independent and unofficial
Prince fan community
Welcome! Sign up or enter username and password to remember me
Forum jump
Forums > General Discussion > 2016 biggest box office turkeys
« Previous topic  Next topic »
  New topic   Printable     (Log in to 'subscribe' to this topic)
Author

Tweet     Share

Message
Thread started 11/26/16 6:57pm

Hudson

avatar

2016 biggest box office turkeys

source: Entertainment Weekly


Warcraft

Domestic viewers said "game over" to Warcraft, which grossed just $47.2 million in North America. But the $160-budgeted video game adaptation was a hit overseas, with $386.3 million earned from theaters abroad.




Allegiant

The Divergent Series: Allegiant was unable to live up to the success of its preceding films. The Shailene Woodley-starring YA adaptation, which had an estimated budget of $110 million, saw such a dismal showing that its $66.18 million domestic total affected the budget and plans for its previously planned sequel. The adaptation of Veronica Roth's novels picked up an additional $113 million internationally.




Inferno

While Inferno saw success abroad — earning $178.58 million as of late November — the Dan Brown book adaptation fell far short of the domestic totals of its predecessors, The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons. The Tom Hanks film has earned just $33.39 million thus far in North America.




Gods of Egypt

Amid controversy over the film's casting choices, Gods of Egypt hit theaters stateside in February, earning just $31.15 million on its estimated $140 million budget. The movie, which featured Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Brenton Thwaites, Chadwick Boseman, and Gerard Butler, among others, scored an additional $119.5 million in foreign box office totals.




Zoolander 2

The original 2001 Zoolander may hold a special place in fans' hearts, but the 2016 sequel wasn't quite so well-received. The movie, which had an estimated budget of $50 million, made just $55.9 million worldwide.




Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur fell short of its epic $100 million budget at the worldwide box office. The historical film made $26.4 million stateside and added a foreign gross of $67.6 million.




Free State of Jones

The star power of Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, and Keri Russell wasn't enough to propel Free State of Jones to box office success. The drama, which ran on an estimated budget of $50 million, picked up a domestic total of $20.8 million and an additional $2.3 million abroad.




Keeping Up With The Joneses

The Joneses couldn't quite keep up with their budget when Keeping Up With The Joneses arrived in theaters in October. Starring Zach Galifianakis, Jon Hamm, Isla Fisher, and Gal Gadot, the movie had an estimated budget of $40 million and made $14.6 million in the U.S. and $12.28 milllion internationally.




Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

An adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith's novel, Pride and Prejudice and Zombiescouldn't quite scare up an impressive box office haul. Operating on an estimated budget of $28 million, the movie reached a worldwide gross of just $16.37 million.




Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Andy Samberg's Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping hardly became a smash hit. The pop mockumentary fell short of its estimated $20 million budget, picking up just $9.49 million.




The Brothers Grimsby

Sacha Baron Cohen's The Brothers Grimsby ran on an estimated budget of $35 million — a total the film failed to make back at the worldwide box office. The comedy earned $6.87 million stateside and an additional $18.3 million abroad.




Demolition

Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, and Chris Cooper, Demolition got demolished at the box office, earning just $1.9 million in its domestic-only theatrical run.




I Saw The Light

It was a few dark months for I Saw The Light at the domestic box office. The Tom Hiddleston-starring Hank Williams biopic brought in just $1.6 million against its $13 million budget.




Jane Got A Gun

After years of delays and behind-the-scenes drama, Jane Got A Gun finally hit theaters in January, only to post a paltry domestic gross of $1.5 million.






  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #1 posted 11/27/16 8:30am

728huey

avatar

I didn't see any of these movies in the theater, though I did see Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping on streaming services. If you like This Is Spinal Tap, CB4, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, or any of the bits Andy Samberg and his buddies created for SNL, then you'll like this movie. But all of those movies bombed in the theaters only to become cult hits on video and cable TV. This will probably do the same thing.

Warcraft came out five years too late, as the fanboys who played World of Warcraft for hours and days on end got tired of that sometime around 2012.

No one was looking for a reboot of Ben-Hur, just as no one was looking for a sequel to Zoolander.

Allegiant and Inferno suffered the same fate as the Twilight and Hunger Game franchises. The initial movies were huge mega-blockbusters, yet each subsequent movie was less and less successful. Part oif that had to do with the source material, as the books got more convoluted, and the movies suffered as a result.

Free State of Jones should have been held back to air during Oscar season instead of the middle of summer. It was an ambitious attempt to air a war movie with a not-so-well known aspect of the Civil War, but this was obviously going to bomb in a particular region of country, especially during an election year where racial animosity was explicitly brought up during the campaign.

typing

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #2 posted 11/28/16 8:57am

EmmaMcG

I'm surprised not to see the travesty that was Ghostbusters on this list. Didn't that lose about 70 million in total when you factor in its advertising budget?
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #3 posted 11/29/16 2:48am

Chancellor

avatar

I don't care what anybody says Warcraft was Blazzingly GOOD...It had everything a Sci-Fi Lover wanted to see, especially Powerful Wizards...It ruled overseas but the Studio's Director said they never planned for a sequel or trilogy...

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #4 posted 11/29/16 4:45am

missfee

avatar

Surely, you aren't supposed to judge a movie by it's title but who in the world would be interested in "Pride & Prejudice & Zombies"???? falloff

I will forever love and miss you...my sweet Prince.
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #5 posted 11/29/16 5:50am

TD3

avatar

missfee said:

Surely, you aren't supposed to judge a movie by it's title but who in the world would be interested in "Pride & Prejudice & Zombies"???? falloff

lol lol lol

Somebody from the Jane Austen family bloodline should have sued over the movie title. BLASPHEMY lol

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #6 posted 11/29/16 7:12am

EmmaMcG

TD3 said:



missfee said:


Surely, you aren't supposed to judge a movie by it's title but who in the world would be interested in "Pride & Prejudice & Zombies"???? falloff





lol lol lol


Somebody from the Jane Austen family bloodline should have sued over the movie title. BLASPHEMY lol



It's based off a book of the same name. I haven't seen the movie but the first 60 pages of the book was enough for me to know how shit it was so I doubt the movie was any better.
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #7 posted 11/29/16 12:45pm

kpowers

avatar

Chancellor said:

I don't care what anybody says Warcraft was Blazzingly GOOD...It had everything a Sci-Fi Lover wanted to see, especially Powerful Wizards...It ruled overseas but the Studio's Director said they never planned for a sequel or trilogy...

Every one I know who saw it liked it.

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #8 posted 11/29/16 12:47pm

kpowers

avatar

Just because a movie doesn't make a lot of money doesn't mean it was a bad movie. There are a lot of bad movies that makes a lot of money.

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #9 posted 11/29/16 2:25pm

EmmaMcG

kpowers said:

Just because a movie doesn't make a lot of money doesn't mean it was a bad movie. There are a lot of bad movies that makes a lot of money.



Exactly.
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #10 posted 11/29/16 2:27pm

Hudson

avatar

EmmaMcG said:

kpowers said:

Just because a movie doesn't make a lot of money doesn't mean it was a bad movie. There are a lot of bad movies that makes a lot of money.

Exactly.



I don't think anyone in this thread was saying that.

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #11 posted 11/29/16 2:44pm

EmmaMcG

Hudson said:



EmmaMcG said:


kpowers said:

Just because a movie doesn't make a lot of money doesn't mean it was a bad movie. There are a lot of bad movies that makes a lot of money.



Exactly.



I don't think anyone in this thread was saying that.



I know, I'm just agreeing with Batman. smile
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #12 posted 11/29/16 4:13pm

kpowers

avatar

Hudson said:

EmmaMcG said:

kpowers said: Exactly.



I don't think anyone in this thread was saying that.

I was batman

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #13 posted 11/29/16 7:55pm

Goddess4Real

avatar

Out of that list I've only watched Zoolander 2, it wasn't bad.....but the first one was better I give it a 3 out of 5 popcorn I'll probably watch the others when they turn up on Foxtel.

Keep Calm & Listen To Prince
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #14 posted 11/30/16 12:01pm

kpowers

avatar

EmmaMcG said:

Hudson said:



I don't think anyone in this thread was saying that.

I know, I'm just agreeing with Batman. smile

You know your are my favorite orger

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #15 posted 11/30/16 12:46pm

EmmaMcG

kpowers said:



EmmaMcG said:


Hudson said:




I don't think anyone in this thread was saying that.



I know, I'm just agreeing with Batman. smile

You know your are my favorite orger



hug
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #16 posted 12/03/16 8:42am

domainator2010

...more to the point - what kind of movies would you LIKE to see?? What kind of storylines draw you in and engross you? Romance? Action? VFX - yay or nay?

...just to point out, for those who don't know - Emma is an actress, btw. And for ME personally - movie making is ..... umm.... something at the back of my mind..... something I'll maybe try one day, *if* it turns out that there's money in it.... and, of course, I manage to teach myself shit about making one.... smile

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #17 posted 12/03/16 10:34am

2freaky4church
1

avatar

Mark Kermode of the BBC has a good list:

Eli Roth needs to retire.

All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #18 posted 12/03/16 11:49pm

Pokeno4Money

avatar


I saw Keeping Up With The Jones, it really was a turkey.

"Never let nasty stalkers disrespect you. They start shit, you finish it. Go down to their level, that's the only way they'll understand. You have to handle things yourself."
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #19 posted 12/04/16 3:56pm

FragileUnderto
w

avatar

kpowers said:



Hudson said:




EmmaMcG said:


kpowers said: Exactly.



I don't think anyone in this thread was saying that.



I was batman


lol
Cant believe my purple psychedelic pimp slap pimp2

And I descend from grace, In arms of undertow
I will take my place, In the great below
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #20 posted 12/08/16 7:28pm

luvsexy4all

2freaky4church1 said:

Mark Kermode of the BBC has a good list:

Eli Roth needs to retire

no he doesnt......

[Edited 12/19/16 19:24pm]

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #21 posted 12/10/16 1:17pm

kpowers

avatar

Kinda liked Pride Prejudice and Zombies

maxresdefault.jpg

[Edited 12/10/16 13:19pm]

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #22 posted 12/10/16 5:07pm

RodeoSchro

missfee said:

Surely, you aren't supposed to judge a movie by it's title but who in the world would be interested in "Pride & Prejudice & Zombies"???? falloff



Hey now! I was, until y'all told me how bad it was.

I want to see the movie XxAxX posted about. The one with Santa facing off against zombie elves. That should rock!

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #23 posted 12/11/16 11:05am

2freaky4church
1

avatar

The worst film was D'Souza's Hillary's America. What a liar.

All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #24 posted 12/11/16 7:44pm

daingermouz202
0

kpowers said:

Just because a movie doesn't make a lot of money doesn't mean it was a bad movie. There are a lot of bad movies that makes a lot of money.



So true.
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
  New topic   Printable     (Log in to 'subscribe' to this topic)
« Previous topic  Next topic »
Forums > General Discussion > 2016 biggest box office turkeys