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People who added this item 12  Average listal rating (8 ratings) 3.1  IMDB Rating 4.5 
1. Zyzzyx Rd (2006)
Budget: $2 million
US Gross: $30, no, worse, $20 dollars (Yes, yes, that's right)
Worldwide: $368.000

To satisfy a Screen Actors Guild's requirement, the director screened the flick in a Texas theater for a week where it earned a mere 30 bucks. And actually they had to return 1/3 of the gross, as 2 of the 6 paying ticket-goers were also crew members.

Zyzzyx Road was shown once a day for six days in Dallas at a movie theater rented by the producers for $1,000. The limited release was deliberate: Grillo was uninterested in releasing the film domestically until after it underwent foreign distribution, but needed to fulfill the U.S. release obligation required by the SAG. The 'strategy' made the film the lowest grossing film of all time, earning just $30.
The film was then released in 23 countries and earned just about $368,000.

People who added this item 278  Average listal rating (196 ratings) 3.5  IMDB Rating 3.6 
2. The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
Budget: $100 million
Worldwilde Gross: $7 million
LOSS: 93%
Ouch.

People who added this item 116  Average listal rating (74 ratings) 5  IMDB Rating 5.9 
3. The Alamo (2004)
Budget: $95 million, cost over $140 million? ~ $107 million
Worldwide Gross: $25 million
LOSS: 76,6%-82%

People who added this item 695  Average listal rating (485 ratings) 6.3  IMDB Rating 6.4 
4. The 13th Warrior (1999)
Budget: originally around $85 million, reportedly quickly soared to more than $110 reaching $125, rumoured total costs got to $160 million
Worldwide Gross: $61 million
LOSS: 51%-62%

People who added this item 46  Average listal rating (30 ratings) 4.2  IMDB Rating 4.3 
5. Town & Country (2001)
Budget: $90 ($105*) million, doubling the original $44
Worldwide Gross: $10 million
LOSS: 89%

'Considering that typically half of the gross box-office receipts go to the exhibitors and half to the filmmakers, Town & Country lost the studio at least $100 million, and probably much more if costs for distribution and marketing are considered, which average around $35–50 million for a studio picture such as this. The studio, having already spent in excess of $90 million, backed a very limited distribution and marketing campaign in the $15-20 million range, bringing the total cost to *$105-110 million.

People who added this item 394  Average listal rating (259 ratings) 4.7  IMDB Rating 4.9 
6. Stealth (2005)
Budget: $138 million
Worldwide Gross: under $77 million
LOSS: 44%

People who added this item 247  Average listal rating (169 ratings) 5.6  IMDB Rating 5.8 
7. Soldier (1998)
Budget: $75 million
Worldwide Gross: $15 million
LOSS: 80%

People who added this item 1118  Average listal rating (761 ratings) 5.7  IMDB Rating 6.4 
8. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
Budget: $137 million
Worldwide Gross: $85 million
LOSS: 38%

People who added this item 262  Average listal rating (180 ratings) 2.8  IMDB Rating
9. Gigli (2003)
Budget: $54 million
Worldwide Gross: $7 million
LOSS:87%

haha

People who added this item 277  Average listal rating (130 ratings) 6  IMDB Rating
10. All the King's Men (2006)
Budget: $55 million
Worldwide Gross: $9.5 million
LOSS: 82.7%

People who added this item 305  Average listal rating (225 ratings) 3  IMDB Rating
11. Battlefield Earth (2000)
Budget: $75 million
Worldwilde Gross: $30 million
LOSS: 60%

$29,725,663 worldwide, falling well short of its $75 million production budget and $20 million in estimated marketing costs.

People who added this item 134  Average listal rating (89 ratings) 4.6  IMDB Rating 4.1 
12. A Sound of Thunder (2005)
Budget: $52 million (other site said 80 million)
Worldwide Gross: under $8 million (the other site said little over 6 million)
LOSS: 84.6%-92.5%

People who added this item 991  Average listal rating (630 ratings) 5.2  IMDB Rating 5.7 
13. Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
Budget: $110 million
Worldwide Gross: $72 million
LOSS: 34.5%

People who added this item 635  Average listal rating (406 ratings) 6.2  IMDB Rating 6.5 
14. Titan A.E. (2000)
Budget: $75 million
Worldwide Gross: $37 million
LOSS: 50.7%

People who added this item 283  Average listal rating (202 ratings) 4.3  IMDB Rating
15. Basic Instinct 2 (2006)
Budget: $70 million
Worldwide Gross: over $35 million (under $6 million in the US)
LOSS: 50%

People who added this item 664  Average listal rating (430 ratings) 5.7  IMDB Rating
16. Speed Racer (2008)
Budget: $120 million
Worldwide Gross: $93 million
LOSS: 22.5%

People who added this item 301  Average listal rating (152 ratings) 5.6  IMDB Rating 6.1 
17. The Good German (2006)
Budget: $32 million
Worldwide Gross: under $6 million
LOSS: 81%

People who added this item 465  Average listal rating (315 ratings) 5.7  IMDB Rating 5.9 
18. Windtalkers (2002)
Budget: over $100 million
Worldwide Gross: $77 million
LOSS: 23%

People who added this item 400  Average listal rating (224 ratings) 6.8  IMDB Rating
19. Bully (2001)
Budget: $21 million
Worldwide Gross: ~ $1 million
LOSS: 95%

People who added this item 1358  Average listal rating (932 ratings) 3.7  IMDB Rating 3.2 
20. Catwoman (2004)
Budget: $100 million
Worldwide Gross: $82 million
LOSS: 18%

People who added this item 295  Average listal rating (148 ratings) 6.7  IMDB Rating 6.9 
21. The Air I Breathe (2007)
Budget: $10 million
Worldwide Gross: $2 million
LOSS: 80%

People who added this item 334  Average listal rating (211 ratings) 4.8  IMDB Rating 4.8 
22. Meet Dave (2008)
Budget: $55 million
US Gross: under $12 million
Worldwide Gross: $50 million
LOSS: 9%

People who added this item 311  Average listal rating (240 ratings) 4.9  IMDB Rating 5.4 
23. Cutthroat Island (1995)
Budget: over $90 million (also read it cost $115 million)
US Gross: $10 million
LOSS [US]: $80 million+

People who added this item 395  Average listal rating (267 ratings) 5.5  IMDB Rating 5.7 
24. The Postman (1997)
Budget: $80 million
US Gross: $18 million
LOSS [US]: $62 million

People who added this item 665  Average listal rating (366 ratings) 6.7  IMDB Rating 6.7 
25. Lolita (1997)
Budget: $55 million
US Gross: $1 million
LOSS [US]: $54 million

People who added this item 473  Average listal rating (335 ratings) 5.5  IMDB Rating 5.5 
26. Hudson Hawk (1991)
Budget: $65 million
US Gross: $17 million
LOSS [US]: $48 million

People who added this item 73  Average listal rating (34 ratings) 3.8  IMDB Rating 3.9 
27. Ishtar (1987)
Budget: $55 million
US Gross: $14 million
LOSS [US]: $41 million

People who added this item 125  Average listal rating (61 ratings) 6  IMDB Rating 6.6 
28. Heaven's Gate (1980)
Budget: it was under $12 million, but ended up costing much more, around $40 million
US Gross: $3.5 million
LOSS [US]: $37 million


People who added this item 597  Average listal rating (350 ratings) 6.8  IMDB Rating
29. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
Budget: $23.5 million, actually costing over $46 million (although Gilliam has stated it wasn't that much)
US Gross: $8 million
LOSS [US]: $38 million-

People who added this item 10  Average listal rating (3 ratings) 3.7  IMDB Rating 2.8 
30. Inchon (1981)
Budget: over $40 million
US Gross: $5 million
LOSS [US]: $35 million+

People who added this item 62  Average listal rating (29 ratings) 7  IMDB Rating 6.4 
31. One from the Heart (1982)
Budget: $26 million
US Gross: under $637,000
LOSS [US]: $25.3 million

People who added this item 57  Average listal rating (32 ratings) 3.9  IMDB Rating 2.8 
32. Shanghai Surprise (1986)
Budget: $17 million
US Gross: $2 million
LOSS [US]: $15 million

People who added this item 2295  Average listal rating (1270 ratings) 7.6  IMDB Rating
33. Ed Wood (1994)
Budget: $18 million
US Gross: under $6 million
LOSS [US]: $12 million
Does anyone know the worldwide gross??!

People who added this item 27  Average listal rating (18 ratings) 2.2  IMDB Rating
34. Leonard Part 6 (1987)
Budget: allegedly embarrassingly high
US Gross: $4 million



LIST OF FILMS THAT CAUSED A GREAT LOSS OF MONEY
They are financial flops, box-office bombs, it doesn't mean they suck; so here you might find some good ones, and plenty of crappy ones.
Marketing costs are usually not included; figures are aproximate; inflation not considered; ordered somewhat by $ lost.

There are some others that are often referred as such, but I found their worldwide gross and confirmed that it surpassed the costs, so obviously they didn't get a spot in the list - So don't bother mentioning Waterworld, Cleopatra, Howard the Duck and the like.
There are some famous US box-office flops, however, of which I could only find the US grossing, and they got to be listed below.

If you remember any other big one, or know the worldwide gross of the ones I only wrote the US gross, tip away.

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Posted: 2 years, 11 months ago at Jul 10 6:04
This is a humdinger:
http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=motherhood.htm

It made £88 on its opening weekend....

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