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Highest Quality Films that were biggest box office busts
Posted on 12/8/25 at 12:52 am
Posted on 12/8/25 at 12:52 am
This one heads my list.
2007: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Budget: $30 mils
Box Office: 15.3 mils
2007: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Budget: $30 mils
Box Office: 15.3 mils
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Posted on 12/8/25 at 4:45 am to JoeyP239
I wouldn't necessarily call that a flop considering the fact that the film never got a wide release. At its peak, it was only in 301 movie theaters here in the United States.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 5:15 am to RollTide1987
Edge of Tomorrow… not a bust but still disappointing.
Budget: $178M
Box Office: $370-$381 million worldwide
Budget: $178M
Box Office: $370-$381 million worldwide
This post was edited on 12/8/25 at 5:17 am
Posted on 12/8/25 at 5:49 am to meeple
It’s got pretty good reviews and a fan following. Mainly because of Cruise & Blunt. But title changes along with tricky time jumpy plot may have turned off a good bit of the audience.
It’s all true too.
It’s all true too.
This post was edited on 12/8/25 at 10:16 am
Posted on 12/8/25 at 6:03 am to JoeyP239
Shawshank Redemption
Budget 28 mil
Box office 16 mil
Budget 28 mil
Box office 16 mil
Posted on 12/8/25 at 6:08 am to SouthEasternKaiju
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title changes along with tricky time jumpy plot may have turned off a good bit of the audience.
I just remember seeing absolutely NO promotion for it. Was bored on a work trip so walked across the street to the theater to see it.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 7:16 am to meeple
quote:
Edge of Tomorrow
That movie was awesome.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 7:25 am to JoeyP239
Children of Men
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Budget $76 million
Box office $70.5 million
Posted on 12/8/25 at 7:27 am to JoeyP239
The Postman is really not a bad movie at all imo
Posted on 12/8/25 at 8:33 am to JoeyP239
The Big Lebowski: cost 15M box office 18M
The Thing: cost 15M box office 19.6M
Fight Club: cost 65M box office 37M
The Thing: cost 15M box office 19.6M
Fight Club: cost 65M box office 37M
Posted on 12/8/25 at 8:38 am to JoeyP239
Dont remember the exact numbers but Waterworld was supposed to be some kind of huge bust but when I eventually got around to watching it a few years later I thought it was pretty good.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 8:53 am to JoeyP239
We were in Berlin when the Assasination of Jesse James was released, and we watched it in a Berlin theater.
I thought it was an unusual but excellent film. I think the title threw some people off in the beginning. Maybe when word of mouth let people know it was deliberately paced, it may have affected box office.
I thought it was an unusual but excellent film. I think the title threw some people off in the beginning. Maybe when word of mouth let people know it was deliberately paced, it may have affected box office.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 9:21 am to JoeyP239
Fight Club definitely jumps to mind immediately
Posted on 12/8/25 at 9:23 am to JoeyP239
The other is what is considered perhaps the greatest holiday film of all time:
Its a Wonderful Life
Was a total flop, so much so the studio never re-applied the copyright and it became a hit because TV stations could play it repeatedly for nothing
Its a Wonderful Life
Was a total flop, so much so the studio never re-applied the copyright and it became a hit because TV stations could play it repeatedly for nothing
Posted on 12/8/25 at 9:26 am to JoeyP239
John Carter
Posted on 12/8/25 at 9:31 am to JoeyP239
The Wizard of Oz was a box office disappointment. It gained its status through television
Posted on 12/8/25 at 9:50 am to JoeyP239
Ishtar
Posted on 12/8/25 at 9:59 am to Tigersforthee
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Dont remember the exact numbers but Waterworld was supposed to be some kind of huge bust but when I eventually got around to watching it a few years later I thought it was pretty good.
Waterworld is awesome. And it actually made $264 million against a ~$175 million budget, plus I think it also made a ton in video rentals too.
And even though Starship Troopers barely made a profit (in terms of BO vs. budget costs), I'll champion that one. It should've made billions because that movie is fricking awesome.
In terms of straight up quality vs. BO, Shawshank is probably the winner here though.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 10:08 am to JoeyP239
Yea TAOJJBTCRF is a fantastic western. One of the best westerns of the past 40 years or so honestly.
I legit think one of the reasons it didn't do well is because of how lame the movie title is. Just name the movie The Assassination of Jessie James. I read something when the movie came out that Brad Pitt told the director that he would play in it if they named it what they did. I was thinking, well that was dumb, because the title was so ridiculous it probably made people skip out on seeing it.
Just love the tone of this movie so much. Very haunting, great acting, and great story telling.
I legit think one of the reasons it didn't do well is because of how lame the movie title is. Just name the movie The Assassination of Jessie James. I read something when the movie came out that Brad Pitt told the director that he would play in it if they named it what they did. I was thinking, well that was dumb, because the title was so ridiculous it probably made people skip out on seeing it.
Just love the tone of this movie so much. Very haunting, great acting, and great story telling.
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