The Top 10 Biggest Box Office Flops So Far

They are called “flops” and “Box Office Bombs” they are movies that cost a lot more to make than they earn. Some times this happens because of bad marketing and other times it’s just because the film is bad. Whatever the reason they ended up making a loss, they all made a giant loss…


 

The Adventures of Pluto Nash
The Adventures of Pluto Nash

10 – The Adventures of Pluto Nash (Estimated loss Adjusted for inflation: $128,000,000)

Wiki Info: “Pluto Nash” is an action comedy set on the moon in the year 2087, starring Eddie Murphy as the title character, an audacious nightclub owner who finds himself in hot water when he refuses to sell his club to the local mob. The lunar gangsters are helping the mysterious Rex Crater mastermind a plan to take over the moon.

Titan A.E.
Titan A.E.

9 – Titan A.E. (Estimated loss Adjusted for inflation: $139,000,000)

Wiki Info: A science-fiction film that combines traditional animation with computer generated images, “Titan A.E.” takes place in the distant future, after Earth has been obliterated by a mysterious alien race known as the Drej. Cale is a human teenager who has been given a mysterious map by his father, leading him on an unforgettable journey.

Cutthroat Island
Cutthroat Island

8 – Cutthroat Island (Estimated loss Adjusted for inflation: $140,000,000)

Wiki Info: Feisty Morgan Adams (Geena Davis) inherits her late buccaneer father’s galleon and one-third of a map to buried treasure located on Cutthroat Island. The map had been tattooed on her father’s scalp, and to find the treasure, she must locate and scalp his two brothers. But Morgan’s swashbuckling uncle, Dawg Brown (Frank Langella), wants the treasure for himself and does battle with his headstrong niece and her unwilling accomplice, Latin-speaking physician William Shaw (Matthew Modine).

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

7 – King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (Estimated loss Adjusted for inflation: $150,000,000)

Wiki Info: After the murder of his father, young Arthur’s power-hungry uncle Vortigern seizes control of the crown. Robbed of his birthright, he grows up the hard way in the back alleys of the city, not knowing who he truly is. When fate leads him to pull the Excalibur sword from the stone, Arthur embraces his true destiny to become a legendary fighter and leader.

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Pan
Pan

6 – Pan (Estimated loss Adjusted for inflation: $152,000,000)

Wiki Info: Living a bleak existence at a London orphanage, 12-year-old Peter (Levi Miller) finds himself whisked away to the fantastical world of Neverland. Adventure awaits as he meets new friend James Hook (Garrett Hedlund) and the warrior Tiger Lily (Rooney Mara). They must band together to save Neverland from the ruthless pirate Blackbeard (Hugh Jackman). Along the way, the rebellious and mischievous boy discovers his true destiny, becoming the hero forever known as Peter Pan.

Mars Needs Moms
Mars Needs Moms

5 – Mars Needs Moms (Estimated loss Adjusted for inflation: $153,000,000)

Wiki Info: Milo is a 9-year-old boy who has a lot on his mind; he has monster movies to watch, comic books to read and all other kinds of fun stuff to accomplish. He definitely does not have time to do homework or eat his vegetables. He’s getting tired of his mom nagging him to do these things, and his mom is tired of nagging. But just as Milo is telling his mom that life would be more fun without her, Martians kidnap her. Milo stows away on their spaceship, determined to launch a rescue.

47 Ronin
47 Ronin

4 – 47 Ronin (Estimated loss Adjusted for inflation: $154,000,000)

Wiki Info: In feudal Japan, Lord Asano rules his province with fairness. However, jealous Lord Kira (Tadanobu Asano) fears that the shogun favours Asano over him and hatches a plot that ends with Asano’s ritual suicide. After Asano’s death, his samurai, led by Oishi (Hiroyuki Sanada), is forced to live as outcasts. Oishi wanders for several years but realizes that he must turn to Kai (Keanu Reeves), a mixed-blood warrior he once rejected, to help him and his ronin comrades take revenge on Lord Kira.

The 13th Warrior
The 13th Warrior

3 – The 13th Warrior (Estimated loss Adjusted for inflation: $185,000,000)

Wiki Info: A Muslim ambassador exiled from his homeland, Ahmad ibn Fadlan (Antonio Banderas) finds himself in the company of Vikings. While the behaviour of the Norsemen initially offends Ibn Fadlan, the more cultured outsider grows to respect the tough, if uncouth, warriors. During their travels together, ibn Fadlan and the Vikings get word of an evil presence closing in, and they must fight the frightening and formidable force, which was previously thought to exist only in legend.

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The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger

2 – The Lone Ranger (Estimated loss Adjusted for inflation: $195,000,000)

Wiki Info: In 1933 a boy discovers an ancient Native American in a sideshow carnival tent. The Indian is Tonto (Johnny Depp), the old companion of John Reid (Armie Hammer), a lawman more famously known as the Lone Ranger. With this opportunity to set the record straight about his and Reid’s adventures, Tonto recalls the day in 1869 when he first encountered the man who would be his trusted friend and tells of their teamwork bringing down Butch Cavendish (William Fichtner) and other Old West outlaws.

John Carter
John Carter

1 – John Carter (Estimated loss Adjusted for inflation: $209,000,000)

Wiki Info: When Civil War veteran John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) mysteriously awakes on the surface of Mars — also called Barsoom — he little expects the adventure that awaits him. Carter reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict among the red planet’s inhabitants, including Tars Tarkas (Willem Dafoe) and Princess Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins). As Barsoom is poised on the brink of collapse, war-weary Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes that everyone’s fate is in his hands.

Author: Gus Barge

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