History BoxOfficeBomb / NumbersThroughB

* ''Film/{{Bandslam}}'' (2009) -- Budget, $20 million. Box office, $12,225,023. [[AcclaimedFlop Critics loved]] this coming-of-age dramedy, but it was [[MisaimedMarketing immensely mismarketed]] as a LighterAndFluffier musical comedy.

* ''[[Film/BuckyLarsonBornToBeAStar Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star]]'' (2011) -- Budget, just under $10 million. Box office, $2,529,395. It was taken out of theaters after only two weeks, and quickly derailed Nick Swardson's film career before it could even get started (the MisaimedMarketing didn't seem to help either).

* ''Film/TheThirteenthWarrior'' (1999) -- Budget, $85 million (not counting marketing costs), $160 million (counting them). Box office, $61,698,899. The film version of Creator/MichaelCrichton's ''Eaters of the Dead'' suffered a massively TroubledProduction due to ExecutiveMeddling which caused numerous reshoots. The end result was critically panned, was buried under fellow Buena Vista release ''Film/TheSixthSense'' on opening weekend and when adjusted for inflation, became one of the biggest bombs - if not the biggest - of all time. Barely a [[CreatorKiller career was spared]]. Despite the success of ''Film/{{The Thomas Crown Affair|1999}}'' the previous month, director Creator/JohnMcTiernan's career flatlined with this and his next films, ''Film/{{Rollerball}}'' and ''Film/{{Basic}}''. Crichton, who also took over as director near the end, never produced another film again,[[note]]And this combined with ''Sphere'' bombing the year prior spelled the end of his books being adapted into movies[[/note]] while screenwriters William Wisher and Warren Lewis barely found work again. The film also led to Omar Sharif briefly retiring from acting. Disney chief Joe Roth was sent packing at the end of the year due to this, several other critical busts, and Roth allegedly not getting along with CEO Michael Eisner.

* ''Film/BangkokDangerous'' (2008) -- Budget, $45 million. Box office, $42,487,390. An [[ForeignRemake English remake]] of the Pang Brothers' own Thai film; it was also their last film in English. It debuted at number one with ''$7 million'' in [[DumpMonths September]], making it the lowest number one debut since ''Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star''. It was also a StarDerailingRole for Creator/NicolasCage, knocking him off the A-list and into a steep decline that would continue through TheNewTens.

* ''Film/{{Airheads}}'' (1994) -- Budget, $11.2 million. Box office, $5,751,882.

* ''Film/TheAmericanSocietyOfMagicalNegroes'' (2024) -- Pulled from theaters just three weeks after premiering, having grossed $2,480,645, less than a fifth of its estimated $15 million budget. Poor reviews and a name that many Americans would find offensive or uncomfortable to say out loud ensured that this satire had no chance of attracting a large audience.

* ''Film/TheAmericanSocietyOfMagicalNegroes'' (2024) -- Reportedly pulled from theaters just three weeks after premiering, having grossed $2,480,645, less than a fifth of its estimated $15 million budget.

* ''Film/BigWednesday'' (1978) — Budget, $11 million. Box office, $4.5 million. Creator/JohnMilius's surfing drama wiped out in the states, but [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff made a bigger splash in Japan]] [[note]]The ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' episode ''Recap/PokemonS1E67ThePiKahuna'' apparently paid homage to it.[[/note]].

* ''Film/OneEightSeven'' (1997) - Budget, $23 million. Box office, $5,727,130. This school gang drama, which marked the first time Creator/SamuelLJackson received top billing for a role, was heavily slammed at the time for its racial stereotyping and over-the-top depictions of violence, and doing little to stand out from other recent school gang films. It didn't do any favors for director Kevin Reynolds' career, having just come off of the infamous bomb ''Film/{{Waterworld}},'' and ''187'' would be the last film he directed until ''Film/{{The Count of Monte Cristo|2002}}'' five years later.
* ''Film/The355'' (2022) - Budget, $40-75 million. Box office, $27.8 million. A spy film with all-female leads that was a passion project for star/producer Creator/JessicaChastain, but a [[TroubledProduction troubled pre-production phase]] and sitting two-and-a-half years on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment led to it releasing in January 2022, as audiences were already occupied with the box-office juggernaut of ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''. Combined with receiving [[SoOkayItsAverage apathetic reviews]] from critics, ''The 355'' failed to make an impact. The second bomb in a row for Chastain and co-writer/director Simon Kinberg after ''Film/DarkPhoenix'', but its lackluster reception didn't stop Chastain from winning an Oscar for ''Film/TheEyesOfTammyFaye'' a few months later.

* ''Film/AnAlanSmitheeFilmBurnHollywoodBurn'' (1998) — Budget, $10 million. Box office (get ready to faint), $52,850. The winner of six UsefulNotes/{{Golden Raspberry Award}}s, one of which was for Worst Picture of 1998. It also [[CreatorKiller killed]] Arthur Hiller's direction career (he knew the movie was so bad, he asked the crew to be ''credited as Smithee''. It didn't help, and he [[FromBadToWorse got the alias]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero retired as well]]; he did one movie with [[Music/BonJovi Jon Bon Jovi]] after that, and that's it). This film was also the third and last blow to screenwriter Joe Eszterhas, following ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'' and ''Film/{{Jade}}'' (the former of which also has a Worst Picture Razzie), and it's also part of a series of busts that convinced maker Disney to discontinue Hollywood Pictures, which was the brand they released this film under, as well as being the final nail in Cinergi Pictures' coffin after they started on the wrong foot with ''Medicine Man'' and ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'' in the early 90's. Finally, it and ''Film/DudleyDoRight'' derailed the cinematic career of Alan Smithee actor Creator/EricIdle, who has not appeared in a live-action film in the 21st century apart from cameos.

* ''Film/{{Anonymous}}'' (2011) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $15,395,087. Creator/RolandEmmerich's historical drama was based on the theory that Creator/WilliamShakespeare did not author his own plays. [[AudienceAlienatingPremise General audiences and history buffs were alienated by the film's portrayal of Shakespeare as a buffoonish murderous fraud and its egregious historical misinformation]]. It didn't help that its wide release was abruptly cancelled, and it topped out at 513 theaters. It was the first [[Film/WhiteHouseDown in]] [[Film/{{Stonewall|2015}} a]] [[Film/IndependenceDayResurgence line of]] [[Film/Midway2019 box office]] [[Film/{{Moonfall}} disappointments]] for Emmerich that continues to this day as of this writing.

* ''Film/TheThirteenthWarrior'' (1999) — Budget, $85 million (not counting marketing costs), $160 million (counting them). Box office, $61,698,899. The film version of Creator/MichaelCrichton's ''Eaters of the Dead'' suffered a massively TroubledProduction due to ExecutiveMeddling which caused numerous reshoots. The end result was critically panned, was buried under fellow Buena Vista release ''Film/TheSixthSense'' on opening weekend and when adjusted for inflation, became one of the biggest bombs - if not the biggest - of all time. Barely a [[CreatorKiller career was spared]]. Despite the success of ''Film/{{The Thomas Crown Affair|1999}}'' the previous month, director Creator/JohnMcTiernan's career flatlined with this and his next films, ''Film/{{Rollerball}}'' and ''Film/{{Basic}}''. Crichton, who also took over as director near the end, never produced another film again, while screenwriters William Wisher and Warren Lewis barely found work again. The film also led to Omar Sharif briefly retiring from acting. Disney chief Joe Roth was sent packing at the end of the year due to this, several other critical busts, and Roth allegedly not getting along with CEO Michael Eisner.

* ''Film/TheBoondockSaints'' (1999) — Budget, $6 million. Box office, $20,471. The film only managed to get a token theatrical release due to the Columbine massacre. Fortunately, it made $50 million through video rentals as it became a CultClassic and a sequel was made ten years later.

* ''Film/{{Anna}}'' (2019) - Budget, $30 million. Box office, $31.6 million. Director and Creator/EuropaCorp founder Creator/LucBesson was accused of sexual assault and harassment in the months prior to this film's release, which coincided with Creator/EuropaCorp beginning to disintegrate due in no small part to the massive failure of his preceding film ''Film/ValerianAndTheCityOfAThousandPlanets''. Both of these factors lead to this film being quietly sent out amidst a crowded summer headlined by ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'', where it was largely dismissed by critics as [[FollowTheLeader derivative]] of other action thrillers including Besson's own ''Film/{{Nikita}}''. [=EuropaCorp=] would be bought out just a year later, but Besson has continued directing with ''Dogman'' in 2023.

* ''Film/TheArrival'' (1996) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $14 million. This AlienInvasion thriller was crushed by the anticipation for ''Film/IndependenceDay'', which opened a little over a month after it did. The critics liked this film slightly more than its bigger, louder rival, though, and it performed much better overseas and on video, which led to a DirectToVideo sequel.

* ''Film/BangkokDangerous'' (2008) — Budget, $45 million. Box office, $42,487,390. An [[ForeignRemake English remake]] of the Pang Brothers' own Thai film; it was also their last film in English. It debuted at number one with ''$7 million'' in [[DumpMonths September]], making it the lowest number one debut since ''Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star''.

* ''Film/TheAdventuresOfPlutoNash'' (2002) — Budget, $100–120 million. Box office, '''$7,103,973'''. Yeah, you read that right. It sat on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment for ages because everyone knew it was a catastrophe, and the final result was one of the biggest bombs in film history. The eventual atomic implosion of the film ensnared the careers of director Ron Underwood and co-producer Martin Bregman; Bregman produced one more lower profile movie and Underwood directed two more, with the latter moving to TV. Creator/EddieMurphy himself [[CreatorBacklash disowned it]], as did co-star Creator/AlecBaldwin, and it was one of three flops in 2002 that severely impacted Murphy's career.

* ''Film/BillionaireBoysClub'' (2018) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $2,209,689 (worldwide). This film became OvershadowedByControversy for being the first film project starring Creator/KevinSpacey since he was outed as a sexual predator, though the film was shot well before that became public and was spending time on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment. A limited release in the US and toxic press coverage revolving around Spacey earned it only $126 dollars in ten theatres on opening day, cementing Spacey as box office poison. Creator/AnselElgort's career was also damaged by this film, with ''Film/TheGoldfinch'', ''Film/WestSideStory2021'', and his own personal controversies seemingly ending his era as a bankable star. However, Creator/TaronEgerton quickly rebounded with his performance as Music/EltonJohn in ''Film/Rocketman2019''.

* ''Film/BonesAndAll2022'' (2022) - Budget, $16-20 million. Box office, $15.1 million. Good reviews, but an AudienceAlienatingPremise of YA-adjacent romance with cannibal ''protagonists'' was always going to be a tough sell.

* ''WesternAnimation/ArcticDogs'' (2019) — Budget, $50 million. Box office, $5.8 million (domestic), $9.9 million (worldwide). This British-American-Canadian animated film with an AllStarCast was hit with a number of delays and was NotScreenedForCritics before its November 1 release to 2,844 theaters, during a slow period for family films three weeks before the release of ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII''. It ended up having one of the [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbean/2019/11/03/box-office-arctic-dogs-had-one-of-the-worst-opening-weekends-of-all-time/#75e822d4ec46 worst opening weekends]] of all time at just $2,901,335. Some articles tried pinning its failure on lead star Creator/JeremyRenner's recent abuse allegations, but the more plausible reasons are [[InvisibleAdvertising a lack of marketing]] and poor critical reception. Entertainment Studios, the film's distributor, has not released another film since this one.

* ''Film/TheAffairOfTheNecklace'' (2001) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $471,210. It topped out at 40 theaters. The critics lambasted the film for Creator/HilarySwank's [[QuestionablrCasting miscasting]] but praised the [[SceneryPorn elaborate sets]] and [[CostumePorn costumes]].