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 – https://musicmagpie.co.uk/
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/
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