well so much for that franchise welcome
to watchmojo.com at the box office for
this list we'll be looking at various
big-screen sequels that are considered
financial failures we don't only mean
those that fail to make a profit at the
box office but also those that
technically made their money back but
are still seen as major losses for the
studio when compared to general
expectations production budgets previous
film successes or other factors we're
not taking critical reception into
account though if it was a financial
bomb it'll be considered regardless of
how good it was number 10 Charlie's
Angels while it's been called more of a
continuation of the seventies TV series
and the early 2000s movies rather than a
strict sequel the 2019 film most
certainly did not continue those earlier
productions box office success welcome
to those pounds of agencies we exist
because traditional law enforcement can
kappa earning less than 52 million
dollars on a budget estimated between 48
and 55 million dollars the Elizabeth
Banks directed flick following a new
generation of angels just couldn't
garner much interest for its subject
matter the action comedy also received
mixed reviews with some critics even
going so far as calling it formulaic the
best part isn't picking down
international criminals
with you guys while Kristen Stewart
Naomi Scott and Ella Berlin Scott are
fun in the lead roles they just couldn't
live up to their predecessors and the
numbers showed it number nine Evan
Almighty movies don't get much more
unnecessary or ridiculous than Evan
Almighty this sequel to Bruce Almighty
follows Evan the slimy news anchor from
the original who probably earned his own
spin-off solely for that scene where
Bruce forces him to babble his way
through the news in this film Evan is
forced into the role of Noah and build a
massive ark for an upcoming flood save
yourself yeah they couldn't even think
of an original story idea and to make
matters worse the movie came with a
staggering 175 million dollar bill alas
the profits were washed away when the
film ended up grossing only 173 million
dollars worldwide number 8 shaft sure
the 2000 shaft which was simultaneously
a remake of the 1971 film and a
storyline sequel topped the box office
and was received positively by critics
but it doesn't mean that putting samuel
l.jackson back into the role of the men
related to the original john shaft will
also similarly succeed
maybe 100 more drinks that's obviously
what the filmmakers behind the second
remake sequel hoped for when they
released 2019 shaft which followed
shafts now grown son JJ unfortunately
that's not what happened thank this
whole time I actually thought that you
wanted to help me
in fact the action comedy made only a
paltry twenty-one million dollars at the
box office
well it's budget ranged between 30 and
35 million the update to the shaft
series was more outdated than anything
else
number 7 Basic Instinct - yes this is a
real movie and yes it was something that
absolutely no one asked for having 600
miles now 110 the original Basic
Instinct is a fine movie but its main
claim to fame was the sensual
performance of Sharon Stone it was a
film that teenagers covertly rented and
hid from their parents now here's an
unwanted sequel released 14 years later
and at a time when sexuality wasn't
nearly as taboo and didn't guarantee big
money and big money it did not make he
said you murdered a Johnny Boz and two
detectives in San Francisco I was never
even charged the movie opened to an
abysmal 3 million dollars and stayed in
theaters for only 17 days before being
pulled with a total domestic tally of
5.9 million number 6
Terminator dark fate while retconning
may allow for a clean slate or at least
for another chance to atone for past
mistakes it's not always gonna help
return an intellectual property to its
former glory why do you care what
happens to her because I was her
while critics seem to agree that the
sixth film was better than many
installments before it dark fate still
did not blow them or audiences away
acting as a direct sequel to the first
two Terminator flicks the sci-fi action
movie didn't only rehash previous plot
points but also ended up becoming a
box-office bomb when comparing its 185
to 196 million dollar production budget
to its box office earnings of 255
million dollars
the film's break-even point has
estimates pointing to a studio loss of
up to 130 million dollars I know know
why you cry number 5 Blues Brothers 2000
and you thought Caddyshack 2 was
unnecessary the Blues Brothers is a cult
classic released to critical acclaim and
notable financial success in 1980 that
sensation you're gonna call me and thank
me that they're just wonderful the
bluegrass brothers nearly twenty years
later an extraordinarily unneeded sequel
was released with John Goodman trying to
fill John Belushi's shoes it went over
about as well as you'd expect while some
people saw the movie is a passable
tribute to the original with a kick-ass
soundtrack others side as a woefully
disappointing sequel that tarnished the
original and insulted the memory of
Belushi
the movie only grows to 14 million
dollars at the box office about 12% of
the originals 115 million dollar gross
number for sin city a dame to kill for
coming in just barely under a decade
after the original sin city a dame to
kill for captures the same visual magic
as its predecessor and retains much of
its charming cast including Bruce Willis
and Mickey Rourke everywhere there are
even some exciting new additions
including Joseph gordon-levitt Josh
Brolin and Ava Greene
well the cast and style were certainly
there the relevance had long gone I
thought there was another world out
there I thought I could be a part of it
with an estimated budget of 65 million
dollars the movie grossed a tragically
horrendous 13 million dollars at the
domestic box office it didn't fare much
better overseas accumulating a worldwide
gross of only 39 million dollars now
that's a depressing tale worthy of Sin
City number three Dark Phoenix you'd
think after 12 tries they would have
figured out the formula to box office
success by now unfortunately the
directorial debut of Simon Kinberg who
wrote several of the previous film
screenplays still did not get things
right so what does that mean it means um
I'll have to build a better machine at
least when it comes to the numbers it
didn't though critics reviews of the
movies were quite unfavorable as well
the sequel to 2016 to x-men apocalypse
sees the failure of a space mission and
the x-men having to take on the titular
Phoenix please stop not until I know
you're going to be okay something's
happening to me however despite an
ensemble cast this conclusion to Fox's
x-men franchise would go on to become
the series lowest grossing film
disappointingly making only about 52
million dollars more than its 200
million dollar production budget number
2 The Chronicles of Riddick
we honestly have no idea what Universal
was thinking here
pitchblack was a fairly standard horror
movie about care
characters escaping from monsters while
a reluctant antihero protects them from
the dangers this antihero was such a
popular character that they decided to
give him his own story only they
switched the genre from horror to
big-budget science fiction and took the
series and character in a more fanciful
direction
it wasn't what fans of pitch black were
hoping for stay in the shadow of the
mountain from Iran on a budget of about
105 million dollars the movie only
grossed about 57 million dollars in
domestic markets and 115 million
worldwide and that wasn't what the
studio was hoping for fair trade before
we unveil our most horrendous number one
pick here are some honorable court in
this case dishonorable mentions
Cynthia's been kidnapped I need your
help this could be great away for you to
get back in the game yes back in the
game
you call me Robocop interesting Club
what would you call it
vulgate I'm gonna ride the bus this far
north you're running away from something
why are you here
when I intercepted their distress call I
knew they would come to exterminate you
I came to evacuate as many of you as
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notifications number one son of the mask
making a sequel to the mask without Jim
Carrey is one thing replacing him with
Jamie Kennedy is another excuse me son
of the mask was far too wacky which is
saying something considering the frantic
energy of the original the humor was
childish and don't even get us started
on that freaky CGI baby it's baffling
that this comedy was greenlit with a
budget between 84 and 100 million
dollars what isn't baffling however is
that the film only earned 17 million
dollars at the domestic box office and
57 million worldwide seemingly proving
that everyone thought this movie
belonged at the bottom of a river just
like its titular masks do you agree with
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