History BoxOfficeBomb / EThroughF

* ''Film/{{The Flash|2023}}'' (2023) - Budget, $200-220 million. Box office, $107.8 million (domestic), $267.5 million (worldwide). After spending roughly a decade in DevelopmentHell as Warner's Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse took shape and COVID-19 shook up the film industry, this effort to finally bring the iconic DC Comics character to the big screen faced even greater challenges after filming wrapped. Creator/EzraMiller became the center of numerous legal controversies that made it impossible for the film's [[ActingForTwo lead and co-lead]] to do any promotion for the movie and cost WB many product endorsements that typically help offset costs. Ads were forced to focus on the film's multiverse concept (particularly the return of Creator/MichaelKeaton to the role of Batman for the first time since ''Film/BatmanReturns'' three decades prior) and the film's intended role in rebooting the entire DC franchise, which hadn't had a real box office success since before the pandemic. All this combined with other issues -- the WGA strike, chaos at WB after its merger with Discovery (including the scrapping of a nearly completed ''Batgirl'' movie that would have included Keaton for a tax write-off), and mixed-to-negative reviews of the movie's story, [[UncertainAudience confused tone]], and visual effects -- led to a disaster at the box office, with a poor opening, near-record week-to-week dropoffs, and ending at an estimated $200 million loss, putting it next to the likes of ''Film/TheLoneRanger2013'' and ''Film/JohnCarter'' as one of the biggest flops of all time. Some have speculated that WB would have lost less money had they decided to scrap ''The Flash'' entirely as they had with ''Batgirl''.

%% * ''Film/{{The Flash|2023}}'' (2023) - Budget, $200-220 million. Box office, $107.8 million (domestic), $267 million (worldwide). After spending roughly a decade in DevelopmentHell as Warner's Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse took shape and COVID-19 shook up the film industry, this effort to finally bring the iconic DC Comics character to the big screen faced even greater challenges after filming wrapped. Creator/EzraMiller became the center of numerous legal controversies that made it impossible for the film's [[ActingForTwo lead and co-lead]] to do any promotion for the movie and cost WB many product endorsements that typically help offset costs. Ads were forced to focus on the film's multiverse concept (particularly the return of Creator/MichaelKeaton to the role of Batman for the first time since ''Film/BatmanReturns'' three decades prior) and the film's intended role in rebooting the entire DC franchise, which hadn't had a real box office success since before the pandemic. All this combined with other issues--the WGA strike, chaos at WB after its merger with Discovery (including the scrapping of a nearly completed ''Batgirl'' movie that would have included Keaton for a tax write-off), and some mixed reviews of the movie's story and visual effects--led to a disaster at the box office, with a poor opening and near-record week-to-week dropoffs. Some have speculated that WB would have lost less money had they decided to scrap ''The Flash'' entirely as they had with ''Batgirl''.

%% * ''Film/{{The Flash|2023}}'' (2023) - Budget, $200-220 million. Box office, $103.6 million (domestic), $249 million (worldwide). After spending roughly a decade in DevelopmentHell as Warner's Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse took shape and COVID-19 shook up the film industry, this effort to finally bring the iconic DC Comics character to the big screen faced even greater challenges soon after filming wrapped. Creator/EzraMiller became the center of numerous legal controversies that made it impossible for the film's [[ActingForTwo lead and co-lead]] to do any promotion for the movie and cost WB many product endorsements that typically help offset costs. Ads were forced to focus on the film's multiverse concept (particularly the return of Creator/MichaelKeaton to the role of Batman for the first time since ''Film/BatmanReturns'' three decades prior) and the film's intended purpose in helping to reboot the entire DC franchise, which hadn't had a real box office success since before the pandemic. All this combined with other issues--the WGA strike, chaos at WB after its merger with Discovery (including the scrapping of a nearly completed ''Batgirl'' movie that would have included Keaton for a tax write-off), and some mixed reviews of the movie's story and visual effects--led to a disaster at the box office, with a poor opening and near-record week-to-week dropoffs. It is estimated that Warner Bros. Discovery would be struck with a $200 million loss, making this film one of the worst box office bombs ever. Some have speculated that WB would have lost less money had they decided to scrap ''The Flash'' entirely as they had with ''Batgirl''.

* ''Film/TheFabelmans'' (2022) - Budget, $40 million. Box office, $45 million. Like ''Film/{{West Side Story|2021}}'' the year prior, Creator/StevenSpielberg again saw audiences indifferent to his movie in spite of [[AcclaimedFlop incredibly positive reviews]], turning it into the lowest grossing film of his career since ''Film/TheSugarlandExpress''. May be part of a trend of audiences rejecting "movies about making movies".

* ''Film/Firestarter2022'' - Budget, $12 million. Box office, $9.5 million (domestically), $14.5 million (worldwide). Even with the low budgets of Creator/BlumhouseProductions, and [[https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3719471/firestarter-just-got-an-unexpected-box-office-boost-from-jurassic-world-dominion/ getting a drive-in double feature]] with ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' a month after release, this critically reviled new adaptation of [[Literature/{{Firestarter}} the Stephen King novel]] could not prevent itself from being shot down in flames.

* ''[[Film/TheExorcist Exorcist: The Beginning]]'' (2004) — Budget, $50 million. Box office, $41 million (domestic), $78 million (worldwide). This prequel to ''Film/TheExorcist'' was born out of ExecutiveMeddling after an unsatisfactory response to Paul Schrader's relatively bloodless ''Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist''. The end result was eviscerated by critics and series creator William Peter Blatty for its overemphasis on gore and its [[{{Sequelitis}} prequelitis]]. Schrader's version was released the following year.

%% * ''Film/{{The Flash|2023}}'' (2023) - Budget, $200-220 million. Box office, $103.6 million (domestic), $249 million (worldwide). What was once a staple of the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse, the movie quickly spiraled out of control due to Creator/EzraMiller’s sudden antics making him too toxic. While Miller had scenes in advertisements, most of it focused on Creator/MichaelKeaton and his return as Batman for the first time since ''Film/BatmanReturns''. Prior to the movie being released, it was revealed that Creator/JamesGunn was taking the reins of the DC films, rebooting the entire franchise. All of these lead to a disaster, with the film needing an estimated $440 million to just break even, meaning Warner Bros. Discovery would be struck with a $200 million loss, making this film the worse bombing of a film ever. What is ironic is that WBD CEO David Zaslav had cancelled a ''Batgirl'' movie that was set for MAX, claiming that it was too expensive for the streaming service, yet many have suggested it would have been more cheaper to cancel ''The Flash'' instead.

* ''Film/{{The Flash|2023}}'' (2023) - Budget, $200-220 million. Box office, $103.6 million (domestic), $249 million (worldwide). What was once a staple of the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse, the movie quickly spiraled out of control due to Creator/EzraMiller’s sudden antics making him too toxic. While Miller had scenes in advertisements, most of it focused on Creator/MichaelKeaton and his return as Batman for the first time since ''Film/BatmanReturns''. Prior to the movie being released, it was revealed that Creator/JamesGunn was taking the reins of the DC films, rebooting the entire franchise. All of these lead to a disaster, with the film needing an estimated $440 million to just break even, meaning Warner Bros. Discovery would be struck with a $200 million loss, making this film the worse bombing of a film ever. What is ironic is that WBD CEO David Zaslav had cancelled a ''Batgirl'' movie that was set for MAX, claiming that it was too expensive for the streaming service, yet many have suggested it would have been more cheaper to cancel ''The Flash'' instead.

* ''Film/{{Fair Game|1995}}'' (1995) — Budget, $50 million. Box office, $11,534,477. This loose adaptation of the Paula Gosling novel was shot to pieces by critics for its cliché script and the lack of chemistry between stars Creator/WilliamBaldwin and Creator/CindyCrawford, the latter of whom was singled out for a generally weak performance. Any hopes that Crawford [[NonActorVehicle would leap from modeling to acting]] [[StarDerailingRole went up in flames]], and it put a sizable dent in Baldwin's own acting career. The box office woes were not helped by late reshoots due to poor test screenings, inflating the budget. The film would be nominated for three Razzies, and director Andrew Sipes [[CreatorKiller never worked on another film]].

* ''Anime/FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin'' (2001) — Budget, $135-167 million. Box office, $85,131,830. This film aimed to be the first computer-animated feature with a "photoreal" art style, and its price tag was further ballooned by the cost of Creator/SquareSoft taking the dive into film production and building its new animation studio in ''UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}}''. While no one could deny the film ''looked'' good, every other element received middling reviews, and fans responded negatively to it [[InNameOnly barely having anything to do with]] the [[RunningGag polygon-renderingly popular]] ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series (especially glaring since it came out around the same time as ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX''). Its complete failure led to the collapse of Square Pictures after only one film and delayed the merger of Squaresoft with Enix. The film's director and the series creator, Hironobu Sakaguchi, resigned from the firm after its failure and ended his involvement with the franchise, moving to Hawaii and starting the development studio Creator/{{Mistwalker}}. This is one of at least two instances on this list where the main brain behind a game series directed a film of the series to dismal results; the other is Creator/OriginSystems' Chris Roberts and the ''Film/WingCommander'' movie. It also [[StarDerailingRole ended the career of]] [[AnimatedActor Animated Actress]] character Aki Ross (who was voiced by Creator/MingNaWen) after one film. Square and the ''Final Fantasy'' series have since mostly recovered, though they haven’t enjoyed the level of dominance it once had prior to this film's release, and the [[Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren next]] [[Anime/KingsglaveFinalFantasyXV two]] ''Final Fantasy'' movies fared somewhat better by virtue of being directly tied to the games and having more modest budgets.

* ''Anime/FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin'' (2001) — Budget, $135-167 million. Box office, $85,131,830. This film aimed to be the first computer-animated feature with a "photoreal" art style, and its price tag was further ballooned by the cost of Creator/SquareSoft taking the dive into film production and building its new animation studio in ''UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}}''. While no one could deny the film ''looked'' good, every other element received middling reviews, and fans responded negatively to it [[InNameOnly barely having anything to do with]] the [[RunningGag polygon-renderingly popular]] ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series (especially glaring since it came out around the same time as ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX''). Its complete failure led to the collapse of Square Pictures after only one film and delayed the merger of Squaresoft with Enix. The film's director and the series creator, Hironobu Sakaguchi, resigned from the firm after its failure and ended his involvement with the franchise, moving to Hawaii and starting the development studio Creator/{{Mistwalker}}. This is one of at least two instances on this list where the main brain behind a game series directed a film of the series to dismal results; the other is Creator/OriginSystems' Chris Roberts and the ''Film/WingCommander'' movie. It also [[StarDerailingRole ended the career of]] [[AnimatedActor Animated Actress]] character Aki Ross (who was voiced by Creator/MingNaWen) after one film. Square and the ''Final Fantasy'' series has not enjoyed the level of dominance it once had prior to this film's release.

* ''Anime/FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin'' (2001) — Budget, $135-167 million. Box office, $85,131,830. This film aimed to be the first computer-animated feature with a "photoreal" art style, and its price tag was further ballooned by the cost of Creator/SquareSoft taking the dive into film production and building its new animation studio in ''UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}}''. While no one could deny the film ''looked'' good, every other element received middling reviews, and fans responded negatively to it [[InNameOnly barely having anything to do with]] the [[RunningGag polygon-renderingly popular]] ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series (especially glaring since it came out around the same time as ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX''). Its complete failure led to the collapse of Square Pictures after only one film and delayed the merger of Squaresoft with Enix. The film's director and the series creator, Hironobu Sakaguchi, resigned from the firm after its failure and ended his involvement with the franchise, moving to Hawaii and starting the development studio Creator/{{Mistwalker}}. This is one of at least two instances on this list where the main brain behind a game series directed a film of the series to dismal results; the other is Creator/OriginSystems' Chris Roberts and the ''Film/WingCommander'' movie. It also [[StarDerailingRole ended the career of]] [[AnimatedActor Animated Actress]] character Aki Ross (who was voiced by Creator/MingNaWen) after one film. Square and the ''Final Fantasy'' series [[FranchiseOriginalSin has not enjoyed the level of dominance it once had prior to this film's release]].

* ''Anime/FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin'' (2001) — Budget, $135-167 million. Box office, $85,131,830. This film's failure, stemming from its excessive price tag, middling reviews, and the fact [[InNameOnly it had barely anything to do with]] the [[RunningGag polygon-renderingly popular]] ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series (especially glaring since it came out around the same time as ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX''), led to the collapse of Square Pictures after only one film and delayed the merger of [[Creator/SquareEnix Squaresoft with Enix]]; the latter company was hesitant at merging with a company that had just lost a large amount of money in a high-profile manner. It also [[StarDerailingRole ended the career of]] [[AnimatedActor Animated Actress]] character Aki Ross (who was voiced by Ming-Na Wen) after one film. The film's director and the series creator, Hironobu Sakaguchi, resigned from the firm after its failure, and ended his involvement with the franchise, moving to Hawaii and starting the development studio Creator/{{Mistwalker}} (this film also wounded the careers of its writers; this is also one of at least two instances on this list where the main brain behind a game series directed a film of the series to dismal results; the other is Creator/OriginSystems' Chris Roberts and the ''Film/WingCommander'' movie). [[FranchiseOriginalSin Square has not enjoyed the level of dominance it once had prior to this film's release.]]

* ''Anime/FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin'' (2001) — Budget, $135-167 million. Box office, $85,131,830. This film's failure led to the collapse of Square Pictures after only one film and delayed the merger of [[Creator/SquareEnix Squaresoft with Enix]]; the latter company was hesitant at merging with a company that had just lost a large amount of money in a high-profile manner. It also [[StarDerailingRole ended the career of]] [[AnimatedActor Animated Actress]] character Aki Ross (who was voiced by Ming-Na Wen) after one film. The film's director and the creator of the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy'' series, Hironobu Sakaguchi, resigned from the firm after its failure, and ended his involvement with the franchise, moving to Hawaii and starting the development studio Creator/{{Mistwalker}} (this film also wounded the careers of its writers; this is also one of at least two instances on this list where the main brain behind [[Franchise/FinalFantasy a game franchise]] directed a film of the series to dismal results; the other is Creator/OriginSystems' Chris Roberts and the ''Film/WingCommander'' movie). [[FranchiseOriginalSin Square has not enjoyed the level of dominance it once had prior to this film's release.]]

* ''Film/{{Explorers}}'' (1985) — Budget, $20-25 million. Box office, $9,873,044. It was originally scheduled for late-August but [[ExecutiveMeddling Paramount rushed it to early July]] when it wasn't even finished. Its new release date buried it under the box-office smash ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' and the popular UsefulNotes/LiveAid concert happening around the same time sealed its fate. It was properly edited for its home video release and it has since become a CultClassic.

* ''Film/FriendRequest'' (2017) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $3,759,078 (domestic). This was released well over a year after it debuted in Germany. It was eviscerated by critics and it had the worst debut for a film playing at 2,500+ theaters.

* ''Film/FurryVengeance'' (2010) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $17,630,465 (domestic), $36,236,710 (worldwide). This is one of two 2010 bombs that (along with health issues) caused Creator/BrendanFraser's career to outright [[StarDerailingRole flatline]]; he wouldn't have another lead role in a major motion picture until ''Film/TheWhale'' 12 years later (though he'd [[CareerResurrection win an Oscar for that role]]). It also turned director Roger Kumble's career into roadkill and proved to be a major setback for producer Robert Simonds.

* ''Film/FirstMan'' (2018) — Budget, $59 million. Box office, $44,936,545 (domestic), $100,546,153 (worldwide). Creator/DamienChazelle's biopic of Neil Armstrong ran into controversy for some Americans for not depicting Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin raise the U.S. flag on the Moon. While [[AcclaimedFlop critics loved the film]], it was stranded in space as audiences preferred holdovers ''Film/{{Venom|2018}}'' and ''Film/{{A Star Is Born|2018}}''.

* ''Film/FilmStarsDontDieInLiverpool'' (2017) - Budget, $10 million. Box office, $4 million. This {{Biopic}} of actress Creator/GloriaGrahame garnered [[AcclaimedFlop positive reviews]] from critics, particularly for the lead performance of Creatore/AnnetteBening, but failed to garner further attention from audiences. Director Paul [=McGuigan=] returned his focus to television.

* ''Film/TheEmptyMan'' (2020) -- Budget, $16 million. Box office, $4.8 million. This horror film got royally ScrewedByTheNetwork thanks to Disney, who not only had so little faith in it that they didn’t even bother to change the 20th Century Fox logo to 20th Century Studios at the beginning, but dumped it smack dab in the middle of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic with such InvisibleAdvertising that the unappealing and [[NeverTrustATrailer misleading]] first trailer and poster didn’t appear until ''only a week'' before its premiere, and they have yet to give it a physical home media release. It was only thanks to its quiet release on VOD and [[VindicatedByCable showings on both HBO and]] Creator/HBOMax that it managed to find an audience as a CultClassic for its mixture of 70s/J-horror and CosmicHorrorStory tropes.

* ''[[Film/FantasticFour2015 Fant4stic]]'' (2015) — Budget, $155 million (not counting marketing costs), $200 million (counting them). Box office, $56,117,548 (domestic), $167,397,693 (worldwide). Fans and copyright holder Disney/Marvel were already annoyed at Fox's [[AshCanCopy ill-fated attempt to hold on to the]] ''Fantastic Four'' franchise despite the middling performances of [[Film/FantasticFour2005 the 2005 film and its sequel]]. The movie's TroubledProduction saw director Creator/JoshTrank exhibit bad behavior that cost him a ''Star Wars'' directing job. Creator/MarvelComics seemingly did everything in their power ''not'' to promote it, and the evisceration by the critics, fans, ''and'' general audience led this to be the worst-performing superhero-based movie since ''Film/TheGreenHornet''. It didn't even win on its opening weekend, losing to ''Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation'', which premiered a week prior. Its nuclear failure morphed Fox's entire fiscal year into a severe financial loss, [[StillbornFranchise crushed their plans for a sequel]], and [[CreatorKiller played a very significant part in Fox's acquisition by Disney]]. It also derailed Trank's career, turning his name into instant sarcasm-bait as a latter-day Creator/MichaelCimino. As if adding insult to injury, Fox's next Marvel movie, ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'', utterly demolished expectations, earning back its ~$60 million budget ''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome thirteen times over]]'', making this movie's entire lifetime's gross earnings in its '''''opening weekend''''' (that film was rated R and therefore somewhat out of Disney's comfort zone, but in contrast to ''[=Fant4stic=]'', they did ''not'' have a problem with creating merchandise for that film or allowing Marvel executives to praise it). As for other members of the crew, all four "Fantastics" in the movie regret starring in it, with Creator/MilesTeller and Creator/TobyKebbell seeing serious [[StarDerailingRole career difficulties]] (Teller's next ''five'' films would all seriously bomb). The creation of the movie and its bombing led Marvel to deep freeze the entire ''Fantastic Four'' franchise until 2018, with the re-release of their comic and placing them back in video games months later, before another, much-anticipated reboot in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse was announced.

* ''Film/{{Elektra}}'' (2005) — Budget, $43 million. Box office, $24,409,722 (domestic), $56,681,556 (worldwide). This, along with ''Catwoman'', kept the superheroine genre barren [[Film/WonderWoman2017 for over a decade]], and ended the ''Daredevil'' Marvel movie series after just two films, becoming an OldShame for Jennifer Garner in the process and [[CreatorKiller impaling]] director Rob Bowman's cinematic career as well. Film copyright holders Fox subsequently found themselves unable to reboot the series before the rights reverted to Disney/Marvel, who rebooted it themselves as a Creator/{{Netflix}} [[Series/Daredevil2015 show]].

* ''Film/{{Envy}}'' (2004) — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $13,562,325 (domestic), $14,581,765 (worldwide). This was shoved into TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment for two years due to lousy test screenings and it would have gone DirectToVideo in the US if not for Creator/JackBlack's success in ''Film/SchoolOfRock''. Part of a rotten streak for director Creator/BarryLevinson, and neither Black, Creator/BenStiller or [=DreamWorks=] [[OldShame are proud of the film]]. It went [[DirectToVideo straight to DVD]] in Europe.

* ''Film/ExitToEden'' (1994) — Budget, $25-30 million. Box office, $6,841,570. This film version of Creator/AnneRice's novel was lambasted by critics for its clumsily inserted subplot with a pair of CanonForeigner cops played by Creator/DanAykroyd and Rosie O'Donnell (who both [[OldShame regretted making it]]) and for being an unfunny, unsexy sex comedy.

* ''[[Film/FantasticFour2015 Fant4stic]]'' (2015) — Budget, $155 million (not counting marketing costs), $200 million (counting them). Box office, $56,117,548 (domestic), $167,397,693 (worldwide). Fans and copyright holder Disney/Marvel were already annoyed at Fox's [[AshCanCopy ill-fated attempt to hold on to the]] ''Fantastic Four'' franchise despite the middling performances of [[Film/FantasticFour2005 the 2005 film and its sequel]]. The movie's TroubledProduction saw director Creator/JoshTrank exhibit bad behavior that cost him a ''Star Wars'' directing job. Creator/MarvelComics seemingly did everything in their power ''not'' to promote it, and the evisceration by the critics, fans, ''and'' general audience led this to be the worst-performing superhero-based movie since ''Film/TheGreenHornet''. It didn't even win on its opening weekend, losing to ''Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation'', which premiered a week prior. Its nuclear failure morphed Fox's entire fiscal year into a severe financial loss, [[StillbornFranchise crushed their plans for a sequel]], and [[CreatorKiller played a very significant part in Fox's acquisition by Disney]]. It also derailed Trank's career, turning his name into instant sarcasm-bait as a latter-day Creator/MichaelCimino. As if adding insult to injury, Fox's next Marvel movie, ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'', utterly demolished expectations, earning back its ~$60 million budget ''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome thirteen times over]]'', making this movie's entire lifetime's gross earnings in its '''''opening weekend''''' (that film was rated R and therefore somewhat out of Disney's comfort zone, but in contrast to ''[=Fant4stic=]'', they did ''not'' have a problem with creating merchandise for that film or allowing Marvel executives to praise it). As for other members of the crew, all four "Fantastics" in the movie regard this as an OldShame, with Creator/MilesTeller and Creator/TobyKebbell seeing serious [[StarDerailingRole career difficulties]] (Teller's next ''five'' films would all seriously bomb). The creation of the movie and its bombing led Marvel to deep freeze the entire ''Fantastic Four'' franchise until 2018, with the re-release of their comic and placing them back in video games months later, before another, much-anticipated reboot in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse was announced.

* ''[[Film/FathersDay1997 Fathers' Day]]'' (1997) — Budget, $85 million. Box office, $35,681,080. This was one of three major flops (''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' and ''Film/ThePostman'' being the other two) in a disastrous year for Creator/WarnerBros, and Creator/RobinWilliams later considered it an OldShame. Outside of a voiceover role in Creator/{{Pixar}}'s ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' star Julia-Louis Dreyfus wouldn't return to the big screen until The New '10s.

* ''Film/{{Freaks}}'' (1932) — Budget, $316,000-$350,000. Box office, Unknown. This controversial pre-Hays Code horror film recorded a loss of $164,000, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. The film's plot and then-notorious characters, who were deformed and led by a character who intended on murder, caused audiences to storm out of screenings and got this film banned from theaters before it could complete its cinematic run; this is the only MGM film to be ripped out of theaters; the studio disowned the film shortly thereafter, selling the rights to exploitation producer Dwain Esper, though MGM bought back the film in the early 1960s. This mess disemboweled the career of director Tod Browning, turned the movie into an OldShame for one of its actors, Angelo Rossitto, led to the original cut of the film being presumably {{missing|Episode}}, and got MGM sued by a woman who claimed the movie made her miscarry. Eventually became a CultClassic and the current edited version now sports a 93 on Website/RottenTomatoes.

* ''Film/FromJustinToKelly'' (2003) — Budget, $12 million. Box office, $4.9 million. Aside from [[StarDerailingRole just about killing Justin Guarini's reputation]] (Music/KellyClarkson survived but treats the film as OldShame), the film's failure ensured the impossibility of future ''Series/AmericanIdol'' movies.

* ''Film/TheFallOfTheRomanEmpire'' (1964) — Budget, $19 million. Box office, $4.75 million. Comparisons with contemporary Roman epic ''Film/{{Cleopatra}}'' are inevitable, although ''Fall'' had a substantially less TroubledProduction and was much more well-received by critics. Audiences, however, had lost interest in sword and sandal epics following ''Cleopatra''--and, unlike ''Cleopatra'', ''Fall'' has largely faded into obscurity due to doing far worse at the box office. Producer Samuel Bronston and his studio [[CreatorKiller went broke]] when this film failed. It was also among a series of flops for Paramount Pictures that ended Barney Balaban's 28-year run as studio president.

* ''Film/ExtraordinaryMeasures'' (2010) — Budget, $31 million. Box office, $15,134,293. This is the first film produced by CBS Films. One of two 2010 bombs that caused Creator/BrendanFraser's career to outright [[StarDerailingRole flatline]] after ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction'' put it in the hospital for the decade prior to it. Director Tom Vaughan's career found itself plummeting to DevelopmentHell after this movie, writer Robert Nelson Jacobs has not created another screenplay, and this, along with ''Film/CowboysAndAliens'', was a major blow to Harrison Ford's career, though he eventually bounced back when he returned to ''Star Wars'' for ''Film/TheForceAwakens''.

* ''Film/FurryVengeance'' (2010) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $17,630,465 (domestic), $36,236,710 (worldwide). This is one of two 2010 bombs that caused Creator/BrendanFraser's career to outright [[StarDerailingRole flatline]] after ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction'' put it in the hospital for the decade prior to it. It also turned director Roger Kumble's career into roadkill and proved to be a major setback for producer Robert Simonds.

* ''Film/{{Frontiers}}'' (2007) — Budget, $3,000,000. Box office, $2,425,535. This NC-17 rated horror film was dumped in ten theaters for a single weekend in 2008, a year after its debut at the Agde Film Festival. Xavier Gens, who made his feature directorial debut here, had better luck with ''Film/{{Hitman}}''.

* ''Film/{{Free Fire|2017}}'' (2017) — Budget, $7 million. Box office, $3,793,754. This action-comedy debuted far, far below expectations to finish at number 17 at the box office behind several new releases. Part of a bad year for executive producer Creator/MartinScorsese, with ''Film/GoodTime'' and ''Film/{{The Snowman|2017}}'' coming later to flop.

* ''Freeheld'' (2015) - Budget, $7 million. Box office, $1.7 million. Peter Sollett's narrative remake of Cynthia Wade's 2007 Oscar-winning documentary short got a mixed critical reception, which said its ClicheStorm characters and plot undermined its good intentions, and it was only released in 148 theaters.