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Films that made a big flop
Here are films that made flops in the box office, that did cost more than they earned.
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The Thirst for Gold (1993)
, 1h26Directed by Gérard Oury
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Tsilla Chelton, Albert Dray, Catherine Jacob, Marine Delterme, Christian Clavier, Bernard Haller
Urbain Donnadieu, PDG d'une entreprise de maisons préfabriquées, a été élevé par sa grand-mère, Zézette, dans le culte du profit. Avare de première classe, il a volé 60 000 francs par jour à son entreprise, qu'il a transformés en lingots. Il voudrait bien les faire passer en Suisse. Il décide donc de cacher les lingots dans les briques d'une des maisons qu'il doit livrer, une idée qu'il va regretter. Tout irait pour le mieux si son épouse, Fleurette, agent du fisc et son amant, Jacques, chauffeur et meilleur ami d'Urbain, ne venaient pas mettre leur nez dans ce plan...
Renegades (2017)
, 1h43Origin France
Genres War, Thriller, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Sullivan Stapleton, J. K. Simmons, Charlie Bewley, Sylvia Hoeks, Joshua Henry, Dimitri Leonidas
A team of Navy SEALs discover an immense treasure hidden in a Bosnian lake.
Big is Beautiful (2012)
, 1h40Directed by Charlotte de Turckheim
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Obésité, Films about disabilities
Actors Victoria Abril, Lola Dewaere, Catherine Hosmalin, Grégory Fitoussi, Mehdi Nebbou, Julia Piaton
The young, round and lovely Nina is married to Gaspard, who, unfortunately, rather likes very thin women. The couple move to Paris and Nina is preparing to launch a sophisticated line of swimwear. Because of her love for her husband, Nina accepts his ambiguous gift: a slimming treatment at Brides-les-Bains, considered "the last hope of the fat". There, she makes two flamboyant friends. Sophie, a lawyer from Marseille who likes to control everything, including herself. Émilie is a caregiver whose weight has begun to affect her health and her love life yet her motto remains, "Big is beautiful".
Zoom (2006)
, 1h27Directed by Peter Hewitt
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Superhero films, Robot films
Actors Tim Allen, Spencer Breslin, Ryan Newman, Kevin Zegers, Kate Mara, Michael Cassidy
Decades prior to the start of the film, the American military sponsored a superhero group called "Team Zenith." Its leaders were Jack Shepard, a.k.a. "Captain Zoom", who possessed super-speed, and his brother, Connor, a.k.a. "Concussion", who could project sonic blasts. The military tried to increase the team's powers by exposing them to an experimental form of radiation called "Gamma-13". This caused Concussion to become more powerful, but it also reversed his personality. Thinking Zoom and the team betrayed him, Concussion went insane and killed his teammates Marksman, Ace, and Daravia. Concussion was believed to be killed by Zoom in an explosion, but he had been sent into another dimension instead. Zoom lost his powers, and his brother.
, 1h47Directed by Stephen Chow, Tsui Hark
Origin Chine
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Actors Kris Wu, Lin Gengxin, Yao Chen, Mengke Bateer, Bao Bei'er, Shu Qi
Le moine Tang Sanzang (Kris Wu) arrive dans une ville en Inde, précédé de sa réputation. Son maître le félicite d'être arrivé jusqu'en Inde et d'avoir retrouver les Sutras, et lui donne une auréole en récompense. Cette auréole, cependant, fonctionne mal et Tang se réveille dans un village d'artistes de cirque avec ses trois disciples : Sun Wukong (Lin Gengxin ), Zhu Bajie (Yang Yiwei), et Sha Wujing (Mengke Bateer). Tang encourage Sun Wukong à se produire devant les villageois, mais celui-ci refuse. Insistant, il énerve Sun Wukong en l'insultant de « mauvais singe » et ce-dernier se met à ravager le village. Les villageois terrifiés offrent alors au groupe de l'argent et de la nourriture pour continuer leur voyage, mais Sun Wukong continue de faire des ravages, propulsant Zhu Bajie et Tang dans les airs. Le soir venu, Tang fouette Sun Wukong pour sa désobéissance.
The Postman (1997)
, 3hDirected by Kevin Costner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War, Action, Adventure, Romance, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films
Actors Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Larenz Tate, Olivia Williams, James Russo, Daniel von Bargen
In an alternate history year of 1998, an unspecified apocalyptic event known only as "The Doomwar" erased almost all technology and caused societal collapse, sending the continents back to the Dark Ages. Fifteen years later, in post-apocalyptic 2013, pockets of survivors in more rural areas have formed small villages to maintain some semblance of civilization, while others have joined militias and warlords that prey on survivors. Horses are the standard for travel, and bartering has replaced currency.
Scoob! (2020)
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Crime, Animation
Actors Frank Welker, Zac Efron, Amanda Seyfried, Will Forte, Tracy Morgan, Ken Jeong
L'histoire raconte commence Scooby-Doo a rencontré Sammy, Fred, Daphné et Véra et la création de Mystères associés, avant de relever leur plus grand défi à ce jour:un complot pour invoquer le chien fantôme Cerberus.
Osmosis Jones (2001)
, 1h35Directed by Frères Farrelly, Tom Sito, Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Crime, Animation
Themes Medical-themed films, Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Chris Rock, Laurence Fishburne, David Hyde Pierce, Brandy, William Shatner, Molly Shannon
Frank Detorre (Bill Murray) is a widowed slovenly zookeeper at the Sucat Memorial Zoo in Rhode Island. Much to the frustration of his young daughter, Shane (Elena Franklin), he eats compulsively unhealthy and has minimal concern for germs or disease. While trying to eat a hard-boiled egg with mayonnaise and salt, it is stolen from him by a chimpanzee. He gets it back, but not before it falls into the filth of the chimp's habitat. When Shane is disgusted by him about to eat it he uses the "ten second rule" as a justification for the unsanitary act.
Dazed and Confused (1993)
, 1h42Directed by Richard Linklater
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, L'action se déroule en une journée, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about school violence
Actors Jason London, Rory Cochrane, Wiley Wiggins, Adam Goldberg, Matthew McConaughey, Parker Posey
It is May 28, 1976, the last day of school at Lee High School in the suburbs of Austin, Texas. The next year's group of seniors are preparing for the annual hazing of incoming freshmen. Randall "Pink" Floyd, the school's star football player, is asked to sign a pledge promising not to take drugs during the summer or do anything that would "jeopardize the goal of a championship season". When classes end, the incoming freshman boys are hunted down by the seniors and paddled. The incoming freshman girls are also hazed; they are rounded up in the school parking lot by senior girls, covered in mustard, ketchup, flour and raw eggs, and forced to propose to senior boys.
Lolita (1997)
, 2h17Directed by Adrian Lyne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Films about pedophilia, Road movies
Actors Jeremy Irons, Melanie Griffith, Dominique Swain, Frank Langella, Keith Reddin, Ben Silverstone
In 1947, Humbert Humbert (Jeremy Irons), a European professor of French literature, travels to the United States to take a teaching position in New Hampshire. He rents a room in the home of widow Charlotte Haze (Melanie Griffith), largely because he sees her adolescent daughter Dolores (Dominique Swain), also called "Lo", while touring the house. Obsessed from boyhood with girls of this age (whom he calls "nymphets"), Humbert is immediately smitten with Lo and marries Charlotte just to be near her.
Oceans (2010)
, 1h43Directed by Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about animals, Environmental films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Documentaire animalier, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentary films about nature, Children's films
Actors Pierce Brosnan, Jacques Perrin, Rie Miyazawa, Pedro Armendáriz (fils), Jiang Wen
Oceans presents details and facts about the journey of the ocean. The film begins on a beach and there are boys and one of them wonders what the ocean is. The scene cuts to the Galapagos where a clan of marine iguanas and horseshoe crabs wander.
Monster Trucks (2016)
, 1h44Directed by Chris Wedge
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about music and musicians, Children's films
Actors Jane Levy, Lucas Till, Amy Ryan, Rob Lowe, Frank Whaley, Danny Glover
Tripp, un lycéen, s'ennuie profondément dans sa ville natale. Il décide de construire un monster truck avec des pièces détachées trouvées dans une casse. Après un accident aux abords d’un site de forage pétrolier, il fait la rencontre d'une créature étrange souterraine. Tripp découvre par ailleurs que ce « monstre » a le goût et un talent certain pour la vitesse.
Directed by Joe Johnston, Lasse Hallström
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Christmas films, Children's films
Actors Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, Matthew Macfadyen, Eugenio Derbez
À Londres, vit Clara Stahlbaum et sa famille, dont la mère vient de décéder. La veille de Noël, les enfants Stahlbaum reçoivent de leur père un cadeau de la part de leur mère. Clara hérite d'une petite boite en forme d'œuf avec une serrure mais sans la clé. Mais malgré les compétences de la jeune fille pour les inventions, impossible pour Clara de trouver un moyen de l'ouvrir sans.
Dudley Do-Right (1999)
, 1h22Directed by Hugh Wilson
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alfred Molina, Dyllan Christopher, Eric Idle, Corey Burton
The story begins with three children and a horse. These are young versions of Dudley Do-Right (Dyllan Christopher), Nell Fenwick (Ashley Yarman), Snidely Whiplash (Jeremy Bergman), and Horse. The three talk of their aspirations; Dudley believes he is destined to be a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer (Mountie) while Nell wishes to see the world. Snidely, however, wishes to be the "bad guy" and travel around the world.
Pink (2016)
, 2h16Directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari, Angad Bedi, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Piyush Mishra
Trois jeunes femmes et leur avocat se battent pour leurs droits et contre la culture du viol en Inde.