While 2025 has already yielded a billion-dollar grossing movie (Lilo & Stitch) and a near billion selling film (A Minecraft Movie), there have also been some huge misses. From Disney to the John Wick franchise and, not one, but three high-profile A.I.-gone wrong thrillers, the box-office body count has been piling up quite steadily throughout the year.
Flight Risk
Loss: $4 million
It's been years since audiences were consistently interested in Mark Wahlberg's movies; that goes double for Mel Gibson. Nevertheless, the first time this toxic duo collaborated on a film (Father Stu), the result was marginally profitable. Naturally, they gave it another shot -- and pushed theatergoers' patience -- and their own luck -- straight into the red zone.
M3GAN 2.0
M3GAN was a surprise hit that stunned both industry analysts and moviegoers. So how do the filmmakers respond? They produce a Terminator 2 homage that leans away from the horror and further into the silliness of its predecessor and release it during the busy summer season as opposed to, say, the January dumping ground (like the original) or October. And fans stayed home. Which is a shame because M3GAN 2.0 is freaking hilarious.
Wolf Man
Loss: $8 million
Though it should've been a no-brainer, director/co-writer Leigh Whannell learned the hard way that moviegoers generally want their werewolves to bear some resemblance to wolves. Chalk up another incredibly avoidable "L" for the Universal monsters cinematic universe.
Love Hurts
Loss: $10 million
It's nice to see Ke Huy Quan finally headline a movie, but he deserves more than this.
The Amateur
Loss: $12 million
This isn't the first movie featuring a middle-aged white-collar guy undergoing combat training in order to avenge his family against criminals. But part of the reason that the last high-profile movie in this vein (Sicario) worked is because it featured an avenger who lived up to the challenge that he set for himself confidently and effectively -- instead of a gunshy pu$$y.
Companion
Loss: $21 million
Moviegoers were apparently not too enthused about seeing the umpteenth robot-gone-rogue story so soon after M3GAN, which would explain Companion's arrival on digital a mere 18 days after its theatrical debut.
Ballerina
Apparently, audiences weren't interest in watching Jane Wick shoot -- and burn -- through dozens of goons.
The Accountant 2
The Accountant is an action-thriller that features a sincere tone and a wholly unconventional main character doling out street justice. Its sequel is a buddy comedy full of unfunny jokes that doubles as a sort of supervillain origin story. The lower box office reflects audience reception to the tonal and genre changes.
Thunderbolts*
Loss: $43 - $89 million
This Suicide Squad ripoff is brimming with potential but, ultimately, falls short of the similarly-themed DCEU movies about a team of scumbags assembled by a rogue female government official -- and its own trailers. If only they'd killed off John Walker instead of Taskmaster. Well. at least Valentina Allegra de Fontaine's hair no longer looks ridiculous.
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
While Ethan Hunt (and, unfortunately, Benji) walked away from this final Mission in one piece, the long-running franchise managed to kill off both fan-favorite Luther Stickel and itself with this disapointing eighth installment.
Elio
Snow White
Loss: $238 million
The filmmakers behind the live-action remake of Disney's first animated-feature certainly made mistakes but Snow White was doomed before it was even released due to bad press. And while its financial losses may indicate otherwise, it is most definitely not the worst big-budget movie of the year. It's not even the Mouse House's worst live-action remake.
