10 Box Office Flops That Threw Away Stupid Amounts Of Money
4. R.I.P.D. - $114.8 million
Budget: $130 million Box Office: $78.3 million
What exactly made R.I.P.D. such a flop? Its a comedy-action-sci-fi film, which is a subtle theme of this list, but what made it burn so much more than its contemporaries? Just as its genre is one too many, the film was just too many X-meets-Y.
Ryan Reynolds as Ryan Reynolds-meets-Rooster Cogburn in Supernatural-meets-Men In Black story of everyday world-meets-its near destruction. Based on a comic book. The trailer showed a cool concept with no plot to back it up and it also did poorly with audiences (even some people liked Transformers) leading to awful word of mouth. Its too much for it to not fail.
The issue here is thinking a comic book, rather than beloved superhero, is a big box office draw. Taking a little known concept and Hollywood-ing it up isnt going to work because in a saturated market bringing a couple of fans with you doesnt hold water.
Did it deserve to flop? Jeff Bridges will always be fun, but its so unimaginative its not surprising audiences were turned off.