Flops and Hits in Movie History

[Damned Martian]

Similar to my other thread of 2003 (I'm a numbers nerd, what can i say? :D)
The take is: what movies have been successes and what movies have been bombs at the B.O. in movie history?

Rules:

1) Just movies that have ended/are ending their theatrical careers worldwide (obvious rule in this particular thread)

2) Take into account the WORLDWIDE B.O.

3) Take into account not only their budget, but also their marketing costs, if they're available (in boxofficemojo.com you can find lots of them)

4) Consider that the money that the studio gets from the B.O. of a movie is around 55% of its worldwide total. The rest is for distributors/exhibitors. (source: the-numbers.com)

5) Type of movies:


Disaster: almost all its budget lost in the end
Bomb/Flop: near half its budget is going to be lost for the company, even with video/DVD
Failure: won't get to broke even eventually, but loses won't be too drastic
Land of Nowhere: it will finally broke even thanks to video/dvd
Moderatedly Well: it will get some benefits thanks to the video/DVD run
Success: some benefits from its theatrical run, more thanks to video/DVD
Hit: benefits are near to what was its budget on theaters alone
Blockbuster: more than the double of its budget of benefits from theatrical run

[Damned Martian]

BASIC INSTINCT (1992)

Budget = $49 M
Marketing Costs = N/A (estimated of $14 M - average of that year*)

Worldwide Gross = $352.7 M

Money for the Studio = $194 M

Money made = $131 M


STATUS: Blockbuster



*source: cannesmarket.com

[Damned Martian]

ISHTAR (1987)

Budget = $40 M
Marketing Costs = N/A (estimated of $7.5 M - average of that year*)

Worldwide Gross = $14 M

Money for the Studio = $7.7 M

Money made = $38.2 M of losts


STATUS: Bomb/Flop

[Tom Samborski]

Terminator 2: Judgement Day

Budget: $102 million (marketing costs not available)

Domestic Gross- $204.85 million
International Gross- $309.95 million
Worldwide Gross- $514.8 million

Money For The Studio- $190.14 million
Money Made- $88.14 million

Status: Blockbuster

[Jon Lyrik]

Titanic

Budget/US Marketing: $240 million
Domestic Gross- $600 million
International Gross- $1.2 billion
Worldwide Gross- $1.8 billion

Money Recieved By Studio-$780mil
Profit-$540 million

Status: BIGGEST BLOCKBUSTER EVER!

[Jon Lyrik]

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

Budget/US Marketing: $120 million
Domestic Gross- $4.4 million
International Gross-??
Worldwide Gross-??

Money Recieved By Studio-$2.4 million
Money Loss-$117.6 million

Status: BIGGEST MONEY LOSER EVER!

[darkface]

Originally posted by Jon Lyrik
The Adventures of Pluto Nash

Budget/US Marketing: $120 million
Domestic Gross- $4.4 million
International Gross-??
Worldwide Gross-??

Money Recieved By Studio-$2.4 million
Money Loss-$117.6 million

Status: BIGGEST MONEY LOSER EVER!

:eek: omg, that is amazing how much money they lost. W-O-W!

[Tom Samborski]

Pulp Fiction

Budget- $8 million

Domestic Gross- $107.92 million
International Gross- $105.0 million
Worldwide Gross- $212.92 million

Money Recieved By Studio- $85.6 million
Money Made/Lost- $77.6 million

Status: Blockbuster

[Tom Samborski]

Batman & Robin

Production Budget- $110 million

Domestic Gross- $107.32 million
International Gross- $126.40 million
Worldwide Gross- $233.72 million

Money Recieved By Studio- $90.62 million
Money Made/Lost- $19.38 million lost

Status: Land of Nowhere

[Damned Martian]

GONE WITH THE WIND

Budget/US Marketing: $3.9 M

Worldwide Gross- $390.5 M

Money Recieved By Studio - $214.775 M
Profit - $210.875 - 54 times its budget!!


Status: BIGGEST BLOCKBUSTER EVER!

[Damned Martian]

As an addition to my former post, I'll give the adjusted numbers (calculated from the rating of adjustment of the movie in boxofficemojo's adjusted chart --> 6.4x):

GONE WITH THE WIND

Budget/US Marketing: $25 M

Worldwide Gross- $2.5 billion

Money Recieved By Studio - $1.375 billion
Profit - $1.35 billion!!

[jolanar]

Gone With the Wind, how did it make so much damned money?

[Jon Lyrik]

Originally posted by jolanar
Gone With the Wind, how did it make so much damned money?

Tickets were cheaper. Event film. No other blockbusters to stop it.

[Ron34]

Can someone tell me about Waterworld and Blair Witch?

[Trinity]

Originally posted by jolanar
Gone With the Wind, how did it make so much damned money?

Because it was the movie everyone had to see when it came out. The book was extremely popular and movie's 3 year long production was covered by the media unlike that of any movie before it. So when the movie finally came out (November 1939), everyone wanted to see it. It has nothing to do with no competition (only with being better than the competition) and little to do with cheaper ticket prices.

I think what comes out even more amazing than its adjusted gross is its adjusted budget of 25 million (though I've always heard its budget estimated at 5 mill. not 3.9). You couldn't even get a movie of that size off the ground for 25 million today!

[gyro_44]

THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING

Budget/US Marketing: $143 million

Domestic Gross: $313.4 million
Worldwide Gross: $862.2 million

Money Made by Studio: $474.1 million
Money Made Overall: 331 million

Status: Blockbuster

[Cyclonus]

THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999)

Budget -- $35,000

Marketing -- $25 million

Domestic Gross -- $140.5 million

International Gross -- $107.8 million

Total Gross -- $248.3 million


Money for the Studio -- $136.6 million

Profit -- $111.6 million


Status -- Major Blockbuster!!!

[Cyclonus]

BOOK OF SHADOWS: BLAIR WITCH 2 (2000)


Budget -- $15 million

Marketing -- $25 million

Total Costs -- $35 million


Domestic Gross -- $26.4 million

International Gross -- not available


Money for the Studio -- $14.5 million

Profit -- $20.5 million lost


Status -- Failure/Land of Nowhere (depending on how much it made internationally, can anyone fill me up on this?)

[Ron34]

waterworld?

[Damned Martian]

Originally posted by Trinity
I think what comes out even more amazing than its adjusted gross is its adjusted budget of 25 million (though I've always heard its budget estimated at 5 mill. not 3.9). You couldn't even get a movie of that size off the ground for 25 million today! I was impressed by that too. Even being $5 M, its adjusted budget would be just $32 M!! That makes it a profit of $1.34 billion instead of 1.35... not much of a difference ;)

BTW: WATERWORLD

Budget = $175 M

WW Gross = $255.2 M

Money for the studio = $140.36

Profit = $34.64 M lost


Status: Land of Nowhere

[Cyclonus]

So how did I do with the Blair Witch films? It was my first shot at doing a box-office analysis. ;)

[Damned Martian]

Originally posted by Cyclonus
So how did I do with the Blair Witch films? It was my first shot at doing a box-office analysis. ;) Very good. You have catch the thing perfectly :)

HEAT


Total budget = $60 M

WW Gross = $174.4 M

Money made = $ 95.92 M

Benefit = $ 35.92 M

To which add more than $30 M on rentals...


Status: Success / Hit

[A Canadian ThereWolf]

Swept Away (2002)

Budget: $10 Million

Domestic Gross: $598,645 (Yes, five hundred and ninety eight THOUSAND!)

WW Gross: N/A

:D Razzie Award Wins: Worst Picture (2002), Worst Director - Guy Ritchie, Worst Actress - Madonna (Tied with Britney Spears in Crossroads), Worst Screen Couple - Madonna & Adriano Giannini, & Worst Remake Or Sequel. (5 Total.)

Total Money Loss: $9,401,355

Status: DISASTER!

[Damned Martian]

Correction to Swept Away:

Budget + Marketing Costs = $12 M

Gross (US + Italy + Spain) = $819,297

Money for the studio (55% of the gross) = $450,613

Lost of money = $11,549,387


Status: DISASTER, of course

[MacReady]

Could any of you guys please tell me how The Thing turned out?

[Damned Martian]

THE THING


Budget = $10 M

Gross = $13.8 M


Money for the studio = $7.59 M

Money lost = $2.41 M


Status: Moderately Well

No data available for WW gross or Marketing costs, though

[stewiegriffin]

I wouldnt know where to find this out but someone look up Battlefield Earth withTravolya and Barry Pepper that wreaked like shit at the box office and i know it had a pretty hefty budget. Lemme know our tell me where i could find out


thanks

[Cyclonus]

HELLRAISER (1987)


Budget -- $1 million

Domestic Gross -- $14.6 million

International Gross -- $5 million (estimate)

Total Gross -- $20 million (according to the trivia section of imdb)


Money for the Studio -- $11 million

Profit -- $10 million


Status -- Success :) (since it only had limited distribution, it can't really be called a blockbuster, though)

[Cyclonus]

HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER II (1988)


Budget: $2 million (estimate)

Domestic Gross: $11.1 million

International Gross: $5 million (estimate)

Total Gross: $16 million


Money for the Studio: $8.8 million

Profit: $6.8 million


Status -- Success

[Cyclonus]

HALLOWEEN (1978)


Budget: $325,000

Domestic Gross: $47 million

International Gross: Unavailable


Money for the Studio: $25.9 million

Profit: $25.8 million


Status -- Major Blockbuster!!! (especially when taking into account the home video market)

[A Canadian ThereWolf]

Not too sure of their exact numbers, but if anyone does know feel free to post them.
Anyway, I'm suggesting 3 legendary flops, and they are:

Town & Country (2001)
The Postman (1997)
Cutthroat Island (1995)

[Tom Samborski]

The Postman (1997)

Budget- $80 million

Domestic Gross- $17.40 million
International Gross- $9.40 million
Worldwide Gross- $26.80 million

Money Made for the Studio- $11.92 million
Money Made/Lost- $68.08 million

Status: DISASTER!

[thompsoncory]

TOWN & COUNTRY (2003)

Budget: $105 million

Domestic Gross: $6.71 million
International Gross: $3.08 million
Worldwide Gross: $9.79 million

Money Made For The Studio: $5.38 million
Total Money Made/Lost: $100.38 million

Status: Complete Disaster

[Freeway]

Town and Country was a gigantic bomb and I wonder why New Line even bothered to give it a theatrical release when a direct-to-video release might have made a decent amount on its own and saved them money on prints and advertising.

[Damned Martian]

CUTTHROAT ISLAND


Budget = $98 M

WW Gross = $11

Money for Studio = $6 M
Total money made/lost = $92 M lost


Status: DISASTER

[Damned Martian]

JURASSIC PARK


Budget = $63 M
Marketing Costs = $20 M (estimated by me, according to the average of 14.4 M of that year)

WW Gross = $920.1 M

Money for the studio = $506.05 M

Benefits = $423.05 M

STATUS: BLOCKBUSTER


There aren't this huge blockbusters nowadays, for sure...

[Pootie]

Can somone do Gilliam's Brazil?

[Briare Rabbit]

The Sound of Music

Budget: $8,200,000

Marketing -- N/A

Domestic -- $158,671,368

Overseas -- N/A

Money for the Studio -- $87,269,252

Profit -- $150,471,368

BLOCKBUSTER

[Briare Rabbit]

Brazil

Budget: 15,000,000

Marketing: N/A

Domestic Gross: 9,929,000

World Wide: N/A

Money for the Studio: 5,460,950

Profit: 5,071,000

FAILURE

[Damned Martian]

Briare, you have to calculate the profits according to the money the studio get and the budget.

The Sound of Music: $79 M profit --> Blockbuster

Brazil: $9.5 M lost --> Flop

[Briare Rabbit]

Oh... ok... gotcha.