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2023 saw several major boxwood berth bombs , losing major studio millions of dollars . Superhero tiredness chip in to movies likeThe MarvelsandThe Flashflopping . Several other major box office failures were sequel to franchises that have been dragged out for too long . Furthermore , cast members were not available to promote their movies because of the SAG - AFTRA strike .
The flick that turn a loss the most money are usually military action megahit because they are the ones that be the most to make . While small - budget independent motion picture might flop at the box billet , it would not be as big of a loss if the studio apartment had not spent hundreds of millions of dollars grow the movie . Yetseveral major franchise with the biggest box office failures of 2023 will proceed to resign continuation , despite their losses .
10The Haunted Mansion
Domestic Gross: $67 Million | Worldwide Total: $117.5 Million
With a budget of $ 150 million , Disney’sThe Haunted Mansiondid not gross nearly enoughto make a profits . TheHaunted Mansioncast , feature Rosario Dawson , Owen Wilson , and Danny DeVito , were all unavailable to advance the picture show because of the ongoing SAG - AFTRA strike . The pic itself was overwhelmed with CGI ghosts and had an unremarkable report . The Haunted Mansionis a reboot of Eddie Murphy ’s 2003 movie , which did manage to break even ( viaCollider ) . Despite losing hundreds of millions onThe Haunted Mansionin 2023 , Disney is develop another theme ballpark ride - enliven movie : Scarlett Johansson’sTower of Terror .
All domestic and worldwide gross totals in this list are according toboxofficemojo.com .
9Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
Domestic Gross: $16 Million | Worldwide Total: $45 Million
Dreamworks ' movies are often a hit or drop . Ruby Gillman , Teenage Krakenturned out to be a miss . The taradiddle follows a unsure adolescent fille who ascertain that she is a descendant of an undersea royal family and faces off with a mermaid . While the flick received a generally positively charged reception , with a 66 % Rotten Tomatoes sexual conquest and an 81 % audience sexual conquest , Ruby Gillmanbombed at the box office . The flick fail for many reasons , admit a speculative marketing program and Dreamworks ' overall pitiful performance in the last decade .
2023 has been an volatile acquittance in theaters . From Barbie to Oppenheimer to Taylor Swift , some moving-picture show far surpassed chess opening weekend first moment .
8The Machine
Domestic Gross: $10.5 Million | Worldwide Total $10.5 Million
Mark Hamill co - starred in comedian Bert " The Machine " Kreischer ’s movieThe Machinein 2023,which received shockingly poor review . The movie holds a 32 % Rotten Tomatoes score , although its 87 % audience grade suggests that its outrageous humour was pleasurable to some masses . The Machineonly had a budget of $ 20 million and grossed about half that amount . While it suffered losses at the box agency , those losses are not comparable to the hundreds of one thousand thousand suffer by some major franchises thanks to their badly - planned subsequence .
7Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny
Domestic Gross: $174.5 Million | Worldwide Total: $384 Million
Harrison Ford returned as Indiana Jones in the ( allegedly)final movie of theIndiana Jonesfranchisein 2023.Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destinyincludes a solid subplot about Indy ’s pregnant family relationship with Marion and their late Word with Ford ’s originalRaiders of the Lost Arkco - mavin Karen Allen making a brief coming into court . YetVarietyestimates that the fifthIndiana Jonesinstallment lost Disney around $ 100 million . Despite a high gross worldwide , the winnings did not make up for the pic ’s $ 300 million budget , plus additional selling costs .
6Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Domestic Gross: $172 Million | Worldwide Total: $567.5 Million
Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Oneis also calculate to have lost $ 100 million ( viaVariety ) . With seven motion-picture show and numeration , Tom Cruise ’s action espionage dealership no longer inspires the same aweit did in its early days . Dead Reckoningends on a cliffhanger andMission insufferable 8is make out presently . However , it was recently foretell that the movie will no longer be calledDead cypher Part Twoand its release has been tug back from 2024 to 2025 , hint that variety are being made followingDead Reckoning Part One’sfailure . It is indecipherable if theMission Impossiblefranchise will continue after the next movie .
A megahit flick more often than not needs to make 2.5 times its budget to fall apart even .
5Shazam! Fury Of The Gods
Domestic Gross: $57.5 Million | Worldwide Total: $134 Million
Zachary Levi returned as Shazam in 2023with up - and - coming superstar Rachel Zegler appear asShazam ! wildness of the Gods’villain Anthea . TheShazam!movies stick with an average adolescent who is given the power to turn into an adult superhero upon command by the Wizard Shazam . 2019’sShazam!was generally like , but the subsequence saw a drop in critical reception . Against a $ 125 million budget , Shazam ! Eumenides of the Godslost Warner Bros and an estimated $ 150 million . Shazam 3is currently unconfirmed .
4Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania
Domestic Gross: $214.5 Million | Worldwide Total: $476 Million
Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne return for another adventure into the Quantum Realm , this time go with by Scott ’s teenage daughter Cassie . Despite featuring Jonathan Majors as the challenging scoundrel Kang the Conqueror , Ant - Man and the Wasp : Quantumanialost Disney and Marvel more than $ 125 million ( viaVariety ) . Superhero fatigue and an unsettling depiction of Marvel Comics ' scoundrel Modoklikely contributed to this . CBRalso points out thatthe thirdAnt - Manmovie is the first MCU movie since the pandemic to lose money .
3Fast X
Domestic Gross: $146 Million | Worldwide Gross: $705 Million
The popular long - running franchiseFast & Furiousfranchise let go another flick in 2023 that gross high worldwide — but not enough to twist a significant gain . tight Xstruggled because of its whopping budget of $ 340 million , ready a high goal for slate sales . According to the 2.5 principle , this would mean thatFast Xlost Universal $ 146 million . However , Varietyreports thatFast Xdid make a profit,“according to sources conversant with its financing . “It is unclear ifFast Xwas a replacement unsuccessful person . disregarding , Fast 11is expected in 2025and the franchise will likely continue after this .
Even when movies cross the billion - dollar crisscross , there ’s no guarantee their continuation will fare as well at the box office . These films rise that .
2The Flash
Domestic Gross: $108 Million | Worldwide Total: $270.5 Million
The latest in the DCEU ’s struggle to match the achiever of the MCU is 2023’sThe Flash . The Flashleaked on Twitterand also give out to battle superhero fatigue . Additionally , Ezra Miller ’s controversies and criminal chargescaused audience boycotting the movie . The Flashreportedly lose Warner Bros. $ 200 millionand an analytic thinking by Luiz Fernando ( viaTwitter ) reveals that it would have been a smaller fiscal loss to cancel the movie altogether .
1The Marvels
Domestic Gross: $81 Million | Worldwide Total: $198 Million
The Marvelsis reportedly the MCU ’s lowest - grossing flick to date , go against the phonograph recording antecedently hold by 2008’sThe Incredible Hulk(viaVariety).The Marvelsalso struggled with selling ahead of release . Yet the box office loser ofAnt - Man and the Wasp : QuantumaniaandThe Marvelswill not deter the MCU , which has many more movies coming out in upcoming years . Other smash hit franchises that suffered major losses in 2023 seem to have the same mental capacity : What is a hundred million dollars to a billion - dollar company ?
germ : boxofficemojo.com , Collider , Variety(Indiana Jones , Mission Impossible,&Fast X),Variety(Ant - Man),CBR , Twitter , Variety(The Marvels )
