These days, even if a movie flops in the U.S., it could still break even thanks to international grosses, streaming, licensing, and merchandise. So it isn’t always obvious which movies actually lose money.
So, Uproxx.com put together a formula to determine ‘The 10 Biggest Box Office Bombs of 2016.’ They took 70% of the box office gross, and then subtracted the production budget and an estimate for marketing. They admit it isn’t an exact science, but it’s a decent stab at it.
Here are the 10 biggest flops, along with the estimated money they lost . . .
1. A tie between “Gods of Egypt” and the new “Ben Hur” movie, which are both reportedly $65 million in the hole.
3. “Free State of Jones”, $63 million
4. “Allied”, $59 million
5. “Deepwater Horizon”, $57 million
6. “The Nice Guys”, $55 million
7. “Keeping Up with the Joneses”, $50 million
8. “Snowden”, $49 million
9. “The BFG”, $47 million
10. “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”, $46 million
