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8	* ''Film/ICouldNeverBeYourWoman'' (2007) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $9,569,470. Despite the talents of director Amy Heckerling and stars Creator/MichellePfeiffer and Creator/PaulRudd, a last-minute backout from the film's intended theatrical distributor (mostly due to contractual disputes between Pfeiffer and MGM) prompted it to go DirectToVideo in North America.
9	* ''Film/{{I Dreamed of Africa}}'' (2000) — Budget, $34 million. Box office, $14,400,327. It posted the third worst opening in over 2,000 theaters when it premiered and Sony dumped it straight to video in the UK. This along with ''Film/BlessTheChild'', which was released several months later firmly put Creator/KimBasinger[[note]]''I Dreamed of Africa'' was pretty much a [[VanityProject passion project]] on Basinger's part.[[/note]] where she was prior to her brief career-resurrecting Oscar win for ''Film/LAConfidential'' three years prior. To further add insult to injury, Basinger and company were soon accused of hypocrisy after it emerged that circus elephants were used during the making of ''I Dreamed of Africa''.
10	* ''Film/{{I Saw the Light}}'' (2015) — Budget, $13 million. Box office, $1,620,978. Heavy panning from critics and having its release date pushed back helped make this Hank Williams biopic die a quick death at the box office. The failure of this film ended up cancelling a future project by director/producer Marc Abraham, and he's been laying low from the limelight since, only reappearing in a documentary recently.
11	* ''Film/ISpy'' (2002) - Budget, $70 million. Box office, $60.3 million. Creator/EddieMurphy's third film in 2002 that failed to make its production budget back, contributing to a major slowdown to his career.
12	* ''Film/TheIceman'' (2012) — Budget, $13.5 million. Box office, $4.6 million.
13	* ''Film/TheIceStorm'' (1997): Budget: $18 million; box office: $8 million. Critical reception was extremely positive, however (though it wasn't nominated for [[OscarSnub any Oscars]]).
14	* ''Film/TheIdentical'' (2014) — Budget, $16 million (not counting marketing costs), $32 million (counting them). Box office, $2,747,075. This was universally lambasted for its wooden acting, poor production values, tacked on religious elements[[note]]It was funded by a Messianic Jewish group.[[/note]] and playing its attempt at being a musical biopic parody completely straight. It didn't help that it was released in [[DumpMonths early September]], in the midst of the smash success of ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy\|2014}}''.
15	* ''Film/{{Idiocracy}}'' (2006) — Budget, $2.4 million. Box office, $495,303. It has been widely speculated that 20th Century Fox deliberately sabotaged the film's release and marketing (giving it a limited release and no advertising), partly because of all the {{Take That}}s the film gives to its parent company's news division and partly to avoid angering all the companies that had ProductPlacement in this movie (which helped keep the budget very low). The film was VindicatedByCable and has since become a CultClassic.
16	* ''Film/IdleHands'' (1999) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $4,152,230. Has been Rodman Flender's last directorial credit on a theatrical film to date. Vivica A Fox's career as a leading actress hindered a bit after this, though fortunately she rebounded the following decade. Critics hated this supernatural stoner comedy but it became a CultClassic [[VindicatedByCable once it hit video]].
17	* ''Film/IfLooksCouldKill'' (1991) — Budget, $12 million. Box office, $7.7 million. Meant to be a starring vehicle for Richard Grieco, the film failing ended up killing his chances, as since he's mainly done direct-to-video and TV movies since. The last film that Darren Star wrote the screenplay for.
18	* ''Film/IfLucyFell'' (1996) — Budget, $5 million. Box office, $2.4 million. Director Eric Schaeffer wouldn't helm another theatrical film for five years. This has also been the last theatrical film written by Tony Spiridakis.
19	* ''Film/IllBeHomeForChristmas'' (1998) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $12,214,338. This [[StarDerailingRole derailed]] Jonathan Taylor-Thomas's chances for a serious film career. This also [[CreatorKiller sent]] director Arlene Sanford straight to television [[note]]Barring ''Frank McKlusky, C.I.'', which had a paltry theatrical release.[[/note]] since.
20	* ''[[Film/IllDoAnything I'll Do Anything]]'' (1994) — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $10,424,645. Part of a bad year for Creator/NickNolte, who also had ''Blue Chips'' and ''I Love Trouble'' flop in between. This was intended to be a musical before a bad test screening forced the songs out.
21	* ''Film/IllegallyYours'' (1988) — Budget, $13 million. Box office, $259,019. Director Creator/PeterBogdanovich was basically strong-armed into directing this by the studio, which he accepted as he was having [[MoneyDearBoy money issues]] at the time. This was supposed to come out in July 1987, but a bad test screening (in which half the audience walked out), and the bankruptcy of distributor DEG pushed it back to May 1988, where it died against movies like ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' and ''Film/GoodMorningVietnam''. Bogdanovich considers this [[CreatorBacklash one of his biggest failures]].
22	* ''Film/ImNotThere'' (2007) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $11.7 million. This sort-of {{biopic}} of Music/BobDylan was Creator/HeathLedger's final film released in his lifetime.
23	* ''Film/ImagineThat'' (2009) — Budget, $55 million. Box office, $22,985,194. One of several busts for Creator/EddieMurphy in his second AudienceAlienatingEra. He held off his decline with ''WesternAnimation/ShrekForeverAfter'' and ''Film/TowerHeist'' but [[Film/AThousandWords not for long]].
24	* ''Film/ImmediateFamily'' (1989) — Budget, $14 million. Box office, $5,932,613. This drama about adoption, directed by Jonathan Kaplan, received mixed reviews, with some criticizing it for being a little too manipulative and saccharine.
25	* ''Film/{{Impostor}}'' (2001) — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $8,145,541. Critics saw this adaptation of a Creator/PhilipKDick story as a lower-quality version of ''Film/BladeRunner'' and its [[DumpMonths January]] release date didn't do it any favor with audiences. This was also a StarDerailingRole for Madeleine Stowe.
26	* ''Film/InCountry'' (1989) — Budget, $18 million. Box office, $3,531,791. It had a limited release, even though the reviews were good and Creator/BruceWillis got a Golden Globe nomination for it.
27	* ''Film/TheInCrowd'' (2000) — Budget, $24 million. Box office, $5,280,035. This teen thriller was universally panned for being an [[{{Narm}} unintentionally funny]] ClicheStorm. Director Mary Lambert stuck to TV/Direct-to-Video until the documentary ''14 Women''.
28	* ''Film/InDreams'' (1999) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $12 million. Ripped by critics, the film's flopping led to director Neil Jordan not working on another American-based production until 2007's ''The Brave One''.
29	* ''[[Film/TheInLaws The In-Laws]]'' (2003) — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $26,891,849. This remake of the 1979 film was the second consecutive flop for Creator/MichaelDouglas following ''It Runs In The Family'' and was one of several lifelong busts for production company Franchise Pictures. Italy was the only foreign market that surpassed $1 million and its UK release was cut short after two weeks.
30	* ''Film/{{In the Land of Blood and Honey}}'' (2011) — Budget, $13 million. Box office, $1.1 million. Creator/AngelinaJolie's narrative directorial debut, following the documentary ''A Place In Time'', never left a limited release. It didn't help that author Josip Knežević sued Jolie for plagiarism of his story, ''Slamanje duše'' (though the case was dismissed).
31	* ''Film/InTheMood'' (1987) -- Budget, $7 million. Box office, $999,382. This {{biopic}} of teenage Romeo Sonny Wisecarver marked Creator/PatrickDempsey's first major film role, though it was released a month after ''Film/CantBuyMeLove'', which was shot later. It was only given a limited release and its failure was [[DeathByAThousandCuts one of several blows which killed]] Lorimar Productions. Director/writer Phil Alden Robinson rebounded two years later with ''Film/FieldOfDreams''.
32	* ''Film/InTheNameOfTheKing'' (2007) — Budget, $60 million. Box office, $13,097,915. This is the first and only time Creator/UweBoll tried to direct a movie with a budget that would make the movie a tentpole. Again, it did not stop a film series from entering production, though this first installment's massive failure ensured they would not see the inside of a cineplex, instead going DirectToVideo.
33	* ''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.
34	* ''Film/TheIndianRunner'' (1991) — Budget, $7 million. Box office, $191,125. Creator/SeanPenn did not try to write/produce another film for 4 years, and executive producer and future ''Breitbart News''/UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump staff member Steve Bannon did not get another film credit until the end of the '90s.
35	* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheDialOfDestiny'' (2023) — Budget, $300 million. Box office, $174,480,468 (domestic), $383 million (worldwide). Indiana Jones' last cinematic adventure ended up as one of the most expensive films ever, in no small part due its TroubledProduction, which involved a one-year delay to filming due to the COVID-19 pandemic and another two-week delay after Creator/HarrisonFord suffering a shoulder injury during a fight rehearsal. The movie opened with a mediocre weekend of $60 million domestic and dropped off quickly in subsequent weekends, in part due to the unexpected success of ''Film/SoundOfFreedom'' among the older demographic the film targeted. The end result cost Creator/{{Disney}} [[https://deadline.com/2024/05/biggest-box-office-bombs-2023-lowest-grossing-movies-1235902825/ $143 million dollars]], making it one of the biggest box office bombs of 2023.
36	* ''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.
37	* ''Film/TheInfiltrator'' (2016) — Budget, $47.5 million. Box office, $18 million. It got generally good reviews, particularly for Creator/BryanCranston's performance, but it was buried on opening weekend by holdover smash ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets'' and the only other wide release that week, ''Film/{{Ghostbusters\|2016}}''. Its failure saw distributor Broad Green lay off 6% of its staff and replace its president of distribution.
38	* ''Film/InnocentBlood'' (1992) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $4,943,279. Critics and audiences at the time didn't know what to make of Creator/JohnLandis' [[AudienceAlienatingPremise hybrid of vampire horror and Mafia thriller]]; it still managed to get a cult following on cable.
39	* ''Film/{{Intersection}}'' (1994) — Budget, $45 million. Box office, $61.3 million. Director Mark Rydell wouldn't direct another theatrical film for twelve years.
40	* ''Film/TheInterview'' (2014) — Budget, $42-44 million. Box office, $6,105,175 (domestic), $11,305,175 (worldwide). This BlackComedy about assassinating [[UsefulNotes/TheRulersOfNorthKorea Kim Jong Un]] only played on roughly 300 screens in the US due to almost all cinema chains refusing to show it following terrorist threats from UsefulNotes/NorthKorea and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Entertainment_hack the massive Sony hack that forced leader Amy Pascal's resignation]]. The film allegedly earned close to $40 million in home release, though whether that was enough for it to break even is unclear.
41	* ''Film/{{Into the Sun}}'' (2005) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $175,563. It only saw a theatrical release in Japan and went DirectToVideo in the U.S.
42	* ''Film/{{Intolerance}}'' (1916) — Budget, $2.5 million, Box office, under $100,000. Despite tremendous reviews, this now-classic film went down in history as the first big detonation to hit Hollywood, and was a shock to the nascent industry. It single-handedly sunk D.W. Griffith's production company, Triangle Films, and ruined both his career and his personal life. The film's failure was due in part to its length (over five hours in the original cut), its then innovative techniques (which confused the audiences), and poor timing — it was an anti-war film that came out just as the US population was growing in favor of entering UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
43	* ''Literature/IntruderInTheDust'' (1949) - Budget, $988,000. Box office, $837,000.
44	* ''Film/TheInvasion'' (2007) — Budget, $80 million. Box office, $40,170,558. This fourth version of ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'' suffered massive ExecutiveMeddling which turned it from a psychological thriller into an incomprehensible action film [[NightmareRetardant light on scares]]. Critics unanimously declared this to be the worst version yet. This dealt a serious blow to director Oliver Hirschbiegel's career until he did ''13 Minutes'' in 2015.
45	* ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' (1999) - Budget, $50 million. Box office, $31.3 million. [[AcclaimedFlop One of the most beloved and critically acclaimed animated films ever]] tanked at the box office, mostly due to InvisibleAdvertising by Warner Bros. The studio later did a 180 and gave it a marketing blitz on home video instead, and the movie's [[VindicatedByHistory gathered a large cult following]] thanks in part to [[VindicatedByCable numerous reruns]] on Creator/CartoonNetwork. Warner's bungling of the film's marketing contributed to first-time director Creator/BradBird hopping over to Creator/{{Pixar}} (where he'd experience much greater success) and continued a string of bombs for Creator/WarnerBrosAnimation, which would shutter its theatrical division a few years later.
46	* ''Film/{{Ironweed}}'' (1987) — Budget, $27 million. Box office, $7,393,346. The second of two pairings of Creator/MerylStreep and Creator/JackNicholson, who both added to their record Oscar nominations tallies with this AcclaimedFlop. William Kennedy, who wrote the original novel it was based on and wrote the screenplay for this film, hasn't gone back to screenwriting since.
47	* ''Film/{{Ishtar}}'' (1987) — Budget, $55 million. Box office, $14,375,181. CriticalBacklash over public stories of its infamously TroubledProduction, combined with going wildly over-budget, ensured this comedy never stood a chance at the box office. Its failure, along with that of other films such as ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen'' 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 hasn't had a directing job since. Once only referenced as a byword for expensive Hollywood boondoggles, it has [[VindicatedByHistory since been reappraised]] as undeserving of the vitriol it received on its initial release.
48	* ''[[Film/TheIslandOfDrMoreau1996 The Island of Dr. Moreau]]'' (1996) — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $27,663,982 (domestic), $49,627,779 (worldwide). This legendarily TroubledProduction dealt with [[Creator/MarlonBrando two]] [[Creator/ValKilmer stars]] [[WagTheDirector acting up]] in the midst of CreatorBreakdown, original director Creator/RichardStanley getting fired and replaced by [[TyrantTakesTheHelm the extremely difficult]] Creator/JohnFrankenheimer and horrid weather hitting the set. Creator/DavidThewlis and Creator/FairuzaBalk have both disowned this film.
49	* ''Film/IsntSheGreat'' (2000) — Budget, $44 million. Box office, $3,003,296. The killing blow to the career of director Andrew Bergman, who withdrew from Hollywood as a result. Also dealt damage to Creator/BetteMidler's acting career headlining films.
50	* ''Film/ItCameFromHollywood'' (1982) — Budget, $5 million. Box office, $2.6 million. A ClipShow / AffectionateParody of various {{B Movie}}s with various comedians providing commentary. It fell by the wayside in theaters but [[VindicatedByCable cable TV runs made it a]] CultClassic.
51	* ''Film/ItRunsInTheFamily1994'' (1994) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $70,396. Creator/BobClark and Creator/JeanShepherd reunited to try to recreate the magic of ''Film/AChristmasStory'', with a mostly new cast. Originally called ''A Summer Story'', the studio had no faith in it, retitled it, and dumped it in a handful of theaters with almost no hype at all.
52	* ''Film/ItsPat'' (1994) — Budget, $8 million. Box office, $60,822. The reason for the low gross was that the movie only saw release in '''three''' cities, and was ripped out of theaters after its opening weekend. ''It's Pat'', along with ''Film/StuartSavesHisFamily'', ended the AudienceAlienatingEra of movies based off of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketches. Didn't do any favors to Julia Sweeney's career, director Adam Bernstein to this day almost exclusively stuck to directing TV (although with quite an accomplished career there), Lorne Michaels, while having no credits on this movie, still regrets approving the usage of the character (owned by NBC) as it has been counted on his record by press regardless. As an added final bonus, ''It's Pat'' was released two days after studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg's [[RageQuit well publicized and acrimonious firing]] from Disney, who distributed this film through Touchstone.
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56	* ''Film/{{Jack Frost\|1998}}'' (1998) — Budget, $85 million. Box office, $34.5 million (domestic). A StarDerailingRole for lead Creator/MichaelKeaton who played a dead father reincarnated as a snowman animated by Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic and Creator/JimHensonsCreatureShop. Keaton was frozen into the B list of movie stars until ''Film/BirdmanOrTheUnexpectedVirtueOfIgnorance'' in 2014. This movie was released a year after an icy horror movie with the same name and also used a live snowman. 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. It was also part of a bad spell for Jim Henson's Creature Shop whose animation was criticized by Creator/RogerEbert.
57	* ''Film/JackTheGiantSlayer'' (2013) — Budget, $195 million (production alone), $295 million (marketing included). Box office, $65 million (domestic), $197.5 million (worldwide). This movie's horrible performance played a large role in Hollywood reconsidering its trend of DarkerAndEdgier FairyTale {{Remake}}s. Director Creator/BryanSinger would return to the Film/XMenFilmSeries for his next two ventures.
58	* ''Film/TheJacket'' (2005) — Budget, $29 million. Box office, $21,126,225. Ended up being the only American film to be directed by John Maybury so far.
59	* ''Film/{{Jade}}'' (1995) — Budget, $50 million. Box office, $9,851,610. This film and ''Kiss of Death'' from earlier that year marked a stillborn attempt to make David Caruso a movie star after suddenly leaving ''Series/NYPDBlue'', and he faded from public view before coming back with ''Series/CSIMiami''. One of two films that year that thrashed Joe Eszterhas's career, the other being ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'', and ''Burn Hollywood Burn'' would give him his third and final strike 3 years later.
60	* ''Film/JakobTheLiar'' (1999) — Budget, $45 million. Box office, $4.9 million. A remake of the 1975 Polish film of the same name starring Creator/RobinWilliams. It was lambasted by critics for its [[ContrivedCoincidence contrivances]] and melodrama and was compared unfavorably to the similarly themed ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful''.
61	* ''Film/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'' (1996) — Budget, $38 million. Box office, $28,946,127. This did not succeed for Disney and Creator/TimBurton despite [[AcclaimedFlop critical acclaim]] and ApprovalOfGod from Roald Dahl's widow. As a result, Disney didn't make another stop motion film for 16 years until Burton's own ''WesternAnimation/{{Frankenweenie}}''. This is [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory not the first time]] a film based off of Dahl's work became an AcclaimedFlop, nor the last, since Disney would sail down this exact same river [[Film/TheBFG a second time]] with Burton's contemporary, Creator/StevenSpielberg, 20 years later.
62	* ''Film/JaneGotAGun'' (2016) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $1,513,793. This suffered a very TroubledProduction due to constant recasts, director Lynne Ramsey getting replaced on the first day of shooting 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.
63	* ''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. [[NeverTrustATrailer Advertising which suggested the film was much more action oriented than it was]] may have been to blame for the mixed critical reception. Good home video sales prompted Universal to release several InNameOnly [[ActionizedSequel action-driven]] sequels, all of which went DirectToVideo.
64	* ''Film/{{Jefferson in Paris}}'' (1995) — Budget, $14 million. Box office, $2,442,542. This Merchant-Ivory film about Thomas Jefferson had a limited release and lukewarm reviews.
65	* ''Film/JemAndTheHolograms2015'' — Budget, $5 million. Box office, $2,333,684 (worldwide). Performed so poorly in wide release that Universal pulled it after two weeks, and its $1.38 million North American opening weekend was the ''[[MedalOfDishonor worst opening ever]]'' for a major studio film playing in 2,000+ theaters. ExecutiveMeddling forced the film to appeal to "the [=YouTube=] generation" while locking series creator Christy Marx out of the creative process, which backfired when [[AudienceAlienatingPremise fans and non-fans alike rejected it]] for being a bland ClicheStorm. Director John M. Chu and Universal [[http://www.indiewire.com/article/director-jon-chu-gives-brutally-honest-talk-day-after-jem-and-the-holograms-bombs-20151025 wasted no time]] in disowning the movie, which became one of the most notorious busts of 2015 and got reruns of the cartoon pulled from TV. This was also the first project of Hasbro Studios' self-financing Allspark Studios, though this film certainly didn't dent the studio. Chu would later bounce back with the success of ''Film/CrazyRichAsians''.
66	* ''Film/JenniferEight'' (1992) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $11,390,479. It had a modest opening week, but ''Film/BramStokersDracula'' and ''Film/HomeAlone2LostInNewYork'' releasing shortly after this film killed any momentum it had; Going straight to video in the UK didn't help either. Bruce Robinson vowed to stay away from the director's chair after this mystery film flopped until ''Film/TheRumDiary'' brought him back.
67	* ''Film/JerseyGirl'' (2004) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $25,268,157 (domestic), $36,098,382 (worldwide). The second film to star Creator/BenAffleck and Music/JenniferLopez flatlined in the wake of their disolved relationship and their disastrous [[Film/{{Gigli}} first film from the previous summer]]. Fans of Creator/KevinSmith were turned off by its mainstream approach.
68	* ''WesternAnimation/JetsonsTheMovie'' (1990) - Budget, $8 million (plus $12 million for prints and advertising). Box office, $20,305,841. TheMovie of ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' received pretty poor reviews from critics and sent the franchise straight into limbo for a quarter of a century. Not helping was the controversy over Judy Jetson being recast as late-80's pop singer Tiffany, rather than her still-living original voice Janet Waldo. That said, it would be VindicatedByVideo later.
69	* ''Film/{{Jexi}}'' (2019) — Budget, $5 million (without marketing costs), $12 million (with marketing costs). Box office, $7.2 million. This sci-fi comedy was the final film for CBS Films before it was folded into CBS Entertainment Group. The critics hated it and it couldn't stand a chance against the likes of ''Film/{{Joker\|2019}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{The Addams Family\|2019}}''.
70	* ''Film/JimmyHollywood'' (1994) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $3,783,003. This was heavily-panned by critics and immediately fell flat at the box office when it debuted at number 14. It also went straight-to-video overseas, which some say killed any chances of it making a decent profit. Creator/BarryLevinson had better luck that year with ''Film/{{Disclosure}}''.
71	* ''Film/{{Jinxed}}'' (1982) — Budget, $13.4 million. Box office, $2,869,638. A very TroubledProduction, this served as the final film Creator/DonSiegel ever directed. A follow-up to her Oscar-nominated performance in ''The Rose'', Creator/BetteMidler's acting career didn't recover until she bounced back with ''Film/DownAndOutInBeverlyHills''.
72	* ''Film/JoanOfArc'' (1948) — Budget, $4,650,506. Box office, $5,768,142. Recorded a loss of $2,480,436. This is the final film directed by ''Film/TheWizardOfOz[=/=]Film/GoneWithTheWind'' director Victor Fleming, who died two months after its release. Writer Maxwell Anderson never wrote another screenplay, and the contemporary reviews from critics such as historian Creator/LeonardMaltin have torched the movie for playing the DawsonCasting card with casting Ingrid Bergman as Joan (Bergman was 14 years older than Joan of Arc, who only lived to 19). It also didn't help matters that Bergman's affair with Roberto Rossellini caused such a scandal enough to dissuade people from seeing it.
73	* ''Film/JoeSomebody'' (2001) — Budget, $38 million. Box office, $24,516,772. It was knocked-out in one of the [[Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone busiest]] [[Film/OceansEleven holiday]] [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing seasons ever]]. The critics didn't like it to begin with.
74	* ''Film/JoeVersusTheVolcano'' (1990) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $39.4 million. John Patrick Shanley's directorial debut spent its first two weeks at number two behind ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'' but didn't make its budget back. Stars Creator/TomHanks and Creator/MegRyan reteamed [[Film/SleeplessInSeattle twice to]] [[Film/YouveGotMail much better results]]. Shanley's next time directing was [[SelfAdaptation adapting his own play]] ''Theatre/{{Doubt}}'' in 2008.
75	* ''Film/JoesApartment'' (1996) — Budget, $13 million. Box office, $4,619,014. Billed as Creator/{{MTV}}'s first feature film, ''Joe's Apartment'' failed to find an audience and disgusted critics with its attempt at featuring "cute" cockroaches (Creator/RogerEbert called this a "really, really bad idea" in his end of the year special with Creator/GeneSiskel). The movie's failure led to Warner Bros selling MTV's film distribution rights back to Creator/{{Viacom}}, [[LaserGuidedKarma which promptly bit them in the ass]] as MTV's next movie was the financially successful ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtheadDoAmerica''.
76	* ''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. Director Andrew Stanton 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 after returning to animation with ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory''.
77	* ''Film/JohnnyBeGood'' (1988) — Budget, $22 million. Box office, $17,550,399. This is the one and only film directed by Bud S. Smith, who returned to work as an editor and later became a producer.
78	* ''Film/JohnnyHandsome'' (1989) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $7,237,794. This film version of the novel ''The Three Worlds of Johnny Handsome'' fell by the wayside upon its release but it later became VindicatedByHistory.
79	* ''Film/JohnnyMnemonic'' (1995) — Budget, $26 million. Box office, $19,075,720. Creator/WilliamGibson [[DisownedAdaptation disowned]] this adaptation of his short story. While Gibson was credited as screenwriter on the film, both Gibson and director Robert Longo blamed ExecutiveMeddling for changing the film's script and cutting a number of scenes in the editing room. Gibson and Longo swore off working in Hollywood after their experiences here with Longo going back to music videos, though he would make a ReCut of the film in 2021. Creator/DolphLundgren stayed off the big screen until ''Film/TheExpendables'' fifteen years later, while Creator/KeanuReeves had much better success with the similarly-themed ''Film/TheMatrix'' four years later.
80	* ''[[WesternAnimation/JonahAVeggieTalesMovie Jonah: A [=VeggieTales=] Movie]]'' (2002): Budget, $14 million. Box office, $25,615,231. The first theatrically-released ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Veggietales}} [=VeggieTales=]]]'' film failed to recoup its prints and advertising costs and may have played a hand in production company Big Idea's bankruptcy.
81	* ''Film/{{Jonah Hex\|2010}}'' (2010) — Budget, $47 million. Box office, $10,547,117. Poor reviews centered around its plot and [[ItsShortSoItSucks 81 minute run-time]], declining interest in Creator/MeganFox, the general struggle of the Western genre at the 21st century box office, and coming out the same weekend as ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' all left the film DOA. This is the last film written by the duo of Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, and it would be a while before director Jimmy Hayward would do serious work again. This is one of two 2010 films to deliver a serious setback to the career of producer Andrew Lazar.
82	* ''Literature/JonathanLivingstonSeagull'' (1973) — Budget, $1.5 million. Box office, $1.6 million. This adaptation of the Richard Bach novel was one of a handful of films that Creator/RogerEbert walked out of. Other critics who stayed for the whole show lambasted it for its droning philosphy and flat voice cast. It didn't help that the filmmakers were subject to '''three''' lawsuits: one from Ovady Julber for ripping off scenes from his film ''La Mer'', another from composer Neil Diamond for cutting too much of his score (which won him a Golden Globe), and another from Bach for straying too much from his novel.
83	* ''[[Film/JoshAndSam Josh and S.A.M.]]'' (1993) — Budget, $18 million. Box office, $1,640,220. The only film directed by editor Billy Weber, who went back to that line of work after this film's critical and financial takedown. Producer Martin Brest waited five years before he got involved in another film, ''Film/MeetJoeBlack.'' It has never been released on a format outside of VHS.
84	* ''Film/{{Joshua}}'' (2002) — Budget, $9 million. Box office, $1,461,635. Its widest release was in 43 theaters.
85	* ''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. In ensuing decades, the movie has been reevaluated as a CultClassic with a [[{{Satire}} satirical]] take on the music industry and its source material.
86	* ''Film/{{Joy\|2015}}'' (2015) — Budget, $60 million. Box office, $56,451,232 (domestic), $101,134,059 (worldwide). This broke Creator/DavidORussell's string of critical and financial successes that started with ''Film/TheFighter''. Its [[UncertainAudience indecisive tone]] and tough competition ([[Film/StarWarsTheForceAwakens with one in particular]]) may have contributed to that outcome. It still got Creator/JenniferLawrence an Oscar nomination.
87	* ''Film/JoyRide'' (2001) — Budget, $23 million. Box office, $21,974,919 (domestic), $36,642,838 (worldwide). Critics generally liked this film to begin with, but skidded off the box office road due to a poor marketing campaign. Strong video sales lead to two DirectToVideo sequels.
88	* ''Film/{{Jude}}'' (1996) — Budget, $7 million. Box office, $409,144. Was an AcclaimedFlop, however, and star Creator/ChristopherEccleston notably is still proud of it.
89	* ''Film/TheJudge'' (2014) — Budget, $50 million. Box office, $47,119,388 (domestic), $84,419,388 (worldwide). Although Creator/RobertDuvall received an Oscar nomination, this drama film earned a mixed reception from critics, many of whom accused it of being a ClicheStorm.
90	* ''Film/JudgeDredd'' (1995) — Budget, $90 million. Box office, $34,693,481 (domestic), $113,493,481 (worldwide). Effectively hamstrung any attempts to establish the Judge Dredd franchise in the U.S. It and ''In the Mouth of Madness'' swallowed the writing job of Michael De Luca, who stuck with being an executive at New Line and [=DreamWorks=] and Sony until 2010's ''Film/TheSocialNetwork''. ''Judge Dredd'' also was one of a series of critically-derided screenplays credited to Steven E. de Souza, and he would not get his next one for 3 years. Both the film's star Creator/SylvesterStallone and creator of ''Dredd'' John Wagner felt the movie never attained its potential (Wagner felt Stallone was good for the role, but Stallone got a Razzie nom for it).
91	* ''Film/JudgmentNight'' (1993) — Budget, $21 million. Box office, $12 million. This film stalled in pre-production for so long it would've died had Creator/EmilioEstevez not accepted the lead role. While the film flat-lined in theaters, its RapRock soundtrack went gold.
92	* ''{{Film/Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer}}'' (2011) -- Budget, $20 million. Box office, $15,013,650. The last theatrical film by director John Schultz, whose most recent credit is the 2016 TV remake of ''Film/AdventuresInBabysitting''. The critics didn't care for it but it fared better with audiences.
93	* ''Film/JungleCruise'' (2021) - Budget, $200 million. Box office, $220.9 million (plus around $60 million in "Premier Access"). After being delayed over a year by the COVID-19 pandemic, the film adaptation of the Disney theme park ride was released amid a still greatly depressed theatrical marketplace. Its performance on PVOD during the theatrical window lightened the blow, and belief that it performed as well as could be expected given the circumstances led to a sequel being greenlit.
94	* ''Film/{{Junior}}'' (1994) — Budget, $60 million. Box office, $36,763,355 (domestic), $108,431,355 (worldwide). No mainstream movies dealing with human male pregnancy have been made since this attempt, which put a serious dent in Arnold Schwarzenegger's move for more comedic fare.
95	* ''Film/JupiterAscending'' (2015) — Budget, $175 million. Box office, $47,387,723 (domestic), $183,887,723 (worldwide). Was the death knell for Creator/TheWachowskis as a filmmaking duo (Lana would return for ''Film/TheMatrixResurrections'', another bomb). Creator/EddieRedmayne, who played the film's BigBad and won a Razzie for it, still won an Oscar for ''Film/TheTheoryOfEverything'' a few weeks later.
96	* ''Film/TheJuror'' (1996) — Budget, $44 million. Box office, $22,754,725. Director Brian Gibson made one more film after this before his death in 2004. This also did no favors for Creator/DemiMoore, who won a Razzie for this and her more high-profile bust, ''Film/{{Striptease}}''.
97	* ''Film/JuryDuty'' (1995) — Budget, $21 million. Box office, $17,014,653. A serious blow to director John Fortenberry, writer Neil Tolkin and star Creator/PaulyShore's careers, and it's the final film to feature Billie Bird.
98	* ''Film/{{Justice League\|2017}}'' (2017) — Budget, $300 million (not counting marketing costs, interest expenses, 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]]". This is among the most expensive films ever made, caused in part by its TroubledProduction that saw Creator/ZackSnyder replaced with Creator/JossWhedon during reshoots, so it needed to gross a massive amount just to break even. It also had enormously high expectations for profit, as even the critically disappointing ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' reached over $850 million on its own. Instead, it opened in a [[Literature/Wonder2012 surprisingly]] [[Film/ThorRagnarok competitive]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Coco}} season]] on the release calendar. Its opening domestic weekend of $93.8 million was only about half of ''[=BvS=]'' and the lowest of any DCEU film to that point, suffering from lackluster marketing and critical backlash after [[NotScreenedForCritics 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 analysts]] predicted this film lost $50 to $100 million for Warner Brothers. The film's failure prompted the studio to fire several members of Creator/DCFilms including heads Creator/GeoffJohns and Jon Berg, while both Snyder and Whedon were removed from future DC films, the latter also being accused of abusive behavior during the reshoots. A [[SendingStuffToSaveTheShow fan campaign]] succeeded and Snyder was allowed to work on and release a [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague director's cut]] in 2021.
99	* ''Film/JustGettingStarted'' (2017) — Budget, $22 million. Box office, $7,634,022. This was the first film that Ron Shelton directed in over a decade since ''Film/HollywoodHomicide'', but unfortunately its critical and commercial performance wasn't an improvement from that film's also poor intake. It was quickly pulled from theaters after just two weeks. This film's failure also [[CreatorKiller ended]] Broad Green Pictures, which had suffered many flops, particularly their horror hopeful ''Film/WishUpon''.
100	* ''Film/JustLikeHeaven'' (2005) — Budget, $58 million. Box office, $48,318,130 (domestic), $102,854,431 (worldwide). Creator/ReeseWitherspoon bounced back a few months later with ''Film/WalkTheLine''.
101	* ''Film/JustMyLuck'' (2006) — Budget, $28 million. Box office, $17,326,650 (domestic), $38,159,905 (worldwide). This [[CreatorKiller derailed director Donald Petrie's career]] as his last notable film was ''My Life In Ruins''. It also [[StarDerailingRole did no favors]] for Creator/LindsayLohan, whose star fell the next year.
102	* ''Film/{{Just the Ticket}}'' (1999) — Budget, $12 million. Box office, $434,404. Yeah, you read that right. Shoved out to theaters during a packed weekend, then pulled almost immediately for video plans. Apparently didn't do too bad in the rental market, however.
103	* ''Film/JustVisiting'' (2001) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $16,176,732. This ForeignRemake of the French blockbuster ''Film/LesVisiteurs'' was shot in 1999 and edited significantly for its American release. This was the last film Disney released under their Creator/HollywoodPictures brand for five years.
104	* ''Film/{{Justine}}'' (1969) — Budget, $7,870,000. Box office, $2.2 million (domestic rentals). Recorded loss, $6,602,000. The film version of Lawrence Durrell's novel saw director Joseph Strick getting replaced with Creator/GeorgeCukor after clashing with Fox's ExecutiveMeddling. Its critical and financial takedown contributed to a bad slump for Fox.
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