Top Ten Goes To The Movies

[featherynscale]

But not the good movies. Or at least, not the successful movies. This week's Top Ten list is the Top Ten All-Time Box Office Bombs. We're looking for the movies with the biggest gap between production costs and box office income, the biggest losers in cinematic history. Some are good, some are bad, but all were way, way more expensive than strictly necessary.

Ready? Go.
1. Town & Country (2001) (gamera_spinning, 2 points)
2. The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002) (gamera_spinning, 2 points)
3. Ishtar (1987) (lilia_blackbear, 1 point)
4. Heaven's Gate (1980) (becky_gardens, 3 points)
5. Cleopatra (1963) (druidevo, 3 points)
6. Cutthroat Island (1995)(raginsouthasian, 2 points)
7. The Postman (1996) (diermuid, 5 points)
8. Waterworld (1995) (otterkin, 1 point)
9. Gigli (2003) (diermuid, 3 points)
10. Battlefield Earth (2000)(bountifulpots, 1 point)

(In case you were wondering, the one you didn't get last week, that "folk" album from 2006, was the Greatest Hits album from a J-pop band called Kobukuro. The Japanese equivalent of 'greatest hits' seems to wander its way into English as "All Singles Best". I told you it really wasn't folk.) :)

Also, points below the cut.
matchgirl42 - 15
leiandra - 13
fionnabhar - 9
dramaticaddict - 7
theslice - 6
celtic_elk - 4
bubbledragon - 1
kenllama – 2
rfunk - 2
chronarchy – 1
daneya - 1
duriyah – 1
loraca – 1

Comments

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Nope, although I imagine that such a list compiled after the end of Golden Compass' first run might be adding that film to its ... er... illustrious ranks. Oh well.