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Investing a lot of money in a movie with a star-studded cast and a larger-than-life storyline can pay off greatly when the movie hits the zeitgeist and audiences show up in droves to see it. Marvel manages to do this three times a year (when theaters are open) and the studio has yet to produce a box office flop. But not every studio is as lucky as Marvel.<\/p>\n

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Sometimes, the stars align and a director and their cast and crew get together to make a movie that\u2019s truly great and will stand the test of time, but either due to poor marketing or simply low interest from the public, the movie crashes and burns financially.<\/p>\n

10 <\/span>Deepwater Horizon<\/h2>\n
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Just when BP Oil thought it was off the hook for all the lives its operations have cost over the years (both human and marine life), director Peter Berg spent $156 million on a movie that would hold the company accountable. Mark Wahlberg and the rest of the cast give fantastic performances in a movie that captures both the spirit of working-class Americans and the consequences of BP\u2019s recklessness.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, it only grossed $121.8 million. True-to-life dramas are rarely blockbuster fare, and Deepwater Horizon<\/em> needed blockbuster numbers to justify that budget.<\/p>\n

9 <\/span>Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping<\/h2>\n
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The Lonely Island troupe reunited in 2016 for a mockumentary about a former boy band member\u2019s attempts to make a solo career work. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping<\/em> is a great satire of celebrities like Justin Bieber<\/a>, with tons of jokes crammed into its 87-minute runtime.<\/p>\n

Sadly, Popstar<\/em> failed to catch on, and only grossed $9.7 million against its $20 million budget, despite the renewed interest in Andy Samberg from Brooklyn Nine-Nine<\/em>\u2019s success.<\/p>\n

8 <\/span>Dredd<\/h2>\n
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After Sylvester Stallone\u2019s bitterly disappointing PG-13 Judge Dredd<\/em> movie from the \u201890s, 2000 A.D.<\/em> fans were relieved that the character\u2019s second big-screen adaptation \u2013 an ultraviolent R-rated outing starring a perfectly cast Karl Urban \u2013 was the Dredd<\/em> movie they\u2019d waited their whole lives for<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the $45 million movie was badly marketed by the studio and it only went on to gross $41.5 million at the worldwide box office, putting a stop to the planned sequels.<\/p>\n

7 <\/span>Office Space<\/h2>\n
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Mike Judge\u2019s Office Space<\/em> is one of the funniest movies ever made, and a poignant satire of corporate America in the late \u201890s<\/a>. Despite capturing the zeitgeist perfectly, it struggled at the box office. Judge hated the poster that the studio made for the movie<\/a>, which depicted an office worker covered head-to-toe in Post-It notes.<\/p>\n

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Ultimately, the movie\u2019s quirky, pitch-black comic sensibility was a tough sell. Relatable everyday situations usually struggle to draw crowds on a Friday night. On a budget of $10 million, Office Space<\/em> grossed $12.2 million.<\/p>\n

6 <\/span>Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory<\/h2>\n
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The surreal \u201870s musical adaptation of Roald Dahl\u2019s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/em> might be considered a beloved classic now, but the Gene Wilder-starring Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory<\/em> went mostly unnoticed upon release. It grossed $4.5 million against its $3 million budget.<\/p>\n

Its popularity has grown over the years due to home media and non-stop TV airings. It was eventually popular enough to get a big-budget CGI-ridden reboot courtesy of Tim Burton.<\/p>\n

5 <\/span>Fight Club<\/h2>\n
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David Fincher\u2019s adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk\u2019s Fight Club<\/em> may be a cult classic now (almost annoyingly so), but it struggled to take off at the box office. The movie\u2019s $101.2 million gross against its $63 million doesn\u2019t make its box office failure look too bad, but when marketing costs were taken into account, it was considered a disappointment.<\/p>\n

Anchored by Edward Norton and Brad Pitt\u2019s electric performances as the Narrator and Tyler Durden, Fight Club<\/em> is one of the definitive movies of its era<\/a>, but ironically didn\u2019t find a wide audience in that era.<\/p>\n

4 <\/span>The Iron Giant<\/h2>\n
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While Brad Bird would go on to helm such huge box office hits as The Incredibles<\/em> and Ratatouille<\/em> for Pixar, his directorial debut bombed at the box office in the late \u201890s.<\/p>\n

Despite bringing a unique and heartfelt angle to a boy-and-his-dog story, The Iron Giant<\/em> only grossed $31.3 million against its budget of $50 million.<\/p>\n

3 <\/span>Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World<\/h2>\n
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Edgar Wright\u2019s first Hollywood movie after catching American moviegoers\u2019 attention with Shaun of the Dead<\/em> and Hot Fuzz<\/em><\/a> was Scott Pilgrim vs. the World<\/em>, based on Bryan Lee O\u2019Malley\u2019s Scott Pilgrim<\/em> comics.<\/p>\n

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The movie is great, as is usually the case with Wright, but on a budget of $85 million, it only grossed $48.1 million at the worldwide box office.<\/p>\n

2 <\/span>The Master<\/h2>\n
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Five years after There Will Be Blood<\/em> was hailed as one of the greatest movies ever made and showered with awards, Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s next movie The Master<\/em> offered possibly an even more poignant character study than his previous work, swapping out oil for cults.<\/p>\n

While The Master<\/em> was met with the same critical recognition as its predecessor, it wasn\u2019t nearly as successful at the box office. Having cost $32 million to produce, The Master<\/em> only grossed $28.3 million. But it\u2019s a bona fide masterpiece.<\/p>\n

1 <\/span>Blade Runner 2049<\/h2>\n
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Denis Villeneuve did the impossible with the long-awaited Blade Runner<\/em> sequel Blade Runner 2049<\/em>: he made a sequel to a seemingly untouchable masterpiece that satisfies as a continuation of its story and an expansion of its world<\/a>, and even enhances the original with the new insights it provides. But since it\u2019s bleak and slow-paced and thoughtful, not a lot of modern Marvel-addled moviegoers showed up. Blade Runner 2049<\/em> grossed $260 million against a budget reportedly as high as $185 million.<\/p>\n

Ridley Scott\u2019s original Blade Runner<\/em> movie<\/a> also bombed at the box office \u2013 both Blade Runner<\/em> and The Thing<\/em> got run off the road by E.T.<\/em> in the summer of 1982 \u2013 but the sequel was much more expensive, even when the budgets are adjusted for inflation.<\/p>\n

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