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Waterworld's reported budget was $172 million, and a total outlay of $235 million once marketing and distribution costs are factored in. [2] Because of the runaway costs of the production, some critics dubbed it "Fishtar" [24] and "Kevin's Gate", [25] alluding to the flops Ishtar and Heaven's Gate. The film debuted at the box office at No. 1.
The 1995 post-apocalyptic action film Waterworld was the most expensive film ever made at the time after undergoing significant production difficulties. While it performed relatively well in the US box office, it did not initially turn a profit and became known as a box-office flop.
There was also Waterworld, pre-hyped as the biggest flop ever, because of a budget that rose to some $175m (£135m).The knives were out for Kevin Costner in the press and in Hollywood ...
In the film and media industry, if a film released in theatres fails to break even by a large amount, it is considered a box-office bomb (or box-office flop), thus losing money for the distributor, studio, and/or production company that invested in it. Due to the secrecy surrounding costs and profit margins in the film industry, figures of ...
Though Waterworld, also starring Dennis Hopper, Jeanne Tripplehorn, and Tina Majorino, ultimately underperformed at the box office upon grossing $264 million globally on a massive $175 million ...
If Waterworld was made for $175m and grossed a total of $264m, that means that Universal would still not have recouped their investment. Therefore, the film was a box office flop.79.66.87.237 18:57, 26 February 2008 (UTC) ^Kind of a silly 'argument'. The movie DID turn a profit eventually.
Water World, Water world, or Waterworld may refer to: Film and television. Waterworld, 1995 science fiction film WaterWorld, stunt show featured at many Universal ...
The humorous epithet "Kevin's Gate" (named after the film Heaven's Gate) has been applied to two films by Kevin Costner: . Dances with Wolves; Waterworld; Waterworld also earned another epithet, “Fishtar,” as a reference to the Hollywood flop “Ishtar,” an expensive and underwhelming film that starred Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman.