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Added by Nebula on 19 Jul 2009 05:37
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People who added this item 16 Average listal rating (9 ratings) 2.7 IMDB Rating 4.2
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 355 Average listal rating (247 ratings) 3.5 IMDB Rating 3.9
Budget: $100 million
Worldwilde Gross: $7 million
LOSS: 93%
Ouch.
People who added this item 160 Average listal rating (108 ratings) 5.1 IMDB Rating 6.1
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 887 Average listal rating (605 ratings) 6.3 IMDB Rating 6.6
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 53 Average listal rating (35 ratings) 4.7 IMDB Rating 4.5
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 $35โ€“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 489 Average listal rating (332 ratings) 4.9 IMDB Rating 5.1
Stealth (2005)
Budget: $138 million
Worldwide Gross: under $77 million
LOSS: 44%
People who added this item 342 Average listal rating (232 ratings) 5.6 IMDB Rating 6.1
Soldier (1998)
Budget: $75 million
Worldwide Gross: $15 million
LOSS: 80%
People who added this item 1331 Average listal rating (883 ratings) 5.7 IMDB Rating 6.4
Budget: $137 million
Worldwide Gross: $85 million
LOSS: 38%
People who added this item 342 Average listal rating (245 ratings) 2.9 IMDB Rating 2.6
Budget: $54 million
Worldwide Gross: $7 million
LOSS:87%

haha
People who added this item 313 Average listal rating (158 ratings) 5.9 IMDB Rating 6.1
Budget: $55 million
Worldwide Gross: $9.5 million
LOSS: 82.7%
People who added this item 414 Average listal rating (309 ratings) 2.9 IMDB Rating 2.5
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 183 Average listal rating (127 ratings) 4.6 IMDB Rating 4.2
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 1227 Average listal rating (780 ratings) 5.3 IMDB Rating 5.9
Budget: $110 million
Worldwide Gross: $72 million
LOSS: 34.5%
People who added this item 782 Average listal rating (510 ratings) 6.2 IMDB Rating 6.6
Titan A.E. (2000)
Budget: $75 million
Worldwide Gross: $37 million
LOSS: 50.7%
People who added this item 380 Average listal rating (257 ratings) 4.4 IMDB Rating 4.4
Budget: $70 million
Worldwide Gross: over $35 million (under $6 million in the US)
LOSS: 50%
People who added this item 900 Average listal rating (601 ratings) 5.6 IMDB Rating 6
Speed Racer (2008)
Budget: $120 million
Worldwide Gross: $93 million
LOSS: 22.5%
People who added this item 354 Average listal rating (188 ratings) 5.6 IMDB Rating 6
Budget: $32 million
Worldwide Gross: under $6 million
LOSS: 81%
People who added this item 580 Average listal rating (389 ratings) 5.8 IMDB Rating 6.1
Budget: over $100 million
Worldwide Gross: $77 million
LOSS: 23%
People who added this item 539 Average listal rating (308 ratings) 6.8 IMDB Rating 6.9
Bully (2001)
Budget: $21 million
Worldwide Gross: ~ $1 million
LOSS: 95%
People who added this item 1791 Average listal rating (1234 ratings) 3.8 IMDB Rating 3.3
Catwoman (2004)
Budget: $100 million
Worldwide Gross: $82 million
LOSS: 18%
People who added this item 337 Average listal rating (181 ratings) 6.6 IMDB Rating 6.8
Budget: $10 million
Worldwide Gross: $2 million
LOSS: 80%
People who added this item 473 Average listal rating (308 ratings) 4.6 IMDB Rating 5.1
Meet Dave (2008)
Budget: $55 million
US Gross: under $12 million
Worldwide Gross: $50 million
LOSS: 9%
People who added this item 399 Average listal rating (302 ratings) 5 IMDB Rating 5.7
Budget: over $90 million (also read it cost $115 million)
US Gross: $10 million
LOSS [US]: $80 million+
People who added this item 505 Average listal rating (332 ratings) 5.5 IMDB Rating 6.1
The Postman (1997)
Budget: $80 million
US Gross: $18 million
LOSS [US]: $62 million
People who added this item 915 Average listal rating (511 ratings) 6.7 IMDB Rating 6.9
Lolita (1997)
Budget: $55 million
US Gross: $1 million
LOSS [US]: $54 million
People who added this item 569 Average listal rating (413 ratings) 5.6 IMDB Rating 5.7
Hudson Hawk (1991)
Budget: $65 million
US Gross: $17 million
LOSS [US]: $48 million
People who added this item 104 Average listal rating (60 ratings) 4.4 IMDB Rating 4.4
Ishtar (1987)
Budget: $55 million
US Gross: $14 million
LOSS [US]: $41 million
People who added this item 215 Average listal rating (115 ratings) 6.4 IMDB Rating 6.7
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

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 15 Average listal rating (7 ratings) 2.4 IMDB Rating 2.8
Inchon (1981)
Budget: over $40 million
US Gross: $5 million
LOSS [US]: $35 million+
People who added this item 114 Average listal rating (62 ratings) 6.4 IMDB Rating 6.5
Budget: $26 million
US Gross: under $637,000
LOSS [US]: $25.3 million
People who added this item 73 Average listal rating (47 ratings) 4.2 IMDB Rating 3.2
Budget: $17 million
US Gross: $2 million
LOSS [US]: $15 million
People who added this item 2756 Average listal rating (1593 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 7.8
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 45 Average listal rating (33 ratings) 2.1 IMDB Rating 2.2
Budget: allegedly embarrassingly high
US Gross: $4 million

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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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