they say the customer is always right
that is you niggas you know for two two
for that did you look – yo
needy does that apply to movie critics
too dr. Acula ah I get it I don’t like
it it doesn’t seem to in these cases
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
critically acclaimed films that bombed
at the box office for this list we’re
looking at films that won rave reviews
or big awards but didn’t go over well
with audiences at the time of their
initial release
maybe they were immediate critical hits
or perhaps they grew in stature over
time but either way these films just
didn’t live up to their box-office
potential the piece of what has but have
been called the serene Olympics was
shattered just before dawn this morning
about five o’clock
number 10 Munich is people they sworn to
destroy it forget peace for now we have
to show them we’re strong directed by
Steven Spielberg this controversial
thriller follows a group of Israeli
assassins who are hunting down
terrorists responsible for the Munich
massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics we
have 11 Palestinian names each other
hand in planning Munich you’re going to
kill of 11 men one by one one of
Spielberg’s best reviewed films in
recent memory
this thought-provoking flick earned five
Oscar nominations including Best Picture
but despite the praise audiences stayed
home to attend Rose message so hmm
guilty on the home I ever had
what oh this is so corny probably thanks
to the film’s morally ambiguous and
politically divisive message what do I
do take away we hear nothing them
sentence
made for a little over seventy five
million dollars unit barely earned forty
seven point four million dollars at home
as well as earning the rare distinction
of being a Spielberg box-office bomb I
choose choose don’t do wrong because our
enemies do wrong can afford with a
decent anymore
I don’t know that we ever worried that
these did he expect arcadia pronounce
this dialogue this was a television is
madness
number nine Edie would hey cops we don’t
have a permit
run after hits like Batman Returns Tim
Burton turned his attention to a quirky
black-and-white film about a
cross-dressing cult director
audiences weren’t exactly thrilled want
to keep moving
you’ve got to get through that door with
a budget of 18 million dollars Burton
told the touching story of infamous
director Ed Wood and the critics ate it
up the film played at can earned three
Golden Globe nominations and won two
Oscars including one for Martin Landau
happy I’m obsolete I have nothing to
live for
tonight but the film’s strange subject
matter scared audiences away
that’s ridiculous
domestically ed would only grossed 5.9
million dollars and was Burton’s first
financial flop and action number 8 Scott
Pilgrim vs. the world
with its awesome soundtrack and video
game aesthetic this graphic novel
adaptation seemed like a surefire hit
especially with Edgar Wright directing
watch out it’s that one guy
but despite free screenings online hype
and a 60 million dollar budget audiences
just didn’t feel the l-word for Scott
Pilgrim and that’s too bad as it won
nearly universal acclaim so why did this
comedy fail maybe it was bad marketing
or tough competition from films like The
Expendables or Eat Pray Love or perhaps
people were tired of Michael Cera
they’re too good for him
Ron whatever the reason Scott Pilgrim
only earned forty seven point five
million dollars and a quick game over
don’t beat yourself up about it game oh
do I keep going oh I think five I think
he should
number seven vertigo
back in 1958 Alfred Hitchcock was
popular for his entertaining murder
mysteries like rear window or not I see
and maybe that’s why vertigo flopped so
hard I look up I look with a budget of
2.5 million dollars this disturbing
psychological thriller barely made a
profit even worse
critics initially tore the film to
pieces
people were turned off by vertigo slow
pace and didn’t buy the may-december
romance between Jimmy Stewart and Kim
Novak of course today vertigo is
considered one of the greatest films of
all time and generally hailed as one of
Hitchcock’s masterpieces
number six the Shawshank Redemption
welcome to shush even though it’s one of
the most beloved films of all time when
the Shawshank Redemption came out in
1994 nobody knew what it was I don’t
give a shit
unfortunately for director Frank
Darabont Shawshank was overshadowed by
the double whammy of Forrest Gump and
pulp fiction but while it only earned
twenty eight point three million dollars
in North America the epic drama was
nominated for seven Oscars and became
one of the top video rentals of 1995 you
can fit right in everybody in is
innocent thanks to cable channels like
TNT people at home realized the critics
were right and the Shawshank Redemption
got busy living as it comes down to a
simple choice really
get busy living or get busy dying number
five the insider lo Jeffrey Wigand
directed by Michael Mann this addictive
thriller tells the story of a news
producer and tobacco scientist trying to
warn the public about the dangers of
cigarettes he’s a corporate officer you
never get whistleblowers from fortune
500 companies this guy is the ultimate
insider it’s a lot more exciting than it
sounds and with it producers were hoping
to duplicate the success of films like
all the President’s Men you guys are
about to write a story that says the
former attorney general the
highest-ranking law enforcement officer
in this country is a crook but even
though it was nominated for seven Oscars
and one high praise from critics like
Roger Ebert people didn’t feel like
watching a movie about the risks of
smoking and Disney lost thirty million
dollars in the deal I’m staying right
here doing my job fighting to get my
show on the air
you don’t like it hey I tell you what
fire my ass number for Donnie Darko cuz
I am Donnie Darko complete with time
travel the apocalypse and a really
creepy rabbit Donnie Darko was way ahead
of the mainstream why are you a that
stupid place
why are you wearing that stupid man’s
shoes made for about 4 million dollars
it premiered at Sundance and helped
establish Jake Gyllenhaal as a soon to
be a list actor but even though it won a
devoted fanbase the sci-fi Mindbender
barely grossed over $500,000 on its
initial release probably because it was
so weird and the plane crash plot didn’t
play well with audiences right after
9/11 thanks to poor timing donnie darko
found itself in a mad world indeed
people run in circles it’s a very very
number three The Iron Giant well Michael
giant robot I am now the luckiest kid in
America Warner Brothers tried to out
animate Disney with this charming sci-fi
flick about a boy and his giant robot
set during the Cold War the Iron Giant
was an unconventional kids film it was
anti-war took aim at government paranoia
and didn’t have a big baddie for the
heroes to beat producers didn’t know how
to sell it while it won rave reviews the
movie slipped under the radar thanks to
shoddy marketing worldwide the Iron
Giant earned 31 million dollars which
was nowhere close to its massive 50
million dollar plus budget but we think
it’s just Superman
number two Blade Runner
today it’s considered one of the best
sci-fi films ever made but in the 80s
Blade Runner was struggling to survive
wake up time to die producer Alan Ladd
jr. released the dystopian drama on the
25th of the month of June the same lucky
day he released Star Wars and alien in
May in the late 70s
but despite Harrison Ford star power
Blade Runner was critically divisive at
the time and only earned 33 million
dollars and that’s including re-releases
it’s too bad she won’t live but then
again who does Blade Runner probably
bombed so badly because it came out at
the same time as a certain other sci-fi
film
now that’s stiff competition before we
unveil our top pick here are some
honorable mentions that’s right
Harrell loves more
and hey come and you’ll see into your
imagination they thought the spike
touching their fret and knew I was going
to kill them
I made them watch their own deaths
number one The Wizard of Oz back in 1939
this fantasy flick was just another
musical albeit an expensive one
yah
it cost over 2.7 million dollars for all
those crazy sets and costumes but during
its initial run Oz only earned three
million dollars the film might have
faded away entirely if it weren’t for
re-releases and TV but while it failed
at the box office
Oz went on to become a childhood classic
and was one of the first 25 films
inducted into the National Film registry
yeah not bad for a movie that barely
broke even tap your heels together three
times and think to yourself there’s no
place like there’s no place like home do
you agree with our list
what critically acclaimed films do you
think should have made the cut
thank you yeah yeah but for more amazing
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
Oh dinner at 8:00 don’t try and be a
little more vicious
that is you niggas you know for two two
for that did you look – yo
needy does that apply to movie critics
too dr. Acula ah I get it I don’t like
it it doesn’t seem to in these cases
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
critically acclaimed films that bombed
at the box office for this list we’re
looking at films that won rave reviews
or big awards but didn’t go over well
with audiences at the time of their
initial release
maybe they were immediate critical hits
or perhaps they grew in stature over
time but either way these films just
didn’t live up to their box-office
potential the piece of what has but have
been called the serene Olympics was
shattered just before dawn this morning
about five o’clock
number 10 Munich is people they sworn to
destroy it forget peace for now we have
to show them we’re strong directed by
Steven Spielberg this controversial
thriller follows a group of Israeli
assassins who are hunting down
terrorists responsible for the Munich
massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics we
have 11 Palestinian names each other
hand in planning Munich you’re going to
kill of 11 men one by one one of
Spielberg’s best reviewed films in
recent memory
this thought-provoking flick earned five
Oscar nominations including Best Picture
but despite the praise audiences stayed
home to attend Rose message so hmm
guilty on the home I ever had
what oh this is so corny probably thanks
to the film’s morally ambiguous and
politically divisive message what do I
do take away we hear nothing them
sentence
made for a little over seventy five
million dollars unit barely earned forty
seven point four million dollars at home
as well as earning the rare distinction
of being a Spielberg box-office bomb I
choose choose don’t do wrong because our
enemies do wrong can afford with a
decent anymore
I don’t know that we ever worried that
these did he expect arcadia pronounce
this dialogue this was a television is
madness
number nine Edie would hey cops we don’t
have a permit
run after hits like Batman Returns Tim
Burton turned his attention to a quirky
black-and-white film about a
cross-dressing cult director
audiences weren’t exactly thrilled want
to keep moving
you’ve got to get through that door with
a budget of 18 million dollars Burton
told the touching story of infamous
director Ed Wood and the critics ate it
up the film played at can earned three
Golden Globe nominations and won two
Oscars including one for Martin Landau
happy I’m obsolete I have nothing to
live for
tonight but the film’s strange subject
matter scared audiences away
that’s ridiculous
domestically ed would only grossed 5.9
million dollars and was Burton’s first
financial flop and action number 8 Scott
Pilgrim vs. the world
with its awesome soundtrack and video
game aesthetic this graphic novel
adaptation seemed like a surefire hit
especially with Edgar Wright directing
watch out it’s that one guy
but despite free screenings online hype
and a 60 million dollar budget audiences
just didn’t feel the l-word for Scott
Pilgrim and that’s too bad as it won
nearly universal acclaim so why did this
comedy fail maybe it was bad marketing
or tough competition from films like The
Expendables or Eat Pray Love or perhaps
people were tired of Michael Cera
they’re too good for him
Ron whatever the reason Scott Pilgrim
only earned forty seven point five
million dollars and a quick game over
don’t beat yourself up about it game oh
do I keep going oh I think five I think
he should
number seven vertigo
back in 1958 Alfred Hitchcock was
popular for his entertaining murder
mysteries like rear window or not I see
and maybe that’s why vertigo flopped so
hard I look up I look with a budget of
2.5 million dollars this disturbing
psychological thriller barely made a
profit even worse
critics initially tore the film to
pieces
people were turned off by vertigo slow
pace and didn’t buy the may-december
romance between Jimmy Stewart and Kim
Novak of course today vertigo is
considered one of the greatest films of
all time and generally hailed as one of
Hitchcock’s masterpieces
number six the Shawshank Redemption
welcome to shush even though it’s one of
the most beloved films of all time when
the Shawshank Redemption came out in
1994 nobody knew what it was I don’t
give a shit
unfortunately for director Frank
Darabont Shawshank was overshadowed by
the double whammy of Forrest Gump and
pulp fiction but while it only earned
twenty eight point three million dollars
in North America the epic drama was
nominated for seven Oscars and became
one of the top video rentals of 1995 you
can fit right in everybody in is
innocent thanks to cable channels like
TNT people at home realized the critics
were right and the Shawshank Redemption
got busy living as it comes down to a
simple choice really
get busy living or get busy dying number
five the insider lo Jeffrey Wigand
directed by Michael Mann this addictive
thriller tells the story of a news
producer and tobacco scientist trying to
warn the public about the dangers of
cigarettes he’s a corporate officer you
never get whistleblowers from fortune
500 companies this guy is the ultimate
insider it’s a lot more exciting than it
sounds and with it producers were hoping
to duplicate the success of films like
all the President’s Men you guys are
about to write a story that says the
former attorney general the
highest-ranking law enforcement officer
in this country is a crook but even
though it was nominated for seven Oscars
and one high praise from critics like
Roger Ebert people didn’t feel like
watching a movie about the risks of
smoking and Disney lost thirty million
dollars in the deal I’m staying right
here doing my job fighting to get my
show on the air
you don’t like it hey I tell you what
fire my ass number for Donnie Darko cuz
I am Donnie Darko complete with time
travel the apocalypse and a really
creepy rabbit Donnie Darko was way ahead
of the mainstream why are you a that
stupid place
why are you wearing that stupid man’s
shoes made for about 4 million dollars
it premiered at Sundance and helped
establish Jake Gyllenhaal as a soon to
be a list actor but even though it won a
devoted fanbase the sci-fi Mindbender
barely grossed over $500,000 on its
initial release probably because it was
so weird and the plane crash plot didn’t
play well with audiences right after
9/11 thanks to poor timing donnie darko
found itself in a mad world indeed
people run in circles it’s a very very
number three The Iron Giant well Michael
giant robot I am now the luckiest kid in
America Warner Brothers tried to out
animate Disney with this charming sci-fi
flick about a boy and his giant robot
set during the Cold War the Iron Giant
was an unconventional kids film it was
anti-war took aim at government paranoia
and didn’t have a big baddie for the
heroes to beat producers didn’t know how
to sell it while it won rave reviews the
movie slipped under the radar thanks to
shoddy marketing worldwide the Iron
Giant earned 31 million dollars which
was nowhere close to its massive 50
million dollar plus budget but we think
it’s just Superman
number two Blade Runner
today it’s considered one of the best
sci-fi films ever made but in the 80s
Blade Runner was struggling to survive
wake up time to die producer Alan Ladd
jr. released the dystopian drama on the
25th of the month of June the same lucky
day he released Star Wars and alien in
May in the late 70s
but despite Harrison Ford star power
Blade Runner was critically divisive at
the time and only earned 33 million
dollars and that’s including re-releases
it’s too bad she won’t live but then
again who does Blade Runner probably
bombed so badly because it came out at
the same time as a certain other sci-fi
film
now that’s stiff competition before we
unveil our top pick here are some
honorable mentions that’s right
Harrell loves more
and hey come and you’ll see into your
imagination they thought the spike
touching their fret and knew I was going
to kill them
I made them watch their own deaths
number one The Wizard of Oz back in 1939
this fantasy flick was just another
musical albeit an expensive one
yah
it cost over 2.7 million dollars for all
those crazy sets and costumes but during
its initial run Oz only earned three
million dollars the film might have
faded away entirely if it weren’t for
re-releases and TV but while it failed
at the box office
Oz went on to become a childhood classic
and was one of the first 25 films
inducted into the National Film registry
yeah not bad for a movie that barely
broke even tap your heels together three
times and think to yourself there’s no
place like there’s no place like home do
you agree with our list
what critically acclaimed films do you
think should have made the cut
thank you yeah yeah but for more amazing
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
Oh dinner at 8:00 don’t try and be a
little more vicious
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