3. Cleopatra $330M budget, 38% Tomatometer, $8,684,210 per suck
In terms of doomed-from-the-start, chaotic, out of control, overrun-plagued cinematic clusterf**ks of epoch-shattering proportions, Cleopatra set a standard all the way back in 1963 that arguably has yet to be equaled, much less surpassed. In inflation-adjusted 2012 dollars, it is the most expensive motion picture ever made, and by a comfortable margin. In 1963 dollars, the film was initially budgeted at $2 million and ultimately wound up costing $44 million (a staggering 2200% budget overrun), very nearly bankrupting 20th Century Fox in the process. Among Cleopatras litany of unflattering claims to fame, it is also the only film in Hollywood history to finish #1 in box office receipts for the year and still lose money. The production was such a nightmare, in fact, that Elizabeth Taylors own body tried to kill her during filming. Fortunately, she was found in the nick of time by married co-star Richard Burton, who alertly revived her by performing penis-to-mouth resuscitation.