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10 great films that flopped at the box office

There are numerous films that made the history of cinema without receiving the well-deserved success at the box office.

Even Orson Welles' "The Fourth Estate," considered by many experts to be the most important film in history, performed poorly at the box office.

One of them is "Big trouble in Chinatown" but we don't spoil the others!

In this short list we will examine 10 flops of films today universally recognized as cult, discover them with us by browsing our gallery!

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Big trouble in Chinatown
The film proved to be a failure, in fact in the USA it grossed only 11 million dollars failing to recover even the money of the production.
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The wings of freedom
Critics appreciation was not enough to improve the poor box office results. Of the approximately 25 million spent budget, only 28 million have returned.
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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Also in this case the film was a flop at the box office, grossed only 4 million dollars, the success had it thanks to the distribution in VHS and the television broadcast that consecrated it to cult Christmas film.
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Donnie Darko
The film barely reached half a million box office receipts. Fortunately, however, it did not go the same during its second theatrical release in 2004 following the enormous success obtained.
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The Big Lebowski
The film was a box office flop with a $15 million production, grossing only $17.5 million. A little few for one of the most iconic films in history.
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Brazil
The film cost $15 million, but grossed only nearly $10 million.
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Scott Pilgrim vs.the World
Although on the internet it became a cult a few years after being distributed in theaters, at the time it recorded a deficit of almost 40 million dollars (it cost 85 million but collected only 47).
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The Iron Giant
It became an animated cult and returned to prominence with Spielberg's film "Ready Player One". The film, however, was a flop due to a very poor promotion and the release simultaneously with the "Sixth Sense" of Shamalayan.
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Fight Club
Film critics were divided over this film and its violence was criticized. The film was a box office flop and grossed $100 million with $63 million spent on distribution. The film, however, thanks to word of mouth and the underground VHS market, soon became a cult and was infact included in 2008 in 18th place in the "500 Greatest Movie of All Time" of the magazine "Empire".
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Blade Runner 2049
It seems that the film has recorded a deficit of 80 million.
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