Pinocchio (2022, Disney Live-Action)

Disney's live-action Pinocchio ranks as one of the most pointless remakes ever, grossing just $121 million worldwide against a $150 million budget—a 19% box-office loss that makes it the biggest financial disaster among this list's top 10. Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks failed to inject any soul into the rehash, cutting beloved songs like "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee" and reducing Pleasure Island's transformation sequence to a rushed, effects-laden montage. The film's 28% Rotten Tomatoes score underperforms #10 Death Note's 37% critical rating, proving that even star power cannot resurrect a project that added nothing to the 1940 classic. Worse, its Blue Fairy redesign—a cold, glowing CGI entity—drained all warmth from the original, leaving viewers with a joyless 111-minute slog that exemplifies why live-action remakes of animated masterpieces so often fail.