35 Box Office Flops You Really Need to See
On the tombstone of British impresario Malcolm McLaren it is written: “Better spectacular failure than good success.” This happens in life, and sometimes in the movies. Hollywood makes a lot of films. Most of them are not very good. Sometimes the good ones make money (many bad ones too), but sometimes … they don’t. However, films fail at the box office for many reasons – a bad release date, a distracted news cycle, a disconnect from the zeitgeist, a waning trend – not always because they’re bad . Some notorious losers rank among my favorite films – and probably yours too. This is followed by 35 films that didn’t catch the attention of audiences in theaters – a good way to say they flopped, earning less than they cost from ticket sales. produce and sell. Sometimes it’s easy to see why ( Speed Racer is over 10 years old). In other cases, not much (why did John Carter stumble where the Avatar was flying?). Whatever the reason, these films were initially viewed as disappointing – though many are now considered cult classics; too quirky, quirky, or difficult to initially connect with the mainstream audience, they found their fans on video or streamed. Or maybe I just think they are good. (This is my list, after all.) Please note, I did not include The Shawshank Redemption – perhaps the noteworthy ne plus ultra – on this list because it does not require my help. After all, it has been the Internet’s favorite movie for over a decade . Consider it mentioned.