In fact, at just $17.3 million in domestic resturns, “The Phantom” failed to earn even half of what it cost to make it.

All this to say that the movie’s considerable budget of $45 million never came close to being recuperated. As the world would soon discover Billy Zane was not a bankable leading man co-star Catherine Zeta-Jones, was still a relative newcomer and director Simon Wincer had never worked on a superhero film in his life. As such, we will be excluding films that, while considered bad, still managed to turn a profit, such as 1987’s “Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.”īased on a comic strip of the same name, “The Phantom” appears to have been behind the eight ball before a single frame was shot.

Welcome to, and today we’ll be counting down our picks for the Top 10 Superhero Movies That Bombed at the Box Office.įor this list, we’ll be looking at superhero flicks that didn’t even come close to recuperating their budget. This might come as a surprise, but not every superhero movie makes a billion dollars at the box office.

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