10 Hugely Successful Movies You Didn't Realise LOST Money

10. The Good Dinosaur

Pixar films are usually a guaranteed hit at the box office. They have produced the most commercially successful animated films in history, and have won numerous Oscars to back up their already impressive ability.

It came as a shock then when The Good Dinosaur didn't preform as well as expected.

The Good Dinosaur did gross over $332 million worldwide against its large production budget of $175 million. On the surface this seems like a decent profit. It made its budget back and more, right?

Well, the dubious nature of Hollywood accounting meant that the film actually incurred a loss. A rather large one of $85 million. Not a number any studio wants to lose.

This was due to the film's massive marketing costs, which doubled the budget and then some.

Although it seems insane to spend so much on marketing, it makes sense considering the studio spent $175 million on the production alone. With costs that high, the studio wants to make sure people see the film, and this requires big marketing expenditure.

It's a double edged sword though, sometimes it works, other times it fails.