Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

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'3000 Miles to Graceland' (2001) -

Budget: US$62 million.

Box office: US$15.7 million.

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'The 13th Warrior' (1999) -

Budget: US$160 million.

Box office: US$61 million.

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'Stealth' (2005) -

Budget: US$135 million.

Box office: US$76.9 million.

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'Pluto Nash' (2002) -

Budget: US$120 million.

Box office: US$7 million.

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'Sahara' (2005) -

Budget: US$240 million.

Box office: US$119 million.

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'The Adventures of Baron Munchausen' (1988) -

Budget: US$32 million.

Box office: US$8 million.

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'One from the Heart' (1982) -

Budget: US$26 million.

Box office: US$1 million.

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'Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within' (2001) -

Budget: US$137 million.

Box office: US$85 million.

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'Speed Racer' (2008) -

Budget: US$120 million.

Box office: US$93 million.

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'47 Ronin' (2013) -

Budget: US$170 million.

Box office: US$147.6 million.

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'Cutthroat Island' (1995) -

Budget: US$110 million.

Box office: US$11 million.

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'Ishtar' (1987) -

Budget: US$55 million.

Box office: US$7.7 million.

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'Town & Country' (2001) -

Budget: US$90 million.

Box office: US$10 million.

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'Monkeybone' (2001) -

Budget: US$75 million.

Box office: US$5.4 million

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'The Alamo' (2004) -

Budget: US$145 million.

Box office: US$25 million.

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'Once Upon a Time in America' (1984) -

Budget: US$30 million.

Box office: US$2.5 million.

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'Mars Needs Moms' (2011) -

Budget: US$175 million.

Box office: US$38 million.

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'John Carter' (2012) -

Budget: US$300 million.

Box office: US$282 million.

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'Jack the Giant Slayer' (2013) -

Budget: US$195 million.

Box office: US$197.6 million.

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'Raise the Titanic' (1980) -

Budget: US$36 million.

Box office: US$7 million.

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'Heaven's Gate' (1980) -

Budget: US$44 million.

Box office: US$3 million.

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'Revolution' (1985) -

Budget: US$28 million.

Box office: US$1 million.

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'Pirates' (1986) -

Budget: US$31 million.

Box office: US$1 million.

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'The Postman' (1997) -

Budget: US$80 million.

Box office: US$17 million.

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'Evan Almighty' (2007) -

Budget: US$175 million.

Box office: US$173.4 million.

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'R.I.P.D.' (2013) -

Budget: US$130 million.

Box office: US$80 million.

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'Lion of the Desert' (1981) -

Budget: US$31 million.

Box office: US$1.5 million.

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'Green Lantern' (2011) -

Budget: US$200 million.

Promotional expenses: US$100 million.

Box office: US$219.8 million.

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'The Lone Ranger' (2013) -

Budget: US$250 million.

Promotional expenses: US$175 million.

Box office: US$260 million.

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'Jupiter Ascending' (2015) -

Budget: US$176 million.

Promotional expenses: US$100 million.

Box office: US$184 million.

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Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

These films had a huge budget, but didn't deliver at the box office

Expensive flops: the 30 biggest failures in cinema

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MOVIES Box office

Big budgets do not necessarily mean good films. Pleasing the critics and the public is a difficult job, which requires a good director, cast, script, and a little bit of luck as well. Even the best actors and directors have had a few failures during their careers. Sometimes it doesn't matter how much funding a film has, it still ends up being a bust anyway. Check out the big budget films that ended up being box office disasters!

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