2015 Box Office Flops
Remaining Movies to be added: Wild Card | Joy
Accidental LoveBudget: $26 million
Financed by: Capital Films; Comerica Bank
Domestic Box Office: $4,500
Overseas Box Office: $135,436
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AlohaBudget: $37 million
Financed by: Sony; New Regency; RatPac; LStar Capital
Domestic Box Office: $21,067,116
Overseas Box Office: $5,182,904
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American UltraBudget: $28 million
Financed by: PalmStar Media; Merced Media Partners
Domestic Box Office: $14,440,985
Overseas Box Office: $12,698,539
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BlackhatBudget: $70 million
Financed by: Legendary
Domestic Box Office: $8,005,980
Overseas Box Office: $11,659,879
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BurntBudget: $32.7 million
Financed by: The Weinstein Company
Domestic Box Office: $13,651,946
Overseas Box Office: $22,954,797
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Child 44Budget: $50 million
Financed by: Summit; Worldview Entertainment; Hunan
Domestic Box Office: $1,224,330
Overseas Box Office: $11,726,763
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ConcussionBudget: $35 million
Financed by: Sony; Village Roadshow; LStar Capital
Domestic Box Office: $34,531,832
Overseas Box Office: $14,128,611
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Crimson PeakBudget: $55 million
Financed by: Legendary
Domestic Box Office: $31,090,320
Overseas Box Office: $44,217,327
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EntourageBudget: $33.3 million
Financed by: Warner Bros; Rat-Pac Dune
Domestic Box Office: $32,363,404
Overseas Box Office: $16,900,000
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Fantastic FourBudget: $124.5 million
Financed by: FOX; TSG Entertainment
Domestic Box Office: $56,117,548
Overseas Box Office: $111,860,048
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Grace of MonacoBudget: $35 million
Financed by: YRF Entertainment; Stone Angels; uMedia; Silver Reel; Canal+; TF1; Lucky Red; Od Shots
Domestic Box Office: $0
Overseas Box Office: $26,576,000
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Hot PursuitBudget: $35 million
Financed by: MGM; Warner Bros (New Line); Rat-Pac
Domestic Box Office: $34,580,201
Overseas Box Office: $17,100,000
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In The Heart Of The SeaBudget: $100 million
Financed by: Warner Bros; Village Roadshow
Domestic Box Office: $25,020,758
Overseas Box Office: $68,800,000
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Jupiter AscendingBudget: $179 million
Financed by: Warner Bros; Village Roadshow; RatPac Dune
Domestic Box Office: $47,387,723
Overseas Box Office: $136,500,000
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Little BoyBudget: $24 million
Financed by: N/A
Domestic Box Office: $6,485,961
Overseas Box Office: $10,933,000
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MortdecaiBudget: $60 million
Financed by: Lionsgate; Oddlot Entertainment
Domestic Box Office: $7,696,134
Overseas Box Office: $39,579,561
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My All AmericanBudget: $27.6 million
Financed by: Bud Brigham (Anthem Productions)
Domestic Box Office: $2,246,000
Overseas Box Office: $0
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Our Brand Is CrisisBudget: $28 million
Financed by: Warner Bros; Participant Media; RatPac-Dune
Domestic Box Office: $7,002,261
Overseas Box Office: $1,590,171
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PanBudget: $150 million
Financed by: Warner Bros; RatPac Dune
Domestic Box Office: $35,088,320
Overseas Box Office: $93,300,000
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Point BreakBudget: $105 million
Financed by: Alcon Entertainment; DMG; German Federal Film Fund
Domestic Box Office: $28,782,481
Overseas Box Office: $104,936,230
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Run All NightBudget: $50,530,582
Financed by: Warner Bros; RatPac Dune
Domestic Box Office: $26,461,644
Overseas Box Office: $45,130,000
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Self/LessBudget: $26 million
Financed by: Endgame Entertainment; FilmDistrict
Domestic Box Office: $12,279,691
Overseas Box Office: $18,243,535
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SerenaBudget: $30 million
Financed by: 2929 Entertainment; StudioCanal
Domestic Box Office: $176,391
Overseas Box Office: $4,899,231
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Seventh SonBudget: $95 million
Financed by: Legendary; China Film Co.
Domestic Box Office: $17,223,265
Overseas Box Office: $96,955,348
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ShanghaiBudget: $50 million
Financed by: The Weinstein Company
Domestic Box Office: $46,425
Overseas Box Office: $15,255,668
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Steve JobsBudget: $30 million
Financed by: Universal; Legendary
Domestic Box Office: $17,766,658
Overseas Box Office: $17,752,817
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Strange MagicBudget: N/A
Financed by: LucasFilms
Domestic Box Office: $12,059,388
Overseas Box Office: $1,173,870
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The 33Budget: $26 million
Financed by: Phoenix Pictures
Domestic Box Office: $12,227,722
Overseas Box Office: $15,863,174
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The Good DinosaurBudget: $200 million
Financed by: Disney
Domestic Box Office: $123,087,120
Overseas Box Office: $209,120,551
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The GunmanBudget: $40 million
Financed by: StudioCanal; Anton Capital Entertainment; ICAA; ICEC
Domestic Box Office: $10,664,749
Overseas Box Office: $13,512,388
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The Last Witch HunterBudget: $80 million
Financed by: Lionsgate
Domestic Box Office: $27,367,660
Overseas Box Office: $119,569,250
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The LoversBudget: $35 million
Financed by: Corsan
Domestic Box Office: $0
Overseas Box Office: $53,899
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The Man From U.N.C.L.E.Budget: $84 million
Financed by: Warner Bros; RatPac
Domestic Box Office: $45,445,109
Overseas Box Office: $64,400,000
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The WalkBudget: $35 million
Financed by: Sony; LStar Capital
Domestic Box Office: $10,137,502
Overseas Box Office: $51,044,440
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TomorrowlandBudget: $190 million
Financed by: Disney
Domestic Box Office: $93,436,322
Overseas Box Office: $115,718,000
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Unfinished BusinessBudget: $35 million
Financed by: New Regency
Domestic Box Office: $10,219,501
Overseas Box Office: $4,211,752
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United PassionsBudget: $26.1 million
Financed by: Fifa
Domestic Box Office: $918
Overseas Box Office: $178,639
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By The Sea should be included, one of the more ironic films for this list, as Brangelina’s marriage fell apart not that long after their movie about a marriage falling apart fell apart at the box office.
I hope it’s fine to request box office bombs for films years ago, but I think Wild Card by Simon West and starring Jason Statham should be added. On a budget of $30M, the film only made around $6,741,964 worldwide (https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&adjust_mo=&adjust_yr=2015&id=wildcard.htm), as well as $3,412,149 from DVD and Blu-Ray Sales (https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Wild-Card#tab=summary). Hope this helps.
Anything you find that we passed over, please let us know. Will add Wild Card. Thanks!
Did you forget “Grace of Monaco”???
Indeed it was forgotten. Will be posted soon. Thanks Mike.
I think ”Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip” deserves to be on this list. It cost about 90-100 million dollars to make(and about 25 million dollars to market), and while it made a respectable 235 million dollars worldwide, it bombed because of having to compete with ”Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, (WHICH MADE MORE THAN THAT ON IT’S OPENING WEEKEND, IN THE USA, AND BECAME THE FIRST MOVIE EVER TO MAKE MORE THAN 900 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE USA, AND THE THIRD MOVIE EVER TO MAKE MORE THAN 2 BILLION DOLLARS!), horrible reviews(which have never affected the other 3 films, because they all did well in the box office, unlike this), and the fact it needed to make 300 million dollars to break even, which it did not achieve. I think it should be on this list.
Oh, come on, someone put it on there…
Someone nice took Pixels off the list because Wreck-It Ralph is a very bad film, and the one I said is Q*Bert’s very own movie.
I’m glad someone decided to take ”Pixels” on this list. Sure, you can say all you want about that film(because I SURE DID!), but at least it made 245 million dollars on a fairly huge budget of 125 million dollars, which is at least okay. Sure, it was disappointing for Sony, but at least they made an okay profit. And by the way, ”Wreck-It Ralph” is a great film, just what are you thinking?
I mean off.
Would Chi-Raq work?
Didn’t cost much and was released by Amazon on Amazon just a few weeks after it had a limited run — which was intended only for award consideration. It was also a freebee for Prime users. It received critical acclaim and was used by Amazon to attract more subscribers — no different than any number of Netflix movies.
More movies to add:
– Joy ($60m budget, $101.1m gross)
– Black Mass ($53m budget, $99.8m gross)
– Entourage ($30m budget, $49.3m gross)
What about the Entourage movie?
By the Sea and Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse.
Has anyone added “Terminator: Genisys” to the list?? It cost $155 million to make, and another $100 million to release.
It still made $440 million worldwide – not exactly a flop, but a pretty big disappointment nonetheless.
It’s not a disappointment. Yeah, the film didn’t do well in the USA, but 440 million dollars on a film that cost 155 million dollars to make? THAT’S A LOT MORE THAN THE BREAK EVEN POINT! This film needed to make at least 400 million dollars to break even, and that was what happened! It still did very good in the box office!
Well, I take a little bit back from what I said last year. Without marketing costs, this was considered a box office success. WITH marketing costs, though(just like everyone else mentioned), and it was a MAJOR disappointment for Paramount. At least they had “Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation” that year. That was just the start of what was to come for Paramount, with an abysmal 2016 and a terrible 2017. 2018 was a MUCH better year for Paramount. Sure, they had their flops(“Sherlock Gnomes” and “Action Point”, anyone?), but “A Quiet Place” got stellar reviews from critics and made more than 330 million dollars(with almost 190 million dollars coming from the USA)on a small 17 million dollar budget, “Book Club” did decent enough at the box office with almost 70 million dollars, and “Mission: Impossible-Fallout” is off to a strong start with stellar reviews from critics(92 percent Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and 85 percent on Metacritic) and is expected to have a good enough 50-60 million dollar opening weekend in the USA once it comes out in 2 weeks. Not to mention that I actually have high hopes for “Bumblebee” as well, which is really special because of my huge hatred for the “Transformers”(or “Bayformers”, which I like to call it)film series. I hope that Paramount will keep their strong streak up.
And the new “Terminator” film coming out next year SHOULD be good no matter what! Keep it R rated and none of the PG-13 nonsense that “Salvation” and “Genisys” suffered from! Helps that Tim “Deadpool” Miller is directing it!
I think you can add Steve Jobs right about now.
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What about Will Smith’s films this year? Especiallly Concussion
Concussion has its overseas rollout through April. Just waiting for its final cume. Focus made $160m on a $50m budget.
You should also get Joy ready. $60 million production budget plus marketing costs.
You probably should get Point Break (2015) ready – $105 million production budget + marketing costs
It’s definitely toast in the US. It’s overseas rollout goes through the end of Feb. Lets see how it does.
Well, Point Break has now ended its domestic run with around $28 million. Add in around $100 million overseas…I think it’s time that this unnecessary remake places on this list.
I think you are right! I’ll get it posted soon.
Make sure to include In the Heart of the Sea.
It’s on the front page
Leading up to its release on Blu-ray on July 28, there’s also The Water Diviner. Budget: $22.5 million. Gross is $15 million worldwide.
Box Office Mojo and the other numbers sites have incomplete data on The Water Diviner. Mojo has the total foreign gross as $11.3m and yet lists the successful Australia gross as $12.2m. Of the posted numbers, the film pulled in about $30m and it did receive a theatrical release in almost every market, despite the numbers not being posted. I don’t know what the final worldwide numbers are, but its well over $30m.
You missed The Gunman because that film flopped earlier this year too. Budget was $40 million, total gross was only about $11 million.
Thanks for the reminder! I was going to wait until its overseas run finished before doing a write-up, but it came and went so quickly that I wouldn’t have even noticed it until its home video release.