10 Box Office Bombs You Could Spot From A Mile Away
2. 47 Ronin
47 Ronin was first announced in December 2008, and finally saw the light of day a full five years later. At no point during that time was there any positive buzz whatsoever surrounding the project, only tales of costly reshoots and behind-the-scenes issues. It may be harsh to say that a movie is destined to fail from the outset, but that was definitely the case here.
Carl Rinsch, without a single feature film credit to his name, was handed the reins of a $175 million Japanese-set fantasy action blockbuster in a major gamble that backfired massively. Rinsch was eventually kicked out during the editing process and the studio added expensive additional scenes during post-production in a desperate attempt to polish the turd they had on their hands.
Obviously it tanked at the box office and earned just over $150 million globally, not even recouping the eye-watering budget. 47 Ronin is frequently regarded as the biggest box office bomb in history, with reports ranging that the permanently-troubled project lost anywhere between $100-150 million.