Most disappointing movie ever (high expectations, but flopped)

[Patrick Bateman]

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Zyzzyx Road

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Only opened in one theater (Highland Village Park Theater in Dallas, Texas) ran for six days, and amassed a final total of $20 (originally tallied as $30, but $10 was refunded to a member of the film's crew who paid to see the movie) in box office takings.

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[nath]

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Mars Attacks

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Whaaaaaaaaat?

I guess it's disappointing if you were expecting "Independence Day 2" and not its hilarious parody

[ehafner]

The Da Vinci Code sucked nuts.

[RickAstleyFan]

Some of us older folks might remember... Howard the Duck.

[youtalkfunny]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting

Don't let the profit/loss numbers fool you. Some examples:

--Art Buchwald received a settlement after his lawsuit Buchwald v. Paramount over Paramount's use of Hollywood accounting. The court found Paramount's actions "unconscionable," noting that it was impossible to believe that a movie (1988's Eddie Murphy comedy Coming to America) which grossed US$350 million failed to make a profit, especially since the actual production costs were less than a tenth of that. Paramount settled for an undisclosed sum, rather than have its accounting methods closely scrutinized.

--Winston Groom's price for the screenplay rights to his novel Forrest Gump included a share of the profits; however, due to Hollywood accounting, the film's commercial success was converted into a net loss, and Groom received nothing. As such, he has refused to sell the screenplay rights to the novel's sequel, stating that he cannot in good conscience allow money to be wasted on a failure.

[bottomset]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting

Don't let the profit/loss numbers fool you. Some examples:

--Art Buchwald received a settlement after his lawsuit Buchwald v. Paramount over Paramount's use of Hollywood accounting. The court found Paramount's actions "unconscionable," noting that it was impossible to believe that a movie (1988's Eddie Murphy comedy Coming to America) which grossed US$350 million failed to make a profit, especially since the actual production costs were less than a tenth of that. Paramount settled for an undisclosed sum, rather than have its accounting methods closely scrutinized.

--Winston Groom's price for the screenplay rights to his novel Forrest Gump included a share of the profits; however, due to Hollywood accounting, the film's commercial success was converted into a net loss, and Groom received nothing. As such, he has refused to sell the screenplay rights to the novel's sequel, stating that he cannot in good conscience allow money to be wasted on a failure.

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not exactly surprising

[otnemem]

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Winston Groom's price for the screenplay rights to his novel Forrest Gump included a share of the profits; however, due to Hollywood accounting, the film's commercial success was converted into a net loss, and Groom received nothing. As such, he has refused to sell the screenplay rights to the novel's sequel, stating that he cannot in good conscience allow money to be wasted on a failure.[/i]

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Wow, what scumbags.

[jthegreat]

children of men

[Yossarian]

How on earth can Evan Almighty have a budget of $175 million! Full sized solid gold ark?

As for flops, The Phantom Menace was pretty disappointing.

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Winston Groom's price for the screenplay rights to his novel Forrest Gump included a share of the profits; however, due to Hollywood accounting, the film's commercial success was converted into a net loss, and Groom received nothing. As such, he has refused to sell the screenplay rights to the novel's sequel, stating that he cannot in good conscience allow money to be wasted on a failure.[/i]

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Wow, what scumbags.

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I think New Line did the same thing to Jackson with LOTR with the profit sharing.