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The 50 biggest movie flops of all time

Earlier this year we saw Avengers: Endgame top the charts as the highest grossing movie of all time, bringing in over $2.79 billion at the box office. However, most films aren’t this lucky!

musicMagpie have analysed the box office performance of nearly 1,000 different movies to reveal the biggest box office failures of all time –

Mars Needs Moms came out on top as the biggest box office flop of all time, with an estimated loss of $110,450,242!

Dark Phoenix, the disappointing end to the long-running X Men franchise, takes the number two spot, having lost a shocking $103,643,105 in the box office!

Here’s a breakdown of the 50 biggest box office flops of all time:

Movie Loss Production Budget Worldwide Gross
Mars Needs Moms (2011)  $ -110,450,242  $ 150,000,000  $   39,549,758
Dark Phoenix (2019)  $ -103,643,105  $ 350,000,000  $ 246,356,895
Town & Country (2001)  $   -94,635,231  $ 105,000,000  $   10,364,769
Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)  $   -92,905,005  $ 100,000,000  $      7,094,995
Promise (2017)  $   -79,448,583  $   90,000,000  $   10,551,417
Renegades (2019)  $   -75,978,328  $   77,500,000  $      1,521,672
A Sound of Thunder (2005)  $   -73,699,549  $   80,000,000  $      6,300,451
Cutthroat Island (1995)  $   -73,482,678  $   92,000,000  $   18,517,322
How Do You Know? (2010)  $   -70,371,823  $ 120,000,000  $   49,628,177
Monkeybone (2001)  $   -69,590,483  $   75,000,000  $      5,409,517
Nutcracker in 3D (2010)  $   -69,533,984  $   90,000,000  $   20,466,016
Alamo (2004)  $   -68,088,638  $   92,000,000  $   23,911,362
Air Strike (2018)  $   -64,483,721  $   65,000,000  $         516,279
Monster Trucks (2017)  $   -63,357,202  $ 125,000,000  $   61,642,798
13th Warrior (1999)  $   -63,301,101  $ 125,000,000  $   61,698,899
Stealth (2005)  $   -61,583,254  $ 138,000,000  $   76,416,746
Soldier (1998)  $   -60,376,918  $   75,000,000  $   14,623,082
Postman (1997)  $   -59,158,877  $   80,000,000  $   20,841,123
Osmosis Jones (2001)  $   -56,403,089  $   70,000,000  $   13,596,911
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002)  $   -55,705,158  $   70,000,000  $   14,294,842
Lucky Numbers (2000)  $   -54,985,766  $   65,000,000  $   10,014,234
Timeline (2003)  $   -53,296,816  $   80,000,000  $   26,703,184
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)  $   -51,868,170  $ 137,000,000  $   85,131,830
R.I.P.D. (2013)  $   -50,923,322  $ 130,000,000  $   79,076,678
Blackhat (2015)  $   -50,334,996  $   70,000,000  $   19,665,004
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000)  $   -50,274,337  $   80,000,000  $   29,725,663
Hard Rain (1998)  $   -50,129,433  $   70,000,000  $   19,870,567
Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return (2014)  $   -49,892,067  $   70,000,000  $   20,107,933
Great Raid (2005)  $   -49,402,930  $   60,000,000  $   10,597,070
Father’s Day (1997)  $   -49,318,920  $   85,000,000  $   35,681,080
Last Man Standing (1996)  $   -48,884,073  $   67,000,000  $   18,115,927
Beyond Borders (2003)  $   -48,572,910  $   60,000,000  $   11,427,090
Holy Man (1998)  $   -47,930,281  $   60,000,000  $   12,069,719
Hudson Hawk (1991)  $   -47,781,084  $   65,000,000  $   17,218,916
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2008)  $   -46,766,780  $   60,000,000  $   13,233,220
Red Planet (2000)  $   -46,536,031  $   80,000,000  $   33,463,969
Flyboys (2006)  $   -45,183,621  $   60,000,000  $   14,816,379
Supernova (2000)  $   -45,183,506  $   60,000,000  $   14,816,494
Virus (1999)  $   -44,373,310  $   75,000,000  $   30,626,690
Rollerball (2002)  $   -44,147,492  $   70,000,000  $   25,852,508
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)  $   -43,291,152  $   62,000,000  $   18,708,848
Live by Night (2016)  $   -43,225,568  $   65,000,000  $   21,774,432
Last Legion (2007)  $   -41,642,229  $   67,000,000  $   25,357,771
Flight of the Phoenix (2004)  $   -40,990,820  $   75,000,000  $   34,009,180
Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000)  $   -40,870,390  $   76,000,000  $   35,129,610
Meet Joe Black (1998)  $   -40,349,997  $   85,000,000  $   44,650,003
Son of the Mask (2005)  $   -40,081,578  $ 100,000,000  $   59,918,422
Invasion (2007)  $   -39,852,958  $   80,000,000  $   40,147,042
Last Castle (2001)  $   -39,458,332  $   60,000,000  $   20,541,668
Oliver Twist (2005)  $   -38,329,080  $   65,000,000  $   26,670,920

Head over to the musicMagpie website for more information about the most expensive movies of all time, including which generated the biggest return on investment and which were the most critically acclaimed – https://musicmagpie.co.uk/bang-for-your-buck

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