12 of the biggest box-office
flops of 2019 so far
Actor Matthew McConaughey and STX Entertainment have been the biggest box-office losers this year, each with more than one notable flop already.
Even superhero movies aren't immune to the box-office blues. The "X-Men" movie "Dark Phoenix" crashed and burned this summer.
The latest misfire is Melissa McCarthy's "The Kitchen," the second-biggest bomb of the year in wide release behind STX's "Poms."
The biggest box-office losers of the year so far have been actor Matthew McConaughey, who's had two major bombs in the first few months of 2019, and STX Entertainment.
McConaughey's January release, "Serenity," co-starring Anne Hathaway, grossed a rough $8.5 million and had a production budget of $25 million. Harmony Korine's "The Beach Bum," starring McConaughey, opened with $1.8 million in March, which was the worst opening for a wide release on over 1,000 screens at the time, and one of the worst openings of the actor's career.
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STX released two bombs in two weekends: the animated "UglyDolls"and "Poms," which had the worst opening for a movie in over 2,700 theaters.
The first major bomb of the year, director Joe Cornish's "The Kid Who Would Be King," opened just $7 million in January and ultimately made $32 million worldwide. It was made for $60 million.
Even some superhero movies have crashed and burned. "Hellboy" failed to spark excitement last month due to a poor release date, awful reviews, and other major factors. It's made just $21 million and was made for $50 million. And the "X-Men" dud "Dark Phoenix" was a huge misfire.
The latest misfire is "The Kitchen," starring Melissa McCarthy, which opened over the weekend with $5.5 million — the second-worst opening of the year for a movie in over 2,700 theaters, behind only "Poms."
Below are 12 box-office flops this year, in order of release date:
Entertainment Studios
Release date: January 11
Opening weekend: $2,375,325
Total global gross: $4,046,429
Production budget: $30 million
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 10%
What critics said: "The filmmakers manage to avoid every potentially interesting choice for far dumber, and far more inexplicable, conclusions." — Los Angeles Times
Fox
Release date: January 25
Opening weekend: $7,173,887
Total global gross: $32,097,473
Production budget: $60 million
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 90%
What critics said: "Cornish is offering a kind of movie they just don't make anymore - expansive live-action adventure tales unabashedly aimed at young people, not the adults charged with taking them to the cinema." — Vulture
Aviron Pictures
Release date: January 25
Opening weekend: $4,415,403
Total global gross: $8,547,045
Production budget: $25 million
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 19%
What critics said: "What an infuriating mess the makers of Serenity have unloaded on an unsuspecting public. It's still only January, but this bats--- bonkers trip through the subconscious has already earned a place among the year's worst movies." — Rolling Stone
Columbia
Release date: February 1
Opening weekend: $6,864,744
Total global gross: $15,310,211
Production budget: $15 million
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 22%
What critics said: "Gloria is basically in the wrong place at the wrong time, something that might be said for everyone involved with this movie, audience included." — New York Times
Focus Features
Release date: March 1
Opening weekend: $3,131,525
Total global gross: $8,557,327
Production budget: $25 million
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 45%
What critics said: "The central plot development is galvanizing in theory but mostly just confusing in practice." — Indiewire
Neon
Release date: March 29
Opening weekend: $1,763,070
Total global gross: $4,440,954
Production budget: $5 million
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 54%
What critics said: "The Beach Bum would be more entertaining if it weren't the same scene over and over, with escalation in lieu of evolution. But that's Korine's strategy, for better or worse, possibly both." — Vulture
Lionsgate
Release date: April 12
Opening weekend: $12,045,147
Total global gross: $41,099,007
Production budget: $50 million
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 15%
What critics said: "An R-rated slog that's heavy on bad attitude and creative dismemberments, and completely missing the humane core of Mignola's original story." — The Atlantic
STX Entertainment
Release date: May 3
Opening weekend: $8,603,407
Total global gross: $27,530,241
Production budget: $45 million
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 27%
What critics said: "UglyDolls is less a movie than an infomercial for the plush Hasbro toys." — RogerEbert.com
Release date: May 10
Opening weekend: $5,110,000
Total global gross: $13,631,124
Production budget: N/A
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 34%
What critics said: "Even by the elastic standards of mass-market escapist trifles the creators of POMS might consider the challenges of growing old and confronting death without infantilizing both characters and audience." — NPR
Fox Searchlight
Release date: May 10
Opening weekend: $2,153,000
Total global gross: $7,776,413
Production budget: N/A
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 51%
What critics said: "If you're going to tell the story of one of the most imaginative writing minds of the 20th century, why not infuse it with more ... imagination?" — Chicago Sun-Times
Fox
Release date: June 7
Opening weekend: $32,828,348
Total global gross: $252,423,828
Production budget: $200 million
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 23%
What critics said: "A stupendously dull series-ender without a shred of wit, narrative thrust or genuine emotional force." —London Evening Standard
Warner Bros.
Release date: August 9
Opening weekend: $5,510,000
Total global gross (So far): $5,510,000
Production budget: N/A
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 21%
What critics said: "There's not enough heat in this Kitchen, but there's nothing cool about it, either." — Time
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