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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 ...
3. ‘Man on the Moon’ Worldwide box office: $47.4 million From a financial standpoint, the 1999 film “Man on the Moon,” starring Jim Carrey and Danny DeVito, was a disaster.
A box-office bomb [a] is a film that is unprofitable or considered highly unsuccessful during its theatrical run. Although any film for which the combined production budget, marketing, and distribution costs exceed the revenue after release has technically "bombed", the term is more frequently used for major studio releases that were highly anticipated, extensively marketed, and expensive to ...
Tied with Justice League and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End for the 10th most expensive movie ever, this installment of the iconic Star Wars franchise grossed over $1.3 billion worldwide ...
In 2010, Scott Pilgrim was a box office bomb, grossing $47.7m (£35.8m) against its production budget of $85m–90m (£63.7m-£67.5m). However, love for the film is strong 11 years on,with the ...
It is unclear which sound-era production superseded it as the most expensive film, although this is commonly attributed to Hell's Angels (1930), directed by Howard Hughes; the accounts for Hell's Angels show it cost $2.8 million, but Hughes publicised it as costing $4 million, selling it to the media as the most expensive film ever made. [214]
Three of the four highest-grossing films, including Avatar at the top, were written and directed by James Cameron.. With a worldwide box-office gross of over $2.9 billion, Avatar is proclaimed to be the "highest-grossing" film, but such claims usually refer to theatrical revenues only and do not take into account home video and television income, which can form a significant portion of a film ...
'Napoleon Dynamite' (2004) People love this movie. I couldn't tell you why. It cost $400,000 which seems about 100,000 times more expensive than you'd expect for a movie that looks like it was ...