The Most Costly Box Office Disasters Which Ruined Careers And Cost Hollywood Multiple Fortunes

There are few things more upsetting than that new box office blockbuster turning out to be epic failures. Sadly, Hollywood is no stranger to churning out disastrous films. As one can imagine, this kind of letdown results in the loss of many millions of dollars. Even worse, plenty of people waste their hearts and souls (and sometimes even their physical health) on fruitless efforts. Zoolander 2 (2016) Most Ben Stiller fans will fondly recall the first Zoolander as some of his finest comedic actings. The quirky supermodel comedy’s sequel, however, was something of a massive disappointment. Scoring an abysmal 4.7/10 on IMDb, the cult following of the first fashion industry parody called the Fashion Police on this one. Alexander (2004) The Ancient Greeks have provided plenty of material and epic stories for Hollywood. If you thought that the tale of Alexander the Great could easily be turned into a super successful masterpiece, you might be wrong. Alexander was something of a laughable and overlong waste of time and money, what with humorously poor casting and performances. $71 million were sacrificed to the gods thanks to this film. Beloved (1998) Toni Morrison, the original author of the Beloved novel, deserved better than the treatment his story received. With Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, and Thandie Newton in the cast, you would think that this adaptation of such an intensely dramatic story would be foolproof. Hilariously, evil doll slasher Chucky beat the movie overnight at the box office, much to Oprah’s disbelief! Maybe the talk show host should invest in the toy industry… Cowboys & Aliens (2011) With almost fifteen years’ worth of creation, Cowboys & Aliens’ lengthy formation period would turn out to be a colossal waste of funds and effort. Even acting legends such as Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford could not save this movie from heading to the scrapheap. The sci-fi Western zapped between $63 and $75 million during its pathetic box office performance. Death Wish (2018) You may remember a particularly grizzly 70s thriller called Death Wish. Well, Hollywood decided that it (of all classic movies) needed a reboot. With a rather low budget, to begin with, the revenge flick’s new form only made a profit of $4 million off a budget of $30 million. The film tanked due to its unfortunate release just days following the Las Vegas mass shooting tragedy. Ben-Hur (2016) You might have realized by now that reboots of old films often turn out cataclysmically. The reboot of Ben-Hur resulted in somewhere between $75 and $121.7 million in losses. The Ben Hur movie is regarded as one of the most abysmal reboots ever made. Some epics should be left in the 20th century! The Happytime Murders (2018) Some films do not just incur massive losses, they also cause its producers a whole lot of trouble. From being rebuked for its humor’s poor taste, to being sued by Sesame Street for muddying its squeaky-clean image, The Happytime Murders also incurred a loss of $12.5 million.