10 Horror Movies That Flopped Hard In 2025
The biggest horror movie flops of the year.
2025 has been another great year for the horror genre, with many offerings scaring up a storm at the box office, with the likes of The Conjuring: Last Rites, Sinners, Final Destination: Bloodlines, Weapons, 28 Years Later, and Black Phone 2 ranking among the highest-grossing films of the last 12 months.
But not all movies can be box office juggernauts, of course, and so there are always going to be those ones that, for one of many reasons, end up flopping commercially. And despite horror being one of the most commercially reliable of all genres, it's as true here as it is anywhere else - films flop, no matter whether they're good or bad.
In 2025, the following are the horror movies that flopped the most catastrophically, brutally performing below expectations, and perhaps even wiping out future franchise prospects in the process. Maybe the vibes of the marketing were off, the distributor sent it out to die, or it just wasn't that good, but whatever the reason, these horror films all failed theatrically, leaving them to try and recoup the rest of their budgets on streaming.
10. Wolf Man
On paper, it seemed like a new take on Universal's Wolf Man had a ton of commercial potential, especially with Leigh Whannell serving as co-writer and director, following up his 2020 smash hit reimagining of The Invisible Man. And armed with an impressively sleek $25 million budget - just a fraction of the $150 million price tag afforded to 2010's Benicio del Toro-starring remake - it frankly seemed like it couldn't fail.
However, Wolf Man ended up grossing just $35.2 million globally, which is a disastrous result for a film with such recognisable branding from a hugely successful genre filmmaker. It wasn't exactly a huge shock, though, given that Universal sent the picture out to die this past January with mediocre marketing, while lifting the review embargo just two days before release.
Critics were heavily split on Wolf Man, and a "C-" CinemaScore confirmed it didn't bowl over general audiences either.
When a property that's all about a grotesque transformation largely shies away from focusing on said transformation, it's not terribly surprising that audiences stayed away, especially as Robert Eggers' Nosferatu was still feasting on the box office at the time.