![]() On the strength of its leads, Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck writer-director Andrew Dominik’s Western, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford was revered by critics despite only recouping half of its $30 million budget - $3.9 million in the US, just over $11 million worldwide – when it was released in cinemas. Some of the movies that bombed at the box office are still worthy of your attention. The take-home message is not to judge a movie based on its box office performance alone. ![]() ![]() The upside is that with the advent of streaming services, movies that failed to find an audience upon their theatrical release are given new life when added to Netflix, Amazon Prime or another service. Even great talents like Steven Spielberg, Ridley Scott, Guillermo del Toro and Denis Villeneuve have had box office disappointments. RELATED: ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore’ Debuts to Franchise-LowĮarning less in ticket sales than it cost to make a film doesn’t (necessarily) diminish a film’s quality. Sometimes movies lose money because of the internal and external forces at play – poor marketing, a badly-timed release date or flagging interest – and not because the film itself is bad. ![]() But the phrase “box office flop” doesn’t always equal a bad movie. The path to Hollywood is littered with movies so bad they’ve tanked studios, ended careers, and seen millions of dollars go up in smoke.
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