14 films of recent years that should have been hits, but failed at the box office (15 photos)
However, box office failure does not change the fact that many of these films turned out to be very high quality and worth watching. Now at home. 
Today we decided to take a look at the biggest box office flops of the 2020s. This decade began in a special way, as the recent coronavirus pandemic had a strong impact on the box office of many premieres planned for 2020-2021.
Some were able to save themselves by postponements, some lured viewers into cinemas who had just been vaccinated and became bolder, while others failed primarily due to the pandemic or turned out to be so unattractive that they did not have an audience even in 2022, when people returned en masse to the cinema.
Here are 14 of the biggest box office losers of the last three years that had big budgets and big-name actors, but something went wrong.
Tenet (2020) 
Budget: $200 million
Box office: $363.7 million
It should be noted that in order to be considered a success, a film must gross three times its budget. In this case, despite the decent numbers, “Tenet” still became unprofitable by 50-100 million due to high marketing costs.
New Mutants (2020) 
Budget: $67-80 million
Box office: $49.2 million
The Amazing Voyage of Doctor Dolittle (2020) 
Budget: $175 million
Box office: $227.9 million
Again, don't congratulate Downey Jr. and company on these numbers, since the film also brought a loss of up to $100 million for the studio.
The Call of the Wild (2020) 
Budget: $125-150 million
Box office: $107.6 million
West Side Story (2021) 
Budget: $100 million
Box office: $76 million
G. I. Joe. Rise of Cobra: Snake Eyes (2021) 
Budget: $88-110 million
Box office: $40.1 million
The Last Duel (2021) 
Budget: $100 million
Box office: $30.6 million
Ben Affleck was also undeservedly nominated for the Golden Raspberry, but the film was worthy.
Chaos Walking (2021) 
Budget: $100 million
Box office: $26.5 million
The film's box office made it clear that people aren't going to see Daisy Ridley or Tom Holland, but Star Wars and Spider-Man.
Moonfall (2022) 
Budget: $138 million
Box office: $44.3 million
Although disaster films have been made very infrequently lately, so this is a rare product.
Buzz Lightyear (2022) 
Budget: $200 million
Box office: $226.4 million
Pixar has had a string of flops. The cartoons “Onward” and “I’m Blushing” also became unprofitable (and both are definitely worth watching), but we did not include in the list those projects that were released on streaming earlier than 30 days after their premiere in theaters, since this is negative affects rentals and distorts the numbers.
Black Adam (2022) 
Budget: $100 million
Box office: $30.6 million
Amsterdam (2022) 
Budget: $100 million
Box office: $30.6 million
Another proof that people go to see interesting films, and not to a gathering of superstars in one frame.
Code 355 (2022) 
Budget: $75 million
Box office: $27.7 million
Babylon (2022) 
Budget: $78 million
Box office: $63.4 million
The film also missed out on Oscar nominations and ultimately did not receive a single statuette.
