The Best Movies That Made the Least Money

Box office returns don’t always line up with a film’s quality. There are plenty of terrible movies that make a ton of money, like the universally panned Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, which somehow made over $107 million worldwide. And sometimes great movies tank at the box office, like this year’s Blade Runner 2049, which only took in $90.3 million from U.S. theaters on a reported budget of more than $150 million.

But box office does not equate quality. And so, in honor of that grand tradition, here are 11 more great movies that lost tons of money...

Ridley Scott's science fiction masterpiece got very little love from audiences when it first hit theaters. It netted just $32.9 million (including re-releases after its 1982 debut), barely more than its $28 million reported budget. Factoring in marketing and other costs not reflected in the budget, this classic most certainly did not make back its investment at the box office.

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