Box Office Bust: 12 Of The Biggest Marvel Movie Flops

Today, Marvel movies are usually reliable moneymakers, but that hasn’t always been true. Even with the huge popularity of Marvel characters, some films failed to impress fans or critics, and a few even lost money at the box office. This slideshow highlights movies featuring Marvel characters, including several that fall outside the official Marvel Cinematic Universe.

• Director: Peyton Reed
• Cast: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Jonathan Majors, Kathryn Newton, David Dastmalchian, and Katy O'Brian
• Budget: $388.4 million
• Box Office: $476.1 million
• Tomatometer: 46%

• Director: Nia DaCosta
• Cast: Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani, Zawe Ashton, and Gary Lewis
• Budget: $374 million
• Box Office: $206.1 million
• Tomatometer: 62%

• Director: Louis Leterrier
• Cast: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt, Tim Blake Nelson, Ty Burrell, and Christina Cabot
• Budget: About $150 million
• Box Office: $265.6 million
• Tomatometer: 68%

• Director: Simon Kinberg
• Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, and Jessica Chastain
• Budget: $200 million
• Box Office: $252.4 million
• Tomatometer: 22%

• Director: Julius Onah
• Cast: Anthony Mackie,
• Budget: $180 million
• Box Office: $415.1 million
• Tomatometer: 48%

• Director: Chloé Zhao
• Cast: Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Don Lee, Kit Harington, Salma Hayek, and Angelina Jolie
• Budget: $236.2 million
• Box Office: $402.1 million
• Tomatometer: 47%

• Director: Lexi Alexander
• Cast: Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Julie Benz, Colin Salmon, and Doug Hutchison
• Budget: $35 million
• Box Office: $10.1 million
• Tomatometer: 29%

• Director: Josh Trank
• Cast: Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell and Toby Kebbell
• Budget: $120 million
• Box Office: 167.9 million
• Tomatometer: 9%

• Director: Josh Boone
• Cast: Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Alice Braga, Blu Hunt, Henry Zaga, and Adam Beach
• Budget: About $80 million
• Box Office: $49.2 million
• Tomatometer: 37%

• Director: Daniel Espinosa
• Cast: Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris, Al Madrigal, and Tyrese Gibson
• Budget: About $80 million
• Box Office: $167.5 million
• Tomatometer: 15%

• Director: Gavin Hood
• Cast: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Dominic Monaghan, and Ryan Reynolds
• Budget: $150 million
• Box Office: $373 million
• Tomatometer: 37%

• Director: Rob Bowman
• Cast: Jennifer Garner, Goran Višnjić, Will Yun Lee, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, and Terence Stamp
• Budget: Around $60 million
• Box Office: $57 million
• Tomatometer: 11%