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Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
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lets see if vanity fair knows anything about anything:
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2010/01/the-11-biggest-flops-of-all-time.html
Nana (1934)
Cleopatra (1963)
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
Heaven's Gate (1980)
Inchon (1981)
Howard The Duck (1986)
Toys (1992)
The Postman (1997)
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (unreleased)
Elizabethtown (2005)
Delgo (2008)
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Thorton02
Joined: Mar 13 2009
Location: Arlington
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Howard the Duck? I was only 6 at the time and I thought the movie was cool. Even if it really sucked, was it billed as blockbuster? Waterworld should make this list waaay before Elizabethtown.
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Knyte
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Title: Curator Of The VGM
Joined: Nov 01 2006
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I love how Cleopatra is alway listed as a bomb or flop, when it went on to make $58 million on a budget of $44 million. Which in today's dollars is:
Cost: $314.6 million.
Revenue: $414.7 million.
Profit: $100.1 million.
Not a blockbuster, but not a bomb by any means.
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thomastrioxin
Title: the twenty dollar man
Joined: Jan 13 2010
Location: Nashville, TN
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i watched a documentary called Z channel and they talk about heavan's gate. it's like over 4 hours long and it's set in the turn of the century. sounds like a nap in my book.
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Doddsino
Joined: Oct 01 2009
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No Ishtar? 
And Heaven's Gate is some of the worst shit I've ever seen...everything that director ever made was shit INCLUDING The Deer Hunter.
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Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
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Wow. Strong words against the deer hunter
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thomastrioxin
Title: the twenty dollar man
Joined: Jan 13 2010
Location: Nashville, TN
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i agree strong words. but still outside the russian roulette scene, it is kinda dull to me
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scamrock
Title: Space Bastard
Joined: Jan 26 2008
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I like how Howard the Duck gets shit on all of the time and makes all of these lists, but everyone I know that grew up in the 80's liked the fucking thing. Was it a flop, maybe, beats the hell out of me, but it's not nearly as bad as people make it out to be.
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Deadmau_5pra
Title: Amatuer film/podcaster
Joined: Feb 10 2009
Location: Chicago Area
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What about Death to Smoochy?
Budget: $51,000,000
Revenue: $8,382,691
Recieved many poor reviews, but it's a decent film.
Or
Zyzzyx Road
Budget: $1,200,000
Revenue: $30.
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Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
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lol how do you make only $30 on a movie?!
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Undeath
Title: Facepuncher of Asses
Joined: Jan 15 2009
Location: Here
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Literally only 6 people went to see it.
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thomastrioxin
Title: the twenty dollar man
Joined: Jan 13 2010
Location: Nashville, TN
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hehe "$30 gross" 
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jackfrost
Title: Cold Hearted Bastard
Joined: Feb 21 2009
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Shouldn't Pluto Nash be on there as well. Didn't that lose close to a hundred million dollars?
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Title: owner of a lonely heart
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Location: phoenix, az usa
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yeah. pluto nash was terrible. and i think only eddie murphy saw it.
im not sure what vanity fair's criteria is, but i think they are considering the top 11 in their opinion
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Alowishus
Joined: Aug 04 2009
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There is a lack of Waterworld and Cutthroat Island.
Waterworld:
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With a budget of $175 million, the film grossed a mere $88 million at the U.S. box office, which seemed to make it the all time box office bomb.[7] Adjusted for inflation and expressed in 2006 dollars (USD), the budget for the movie was $231.6 million, and grossed $116.8 million at the U.S. box office. |
I only mention Waterworld cause the director walked out on it and the floating castle they built sunk cause they are idiots.
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Necro Critic
Title: The Necro Critic
Joined: Nov 21 2008
Location: Jonesborough, Tennessee
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I think Delgo broke a world record for biggest flop.
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
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Well, Delgo's problem was that they allotted absolutely NO money for advertising.
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is exempt because A) filming had barely started when the project was abandoned B) the project is being restarted.
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UsaSatsui
Title: The White Rabbit
Joined: May 25 2008
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I'm going to have to agree with Knyte, it's hard to call a movie a bomb when it made money ,even if it sucked. I don't think Hollywood cares about making good movie, they care about making profitable ones. Sometimes they're the same thing, but if not, well, meh.
Unreleased movies are also not fair game, and it makes no sense expanding the list out to 11 just to include one.
Gigli is glaringly absent from this list.
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SoldierHawk
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Joined: Jan 15 2009
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^ So is Waterworld.
I had no idea Doctor Doolittle did so badly. I love that movie.
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Knyte
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Title: Curator Of The VGM
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| ^ So is Waterworld. |
Waterworld:
Budget $175 million
Gross revenue $264,218,220
Now, Cutthroat Island on the other hand:
Budget $92,000,000
Gross revenue $10,017,322
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