History BoxOfficeBomb / EThroughF

* ''Film/{{Expend4bles}}'' (2023) — Budget, $100 million. Box office, $51,133,603. Released nearly a decade after [[Film/TheExpendables3 its poorly received predecessor]], the fourth (and presumably final) installment of the ''Expendables'' franchise cratered at the box office, being panned by critics for [[SpecialEffectsFailure terrible effects]] and poor performances from its no-longer AllStarCast. Even [[NeverTrustATrailer trailers that attempted to hide that]] Creator/SylvesterStallone [[DemotedToExtra was barely in the movie]] failed to attract viewers.

* ''Film/{{Expend4bles}}'' (2023) — Budget, $100 million. Box office, $51,133,603. Released nearly a decade after [[Film/TheExpendables3 its poorly received predecessor]], the fourth (and presumably final) installment of the ''Expendables'' franchise cratered at the box office, being panned by critics and fans alike for terrible effects and poor performances from its no-longer AllStarCast. Even trailers that attempted to hide that Creator/SylvesterStallone was barely in the movie failed to attract viewers.

* ''Film/{{Expend4bles}}'' (2023) — Budget, $100 million. Box office, $51,133,603.

* ''Film/FatManAndLittleBoy'' (1989) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $3,563,162. This dramatization of the development of the atomic bomb got a mixed reception for its [[ArtisticLicenseHistory historical liberties]] and its [[WTHCastingAgency casting of]] Creator/PaulNewman and Creator/DwightSchultz. This started the gradual downfall of director Roland Joffe.

* ''Film/FirstKnight'' (1995) — Budget, $75 million. Box office, $37,600,435 (domestic), $127,600,435 (worldwide). This interpretation of Myth/KingArthur is the second film directed solo by Jerry Zucker. It received mixed reviews, with many critics [[WTHCastingAgency citing the film for miscasting]] Creator/RichardGere as Sir Lancelot. Zucker directed one more film, ''Film/RatRace'', before he stuck to producing.

* ''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/SquareEnix 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, only producing the "Final Flight of the Osiris" segment of ''Anime/TheAnimatrix'' before shutting down, 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/KingsglaiveFinalFantasyXV two]] ''Final Fantasy'' movies fared somewhat better by virtue of being directly tied to the games and having more modest budgets.

* ''Film/SesameStreetPresentsFollowThatBird'' (1985) — The movie made a little less than $14 million, with only $2.4 million total its opening weekend. While the official budget has never been stated, it was declared "shoestring" at one point, meaning it's likely only slightly less than the full box office report. The failure to perform hurt the Children's Television Workshop financially and led to no other Sesame Street movies being made until 1999's ''Film/TheAdventuresOfElmoInGrouchland''.

* ''Film/SesameStreetPresentsFollowThatBird'' (1985) -- The movie made a little less than $14 million, with only $2.4 million total its opening weekend. While the official budget has never been stated, it was declared "shoestring" at one point, meaning it's likely only slightly less than the full box office report. The failure to perform hurt the Children's Television Workshop financially and led to no other Sesame Street movies being made until 1999's ''Film/TheAdventuresOfElmoInGrouchland''.

* ''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/SquareEnix 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/KingsglaiveFinalFantasyXV two]] ''Final Fantasy'' movies fared somewhat better by virtue of being directly tied to the games and having more modest budgets.

* ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCatTheMovie'': Budget, $9 million. Box office, $1,964,253. The film was completed in time for a November 1988 release. Distribution issues with New World Pictures resulted in a release year of 1991 after it had already hit theaters in foreign markets. It faced stiff competition with ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' and ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTailFievelGoesWest'', getting curb-stomped by both. Even Creator/DonBluth's ''WesternAnimation/RockADoodle'' managed a better gross. Negative reaction forced a planned TV series to be cancelled, at least until ''[[WesternAnimation/TheTwistedTalesOfFelixTheCat Twisted Tales]]'' in 1995. The soundtrack was even worse off, not being released until 2014 on digital formats.

* ''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/SquareEnix 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/KingsglaiveFinalFantasyXV 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 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/KingsglaiveFinalFantasyXV two]] ''Final Fantasy'' movies fared somewhat better by virtue of being directly tied to the games and having more modest budgets.

* ''Film/{{Equilibrium}}'' (2002) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $1,203,794 (domestic), $5,359,645 (worldwide). Audiences [[Main/CriticalDissonance were much kinder than critics]] toward this sci-fi actioner, which was otherwise panned as a out-of-balance ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]'' [[FollowTheLeader cash-in]]. Its limited release and minimal promotion due to the lingering social effects of the Columbine school shooting doomed its box office chances, but it would be VindicatedByHistory and turn a profit through home video.

* ''Film/{{Equilibrium}}'' (2002) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $1,203,794 (domestic), $5,359,645 (worldwide). Its limited release and mixed to negative reviews didn't do it any favors. While it would be VindicatedByHistory and turn a profit through video sales, writer[=/=]director Kurt Wimmer would do only one more film, ''Film/Ultraviolet2006'', before he abandoned the director's chair.

* ''Film/{{Equilibrium}}'' (2002) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $1,203,794 (domestic), $5,359,645 (worldwide). Its limited release and mixed to negative reviews didn't do it any favors. While it would be VindicatedByHistory and turn a profit through video sales, writer[=/=]director Kurt Wimmer would do only one more film, ''Ultraviolet'', before he abandoned the director's chair.

* ''Film/EscapeFromLA'' (1996) — Budget, $50 million. Box office, $25,477,365. Part of a string of directing career-ending bombs for Creator/JohnCarpenter, and it's the only film Creator/KurtRussell, who worked with Carpenter on ''Big Trouble in Little China'', has attempted to produce or write.

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* ''Film/TheFabelmans'' (2022) - Budget, $40 million. Box office, $45.5 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/{{Evolution}}'' (2001) — Budget, $80 million. Box office, $38,345,494 (domestic), $98,376,292 (worldwide). The Rotten Tomatoes consensus accused director Ivan Reitman of attempting to remake ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'', and several critics panned it for its liberal usage of ToiletHumour and {{Squick}} regarding the enemy aliens. It got an animated continuation that same year, but said show ran for only one season. Reitman would not direct his next cinematic movie for five years.

* ''Film/EllaEnchanted'' (2004) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $22,918,387 (domestic), $27,388,767 (worldwide). Director Tommy O'Haver hasn't been able to get another one of his films theatrically released after this. However, it would later become VindicatedByCable due to endless repeats on Creator/DisneyChannel (it's telling how out of all the Creator/MiramaxFilms titles they sold to Filmyard Holdings, Disney still holds the television rights to this particular film).

* ''[[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/{{Michael Cimino|Director}}. 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/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, with Creator/RobinWilliams regretting being part of it. Outside of a voiceover role in Creator/{{Pixar}}'s ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' star Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus wouldn't return to the big screen until The New '10s.

* ''Film/EscapeFromTomorrow'' (2013) — Budget, $650,000. Box office, $171,962. This low-budget, anti-Creator/{{Disney}} horror film was infamous for being shot guerrilla-style within various Ride/DisneyThemeParks without Disney's approval or awareness, but [[DancingBear the hype surrounding its legally-dubious creation]] didn't end up translating to box office numbers. Part of this was enabled as a result of Disney ''not'' taking any form of legal action on it -- reports indicate that they became aware of ''Escape From Tomorrow'''s existence at the time of release, but despite having many legal grounds to suppress the film's release, they were very much aware of the StreisandEffect and simply allowed the film to come and go.

* ''Film/EscapeFromTomorrow'' (2013) — Budget, $650 thousand. Box office, $171,962. This low-budget, anti-Creator/{{Disney}} horror film was infamous for being shot guerrilla-style within various Ride/DisneyThemeParks without Disney's approval or awareness, but [[DancingBear the hype surrounding its legally-dubious creation]] didn't end up translating to box office numbers. Part of this was enabled as a result of Disney ''not'' taking any form of legal action on it -- reports indicate that they became aware of ''Escape From Tomorrow'''s existence at the time of release, but despite having many legal grounds to suppress the film's release, they were very much aware of the StreisandEffect and simply allowed the film to come and go.

* ''Film/ExcessBaggage'' (1997) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $14.5 million. Was supposed to be the first in a line of movies produced by Alicia Silverstone, but the movie's poor box office made it her only production credit. Both this film and the infamous ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' led to a quick end to Silverstone's stardom. This also grounded the career of ''Film/DemolitionMan'' director Marco Brambilla, as the only movie he's worked on since was a segment in the 2006 pornographic anthology film ''Destricted''.

* ''Film/ElectricDreams'' (1984) — Budget, $5.5 million. Box office, $2,193,612. The film debut of music video director Steve Barron (of [[Music/AHa "Take on Me",]] [[Music/DireStraits "Money for Nothing",]] and [[Music/MichaelJackson "Billie Jean"]] fame). It opened at number 14 despite opening at 920 locations,[[note]] For comparison, fellow weekend debut ''Film/TheNeverendingStory'' opened at 950 locations at number 4 and made twice of what ''Electric Dreams'' would make in its entire brief run, and another new movie, ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds'', opened at number 11 in 364 locations in limited release, 2.5 times less than ''Electric Dreams'', but opened at about $1.5 million compared to $1 million, respectively. [[/note]] and barely lasted to the next week. It also received a mixed critical reception, but later became something of a CultClassic, thanks in part to its soundtrack, [[BreakawayPopHit which proved much more popular than the actual movie,]] especially Phil Oakey's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVJYBPQyFTQ "Together in Electric Dreams".]] While Barron would go on to find more success with the first ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' movie, the most notable thing on writer Rusty Lemorande's resume since was a screenplay credit for Disney and Michael Jackson's 3-D short film ''Film/CaptainEO''.

* ''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 [[TheMultiverse multiverse]] concept (particularly the return of Creator/MichaelKeaton to the role of Batman for the first time since ''Film/BatmanReturns'' three decades prior, [[UncertainAudience reaching out for a significantly older viewerbase than what WB was targeting]]) 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. This [[TaintedByThePreview kneecapped the film in generating positive pre-release buzz]], as audiences were already fatigued by superhero ''and'' multiverse-based films (and for those who weren't, ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' provided stiff competition), the focus on subject matters ''other than its title character'' gave the impression that WB had no confidence in the project and was desperate to [[PanderingToTheBase bank on nostalgic fans]] for success, and the news of the upcoming reboot [[TheFireflyEffect led audiences to think it was inconsequential and unnecessary]] (one of the many factors that also tanked ''Film/ShazamFuryOfTheGods'' the same year). 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 -- 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, making it ''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), $267.5 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 [[TheMultiverse 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. This had direct implications that [[TaintedByThePreview kneecapped the film in generating positive pre-release buzz]], as audiences were already fatigued by superhero ''and'' multiverse-based films (and for those who weren't, ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' provided stiff competition, and ultimately became a decisive victor in both critical and commercial success), the focus on subject matters ''other than its title character'' gave the impression that WB had no confidence in the project and was desperate to [[PanderingToTheBase bank on nostalgic fans]] for success (though considering how Keaton's Batman came out ''34 years prior'', [[UncertainAudience it would've been reaching out for a significantly older viewerbase than what WB was targeting]]), and the news of the upcoming reboot [[TheFireflyEffect led audiences in with an impression that watching it would be inconsequential, and thus unnecessary]] (one of the many factors that also tanked ''Film/ShazamFuryOfTheGods'' the same year). 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 -- 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'', ''Film/JohnCarter'', and ''Film/MortalEngines'' 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/ErnestRidesAgain'' (1993) — Budget, $5.5 million. Box office, $1,450,029. Was the last Film/ErnestPWorrell film released theatrically.

* ''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 [[TheMultiverse 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. This had direct implications that [[TaintedByThePreview kneecapped the film in generating positive pre-release buzz]], as audiences were already fatigued by superhero ''and'' multiverse-based films (and for those who weren't, ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' provided stiff competition, and ultimately became a decisive victor in both critical and commercial success), the focus on subject matters ''other than its title character'' gave the impression that WB had no confidence in the project and was desperate to [[PanderingToTheBase bank on nostalgic fans]] for success (though considering how Keaton's Batman came out ''34 years prior'', [[UncertainAudience it would've been reaching out for a significantly older viewerbase than what WB was targeting]]), and the news of the upcoming reboot [[TheFireflyEffect led audiences in with an impression that watching it would be inconsequential, and thus unnecessary]] (one of the many factors that also tanked ''Film/ShazamFuryOfTheGods'' the same year). 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 -- 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''.