The 10 Biggest 2025 Box Office Flops You’ll Love to Hate-Watch
2025 delivered box office whiplash—tentpoles soared while just as many cratered. From overstuffed sequels to prestige dramas, swollen budgets and muddled marketing turned would-be hits into stunning misses.
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Snow White
Disney turned one of its crown-jewel fairy tales into a live-action event with Rachel Zegler as Snow White and Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen. Expectations were high. The reception... was not. Critics were cold, the budget was overcooked, and the pre-release narrative got hijacked by public controversies and online pile-ons aimed at Zegler. Gadot caught heat for her performance too. The marketing didn’t seem to know who it was chasing, and as a result, it connected with basically no one.
Where to watch: Disney+ (USA) | Worldwide box office: $205.6 M (via The Numbers)
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Tron: Ares
Jared Leto leads this continuation-slash-reboot of the cult sci-fi series. On paper: neon-drenched visuals, a Nine Inch Nails soundtrack, big swing world-building. In practice: light on story and emotion, heavy on spectacle. The younger crowd mostly shrugged at a decades-old brand, overseas turnout lagged, and marketing leaned reboot over direct sequel, which irked longtime fans. When you try to be something for everyone, you risk being nothing to anyone.
Status: Still in theaters (USA) | Worldwide box office: $134.6 M (via The Numbers)
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The Alto Knights
It stings to type this about a Robert De Niro crime drama, but here we are. He plays two rival mob bosses whose friendship curdles into a power struggle. The double-role choice is a head-scratcher since the characters aren’t related, which makes it feel like a stunt without a payoff. Add a whisper-quiet marketing push and a genre presentation that felt dated, and the movie never stood a chance commercially.
Where to watch: HBO Max (USA) | Worldwide box office: $10.2 M (via The Numbers)
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Love Hurts
Ke Huy Quan stars as a suburban realtor with a secret past as a hit man, dragged back into the life. Post-Oscar win, anticipation was high. The movie didn’t meet it. Reviews landed low, the script wobbled, and the tone lurches from bit to bit. Quan himself? Great, doing the work and the stunts. The movie around him? Not on his level. (If you are double-taking at the random streaming note for another film that pops up around this title in some write-ups, you are not alone.)
Worldwide box office: $17.6 M (via The Numbers)
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In the Lost Lands
Paul W.S. Anderson adapts a George R.R. Martin short story into a dark fantasy about a powerful sorceress sent on a perilous quest by a queen. The concept has hook; the movie, less so. Reviews were rough, characters feel thin, the plot frays, and for the box office it was death by a thousand cuts: minimal awareness, creative misfires, and a budget that did the returns no favors.
Where to watch: Hulu (USA) | Worldwide box office: $3.6 M (via The Numbers)
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M3GAN 2.0
Blumhouse usually prints money with modest budgets and sharp hooks. This sequel made a choice: tilt the killer doll from horror-comedy menace into more of an action lead. That choice did not land with the crowd that loved the original’s creepy-funny edge. Releasing in a jam-packed summer didn’t help either. The bite was gone, and the box office reflected it.
Where to watch: Peacock (USA) | Worldwide box office: $39.08 M (via The Numbers)
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Honey Don’t!
Ethan Coen’s neo-noir dark comedy has star power to spare: Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, Charlie Day, and Chris Evans as the villain. The plot centers on a fatal car crash and the oddball fallout, but the vibe never quite gels. Critics knocked the story and tone, and the genre mix didn’t translate to broad appeal. Sometimes a great cast really can’t save the script.
Where to watch: Peacock (USA) | Worldwide box office: $7.4 M (via The Numbers)
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Shadow Force
Two elite covert operatives, now a couple, try to leave the life behind until their old boss comes calling. We have seen this setup, and the movie doesn’t find a fresh angle. It isn’t quite a straightforward action thriller, and when it leans into sentiment, it loses what momentum it had. With no strong identity, word-of-mouth had nothing to sell.
Where to watch: Starz (USA) | Worldwide box office: $5.3 M (via The Numbers)
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Borderline
Director Jimmy Warden sets up a nasty little thriller about a 90s pop star (Samara Weaving) whose home is invaded by an obsessive escapee (Ray Nicholson) who thinks he is destined to marry her. The performances earned praise, but the movie pinballs tonally, never committing to one lane, and the pacing goes slack. With heavy stylistic choices and a niche premise, the audience was tiny.
Where to watch: Prime Video (USA) | Worldwide box office: $241.8 K (via The Numbers)
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Hot Milk
A British-Greek drama about a mother and daughter traveling in search of a cure, with the daughter crossing paths with an eccentric woman named Ingrid. It is deliberately paced and intimate — which can work — but here critics said it never finds a clear throughline or builds momentum. In theaters, that kind of slow-burn with very specific taste baked in is a hard sell.
Where to watch: Philo (USA) | Worldwide box office: $519 K (via The Numbers)