The Most Costly Box Office Disasters Which Ruined Careers and Cost Hollywood Multiple Fortunes

Published on 09/15/2020
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The Happytime Murders (2018)

Some films do not just incur massive losses, they also cause its producers a whole lot of trouble. From being rebuked for its humor’s poor taste, to being sued by Sesame Street for muddying its squeaky-clean image, The Happytime Murders also incurred a loss of $12.5 million.

The Happytime Murders

The Happytime Murders

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Heaven’s Gate (1980)

Here we have an especially memorable cinematic tragedy. Heaven’s Gate ended up irreversibly hurting Michael Cimino’s reputation, whose outlandishly costly budget inflations failed to be justified. A loss of $123 million was not even the worst part of this trainwreck. United Artists was headed for bankruptcy, and there were even accusations of animal abuse during its production. Heaven’s Gate was appropriately named, “one of the greatest injustices of cinematic history.”

Heavens Gate

Heavens Gate

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