
Hollywood excess meets financial catastrophe. These films cost hundreds of millions to produce and market, only to be resoundingly rejected by audiences worldwide, leaving studios reeling from staggering losses.
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Disney's adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs's Mars novels cost an estimated $350 million including marketing and earned back only $284 million worldwide. The studio wrote off a $200 million loss, making it one of the biggest flops ever.

This motion-capture animated film cost $150 million to produce and earned just $39 million globally. Its uncanny valley animation style and weak story made it one of Disney's most embarrassing failures.
Johnny Depp and Gore Verbinski's bloated western adventure cost $375 million with marketing but earned only $260 million worldwide. Disney took a $190 million write-down on the film.
Geena Davis's pirate adventure cost $98 million and earned just $10 million domestically. Its catastrophic failure bankrupted Carolco Pictures and scared Hollywood away from pirate movies for nearly a decade.

Michael Cimino's western epic ballooned from a $12 million budget to $44 million and earned less than $4 million. Its failure destroyed United Artists and ended the New Hollywood era of director-driven filmmaking.
Peter Jackson's produced adaptation of Philip Reeve's novel cost $175 million to produce and earned only $83 million worldwide. Universal took a write-down of approximately $175 million on the film.

Eddie Murphy's sci-fi comedy sat on a shelf for two years before its release. It cost $100 million to make and earned just $7 million worldwide, becoming one of the most lopsided budget-to-gross ratios in history.

Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman starred in Elaine May's notorious comedy that cost $51 million and earned $14 million. The title "Ishtar" became Hollywood shorthand for expensive disaster for decades.
Tom Hooper's adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical featured nightmarish CGI fur technology that horrified audiences. It cost $95 million and earned $75 million, with Universal losing an estimated $114 million.

The final Fox X-Men film attempted the Dark Phoenix saga for the second time and failed spectacularly. It cost $200 million and grossed only $252 million worldwide, resulting in an estimated $133 million loss for the studio.
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Disney's adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs's Mars novels cost an estimated $350 million including marketing and earned back only $284 million worldwide. The studio wrote off a $200 million loss, making it one of the biggest flops ever.

This motion-capture animated film cost $150 million to produce and earned just $39 million globally. Its uncanny valley animation style and weak story made it one of Disney's most embarrassing failures.
Johnny Depp and Gore Verbinski's bloated western adventure cost $375 million with marketing but earned only $260 million worldwide. Disney took a $190 million write-down on the film.
Geena Davis's pirate adventure cost $98 million and earned just $10 million domestically. Its catastrophic failure bankrupted Carolco Pictures and scared Hollywood away from pirate movies for nearly a decade.

Michael Cimino's western epic ballooned from a $12 million budget to $44 million and earned less than $4 million. Its failure destroyed United Artists and ended the New Hollywood era of director-driven filmmaking.
Peter Jackson's produced adaptation of Philip Reeve's novel cost $175 million to produce and earned only $83 million worldwide. Universal took a write-down of approximately $175 million on the film.

Eddie Murphy's sci-fi comedy sat on a shelf for two years before its release. It cost $100 million to make and earned just $7 million worldwide, becoming one of the most lopsided budget-to-gross ratios in history.

Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman starred in Elaine May's notorious comedy that cost $51 million and earned $14 million. The title "Ishtar" became Hollywood shorthand for expensive disaster for decades.
Tom Hooper's adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical featured nightmarish CGI fur technology that horrified audiences. It cost $95 million and earned $75 million, with Universal losing an estimated $114 million.

The final Fox X-Men film attempted the Dark Phoenix saga for the second time and failed spectacularly. It cost $200 million and grossed only $252 million worldwide, resulting in an estimated $133 million loss for the studio.

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