From Blade Runner to The Wizard of Oz, find out which movie classics bombed at the box office...
These classic movies were initially box office duds...
Just because they’re considered classics now, doesn’t mean these movies pulled in the big bucks!
While modern audiences now appreciate these films for their artistry and remarkable achievements, moviegoers at the time clearly weren’t that taken by what they were seeing.
Once the production and marketing costs are taken into account, a Hollywood movie generally needs to make double its budget at the box office to break even, and these pictures struggled to do that.
