/news/dark-shadows-sharp-enough-for-franchise-1118053697/ ) — it wasn’t until the film disappointed that the budget started to rise and rise before every site lists a $150m budget. Village Roadshow co-financed the pic and list it as an ‘underperformer’ in their annual 2012 investor report, but if the budget was indeed so expensive on top of a massive P&A spend, it would have really put a dent in their report.
Adam says
October 12, 2018 at 2:40 pmWhere is The Pirates! Band of Misfits/In an Adventure with Scientists ($55 million budget & $31 million gross)?
Billy Bob says
August 12, 2018 at 1:47 pmI’m guessing The Bourne Legacy broke even, or at least came close enough to avoid being called a bomb? $125mm budget, $275mm WW gross, probably what, $175mm-$200mm after theaters take their cut, but I suspect the ad spend was huge because I remember this one being everywhere with Jeremy Renner and the “THERE WAS NEVER JUST ONE” angle being stuffed down our throats.
In a nutshell I sum Legacy up like this: America was asked “hey, we’re soft rebooting this series that just ended 5 years ago. Can Jeremy Renner be the next Matt Damon? You loved him in The Town!” and America answered “Hell no.”
Dylan W says
January 29, 2017 at 6:35 pmMore movies to add:
– Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away ($25m budget, $34.2m gross)
– The Man With the Iron Fists ($15m budget, $19.7m gross)
– Here Comes the Boom ($42m budget, $73.1m gross)
– Trouble With the Curve ($60m budget, $49m gross)
– ParaNorman ($60m budget, $107.1m gross)
– The Campaign ($95m budget, $104.9m gross)
– Savages ($45m budget, $83m gross)
– Dark Shadows ($150m budget, $245.5m gross)
– Safe ($30m budget, $40.3m gross)
– Haywire ($23m budget, $33.4m gross)
– Joyful Noise ($25m budget, $31.2m gross)
BoxOfficeFlops says
March 8, 2017 at 7:42 pmCirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away’s budget was $18 million.
The Campaign cost under $60 million.
IM Global never released the budget of Safe. IM’s CEO Stuart Ford wrote about Safe’s box office, which was their first production: “It landed squarely in the range of what we were expecting for a Jason Statham film, and the movie’s theatrical gross will almost certainly end up in the same range as Jason’s other films, which works successfully with our business model because we are effectively eliminating exposure via the foreign marketplace on Safe and all our other titles.”
Dylan W says
March 11, 2017 at 5:05 pmOk, but what about Trouble With the Curve? That one didn’t even make its $60 million budget back!
Roman Reigns Owns The IWC says
April 27, 2017 at 1:16 amDo films that only had a limited theatrical release count? Cause FoodFight had that.
Leo says
December 14, 2015 at 8:41 pmThe Apparition. Budget: $17 million Gross: $9.6 million
BoxOfficeFlops says
December 31, 2015 at 1:43 pmadded.
Tyler says
November 22, 2015 at 10:48 amDark Shadows? Budget: $150 million(?) Gross: $240 million
BoxOfficeFlops says
November 22, 2015 at 4:03 pmGoing into release, the budget numbers were between $80 million and $100 million for Dark Shadows (http://variety.com/2012/film/news/dark-shadows-sharp-enough-for-franchise-1118053697/ ) — it wasn’t until the film disappointed that the budget started to rise and rise before every site lists a $150m budget. Village Roadshow co-financed the pic and list it as an ‘underperformer’ in their annual 2012 investor report, but if the budget was indeed so expensive on top of a massive P&A spend, it would have really put a dent in their report.