20 Recent Movies That Were Sent Out To Die

20. The Dog Stars

Despite being directed by Ridley Scott, adapted from an acclaimed novel, and touting an appealing ensemble cast led by Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, and Margaret Qualley, The Dog Stars came and went in the blink of an eye in August.

The marketing for this post-apocalyptic action thriller simply failed to distinguish it from countless other similar films, and perhaps sensing that the $110 million budget was a sunk cost, distributor 20th Century Studios didn't even really give it much of a push.

This high budget left it needing to gross around $275 million in order to be profitable, but after four weekends on release it hadn't even cleared $40 million worldwide - the sign of a film being completely shut out and rejected by basically the entire globe.

While The Dog Stars will probably perform better on streaming, this is a theatrical dud that just about everyone saw coming a mile off.