History BoxOfficeBomb / IThroughJ

* ''Film/JosieAndThePussycats'' (2001) — Budget, $22 million. Box office, $14.8 million. Ended up being a huge blow to [[StarDerailingRole Rachael Leigh Cook's leading career]]. It also smacked the directing careers of duo Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan (who had previously directed the [[CultClassic cult]] teen film ''Film/CantHardlyWait'') out of the park, as they've never directed another film, and both ''Josie'' and ''The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas'' also led to Elfont and Kaplan not writing another film until 2004. ''Josie'' also killed the cinematic career of Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. There wouldn't be any Creator/ArchieComics live-action production afterwards until the TV series ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'' in 2017.

* ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' (2017) — Budget, $300 million (not counting marketing costs, interest expense and guild fees), $500 million (counting them). Box office, $229,024,295 (domestic), $657,924,295 (worldwide). The film has earned the [[MedalOfDishonor dubious title]] of "[[https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/12/12/justice-league-is-the-biggest-grossing-box-office-bomb-ever/ most successful box office bomb ever]]". DC and Warner Brothers' attempt to match Marvel's ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' was among the most expensive movies ever made,[[note]]Its production budget alone is around twice what is typical for big superhero movies. ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'', ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' and ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'' all came out within a year of it, and except for ''Guardians'' ($200 million) their budgets varied between $149 and $178 million.[[/note]] so it needed to gross a massive amount just to break even ($750 million at the highest estimate, $650 million at the lowest). It also had enormously high expectations for profit, with it grossing over a billion being seen as a foregone conclusion due to the very disappointing ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' nearly getting to $875 million on its own, and every single one of Marvel's own crossover movies (''Avengers'', ''Age of Ultron'', and ''Civil War'') grossing from $1.2 to $1.6 billion with less iconic characters. Instead, it opened in a surprisingly competitive season on the release calendar[[note]]The film adaptation of ''Literature/{{Wonder|2012}}'' opened at the same time and proved to be an incredibly strong family film (giving parents a much gentler option to take their children to) and the much better received ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' was still in the middle of its own box office run, drawing away viewers. ''Series/{{The Punisher|2017}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Star Wars Battlefront II|2017}}'' were also released on the same date, giving many comic book movie[=/=]TV[=/=]video game fans a reason to stay home instead. Finally, Disney-Pixar's ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'' opened a week later and blew all competition out of the water.[[/note]] and its opening domestic weekend of $93.8 million, likely due to negative publicity from the aforementioned ''Batman v Superman'' and its notoriously TroubledProduction, was only about half of ''[=BvS=]'' and the lowest of any DCEU film thus far, combined with a lackluster promotional campaign and another critical backlash after a long embargo. [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2017/11/20/warner-bros-faces-a-possible-50m-to-100m-loss-on-justice-league/#5e80a1e25d8b Industry]] [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/12/12/justice-league-is-the-biggest-grossing-box-office-bomb-ever/#30898c6f7942 analysts]] are already predicting a $50 to $100 million net loss for Warner Brothers. The film's failure prompted the studio to fire several members of their Creator/DCFilms branch (including heads Creator/GeoffJohns and Jon Berg, and Creator/JossWhedon was removed from the ''Batgirl'' film project) and [[http://www.businessinsider.com/justice-league-reportedly-last-dc-comics-movie-zack-snyder-will-direct-2017-12 remove Zack Snyder as director]] from any future films, seemingly completing their loss of confidence in him after ''[=BvS=]'' was received so poorly. Snyder still received a vindication of sorts a couple years later, as [=AT&T=] and Creator/HBOMax executives allowed him a budget to complete a [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague director's cut]], which was released in 2021 on HBO Max to much better reception from fans and critics.

* ''Film/JaneGotAGun'' (2016) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $1,513,793. This suffered a very TroubledProduction due to constant recasts, director Lynne Ramsey getting dismissed on the first day of shooting and replaced by Gavin O’Connor, and its production company Relativity Media filing for bankruptcy. The end result was dumped in [[DumpMonths early January]] as distributor Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany [[InvisibleAdvertising barely bothered with marketing]]. It was dismissed by critics and audiences, opening at number 17 for its weekend, making it the worst opening of Creator/NataliePortman's career. Adding insult to injury, it also suffered a staggering 83.5% drop over its second weekend, the third largest on record.

* ''Film/JawsTheRevenge'' (1987) — Budget, $20 million (not counting marketing costs), $23 million (counting them). Box office, $20,763,013 (domestic), [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff $51,881,013 (worldwide)]]. The critical and financial failure of this sequel finally convinced MCA/Universal executives that the ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' hype from the seventies had long come to an end[[note]]Long story short: The film and prior sequels were made purely due to ExecutiveMeddling, thus lacking any involvement from ''Jaws'' director Creator/StevenSpielberg. It only took two years before Universal and Steven Spielberg [[TakeThat took a shot at this film]] in ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII''[[/note]]. Actor Lance Guest only appeared in two more movies, Lorraine Gary refused to go back in front of a camera, and director Joe Sargent never did another theatrically released film. Creator/MichaelCaine's career took a downturn after appearing in the film [[MoneyDearBoy for good pay]], and his commitment to it kept him from accepting his Oscar for ''Film/HannahAndHerSisters'' in-person. He enjoyed the working experience but somewhat considers it an OldShame that he refuses to watch.

* ''Film/JohnCarter'' (2012) — Budget, $250 million (not counting marketing costs), $350 million (counting them). Box office, $73,078,100 (domestic), $284,139,100 (worldwide). Once the movie's dismal American box office numbers came in, Creator/{{Disney}} anticipated that it would take a $200-million wash on the film; even after [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff the international box office]] helped to at least partially salvage it, it still went down as one of the biggest flops in history -- if the upper figure of a $206 million loss is correct, it ''is'' the biggest flop ever. Disney fired their studio chairman, Rich Ross, on the heels of this film, a decision that may very well have been justified come ''The Lone Ranger'' the following year. Marketing executive MT Carney, who helmed the film's notoriously mismanaged marketing campaign, was also sent packing. The film became an OldShame to Stanton, who also regretted that its failure led Disney to let the rights revert back to the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate and it dashed his plans for a trilogy, though he rebounded with ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory''.

* ''Film/JawsTheRevenge'' (1987) — Budget, $20 million (not counting marketing costs), $23 million (counting them). Box office, $20,763,013 (domestic), [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff $51,881,013 (worldwide)]]. The critical and financial failure of this sequel finally convinced MCA/Universal executives that the ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' hype from the seventies had long come to an end[[note]]Long story short: The film and prior sequels were made purely due to ExecutiveMeddling, thus lacking any involvement from ''Jaws'' director Creator/StevenSpielberg. It only took two years before Universal and Steven Spielberg [[TakeThat took a shot at this film]] in ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII''[[/note]]. Actor Lance Guest only appeared in two more movies, Lorraine Gary refused to go back in front of a camera, and director Joe Sargent never did another theatrically released film. Creator/MichaelCaine's commitment to the film kept him from accepting his Oscar for ''Film/HannahAndHerSisters'' in person. His career subsequently took a downturn after appearing in this movie [[MoneyDearBoy for good pay]], which he's never watched back.

* ''Film/{{Jane Got a Gun}}'' (2016) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $1,513,793. This suffered a very TroubledProduction due to constant recasts, its original director Lynne Ramsey getting dismissed on the first day of shooting and its production company Relativity Media filing for bankruptcy. The end result was dumped in [[DumpMonths early January]], where it was dismissed by critics and audiences, making it the worst opening of Creator/NataliePortman's career.

* ''Film/{{Jarhead}}'' (2005) — Budget, $72 million. Box office, $62,658,220 (domestic), $96.9 million (worldwide). A film about UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar released early into The War on Terror, critics were torn on whether its exploration of the banality of modern warfare was effective or tedious faux-criticism. The [[NeverTrustATrailer advertising which suggested the film was much more action oriented than it was]] may have been to blame. Universal would release several InNameOnly [[ActionizedSequel action-driven]] sequels, all of which went DirectToVideo.
* ''Film/JawsTheRevenge'' (1987) — Budget, $20 million (not counting marketing costs), $23 million (counting them). Box office, $20,763,013 (domestic), [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff $51,881,013 (worldwide)]]. This film finally convinced MCA/Universal executives that the ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' hype from the seventies had long come to an end[[note]]Long story short: The film and prior sequels were made purely due to ExecutiveMeddling, thus lacking any involvement from ''Jaws'' director Creator/StevenSpielberg[[/note]]. It only took two years before Universal and Steven Spielberg [[TakeThat took a shot at this film]] in ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII''. Actor Lance Guest only appeared in two more movies, Lorraine Gary, the wife of MCA boss Sid Sheinberg, refused to go back in front of a camera, and director Joe Sargent never did another theatrically released film. Creator/MichaelCaine's commitment to the film kept him from accepting his Oscar for ''Film/HannahAndHerSisters'' in person. His career subsequently took a downturn after appearing in this movie for good pay, which he's never watched back.

* ''Film/{{Jack Frost|1998}}'' (1998) — Budget, $85 million. Box office, $34.5 million (domestic). A StarDerailingRole for lead Creator/MichaelKeaton, who was frozen into the B list of movie stars until ''Film/BirdmanOrTheUnexpectedVirtueOfIgnorance'' in 2014 (he played a dead father reincarnated as a snowman animated by Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic and Creator/JimHensonsCreatureShop; their animation was criticized by Creator/RogerEbert). This movie was ironically released a year after an icey horror movie with the same name and which also used a live snowman, which didn't help matters. Director Troy Miller's film prospects began freezing overnight thanks to this movie, co-writer Mark Steven Johnson didn't work another movie until Ben Affleck's version of ''Daredevil'' in 2003, and it was part of a bad spell for snowman animators Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

* ''Film/JawsTheRevenge'' (1987) — Budget, $20 million (not counting marketing costs), $23 million (counting them). Box office, $20,763,013 (domestic), [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff $51,881,013 (worldwide)]]. This film finally convinced MCA/Universal executives that the ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' hype from the seventies had long come to an end[[note]]Long story short: The film and prior sequels were made purely due to ExecutiveMeddling, thus lacking any involvement from ''Jaws'' director Creator/StevenSpielberg[[/note]]. It only took two years before Universal and Steven Spielberg made a TakeThat to this film in ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII''. Actor Lance Guest only appeared in two more movies, Lorraine Gary, the wife of MCA boss Sid Sheinberg, refused to go back in front of a camera, and director Joe Sargent never did another theatrically released film, plus Creator/MichaelCaine's career took a downturn after appearing in this movie for good pay, which he's never watched back.

* ''Film/JohnCarter'' (2012) — Budget, $250 million (not counting marketing costs), $350 million (counting them). Box office, $73,078,100 (domestic), $284,139,100 (worldwide). Once the movie's dismal American box office numbers came in, Creator/{{Disney}} anticipated that it would take a $200-million wash on the film; even after [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff the international box office]] helped to at least partially salvage it, it still went down as one of the biggest flops in history -- if the upper figure of a $206 million loss is correct, it ''is'' the biggest flop ever. Disney fired their studio chairman, Rich Ross, on the heels of this film, a decision that may very well have been justified come ''The Lone Ranger'' the following year (Ross, who found himself on the receiving end of John Lasseter's rare nuclear anger for screwing the Andrew Stanton-directed epic, is the only studio chairman since the 1984 management shift to be sacked solely for poor performance; Jeffrey Katzenberg [[note]] One of the executives Ross fired and replaced, Mark Zoradi, went on to temporarily work for Katzenberg and Creator/DreamWorksAnimation before their 2014 slate sent him to Cinemark instead [[/note]], Joe Roth, Peter Schneider, and Dick Cook [[note]] Who was forced out to make room for Ross and a different film strategy [[/note]] had some creative differences with the guard amongst other issues). Marketing executive MT Carney, who helmed ''John Carter''[='=]s marketing campaign that was also ripped by Lasseter, also left the company. The film became an OldShame to Stanton, who also regretted that its failure led Disney to let the rights revert back to the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate and it dashed his plans for a trilogy, though he rebounded with ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory''.

* ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' (2017) — Budget, $300 million (not counting marketing costs, interest expense and guild fees), $500 million (counting them). Box office, $229,024,295 (domestic), $657,924,295 (worldwide). The film has earned the [[MedalOfDishonor dubious title]] of "[[https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/12/12/justice-league-is-the-biggest-grossing-box-office-bomb-ever/ most successful box office bomb ever]]". DC and Warner Brothers' attempt to match Marvel's ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' was among the most expensive movies ever made,[[note]]The ''Justice League'' production budget alone is around twice what is typical for big superhero movies. ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'', ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' and ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'' all came out within a year of it, and except for ''Guardians'' ($200 million) their budgets varied between $149 and $178 million.[[/note]] so it needed to gross a massive amount just to break even ($750 million at the highest estimate, $650 million at the lowest). It also had enormously high expectations for profit, with it grossing over a billion being seen as a foregone conclusion due to the very disappointing ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' nearly getting to $875 million on its own, and every single one of Marvel's own crossover movies (''Avengers'', ''Age of Ultron'', and ''Civil War'') grossing from $1.2 to $1.6 billion with less iconic characters. Instead, it opened in a surprisingly competitive season on the release calendar[[note]]The film adaptation of ''Literature/{{Wonder|2012}}'' opened at the same time and proved to be an incredibly strong family film (giving parents a much gentler option to take their children to) and the much better received ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' was still in the middle of its own box office run, drawing away viewers. ''Series/{{The Punisher|2017}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Star Wars Battlefront II|2017}}'' were also released on the same date, giving many comic book movie[=/=]TV[=/=]video game fans a reason to stay home instead. Finally, Disney-Pixar's ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'' opened a week later and blew all competition out of the water.[[/note]] and its opening domestic weekend of $93.8 million, likely due to negative publicity from the aforementioned ''Batman v Superman'' and its notoriously {{troubled production}}, was only about half of ''[=BvS=]'' and the lowest of any DCEU film thus far, combined with a lackluster promotional campaign and another critical backlash after a long embargo. [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2017/11/20/warner-bros-faces-a-possible-50m-to-100m-loss-on-justice-league/#5e80a1e25d8b Industry]] [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/12/12/justice-league-is-the-biggest-grossing-box-office-bomb-ever/#30898c6f7942 analysts]] are already predicting a $50 to $100 million net loss for Warner Brothers. The film's failure prompted the studio to fire several members of their Creator/DCFilms branch (including heads Creator/GeoffJohns and Jon Berg, and Creator/JossWhedon was removed from the ''Batgirl'' film project) and [[http://www.businessinsider.com/justice-league-reportedly-last-dc-comics-movie-zack-snyder-will-direct-2017-12 remove Zack Snyder as director]] from any future films, seemingly completing their loss of confidence in him after ''[=BvS=]'' was received so poorly. Snyder still received a vindication of sorts a couple years later, as [=AT&T=] and Creator/HBOMax executives allowed him a budget to complete a [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague director's cut]], which was released in 2021 on HBO Max to much better reception from fans and critics.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Igor}}'' (2008) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $19,528,602 (domestic), $30,747,504 (worldwide). This movie was Exodus Film Group's first movie, [[CreatorKiller as well as its last]]. This is also the first CGI film distributed by MGM, and it ended up being the last until ''WesternAnimation/TheAddamsFamily2019''.

* ''Film/{{Inchon}}'' (1982) — Budget, $46 million. Box office, $5,200,986. Controversial religious leader Sun Myung Moon personally financed this notorious Korean War epic, with an all-star cast led by Sir Creator/LaurenceOlivier as General Douglas [=MacArthur=]. (Olivier's reason for his participation for this film is the TropeNamer for MoneyDearBoy.) In 1995, it made the Guinness Book of World Records as "[[MedalOfDishonor the biggest money-loser in history]]", later to be surpassed by ''Film/CutthroatIsland''. The film has never been released on home video, though bootleg copies (derived from a telecast on [=GoodLife=] TV a defunct Moon-owned cable channel) have surfaced. It also brought down director Terence Young's (the man who directed three of the first four Film/JamesBond films) career.

* ''Film/{{Infamous|2006}}'' (2006) — Budget, $13 million. Box office, $2,613,717. Douglas [=McGrath's=] BioPic of Truman Capote [[MakingTheMasterpiece and his creation of]] ''Literature/InColdBlood'' came out a year after ''Film/{{Capote}}'' tackled the same subject matter. The critics liked it, though not to the same extent as the earlier film, and it lingered in limited release for ten weeks.

* ''Film/{{Jarhead}}'' (2005) — Budget, $72 million. Box office, $62,658,220 (domestic), $96.9 million (worldwide). A film about UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar released early into The War on Terror, critics were torn on whether its exploration of the banality of modern warfare was effective or tedious faux-criticism. The [[NeverTrustATrailer advertising which suggested the film was much more action oriented than it was]] may have been to blame. Universal would release several [[ActionizedSequel action-driven]] sequels, all of which went DirectToVideo.

* ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' (2017) — Budget, $300 million (not counting marketing costs, interest expense and guild fees), $500 million (counting them). Box office, $229,024,295 (domestic), $657,924,295 (worldwide). The film has earned the [[MedalOfDishonor dubious title]] of "[[https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/12/12/justice-league-is-the-biggest-grossing-box-office-bomb-ever/ most successful box office bomb ever]]". DC and Warner Brothers' attempt to match Marvel's ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' was among the most expensive movies ever made,[[note]]The ''Justice League'' production budget alone is around twice what is typical for big superhero movies. ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'', ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' and ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'' all came out within a year of it, and except for ''Guardians'' ($200 million) their budgets varied between $149 and $178 million.[[/note]] so it needed to gross a massive amount just to break even ($750 million at the highest estimate, $650 million at the lowest). It also had enormously high expectations for profit, with it grossing over a billion being seen as a foregone conclusion due to the very disappointing ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' nearly getting to $875 million on its own, and every single one of Marvel's own crossover movies (''Avengers'', ''Age of Ultron'', and ''Civil War'') grossing from $1.2 to $1.6 billion with less iconic characters. Instead, it opened in a surprisingly competitive season on the release calendar[[note]]The film adaptation of ''Literature/{{Wonder|2012}}'' opened at the same time and proved to be an incredibly strong family film (giving parents a much gentler option to take their children to) and the much better received ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' was still in the middle of its own box office run, drawing away viewers. ''Series/{{The Punisher|2017}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Star Wars Battlefront II|2017}}'' were also released on the same date, giving many comic book movie[=/=]TV[=/=]video game fans a reason to stay home instead. Finally, Disney-Pixar's ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'' opened a week later and blew all competition out of the water.[[/note]] and its opening domestic weekend of $93.8 million, likely due to negative publicity from the aforementioned ''Batman v Superman'' and its notoriously {{troubled production}}, was only about half of ''[=BvS=]'' and the lowest of any DCEU film thus far, combined with a lackluster promotional campaign and another critical backlash after a long embargo. [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2017/11/20/warner-bros-faces-a-possible-50m-to-100m-loss-on-justice-league/#5e80a1e25d8b Industry]] [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/12/12/justice-league-is-the-biggest-grossing-box-office-bomb-ever/#30898c6f7942 analysts]] are already predicting a $50 to $100 million net loss for Warner Brothers. The film's failure prompted the studio to fire several members of their Creator/DCFilms branch (including heads Creator/GeoffJohns and Jon Berg, and Creator/JossWhedon was removed from the ''Batgirl'' film project) and [[http://www.businessinsider.com/justice-league-reportedly-last-dc-comics-movie-zack-snyder-will-direct-2017-12 remove Zack Snyder as director]] from any future films, seemingly completing their loss of confidence in him after ''[=BvS=]'' was received so poorly. Snyder still received a vindication of sorts a couple years later, as [=AT&T=] and Creator/HBOMax executives allowed him a budget to complete a [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague director's cut]], which released in 2021 on HBO Max to much better reception from fans and critics.

* ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' (2017) — Budget, $300 million (not counting marketing costs, interest expense and guild fees), $500 million (counting them). Box office, $229,024,295 (domestic), $657,924,295 (worldwide). The film has earned the [[MedalOfDishonor dubious title]] of "[[https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/12/12/justice-league-is-the-biggest-grossing-box-office-bomb-ever/ most successful box office bomb ever]]". DC and Warner Brothers' attempt to match Marvel's ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' was among the most expensive movies ever made,[[note]]The ''Justice League'' production budget alone is around twice what is typical for big superhero movies. ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'', ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' and ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'' all came out within a year of it, and except for ''Guardians'' ($200 million) their budgets varied between $149 and $178 million.[[/note]] so it needed to gross a massive amount just to break even ($750 million at the highest estimate, $650 million at the lowest). It also had enormously high expectations for profit, with it grossing over a billion being seen as a foregone conclusion due to the very disappointing ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' nearly getting to $875 million on its own, and every single one of Marvel's own crossover movies (''Avengers'', ''Age of Ultron'', and ''Civil War'') grossing from $1.2 to $1.6 billion with less iconic characters. Instead, it opened in a surprisingly competitive season on the release calendar[[note]]The film adaptation of ''Literature/{{Wonder|2012}}'' opened at the same time and proved to be an incredibly strong family film (giving parents a much gentler option to take their children to) and the much better received ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' was still in the middle of its own box office run, drawing away viewers. ''Series/{{The Punisher|2017}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Star Wars Battlefront II|2017}}'' were also released on the same date, giving many comic book movie[=/=]TV[=/=]video game fans a reason to stay home instead. Finally, Disney-Pixar's ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'' opened a week later and blew all competition out of the water.[[/note]] and its opening domestic weekend of $93.8 million, likely due to negative publicity from the aforementioned ''Batman v Superman'' and its notoriously {{troubled production}}, was only about half of ''[=BvS=]'' and the lowest of any DCEU film thus far, combined with a lackluster promotional campaign and another critical backlash after a long embargo. [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2017/11/20/warner-bros-faces-a-possible-50m-to-100m-loss-on-justice-league/#5e80a1e25d8b Industry]] [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/12/12/justice-league-is-the-biggest-grossing-box-office-bomb-ever/#30898c6f7942 analysts]] are already predicting a $50 to $100 million net loss for Warner Brothers. The film's failure prompted the studio to fire several members of their Creator/DCFilms branch (including heads Creator/GeoffJohns and Jon Berg, and Creator/JossWhedon was removed from the ''Batgirl'' film project) and [[http://www.businessinsider.com/justice-league-reportedly-last-dc-comics-movie-zack-snyder-will-direct-2017-12 remove Zack Snyder as director]] from any future films, seemingly completing their loss of confidence in him after ''[=BvS=]'' was received so poorly. Snyder still received a vindication of sorts a couple years later, as [=AT&T=] and Creator/HBOMax executives allowed him a budget to complete a [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague director's cut]], released in 2021 on HBO Max.

* ''Film/{{Ishtar}}'' (1987) — Budget, $55 million. Box office, $14,375,181. Its failure, along with that of other films such as ''The Adventures of Baron Munchausen'' and ''Leonard Part 6'', led to Coca-Cola leaving the film business, selling off Creator/ColumbiaPictures to Creator/{{Sony}}, who also had Creator/TristarPictures. In addition, the troubled film ensured that director Elaine May would not take another movie credit for nine years, and she hasn't had a directing job since.

* ''I.T.'' (2016) — Budget, Unknown. Box office, $2,128,301 (worldwide). This technothriller was dismantled for its dated, cliché-filled script and formulaic direction. Its box office gross came from international theaters; it was released to VOD services and theaters simultaneously in the USA. Part of a rough slate for Creator/PierceBrosnan, though he would find more success in ''Film/TheForeigner''. The third [[Film/MaxPayne underperforming film]] [[Film/AGoodDayToDieHard in a row]] for director John Moore, who has yet to direct again as of 2021.

* ''Film/{{In the Cut}}'' (2003) — Budget, $12 million. Box office, $4,750,602 (domestic), $23,726,793 (worldwide). One of a string of bombs that ultimately did in Creator/MegRyan's career. It has had better critical reception since its release and the uncut DVD release ended up selling very well thanks to, well, [[SexSells reasons]].

* ''WesternAnimation/IceAgeCollisionCourse'' (2016) — Budget, $105 million. Box office, $64,063,008 (domestic), [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff $407,727,743 (worldwide)]]. While the movie did well overseas, its domestic opening weekend was far from what the movies usually make (usually ranging in the $40 millions). Not only has this sequel gotten even worse reviews than [[WesternAnimation/IceAge the]] [[WesternAnimation/IceAgeTheMeltdown previous]] [[WesternAnimation/IceAgeDawnOfTheDinosaurs four]] [[WesternAnimation/IceAgeContinentalDrift films]], but critics and even fans think that the franchise has overstayed its welcome. This movie may have [[FranchiseKiller melted any hopes of a continuation]] to the ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' franchise, not helped by the fact that it came out during the same weekend as ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'', along with competition with animated SleeperHit ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets''.

* ''Film/{{Jack Frost|1998}}'' (1998) — Budget, $85 million. Box office, $34.5 million (domestic). A StarDerailingRole for lead Creator/MichaelKeaton, who was frozen into the B list of movie stars until ''Film/{{Birdman}}'' in 2014 (he played a dead father reincarnated as a snowman animated by Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic and Creator/JimHensonsCreatureShop; their animation was criticized by Creator/RogerEbert). This movie was ironically released a year after an icey horror movie with the same name and which also used a live snowman, which didn't help matters. Director Troy Miller's film prospects began freezing overnight thanks to this movie, co-writer Mark Steven Johnson didn't work another movie until Ben Affleck's version of ''Daredevil'' in 2003, and it was part of a bad spell for snowman animators Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

* ''Film/TheInternational'' (2009) — Budget, $50 million. Box office, $25,450,527 (domestic), $60,161,391 (worldwide). The first of two consecutive flops for Creator/CliveOwen, with ''Film/{{Duplicity}}'' following the next month.

* ''[[Literature/DanBrownsInferno Inferno]]'' (2016) — Budget, $75 million. Box office, $34,343,574 (domestic), [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff $220,021,259 (worldwide)]]. While the previous two adaptations of Creator/DanBrown's Robert Langdon book tetralogy with Creator/TomHanks were panned heavily by critics, they were financially successful (though ''Angels & Demons'' did fall short of its budget domestically). This one managed to be both considered hellspawn by critics AND a Hell-level bomb in the United States, grossing only $15 million there in the last week of the fall season, with Hanks's ''Film/{{Sully}}'' having come out the month earlier and Creator/DreamWorksAnimation's ''WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}}'', Disney/Marvel's ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'', and ''Film/HacksawRidge'' kicking off the Thanksgiving/Christmas season the next week (''Inferno'' was pushed back that far to get it away from ''The Force Awakens''). The one remaining book in the novel series, ''The Lost Symbol'', later ended up becoming a ContinuityReboot as a series for Creator/{{Peacock}}.

* ''Film/{{Jarhead}}'' (2005) — Budget, $72 million. Box office, $62,658,220 (domestic), $96.9 million (worldwide). A film about UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar released early into The War on Terror, critics were split if its exploration of the banality of modern warfare was effective or tedious faux-criticism. The [[NeverTrustATrailer advertising which suggested the film was much more action oriented than it was]] may have been to blame. Universal Pictures would release several [[ActionizedSequel action-driven]] sequels, which all went DirectToVideo.

* ''Film/{{Jarhead}}'' (2005) — Budget, $72 million. Box office, $62,658,220 (domestic), $96.9 million (worldwide). A film about UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar released early into The War on Terror. The [[NeverTrustATrailer advertising which suggested the film was much more action oriented than it was]] may have been to blame.

* ''Film/ILoveTrouble'' (1994) — Budget, $45 million. Box office, $30,806,194 (domestic), $61,947,267 (worldwide). Its massively TroubledProduction gave new meaning to the term DuelingStarsMovie as Creator/NickNolte and Creator/JuliaRoberts [[HostilityOnTheSet truly despised each other]] and their on-screen chemistry suffered as a result. Their few moments of off-screen collaboration were [[EnemyMine mutual frustration with director Charles Shyer and producer Nancy Myers overworking them]]. Unsurprisingly, both of them consider it the biggest OldShame of their careers. Its indecisive marketing didn't help either. It was also part of a bad year for Nolte, who also had ''Blue Chips'' and ''I'll Do Anything'' flop earlier.

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* ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' (2017) — Budget, $300 million (not counting marketing costs, interest expense and guild fees), $500 million (counting them). Box office, $229,024,295 (domestic), $657,924,295 (worldwide). The film has earned the [[MedalOfDishonor dubious title]] of "[[https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/12/12/justice-league-is-the-biggest-grossing-box-office-bomb-ever/ most successful box office bomb ever]]". DC and Warner Brothers' attempt to match Marvel's ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' was among the most expensive movies ever made,[[note]]The ''Justice League'' production budget alone is around twice what is typical for big superhero movies. ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'', ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' and ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'' all came out within a year of it, and except for ''Guardians'' ($200 million) their budgets varied between $149 and $178 million.[[/note]] so it needed to gross a massive amount just to break even ($750 million at the highest estimate, $650 million at the lowest). It also had enormously high expectations for profit, with it grossing over a billion being seen as a foregone conclusion due to the very disappointing ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' nearly getting to $875 million on its own, and every single one of Marvel's own crossover movies (''Avengers'', ''Age of Ultron'', and ''Civil War'') grossing from $1.2 to $1.6 billion with less iconic characters. Instead, it opened in a surprisingly competitive season on the release calendar[[note]]The film adaptation of ''Literature/{{Wonder|2012}}'' opened at the same time and proved to be an incredibly strong family film (giving parents a much gentler option to take their children to) and the much better received ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' was still in the middle of its own box office run, drawing away viewers. ''Series/{{The Punisher|2017}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Star Wars Battlefront II|2017}}'' were also released on the same date, giving many comic book movie[=/=]TV[=/=]video game fans a reason to stay home instead. Finally, Disney-Pixar's ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'' opened a week later and blew all competition out of the water.[[/note]] and its opening domestic weekend of $93.8 million, likely due to negative publicity from the aforementioned ''Batman v Superman'' and its notoriously {{troubled production}}, was only about half of ''[=BvS=]'' and the lowest of any DCEU film thus far, combined with a lackluster promotional campaign and another critical backlash after a long embargo. [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2017/11/20/warner-bros-faces-a-possible-50m-to-100m-loss-on-justice-league/#5e80a1e25d8b Industry]] [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/12/12/justice-league-is-the-biggest-grossing-box-office-bomb-ever/#30898c6f7942 analysts]] are already predicting a $50 to $100 million net loss for Warner Brothers. The film's failure prompted the studio to fire several members of their Creator/DCFilms branch (including heads Creator/GeoffJohns and Jon Berg, and Creator/JossWhedon was removed from the ''Batgirl'' film project) and [[http://www.businessinsider.com/justice-league-reportedly-last-dc-comics-movie-zack-snyder-will-direct-2017-12 remove Zack Snyder as director]] from any future films, seemingly completing their loss of confidence in him after ''[=BvS=]'' was received so poorly. Snyder still received a vindication of sorts a couple years later, as [=AT&T=] and Creator/HBOMax executives allowed him a budget to complete a [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague director's cut]] with all the material that was scrapped from the [[ExecutiveMeddling meddled]] theatrical version, and featuring none of that version's additions or {{special effect failure}}s, to be released in 2021 on HBO Max.

* ''WesternAnimation/IceAge5CollisionCourse'' (2016) — Budget, $105 million. Box office, $64,063,008 (domestic), [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff $407,727,743 (worldwide)]]. While the movie did well overseas, its domestic opening weekend was far from what the movies usually make (usually ranging in the $40 millions). Not only has this sequel gotten even worse reviews than [[WesternAnimation/IceAge the]] [[WesternAnimation/IceAge2TheMeltdown previous]] [[WesternAnimation/IceAge3DawnOfTheDinosaurs four]] [[WesternAnimation/IceAge4ContinentalDrift films]], but critics and even fans think that the franchise has overstayed its welcome. This movie may have [[FranchiseKiller melted any hopes of a continuation]] to the ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' franchise, not helped by the fact that it came out during the same weekend as ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'', along with competition with animated SleeperHit ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets''.

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