10 Great Movies That Inexplicably Flopped At The Box Office

4. Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)

A more recent and perhaps lesser known film than others on this list, Everybody Wants Some!! is a college comedy set in 1980s Texas from director Richard Linklater.

Hailed as a spiritual successor to Richard Linklater's stoner comedy classic Dazed and Confused, it tells the story of college freshman Jake Bradford, who moves into an off campus house with his new teammates on the college baseball team.

Set in the week before the start of the semester, we follow Jake as he goes out partying with his new teammates, making new friends and getting into antics along the way. It has the same leisurely haze that makes 'Dazed and Confused' so special, with added dose of nostalgia, in a way it feels more like hanging out with friends than watching a film.

Making this film, Richard Linklater was just coming off the back of Boyhood (2014), which stormed awards season and became the hottest indie movie of the year. As such, expectation was high for Everybody Wants Some!!, and although the film was met with much critical praise and positive audience scores, the filmed flopped, grossing a disappointing $4.6 million against a $10 million budget.