List of animated box office bombs

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In the film and media industry, if a animated film released in theaters fails to break even by a large amount, it is considered a box office bomb or box office flop , thus losing money for the distributor , studio , and / or production company that invested in it. Unless officially recognized by studios, This is mostly due to Hollywood accounting practices that typically keep profits or keep costs secret to avoid profit-sharing agreements. [2]In Some boxes, a company can make profits from a box office bomb When ancillary revenues are taken into account, Such As home media sales and rentals, television broadcast rights, and licensing rights, so a movie That Performs poorly at the box office can still break even after its theatrical run. [3]

Biggest animated box office bombs

The following is a list of the biggest box office in the history of the film industry, presented along with how much money each film lost. Because currency over time, it is important to adjust the nominal losses for inflation to make comparison. The list is limited to 13 box office losses, adjusted for inflation. The films are ordered because they are not possible to provide an accurate ranking of the data, and conflicting estimates for several films. DreamWorks Animation is the most represented studio with 4 movies.

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Biggest box office bombs
title year Budget production Gross Estimated loss Ref
Nominal Adjusted for inflation [nb 1]
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle 2000 $ 76,000,000 to 98,600,000 $ 35.1 million $ 63.5 million $ 88 million [# 1]
Delgo 2008 $ 40,000,000 $ 915.840 $ 39.1 million $ 43,000,000 [# 2]
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 2001 $ 137 million $ 85.1 million $ 94 million $ 127 million [# 3]
The Good Dinosaur 2015 $ 175 million to 200 million $ 331 million $ 85,000,000 $ 86,000,000 [# 4]
Happy Feet Two 2011 $ 135,000,000 $ 158 million $ 65,000,000 $ 67,000,000 [# 5]
Kubo and the Two Strings 2016 $ 60,000,000 $ 54.6 million $ 80 million + $ 80 million + [# 6]
Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return 2014 $ 70,000,000 $ 18.7 million $ 71 million $ 72,000,000 [# 7]
Mars Needs Moms 2011 $ 150,000,000 $ 39,000,000 $ 100 million to 144 million $ 106 million to 153 million [# 8]
Monkeybone 2001 $ 75,000,000 $ 7,600,000 $ 71 million $ 96,000,000 [# 9]
Mr. Peabody & Sherman 2014 $ 145 million $ 275.7 million $ 57,000,000 $ 58,000,000 [# 10]
Osmosis Jones 2001 $ 70,000,000 $ 14,000,000 $ 63 million $ 85,000,000 [# 11]
Penguins of Madagascar 2014 $ 132 million $ 373,015,621 $ 49,000,000 $ 50,000,000 [# 12]
Rise of the Guardians 2012 $ 145 million $ 306.9 million $ 87,000,000 $ 91 million [# 13]
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas 2003 $ 60,000,000 $ 80.8 million $ 125,000,000 $ 163 million [# 14]
Strange Magic 2015 $ 70 million to 100 million $ 13.6 million $ 40 million to 50 million $ 40 million to 51 million [# 15]
Titan AE 2000 $ 75 million to 90 million $ 36.8 million $ 100,000,000 $ 139 million [# 16]
Treasure Planet 2002 $ 140,000,000 $ 109.6 million $ 85,000,000 $ 113 million [# 17]

See also

  • List of movies considered the worst
  • List of highest-grossing animated films
  • List of box office bombs
  • List of most expensive animated movies

Notes

  1. Jump up^ Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Development Project. “Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800-” . Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis . Retrieved January 2, 2017 .

References

  1. Jump up^ https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/88aa_rules.pdf
  2. Jump up^ Susman, Gary (May 12, 2016). “19 Biggest Box Office Bombs in Movie History” . Moviefone . Retrieved May 12, 2016 .
  3. Jump up^ Davidson, Adam (June 26, 2012). “How Does the Film Industry Actually Make Money” . The New York Times . Retrieved May 12, 2016 .

Chart sources

  1. Jump up^ The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
    • Total worldwide gross and production budget: “The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000)” . Mojo Box Office . Retrieved July 12,2013 .
    • Production budget and estimated loss: Greatest Film Flops & (Filmsite)
  2. Jump up^ Delgo
    • Canadian and US gross, production budget and estimated loss: Greatest Film Flops & (Filmsite) (2007-Present)
  3. Jump up^ Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
    • Total worldwide gross and production budget: “Final Fantasy: The Spirit Within (2001)” . Mojo Box Office . Retrieved July 12, 2013 .
    • Production budget: Bolton, Christopher; Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr .; Takayuki Tatsumi (2007). “10”. Ghosts and Wired Dreams Robot: Japanese Science Fiction from Origins to Anime . University of Minnesota Press . ISBN  0-8166-4974-X .
    • Estimated loss: Greatest Movie Flops & (Filmsite)
  4. Jump up^ The Good Dinosaur
    • Total worldwide gross: “The Good Dinosaur (2015)” . Mojo Box Office. Retrieved May 12, 2016 .
    • Production budget: Faughnder, Ryan (24 November 2015). ” ‘ Good Dinosaur’ and ‘Creed’ to battle ‘Hunger Games’ at holiday box office”. Los Angeles Times . Retrieved February 16, 2016 .
    • Estimated loss: McClintock, Pamela (January 22, 2016). ” ‘ Good Dinosaur’: Pixar’s First Analyzing Box-Office Disaster” . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved May 12, 2016 .
  5. Jump up^ Happy Feet Two
    • Total worldwide gross and production budget: “Happy Feet Two (2011)” . The Numbers . Nash Information Services . Retrieved May 12, 2016 .
    • Estimated loss: Big Money Losers & (The Numbers)
  6. Jump up^ Kubo and the Two Strings
    • Total worldwide gross and production budget: “Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)” . Mojo Box Office . Retrieved September 18, 2016 .
    • Expected loss: Sakoui & (2016)
  7. Jump up^ Legends of Oz
    • Total worldwide gross and production budget: “Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return (2014)” . Mojo Box Office . Retrieved May 12, 2016.
    • Estimated loss: Big Money Losers & (The Numbers)
  8. Jump up^ Mars Needs Moms
    • Total worldwide gross: “Mars Needs Moms (2011)” . Mojo Box Office. Retrieved May 12, 2016 .
    • Production budget: Graser, Marc (May 10, 2011). ” ‘ March’ flop teeth Disney earnings’ . Variety . Retrieved May 12, 2016 .
    • Estimated loss (lower-bound): Barnes, Brooks (March 14, 2011). “Many Culprits in Fall of a Family Film” . The New York Times . Retrieved May 12, 2016 .
    • Estimated loss (upper-bound): Big Money Losers & (The Numbers)
  9. Jump up^ Monkeybone
    • Total worldwide gross: “Monkeybone (2001)” . Mojo Box Office . Retrieved May 12, 2016 .
    • Production budget: Thielman, Sam (February 6, 2009). “Selick puts stop motion in Focus” . Variety . Retrieved May 12, 2016 .
    • Estimated loss: Greatest Movie Flops & (Filmsite)
  10. Jump up^ Mr. Peabody & Sherman
    • Total worldwide gross and production budget: “Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)” . Mojo Box Office . Retrieved May 12, 2016 .
    • Estimated loss: Lieberman & (2014)
  11. Jump up^ Osmosis Jones
    • Total worldwide gross: “Osmosis Jones (2001)” . Mojo Box Office . Retrieved July 13, 2013 .
    • Budget production: DiOrio, Carl (August 12, 2001). “Horny hijinks heat up BO” . Variety . Retrieved August 7, 2013 .
    • Estimated loss: Greatest Movie Flops & (Filmsite)
  12. Jump up^ Penguins of Madagascar
    • Total worldwide gross and production budget: “Penguins of Madagascar (2014)” . Mojo Box Office . Retrieved February 16, 2016.
    • Estimated loss: Lieberman & (2014)
  13. Jump up^ Rise of the Guardians
    • Total worldwide gross and production budget: “Rise of the Guardians (2012)” . Mojo Box Office . Retrieved May 12, 2016 .
    • Estimated loss: Lieberman & (2014)
  14. Jump up^ Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
    • Total worldwide gross and production budget: “Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)” . Mojo Box Office . Retrieved July 31, 2017 .
    • Estimated loss: Eller, Claudia; Hofmeister, Sallie (17 December 2005). “DreamWorks Sale Sounds Wake-Up Call for Indie Movies” . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 31 July 2017 .
  15. Jump up^ Strange Magic
    • Total worldwide gross and production budget: “Strange Magic (2015)”. Mojo Box Office . Retrieved December 9, 2017 .
    • Production budget: Zavala, Sebastian. “Review: Magic Strange, an underrated animated musical from Lucasfilm” . Screen Anarchy . Retrieved December 9, 2017 .
    • Estimated loss: McAloon, Jonathan (November 12, 2015). “2015’s biggest box office bombs” . The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved December 9, 2017 .
  16. Jump up^ Titan AE
    • Total worldwide gross and production budget: “Titan AE (2000)” . Mojo Box Office . Retrieved February 16, 2016 .
    • Production budget: Welkos, Robert W. (June 12, 2000). “Animated Clash of the ‘Titan ‘ ” . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved February 16,2016 .
    • Estimated loss: Palmeri, Christopher (September 19, 2013). “Despicable Me 2 Knows Producer How to Win the Box Office” . Bloomberg Businessweek . Retrieved May 12, 2016 .
  17. Jump up^ Treasure Planet
    • Total worldwide gross: “Treasure Planet (2002)” . Mojo Box Office . Retrieved May 12, 2016 .
    • Budget production: Amdur, Meredith (May 12, 2016). “For Disney, it’s a season on the brink” . Variety . Retrieved May 12, 2016 .
    • Estimated loss: Greatest Movie Flops & (Filmsite)

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