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Big studios have every advantage imaginable. Massive budgets, famous actors, endless marketing campaigns, and globally recognized franchises create the expectation of guaranteed box office success. But even with all that power behind them, some movies still failed spectacularly when they reached theaters. A few became financial disasters so large that they changed studio strategies for years afterward. Hollywood history is filled with expensive reminders that no company is completely safe from producing a massive flop.
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The Marvels — Marvel Studios
The Marvel Cinematic Universe finally experienced a major box office collapse after years of near automatic success.
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The New Mutants — 20th Century Studios
Years of delays and production problems completely drained excitement for the X-Men spinoff.
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Tomorrowland — Walt Disney Pictures
Disney invested heavily in original blockbuster storytelling, but audiences showed little interest in the final movie.
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Battlefield Earth — Franchise Pictures
The heavily criticized sci-fi movie became one of the most infamous studio backed disasters ever released.
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Cats — Universal Pictures
The bizarre visual effects and awkward adaptation instantly turned Cats into one of the internet’s favourite punching bags.
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Cutthroat Island — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The pirate adventure lost so much money that it helped destroy the studio behind its production.
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Green Lantern — Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. planned a major superhero franchise before weak reactions destroyed those plans almost immediately.
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John Carter — Walt Disney Pictures
Disney hoped John Carter would become a giant sci-fi franchise before the movie disappeared quickly at the box office.
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Jupiter Ascending — Warner Bros.
The ambitious sci-fi epic struggled under its confusing story and overwhelming visual style.
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Lightyear — Pixar
The Toy Story spinoff surprisingly failed to generate the audience enthusiasm Pixar normally receives.
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Mortal Engines — Universal Pictures
Despite huge visual ambition and blockbuster scale, audiences never connected with the post apocalyptic adventure.
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Solo: A Star Wars Story — Lucasfilm
Production chaos and franchise fatigue hurt what was expected to be another easy Star Wars hit.
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Strange World — Walt Disney Animation Studios
Disney’s animated sci-fi movie quietly became one of the company’s largest theatrical failures in years.
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The Flash — Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. spent years developing the superhero film only to watch it become one of DC’s biggest financial disappointments.
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The Lone Ranger — Walt Disney Pictures
The expensive western failed badly despite the studio hoping it would repeat the success of Pirates of the Caribbean.
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