The 45 Biggest Movie Flops of the Last Decade

About 100 movies from big studios are released in theaters each year. That means around 1,000 Hollywood productions hit the theaters in the last decade. That’s a lot of movies vying for people’s limited time — and the stakes have never been higher. Big budget movies cost several hundred million to make and market, requiring them to achieve massive box office takes to turn a profit.

As the saying goes, the bigger they are the harder they fall. These 45 movies from the past 10 years didn’t just fall; they wiped out in spectacular fashion. Many are some of the biggest box office disasters of all time. 

*Note: Losses have been adjusted for inflation. Grosses and budgets are from Box Office Mojo. Loss figures are from a variety of sources, including Filmsite, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, Variety and Bomb Report.

Year: 2011

Budget: $21 million

Domestic gross: $970,816

Worldwide gross: $7.3 million

Loss (inflation adjusted): $20 million

Mel Gibson is the star of “The Beaver,” and that proved to be a poor choice. Filming for “The Beaver” wrapped in 2010, right around the time that Gibson left a furious, racist rant on his ex-girlfriend’s phone. The movie was pulled from its original release date and premiered at a later date, taking in less than $1 million domestically. Overseas it took in $7.3 million, but after theaters took their cut, Summit Entertainment was left with half of that or less. It’s not clear exactly how much “The Beaver” lost, but we’re pegging it at about $20 million after adjusting for inflation. 

Year: 2019

Budget: $50 million

Domestic gross: $21.9 million

Worldwide gross: $44.66 million

Loss: $40 million

Lionsgate chose to leave Ron Pearlman and Guillermo del Toro out of the 2019 “Hellboy” reboot, opting instead for a smaller budget movie that could turn a profit. It didn’t. The movie was a stinking pile of kitty litter with a worldwide gross that couldn’t even cover the paltry budget.

Year: 2012

Budget: $70 million

Domestic gross: $36.9 million

Worldwide gross: $57.72 million

Loss (inflation adjusted): $42.6 million

“That’s My Boy” was one of those garbage movies with Adam Sandler before he started making garbage movies for Netflix. Critics called it gross and offensive, while most people called it another Sandler movie they skipped.

According to Bomb Report, Sony would net about $31.7 million, meaning this movie lost a minimum of $38 million in 2012 without accounting for marketing.

Year: 2018

Budget: $275 million

Domestic gross: $213.78

Worldwide gross: $392.92

Loss (inflation adjusted): $50-$80 million 

Disney’s attempt at a Han Solo backstory ended up being a ham-fisted tale that put the brakes on theatrical “Star Wars” spin-offs. Its giant budget and so-so story made “Solo” the first “Star Wars” movie to ever lose money at the box office. One industry analyst estimated the film lost between $50 and $80 million.