10 Lowest Grossing Superhero Films

Worldwide Gross: $3,793,614

Even in 1996, the prospect of going to see Pamela Anderson in a modestly budgeted adaptation of a comic series most people had never heard of was unappealing and audiences gave the movie a wide berth. Despite opening on 1312 screens, the film missed the top ten and was gone from theaters a week later.

Imagine Casablanca relocated to a post-apocalyptic wasteland with one of Playboy’s most popular models playing the Bogart role and you’ve got Barb Wire, surely the most delirious way of wasting 90 minutes ever conceived by Hollywood. Set in 2017 (sadly, we never learn who won the election), the movie throws in all the explosions, fetish outfits and gratuitous nudity that Casablanca left out.

While it’s easy to mock Anderson, her character is basically a dominatrix with a machine gun, in which respect she’s well cast and with her in the lead you know you’ll have to leave your grey matter at home. Taking its visual cues from previous comic book adaptation The Crow, Barb Wire knows it’s B-grade material and never attempts to take itself too seriously. It promises trash and delivers it. What’s not to like?