1. “The Oogieloves,” (Box office: $1 million; production budget: $20 million)

2. “A Thousand Words,” (Box office: $20 million; production budget: $40 million)/ “Cloud Atlas” (Box office: $24 million; production budget: $100 million)

3. “Dredd” (Box office: $28 million; production budget: $50 million)

4. “Big Miracle” (Box office: $25 million: production budget: $40 million)

5. “Wanderlust” (Box office: $21 million; production budget: $30 million)

6. “Rock of Ages” (Box office: $56 million; production budget: $74 million)

7. “People Like Us” (Box office: $12 million; production budget: $16 million)

8. “That’s My Boy” (Box office: $57 million; production budget: $70 million)

9. “Premium Rush” (Box Office: $29 million; prodcution budet: $35 million)

10. “Red Tails” (Box Office: $50 million; production budet: $58 million) [Forbes]


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And screw you if you didn't see Dredd.

Dredd deserved better.

I don't understand how A THOUSAND WORDS, which made back half its budget, ties for #2 with CLOUD ATLAS, which only made back a quarter of its budget.

Cloud Atlas is still in theaters. I'm sure when the list is revised Cloud will take the spot.

Cloud Atlas hasn't opened in most territories yet, it has pulled almost $9m in Russia so far (first week open) which is fantastic.

Oddly, it doesn't open in the UK until Feb 22nd. Japan on March 15th.

As did Premium Rush.

Wow, didn't even know that. Well, Cloud will get taken off the list then at some point.

No John Carter?

Red Tails was pretty terrible, especially when compared to the made for TV Tuskegee movie from the 90's. I'm surprised to see that it made so much.

John Carter made like $280 WW on a $250m budget, they don't count marketing in these things.

It made a tad over $300 million worldwide, but I doubt Universal is thrilled with that number for Battleship considering the $260 million budget.

Yep. I really enjoyed that one and look forward to seeing it again once it's released.

I liked Rock of Ages, won't be going back to the theater I saw it at though since the screen was small and common-width, plus they brought the masking up for the stupid pre-show commercials then had the screen shrink for the feature.

That's normal, the pre-show commercials are usually 1.85:1 or there abouts where the actual movie was 2.35:1.

As did Cloud Atlas.

not really.

The marketing for Dredd was atrocious. They didn't appeal to the general movie-watching audience.

As someone else said, I was surprised John Carter wasn't listed. That was first thing that came to mind. It did well overseas though.

Cloud Atlas and Dredd are two of my favorite movies of the year so far. And Premium Rush was fun.

Having People Like Us in there is pretty silly. It hardly cost enough to really bomb, all things considered.

I see that list was compiled by "loss as a percentage of budget, rather than total loss" which explains why the biggest money drainers are not on the list.

How in the fuck did Big Miracle cost $40 million to make? Holy shit, there's nothing to the film. Was half of that Drew Barrymore's salary?

It was an entertaining enough flick, but damn... I just don't see $40 mil on the screen at all.

This.

Goddamn did I love that film so goddamn much. I saw it 4 times in the theater. 3 of them in 3D.

I have not seen Underworld 4 yet. It must have made well at the box office. I thought it would be up there on the list.

I'm going to assume that Beckinsale's ass is enough to get the budget and then some back to the studio.

Yeah, really.

Surprised Total Recall remake isn't on there.