The Biggest Movie Flops of All Time - Diamondbolt 

The idea of reusing a character model and calling it a "digital actor" is the most creative way to hide laziness

I'll never forget when my mom took me to see Mars Needs Moms in theatres and hating it the whole time, but pretending to enjoy it because I got to spend time with her. Love you mom, I WONT LET THE MARTIANS TAKE YOU

Funny thing about the live Action Mulan. I work as an English teacher in China. And I did see this in the theater here. Having seen the original several times I cringed through pretty much the whole movie while my wife, who had never seen the animated movie said she thought it was pretty good. Then we went home and I showed her the animated movie and she realized that the live action one we had just watched was pretty bad. lol

It's always an experience to be reminded that the live-action Speed Racer movie wasn't just a hallucination I had when I was 6

I love the meme of Goku telling Vegeta "Let's fight where we can't hurt anyone." And it's them in a movie theater playing something that flopped.

Since that _CATS_ (2019) is made by Universal, this means the movie takes place in the same universe as Mike Myer's The Cat in the Hat.

I do think it’s funny how Fox tried so hard to make Anastasia a Disney style movie, that decades later it worked too well & a lot of people just think it is a Disney movie and are blown away when they find out it’s not 🤣 I do love Titan A.E. though, real shame it didn’t do better

I'm still pissed about John Carter, because although it wasn't a masterpiece, it's still a legit solid film that I loved watching in theaters. I feel it deserved far more than it was given and am sad it died before giving us more.

I honestly have a fond memory of The Lone Ranger. I saw the movie in theaters when I was 11 with my grandpa, who LOVED old western movies. And I remember at the end of the movie Johnny Depp’s character gives the kid who he’s telling the story too a silver bullet. And my grandpa leaned over to me and like sounded excited telling me that he gives him the silver bullet. He passed away almost two years ago, but that’s still one of my favorite memories of him

Well, to be fair to Turning Red the film only got cinema releases in a small number of markets overseas that didn't have Disney plus, so there was no way it was going to make its money back through the box office.

The reason why Monster Trucks had such a big budget was that they had to redo the cgi for the movie because the monster original design was terrifying, so scary in fact that when they showed to a test audience the movie most kids ran away screaming and crying. This forced the studio to redo all the cgi and reshoot part of the movie in order to make it much, much less scary.

I still love how one of the only movies to really survive the pandemic was Sonic The Hedgehog of all things

Fun fact about Monster Trucks, the movie was delayed a couple of years because the monsters' original designs were so scary that it scared a whole test audience full of children. Yes, Paramount made the same mistake they did with Sonic. They corrected their designs but, unlike the Sonic movie, it didn't help

Fun fact about the failure of Battleship, one of the Hasbro employees from 2012 blamed it’s failure for derailing their plans for a shared Hasbro universe. They had plans to use the Transformers Aligned Continuity as a jumping-off point for a shared Hasbro universe between them, G.I.Joe, Battleship, Stretch Armstrong, M.A.S.K., ROM Spaceknight and Candyland (No I’m not kidding). But one of the Hasbro employees, Rick Alvarez, blamed the failure of Battleship for screwing up their plans for the shared universe.

Treasure Planet was that Disney deliberately screwed the animation team by moving the movie to a November release when it should have come out during the summer. Meaning it had to compete with Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, it never stood a chance in hell. On top of the fact it was poorly marketed (the marketing it got made it the opposite of what the movie was actually about). It's the rare one out in this case where the movie is genuinely good in both story and animation but due to external reasons it failed. Had it come out in today's day and age it would have done a lot better. Props to Cats, it managed to not only terrified me but also traumatized and scarred me for the rest of my life. A feat no horror film prior managed to accomplish.

Fun fact : The animations in FF: spirit within are made with mocap suits but ALL the facials animation are made by hand ! When you know this, this movie is fucking impressive

My family must have been the only people who saw Mars Needs Moms in our country. The entire cinema was empty on opening day and no one was talking about it at the time. Also I find it funny how Disney tried hard to make their own star wars and avatar with john carter, only for it to fail and for them to buy up the competition.

I still don't understand why they didn't just use costumes for Cats. It seems to have worked fine enough for the stage show and it would have been less uncanny Valley than we ended up with

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas is actually one of my favorite animated movies of all time. It even inspired me to write my own pirate novel, in which I borrowed several elements from it. It's such a shame the movie bombed so hard, it really deserves more appreciation in my opinion. I still listen to the soundtrack almost every day, it really is that good.

I watched Spirit RELENTLESSLY as a child! And to this day, it is still a gem to my eye! Matt Damon narrating, Bryan Adams crooning and Hans Zimmer vibing!

This might be something kinda weird to say, but thank DiamondBolt for defending the Cats cgi people! I ended up reading a lot about the making up of it just to understand how some thing like THAT was made, and felt really bad about them; so many people just blame the cgi departament for it being bad while the studios made their lifes hell.

Fun Fact: I saw Cats (2019) in the same auditorium that I would then see Everything Everywhere All at Once in just a few years later. The latter was pretty packed, while Cats had like 4 other people if I recall (can't imagine why, LOL)

It's actually a bit of a miracle that _John Carter_ didn't completely sink the live-action division of Disney feature films. Maybe the early success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe was the reason why.

11:57 I mean this film was also filmed next to an ACTIVE CONCENTARTION CAMP WHICH IS THANKED IN THE CREDITS

Cats 2019 is my favourite psychological horror movie

Onward didn't go straight onto Disney Plus, it was unfortunate enough to get released in cinemas just a few weeks before lockdown started.

Remember watching "Mars Needs Mom" back in high school. My mom died couple weeks before that. Of course I cried the hardest in front of a lot of my friends. Some of them were laughing at me. Bet they still have their mother on their side🤷🏻‍♂️

Honestly the controversy of the main actress’ opinions and the fact it was filmed outside a Uighur concentration camp killed Mulan more than the pandemic ever did

I actually remember watching Mars Needs Moms and liking it as a kid, but that was mostly because of the thicc aliens. I wasn't really disturbed by the awful animation because by that time I had already watched the ring and knew what true fear was.

The second you brought in the poster for Mars Needs Moms, a wave of nostalgia flooded my mind. I honestly don't remember the alien designs being that weird looking. What happened 😂 ?

"It was 2001 and video games looked like this" *proceeds to show PS1 Hagrid, the most beautiful man known to mankind* As someone who's actually seen Mars Needs Moms...I can confirm that it's worth the hate. Like how could Disney look at that gross mess and say "Yup, this is cinema"? It feels like a Nickelodeon movie, not a Disney one! Also, I adored Turning Red and it definitely didn't deserve that treatment. I find the controversies surrounding it silly, like the period scene doesn't last long, you can just skip it (and MrEnter's review is...something). Or how it only appeals to a very specific demographic...I'm not Chinese (I'm Latino and our parents act similar) nor Canadian and yet I still enjoyed it! The animators at Pixar put their heart and soul (pun intended) into these movies, and the least Disney can do is treat them right.

The reason why Peter Jacckson gets credited for many things he doesnt make is because he cofounded the company Weta which is a huge vfx company. Thats why for years we all thought that District 9 was a Peter Jackson film even thought he didnt.

You mentioning Titan A.E. brought back some deep childhood memories lol. I don't even remember much of the plot of that movie, but I do remember watching it with my mother a long time ago.

I remember seeing the trailers for John Carter on RU-vid a whole lot and getting them confused with the Prince of Persia movie for some reason. I actually recently remembered them and asked myself, "what was the desert action movie with the shirtless guy who has a tall green man tell him that he's beautiful? Because it definitely wasn't Prince of Persia." Long story short, this video came out at a really convenient time for me. Also, the ending bit of this video where the curb your enthusiasm music transitioned into the outro music made me laugh and I don't even know why.

Honestly the Sinbad movie is highly underrated and a lot of fun to watch (and the animation on Eris is absolutely breathtaking and more than holds up today)

I remember renting John Carter, it was pretty good, then asked myself, “How come the railer didn’t mention the plot” the trailers were just 30 second teasers.

Considering the fact that there's only a 4 year gap between Spirits Within and Advent Children, the upscale in animation quality is seriously insane. The animation in SW wasn't mostly bad, but there's a few sequences in AC that age very well even today.

I watched Mars Needs Moms 2 times on TV. And it is definitely one of the movies that exists.

John Carter: I hate you Jack Sparrow: I missed the part where that's my problem. John Carter: It doesn't make sense that just a theme park ride can become such a successful franchise Jack Sparrow: Gonna cry? Let's be honest, the real reason that these movies fail is because they don’t have Adam Sandler. Fun Fact, Disney's Winnie the Pooh movie (Disney's final hand-drawn film) from 2011 flopped horribly in the box office due to it releasing on the same day as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2)

I remember Mars Needs Mom, the idea of aliens stealing my mom and uploading her mind into a computer scared me.

10:26 i remember buzz light year, mario, luigi, link and Steve buying ticket for it from a doritos bag

So many of the older movies that flopped were movies that I enjoyed a lot and would still find enjoyable if I watched them today. I would personally rate a lot of them higher than movies that come out today cause they were different and unique. Ps: I watched like almost all the older movies that were shown in the video and was shocked and kinda sad to see some of them were flops. Maybe this is why a lot of studios now days stick to the usual stories and not branch them further.

Fun fact about Pluto Nash: I live in an area where they would frequently test screen movies before the official release, so you could stand in line and get free tickets. This was the only test screening I went to where literally half of the theater walked out of the movie. So it was so bad, that even free tickets couldn't convince people to watch it to the end.

One of the problems I remember with Mortal Engines was I think a lot of fans of the book got turned off because the main protag (Hester, the girl with the red scarf) is described as having incredibly visible facial scarring, and it's kind of a key character detail and plot significant detail but the film adaptation toned that down massively. I think it also had the problem that some other book adaptations get where the books are popular, but in a niche way and are kind of hard to market to a mainstream filmgoing audience so you run the risk of creating something that pleases no one

7:55 Men going to watch a movie with "princess" in the title? Inconceivable!

John Carter and The Lone Ranger always felt to me like they deserved more attention for how unique they were for live action Disney movies, a Confederate on Mars and the Wild West.

I remember seeing the trailer for Mars Needs Moms as a 5 year old and knew from that very sneak peek that this film was doomed to fail

It's great how a company will often close an entire studio after, say, a $35 million loss and call it a bomb when they've paid the actors and producers twice that amount... God forbid the Above the Line costs should ever suffer.

Watching other people talk about Morbius on RU-vid should be enough to satisfy my Morby needs. Microwave Society's review of it is stellar.

Great video, as always. But no mention of the small but significant Zzyzyx Road, the $2 million western film that only grossed $30 (yes, $30.) at the box office.

I get undeniable joy when I hear of a Disney box office bomb. Seeing some cracks in their empire

2023- hold my beer

My 3D animation professor actually worked as an animator for John Carter... Then also was an main animator on Madagascar.

0:27 I like the idea that the emoji movie only made 3 dollars and 97 cents.

With Monster Trucks, they originally had a different more monstrous design for the Monster, and apparently at Test Screenings the creature horrified kids in the audience so they had to go back and redo the creature and delay the film.

I remember my grandmother buying me Titan AE on vhs for me as a kid. I still have very fond memories of that movie.

I find it so unfair that people with actual talent and competent ability to make good stories get turned down in exchange to instead go for less competent/clearly un-creative creations! It’s not fair!

Sinbad and megamind where some of my favourite movies growing up

“It’s Disney they can afford it” that aged poorly

Final Fantasy Spirits Within looked groundbreaking at the time! I remember I was in high-school and a friend of mine let us borrow the DVD. We didn't care that it had nothing to do with Final Fantasy the video games. It just looked really cool, and got us excited for the future of animation. I have a theory that it's in the same universe as Starship Troopers, just further in the future. 😁

Who thought Cats was a Good Idea for a Movie

Cats is that one movie that everyone hates but your sister likes it so much she watches it every day

I had no idea that so many of the films I vividly remember from my childhood were flops. That Final Fantasy movie, John Carter, Battleship, Titan AE, etc, are all favourites from when I was a kid. I watched FF at my grandparents after renting it from Blockbuster, I also caught Titan AE on cartoon network there. I watched John Carter on TV at my mums, also Battleship from the blockbuster near our place. The good old days, before social media and streaming services. TAKE ME BACK TO BEING A KID PLEASE I HATE TAXES

13:13 it's not like any other Final Fantasy entry has any thing to do with one another

alright time to just go and say it, Speed Racer is one of the greatest movies ever made and no one could ever convince me otherwise

Cats could of been so much more, at one point it was gonna be animated in 2D in the 90s but sadly never went anywhere.

7:47 I counter with The Princess Bride.

have the DVD special for Final Fantasy.. really enjoyed watching it. very well done but far beyond its time

So when are we gonna be getting a Diamondbolt movie?

I’m certain notice a theme about these movies, at least from Disney say they all seem to be based on obscure 50s pop culture icons. Like who would take their kid who is An Who actively keeps up with Star Wars avengers superheroes to see a western Like the Lone Ranger? Also John Carter? I don’t even think grandparents know who that is, as for the animations I think they just came out at the worst time possible, Also having the worst marketing

I was there in real time for FF: Spirits Within, as part of the target demographic (I turned 16 that Summer) and I can tell you that movie, and its association to the FF franchise, was actually creating a lot of buzz. Remember, the latest FF title at that point was FFVIII, who everyone had gone nuts over, and The Most Overrated Game of All Time was still only four years old, and widely discussed in gaming circles... So, yeah. The name recognition definitely did work.

I loved Titan AE. Not sure why it flopped. Great cast, interesting story, amazing soundtrack. I've still got some of those songs in rotation in my playlists.

Imagine spending like 700 million dollars or something just to advertise furries, you can do that shit for free on Twitter and RU-vid PS: I genuinely feel bad for the artists that worked on cats

Been out for 14 seconds already a banger

4:44 my humor is broken 💀

8:53 Damn it man. I had Minecraft opened the background and I thought I was about to get my ass whooped by an Enderman. xD

Treasure Planet and Atlantis are my favourite Disney films, and no one can change my mind

Also, the character designs in cats remind me of a episode of Batman: the animated series called “Tyger, Tyger” where Selina Kyle(cat woman) gets turning into a anthropomorphic cat by a evil scientist

FINALLY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS THANK YOU DIAMONDBOLT FINALLY YOU HAVE GIVEN ME THE TITLE OF THE WEIRD MOVIE THAT WAS ON AT THREE IN THE MORNING ONCE WHEN I WAS LITTLE THAT WAS CONFUSING BEYOND COMPREHENSION FINAL FANTASY THE SPIRITS WITHIN

I loved mars needs moms when it came out, I watched several times when I was younger and was surprised that it flopped at the box office

Adam... how could you... you never once said "It's Morbin time"

Coincidentally I just watched Titan A.E. (2000) the other day...Also, I am so glad you didn't roast or make fun of Rob Cohen's movie Stealth (2005) starring Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel and Jamie Foxx. I think that lost money too. Probably too generic to talk about but that's what I like!

I hope you do it again. Because there are other films to talk about that diddnt make their cash back. I mean, The Bobs burgers movie(my favorite film of 2022 thus far)flopped too and yet the reviews online are overwhelmingly awesome.

Ah man King Arthur Legend of the Sword. One of the most underrated blockbusters ever it's so stylish, metal and entertaining. I cant believe it bombed but bloody Venom makes 800 million there is no justice in the world

2:18 The biggest issue with the Cats film (beyond everything) is that the source material doesn't lend itself well for a movie format. Cats is a musical that emphasizes the music and dancing more than the story. The whole cats gathering and begging for death thing is just setup to have these cats dance and sing about themselves. You can't translate the theater experience of a musical like Cats into a live-action film without making people confused and angry. 6:41 I remember seeing a few ads for this movie. I bet one of the reasons it did so terribly was the premise. It's a Mars isekai starring a cowboy with one of the most generic names in the universe. Apparently this was based on some obscure sci-fi novel written in 1912... It probably says a lot when more people remember Dune when they think of sci-fi novels. 8:43 This was also based on a book series nobody cares about! From what I know this movie sucked. The editing is very bad despite the high budget and special effects. 11:15 Turning Red was an especially upsetting case because the creators genuinely wanted it to be in theaters. But due to a combination of the sickness and the higher-ups thinking it wouldn't do well (and also being jerks), it ended up on Disney+ instead. 12:37 OHHHH GOD THIS ONE This almost killed Squaresoft, by the way. They were only saved after they merged with Enix (company that does the Dragon Quest series). After that it's been... A ride. They kinda tried the 3D model actor thing again with Lighting from FF13 showing up in a few fashion advertisements, but it never really stuck. Also Square Enix almost ran themselves out of business again with FF14 1.0, but that's a story I think most people know by now.

8:22 Well Hollywood, I have a whole bunch of Ben 10, Marvel, and DC dvds as well as at least 30 sci-fi books and too many comics relating to sci-fi that beg to differ. I honestly hope that perspective changed over the years ^^”

John Carter was a great movie, so was battleship. 🤘 They both deserve a sequel. 👍

I love these new and interesting videos Dimond Bolt has been doing lately

John Carter is actually my Dad’s all time favorite movie

John Carter and Lone Ranger were pretty decent to me but i feel like me and my family were the only ones who paid to watch those movies in cinemas when they came out lmao

Your editing is hilarious (especially the part where the guys like "we've got to have money!" Totally subbed

Disney self sabotaged Treasure Planet because they wanted to kill deep canvas. They did the same with John Carter because they didn't want to make the whole trilogy. Both are fantastic movies

I remember seeing John Carter and genuinely loving it. I watched it again a year ago and it's definitely not as good as I thought it was when it came out. I was also 9. That said, I still thought it was like okay.

I actually really like Lone Ranger and it was sad to see it flop Also Pluto Nash is the greatest 2014 gmod meme and everyone who gets it understands that.

9:43 wait bye bye man movie exists??!?!?!?! Isn't that just a meme?

amazing video! i really like when you cover multiple titles under one topic in a single video!

Not gonna lie, I choked when he said how much Pluto Nash made at the box office. Like, HOW?!

I love this guy's vids

9:27 damn i remember when me and my brother went go see the second Michael bay tmnt movie in 2016, saw a trailer for Monster Trucks before it and proceeded to laugh our asses off for 10 minutes straight because it was so stupid. pretty sure some bald dude in front of us got pissed

Mars needs Moms made me cry back when it showed on the Disney Channel back in 2013, I think it's a great movie.