Zyzzyx Road holds the title for the lowest-grossing movie ever, making just $30 at the box office. The film was made specifically for distribution overseas, but a Screen Actors Guild contract required a U.S. theatrical release.
As of July 2022, the four biggest movie flops of all time were Disney productions. "Turning Red" (2022), "Jungle Cruise" (2021), "Mars Needs Moms" (2011), and "Mulan" (2020) recorded losses of more than 140 million U.S. dollars at the global box office.
Writers, directors and editors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez spent between $35,000 and $60,000 shooting “The Blair Witch Project,” making it arguably the cheapest movie ever made. It later received between $200,000 and $750,000 from Artisan Entertainment for post-production.
Released back in November, The Marvels got off to a tough start and never recovered despite somewhat more positive word-of-mouth than Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania. We gave The Marvels an 8 in our review, calling it "funny and heartfelt." The Marvels is officially the lowest-grossing MCU moving of all time.
Toho's subsidiary Toho International later released it in North America on December 1. The film has grossed over $106 million worldwide, becoming the fifth-highest-grossing Japanese film of 2023 and is the most successful Japanese Godzilla film, surpassing Shin Godzilla.
The priciest movie, adjusted for inflation or otherwise, is a “Pirates of the Caribbean” film. “On Stranger Tides,” the fourth movie in the series, cost $378.5 million to make. That's $430 million adjusted for inflation. No other movie cost over $400 million using current rates.
Rotten Tomatoes has released what it calls the 100 Worst Movies of All Time. They all scored 6% or less on the Tomatometer. Topping the list, all with a 0% rating, "Ballistic: Ecks Vs. Sever," "One Missed Call" and "Left Behind." I've heard of none of these films, so I must have really good taste in movies.
With an estimated production budget of under $1 million, Rocky popularized the rags to riches and American Dream themes of sports dramas which preceded the film. Rocky had its premiere in New York City on November 20, 1976, and was released in the United States on December 3, 1976.
Everybody except the producers gets paid. That includes the actors unless they have accepted to waive their salary for a share of the profit, in which case they would also be credited as producers and would wait for the movie to make a profit to get paid.
When Grillo heard that she and her friend had paid admission to the Dallas screening, he insisted on refunding their money. Zyzzyx, it turns out, actually made $20.
The third and fourth Avengers films (Infinity War and Endgame) stand as the most expensive back-to-back film production, with combined production costs of over $1 billion, according to one of the directors. Ben-Hur (1925) was the most expensive film of the silent era, possibly holding the record for over twenty years.
The Longest Movie Certificated by Guinness World Records
The longest film ever made, according to Guinness World Records, is "The Cure for Insomnia" (1987), directed by John Henry Timmis IV. It lasts 85 hours and is considered an extraordinary achievement in the film industry.
NC-17. The NC-17 rating is the highest rating (even higher than the R-rating) that a film can be given, and it means the movie is for adults only (ages 18 and older) and no one age 17 or younger will be admitted. This rating, prior to 1990, was previously rated X.
On the film review website Rotten Tomatoes, films that every critic who reviewed the film labelled it as bad have a 0% rating. As of 2022, 43 films have received this rating.
To date, the most expensive Disney movie ever made is Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens, which had a production budget of USD 447 million. The most expensive animated Disney movie ever made, however, is Tangled, which had a production budget of USD 260 million.
Income from the initial theatrical release, retail video and soundtrack sales and US broadcast rights exceeded $3.2 billion. A number of re-releases have pushed the film's worldwide theatrical total to $2.264 billion, making it the second film to gross more than $2 billion worldwide after Avatar.
1998's Godzilla didn't exactly bomb at the box office. It did turn a profit, but it performed well below expectations. Since it cost around $130–150 million to produce and $80 million to market, Godzilla's $379 million worldwide gross (via The New York Times) was considered a disappointment.
godzilla vs destroyah is incredibly sad. The sheer build up of the whole series, makes it very sad when jr “dies” the first time. The fact you see Godzilla mourning makes it even sadder.
Wingard also confirmed that the color change is “part of the story,” and it's been speculated by some fans that this is a result of Godzilla now being able to channel gamma radiation. But Godzilla isn't the only major Titan who's looking a little different in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.