"Studio Sinkers" Movies
Movies that cost so much to make and bombed so hard that they sunk the studio. This includes subsidiaries of larger companies or animation divisions of major studios, but it has to be an abrupt end, rather than a death by a thousand cuts situation. There are actually some films that are now considered classic that are on this unfortunate list. One final note: "Death" is a nebulous term when it comes to corporations. A smaller studio can die, but its name can live on in another form, because it was bought out by a larger studio. These means it is possible for a studio to die, be ressurected, and then die again multiple times.
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| Release Date | Title | Production Budget | Opening Weekend | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2011 | Mars Needs Moms | $150,000,000 | $6,914,488 | $21,392,758 | $39,549,758 |
| Sep 5, 2008 | Bangkok Dangerous | $45,000,000 | $7,783,266 | $15,298,133 | $46,598,133 |
| Aug 20, 2008 | The Rocker | $15,000,000 | $2,636,048 | $6,409,528 | $8,767,338 |
| Dec 7, 2007 | The Golden Compass | $205,000,000 | $25,783,232 | $70,107,728 | $367,262,558 |
| Nov 14, 2003 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | $80,000,000 | $9,317,371 | $20,950,820 | $54,540,662 |
| Feb 21, 2003 | Gods and Generals | $55,000,000 | $4,675,246 | $12,882,934 | $12,923,936 |
| Jul 11, 2001 | Final Fantasy: The Spirits … | $137,000,000 | $11,408,853 | $32,131,830 | $85,131,830 |
| Jun 16, 2000 | Titan A.E. | $75,000,000 | $9,376,845 | $22,751,979 | $36,751,979 |
| May 12, 2000 | Battlefield Earth: A Saga o… | $80,000,000 | $11,548,898 | $21,471,685 | $29,725,663 |
| Dec 22, 1995 | Cutthroat Island | $92,000,000 | $2,371,415 | $10,017,322 | $18,517,322 |
| Apr 12, 1995 | The Pebble and the Penguin | $1,123,041 | $3,939,728 | $3,939,728 | |
| Aug 1, 1980 | Raise the Titanic | $40,000,000 | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | |
| Jan 1, 1964 | The Fall of the Roman Empire | $19,000,000 | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | |
| Dec 20, 1946 | It’s a Wonderful Life | $3,180,000 | $12,241,691 | $16,420,592 |
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