Worst Openings at the Box Office for 2,000+ Theaters

> ALL TIME BOX OFFICE

WORST WIDE OPENINGS
1982–Present

Note: Very Wide Releases (opening at 2,000+ theaters), worst 200 openings only.

Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Opening*	% of Total	Theaters	Avg.	Total Gross^	Wide Date**
200	Virus	Uni.	$6,013,640	42.8%	2,018	$2,980	$14,036,005	1/15/99
199	Extraordinary Measures	CBS	$6,012,594	49.8%	2,549	$2,359	$12,068,313	1/22/10
198	Akeelah and the Bee	LGF	$6,011,585	31.9%	2,195	$2,738	$18,848,430	4/28/06
197	Loser	Sony	$6,008,611	38.5%	2,016	$2,980	$15,618,626	7/21/00
196	Flyboys	MGM	$6,004,219	45.9%	2,033	$2,953	$13,090,630	9/22/06
195	The Girl Next Door	Fox	$6,003,806	41.2%	2,148	$2,795	$14,589,444	4/9/04
194	New York Minute	WB	$5,962,106	42.4%	3,006	$1,983	$14,071,441	5/7/04
193	Glee The 3D Concert Movie	Fox	$5,961,231	50.3%	2,040	$2,922	$11,862,398	8/12/11
192	The Invasion	WB	$5,951,409	39.5%	2,776	$2,143	$15,074,191	8/17/07
191	A Perfect Getaway	Uni.	$5,948,555	38.3%	2,159	$2,755	$15,515,460	8/7/09
190	Valiant	BV	$5,914,722	30.4%	2,014	$2,936	$19,478,106	8/19/05
189	Sugar & Spice	NL	$5,891,176	44.3%	2,150	$2,740	$13,305,101	1/26/01
188	The Next Best Thing	Par.	$5,870,387	39.2%	2,007	$2,924	$14,990,582	3/3/00
187	My Dog Skip	WB	$5,863,545	17.2%	2,331	$2,515	$34,134,641	3/3/00
186	Awake	MGM/W	$5,856,872	40.7%	2,002	$2,925	$14,377,198	11/30/07
185	Disaster Movie	LGF	$5,836,973	41.1%	2,642	$2,209	$14,190,901	8/29/08
184	Freedomland	SonR	$5,833,562	46.6%	2,361	$2,470	$12,512,886	2/17/06
183	Catch That Kid	Fox	$5,824,860	34.9%	2,847	$2,045	$16,703,799	2/6/04
182	Unaccompanied Minors	WB	$5,815,474	34.9%	2,775	$2,095	$16,655,224	12/8/06
181	Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights	Lions	$5,811,325	41.0%	2,042	$2,845	$14,161,590	2/27/04
180	How to Deal	NL	$5,809,960	40.9%	2,319	$2,505	$14,195,227	7/18/03
179	Pooh's Heffalump Movie	BV	$5,805,559	32.1%	2,529	$2,295	$18,098,433	2/11/05
178	Supernova	MGM	$5,778,639	40.6%	2,280	$2,534	$14,230,455	1/14/00
177	Serving Sara	Par.	$5,758,236	34.0%	2,154	$2,673	$16,930,185	8/23/02
176	Playing for Keeps	FD	$5,750,288	43.9%	2,837	$2,027	$13,102,272	12/7/12
175	The Iron Giant	WB	$5,732,614	24.8%	2,179	$2,630	$23,159,305	8/3/99
174	The Little Vampire	NL	$5,719,627	42.1%	2,009	$2,847	$13,572,400	10/27/00
173	Child's Play 3	Uni.	$5,718,940	38.2%	2,126	$2,690	$14,960,255	8/30/91
172	Shoot 'Em Up	NL	$5,716,554	44.6%	2,108	$2,711	$12,807,139	9/7/07
171	fear dot com	WB	$5,710,128	43.1%	2,550	$2,239	$13,258,249	8/30/02
170	Hey Arnold! The Movie	Par.	$5,706,332	41.6%	2,527	$2,258	$13,728,902	6/28/02
169	Just My Luck	Fox	$5,692,285	32.9%	2,541	$2,240	$17,326,650	5/12/06
168	Stephen King's Thinner	Par.	$5,679,046	37.1%	2,009	$2,826	$15,315,484	10/25/96
167	Maximum Risk	Sony	$5,612,707	38.7%	2,358	$2,380	$14,502,483	9/13/96
166	The Chamber	Uni.	$5,612,095	38.6%	2,026	$2,770	$14,551,359	10/11/96
165	The Comebacks	FoxA	$5,554,594	41.6%	2,812	$1,975	$13,349,927	10/19/07
164	Imagine That	Par.	$5,503,519	34.1%	3,008	$1,830	$16,123,323	6/12/09
163	Antitrust	MGM	$5,486,209	48.4%	2,433	$2,254	$11,328,094	1/12/01
162	Bait	WB	$5,485,591	35.8%	2,352	$2,332	$15,325,127	9/15/00
161	Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle	NL	$5,480,378	30.0%	2,135	$2,566	$18,250,550	7/30/04
160	Wicker Park	MGM	$5,467,281	42.1%	2,598	$2,104	$13,001,257	9/3/04
159	The Ladies Man	Par.	$5,426,390	39.9%	2,022	$2,683	$13,616,610	10/13/00
158	The Haunting of Molly Hartley	Free	$5,423,315	40.0%	2,652	$2,045	$13,559,812	10/31/08
157	What's Your Number?	Fox	$5,421,669	38.7%	3,002	$1,806	$14,011,084	9/30/11
156	Fled	MGM	$5,405,855	31.4%	2,104	$2,569	$17,193,231	7/19/96
155	Soul Men	MGM/W	$5,401,605	44.7%	2,044	$2,643	$12,082,391	11/7/08
154	Jonah Hex	WB	$5,379,365	51.0%	2,825	$1,904	$10,547,117	6/18/10
153	Max Keeble's Big Move	BV	$5,377,958	31.1%	2,014	$2,670	$17,294,293	10/5/01
152	Case 39	ParV	$5,350,570	40.3%	2,211	$2,420	$13,261,851	10/1/10
151	Dead Man Down	FD	$5,345,250	49.1%	2,188	$2,443	$10,895,295	3/8/13
150	12 Rounds	Fox	$5,329,240	43.6%	2,331	$2,286	$12,234,694	3/27/09
149	Hot Rod	Par.	$5,310,711	38.1%	2,607	$2,037	$13,938,332	8/3/07
148	The Country Bears	BV	$5,309,675	31.3%	2,553	$2,079	$16,990,825	7/26/02
147	The Perfect Man	Uni.	$5,300,980	32.1%	2,087	$2,540	$16,535,005	6/17/05
146	The Guilt Trip	Par.	$5,290,629	14.2%	2,431	$2,176	$37,134,215	12/19/12
145	Osmosis Jones	WB	$5,271,248	38.8%	2,305	$2,286	$13,596,911	8/10/01
144	The Postman	WB	$5,260,324	29.8%	2,207	$2,383	$17,626,234	12/25/97
143	Ready to Rumble	WB	$5,257,778	42.4%	2,585	$2,033	$12,394,327	4/7/00
142	Meet Dave	Fox	$5,251,918	44.5%	3,011	$1,744	$11,803,254	7/11/08
141	Anna and the King	Fox	$5,223,416	13.3%	2,132	$2,450	$39,263,420	12/17/99
140	Sydney White	Uni.	$5,196,380	43.7%	2,104	$2,469	$11,892,415	9/21/07
139	Drive Angry	Sum.	$5,187,625	48.4%	2,290	$2,265	$10,721,033	2/25/11
138	Let Me In	Over.	$5,147,479	42.4%	2,020	$2,548	$12,134,935	10/1/10
137	The Rum Diary	FD	$5,135,369	39.2%	2,273	$2,259	$13,109,815	10/28/11
136	Straw Dogs (2011)	SGem	$5,123,760	49.6%	2,408	$2,128	$10,324,441	9/16/11
135	Wing Commander	Fox	$5,114,365	44.2%	2,019	$2,533	$11,578,059	3/12/99
134	Holy Man	BV	$5,106,919	42.3%	2,013	$2,536	$12,069,719	10/9/98
133	Home Alone 3	Fox	$5,085,482	16.5%	2,147	$2,368	$30,882,515	12/12/97
132	Multiplicity	Sony	$5,075,340	24.1%	2,134	$2,378	$21,075,014	7/19/96
131	The Phantom	Par.	$5,072,346	29.3%	2,159	$2,349	$17,323,326	6/7/96
130	Abandon	Par.	$5,064,077	47.2%	2,341	$2,163	$10,727,683	10/18/02
129	The Darkest Hour	Sum.	$5,062,479	23.6%	2,324	$2,178	$21,443,494	12/25/11
128	Sorority Row	Sum.	$5,059,802	42.3%	2,665	$1,899	$11,965,282	9/11/09
127	Dragon Wars	Free	$5,041,239	45.9%	2,277	$2,213	$10,977,721	9/14/07
126	Double Team	Sony	$5,034,914	44.0%	2,203	$2,285	$11,438,337	4/4/97
125	Rebound	Fox	$5,033,848	29.9%	2,464	$2,042	$16,809,014	7/1/05
124	Flight of the Phoenix	Fox	$5,019,430	23.9%	2,604	$1,927	$21,009,180	12/17/04
123	Bad Girls	Fox	$5,012,200	32.9%	2,008	$2,496	$15,240,435	4/22/94
122	The Muppet Christmas Carol	BV	$5,010,109	18.4%	2,075	$2,414	$27,281,507	12/11/92
121	Kazaam	BV	$5,001,588	26.4%	2,012	$2,485	$18,937,262	7/19/96
120	Whiteout	WB	$4,915,104	47.8%	2,745	$1,791	$10,275,638	9/11/09
119	The Majestic	WB	$4,904,339	17.6%	2,361	$2,077	$27,807,266	12/21/01
118	Trial and Error	NL	$4,903,529	36.0%	2,298	$2,133	$13,602,831	5/30/97
117	The Perfect Score	Par.	$4,873,819	46.9%	2,208	$2,207	$10,391,003	1/30/04
116	My Boss's Daughter	Dim.	$4,855,798	31.2%	2,201	$2,206	$15,550,605	8/22/03
115	American Outlaws	WB	$4,855,475	36.4%	2,348	$2,067	$13,342,790	8/17/01
114	Jury Duty	Sony	$4,831,622	28.4%	2,169	$2,227	$17,014,653	4/14/95
113	Muppets from Space	Sony	$4,826,049	29.0%	2,265	$2,130	$16,625,807	7/14/99
112	Black Dog	Uni.	$4,809,375	37.1%	2,025	$2,375	$12,951,088	5/1/98
111	Movie 43	Rela.	$4,805,878	54.4%	2,023	$2,376	$8,840,453	1/25/13
110	Head Over Heels	Uni.	$4,804,595	46.1%	2,338	$2,055	$10,424,470	2/2/01
109	Little Giants	WB	$4,778,029	24.7%	2,022	$2,363	$19,306,362	10/14/94
108	Monsters, Inc. (3D)	BV	$4,774,686	14.0%	2,618	$1,824	$34,043,006	12/19/12
107	Gone	LG/S	$4,770,360	40.8%	2,186	$2,182	$11,682,205	2/24/12
106	Dragonball Evolution	Fox	$4,756,488	50.8%	2,181	$2,181	$9,362,785	4/10/09
105	The Words	CBS	$4,750,894	41.3%	2,801	$1,696	$11,494,838	9/7/12
104	Bats	Dest.	$4,717,902	46.5%	2,540	$1,857	$10,155,690	10/22/99
103	Prom	BV	$4,712,638	46.5%	2,730	$1,726	$10,130,219	4/29/11
102	In the Land of Women	WB	$4,712,341	42.6%	2,155	$2,186	$11,052,958	4/20/07
101	The Big Green	BV	$4,688,285	26.4%	2,072	$2,262	$17,736,619	9/29/95
100	Domino	NL	$4,670,120	45.9%	2,223	$2,100	$10,169,202	10/14/05
99	Mad City	WB	$4,649,742	44.1%	2,194	$2,119	$10,541,523	11/7/97
98	Duplex	Mira.	$4,617,128	47.6%	2,189	$2,109	$9,692,135	9/26/03
97	Tyler Perry Presents Peeples	LGF	$4,611,534	58.7%	2,041	$2,259	$7,858,000	5/10/13
96	The Man Who Knew Too Little	WB	$4,604,819	33.6%	2,036	$2,261	$13,717,039	11/14/97
95	The Express	Uni.	$4,562,675	46.6%	2,808	$1,625	$9,793,406	10/10/08
94	Josie and the Pussycats	Uni.	$4,562,455	32.0%	2,556	$1,784	$14,271,015	4/11/01
93	Bullet to the Head	WB	$4,548,201	47.9%	2,404	$1,892	$9,489,829	2/1/13
92	Lucky Numbers	Par.	$4,536,625	45.2%	2,497	$1,816	$10,042,516	10/27/00
91	Out Cold	BV	$4,531,665	32.6%	2,011	$2,253	$13,906,394	11/21/01
90	Chill Factor	WB	$4,529,231	40.2%	2,558	$1,770	$11,263,966	9/3/99
89	Hit and Run	ORF	$4,526,222	32.9%	2,870	$1,577	$13,749,300	8/22/12
88	Zoom	SonR	$4,510,408	37.6%	2,501	$1,803	$11,989,328	8/11/06
87	Oliver & Company (Re-issue)	BV	$4,490,921	21.5%	2,180	$2,060	$20,872,291	3/29/96
86	Doug's First Movie	BV	$4,470,489	23.0%	2,268	$1,971	$19,440,089	3/26/99
85	Turbulence	MGM	$4,464,008	38.7%	2,094	$2,131	$11,538,235	1/10/97
84	The Astronaut Farmer	WB	$4,454,319	40.5%	2,155	$2,066	$11,003,643	2/23/07
83	Surviving Christmas	DW	$4,441,356	38.1%	2,750	$1,615	$11,663,156	10/22/04
82	Pandorum	Over.	$4,424,126	42.8%	2,506	$1,765	$10,330,853	9/25/09
81	Godzilla 2000	Sony	$4,407,720	43.9%	2,111	$2,087	$10,037,390	8/18/00
80	Three to Tango	WB	$4,406,135	41.7%	2,234	$1,972	$10,570,375	10/22/99
79	I Don't Know How She Does It	Wein.	$4,402,201	45.6%	2,476	$1,778	$9,662,284	9/16/11
78	Arthur and the Invisibles	MGM/W	$4,294,936	28.4%	2,247	$1,911	$15,132,763	1/12/07
77	Jade	Par.	$4,284,246	43.5%	2,164	$1,979	$9,851,610	10/13/95
76	Punisher: War Zone	LGF	$4,271,451	53.1%	2,508	$1,703	$8,050,977	12/5/08
75	Death to Smoochy	WB	$4,266,463	51.0%	2,164	$1,971	$8,364,691	3/29/02
74	People Like Us	BV	$4,255,423	34.2%	2,055	$2,071	$12,434,778	6/29/12
73	Flipper	Uni.	$4,209,525	21.0%	2,385	$1,765	$20,080,020	5/17/96
72	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Sony	$4,174,383	22.8%	2,650	$1,575	$18,317,151	12/21/07
71	Sleepover	MGM	$4,171,226	44.2%	2,207	$1,889	$9,436,390	7/9/04
70	Thomas and the Magic Railroad	Dest.	$4,154,932	26.1%	2,016	$2,060	$15,933,506	7/26/00
69	Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil	Wein.	$4,108,630	40.5%	2,505	$1,640	$10,143,779	4/29/11
68	Whatever It Takes	Sony	$4,104,298	46.9%	2,272	$1,806	$8,745,680	3/24/00
67	Fun Size	Par.	$4,101,017	43.6%	3,014	$1,361	$9,409,538	10/26/12
66	The Longshots	MGM/W	$4,080,687	35.4%	2,089	$1,953	$11,537,046	8/22/08
65	The Man	NL	$4,065,014	48.8%	2,040	$1,992	$8,330,720	9/9/05
64	Rendition	NL	$4,060,012	41.7%	2,250	$1,804	$9,736,045	10/19/07
63	MacGruber	Uni.	$4,043,495	47.4%	2,551	$1,585	$8,525,600	5/21/10
62	The Astronaut's Wife	NL	$4,027,003	37.7%	2,209	$1,822	$10,672,566	8/27/99
61	Raise Your Voice	NL	$4,022,693	38.6%	2,521	$1,595	$10,411,980	10/8/04
60	The King and I (1999)	WB	$4,007,565	33.4%	2,352	$1,703	$11,993,021	3/19/99
59	First Daughter	Fox	$4,002,067	44.2%	2,260	$1,770	$9,055,921	9/24/04
58	Dark Blue	UA	$3,880,688	42.0%	2,176	$1,783	$9,250,301	2/21/03
57	Everybody's Fine	Mira.	$3,852,068	41.8%	2,133	$1,806	$9,208,876	12/4/09
56	Firestorm	Fox	$3,849,308	47.1%	2,037	$1,890	$8,165,212	1/9/98
55	Firehouse Dog	Fox	$3,838,916	27.6%	2,860	$1,342	$13,932,383	4/4/07
54	The Condemned	LGF	$3,807,595	51.7%	2,310	$1,648	$7,371,706	4/27/07
53	John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars	SGem	$3,804,452	43.7%	2,048	$1,857	$8,709,640	8/24/01
52	Larger Than Life	MGM	$3,779,504	45.5%	2,433	$1,553	$8,315,693	11/1/96
51	Gigli	SonR	$3,753,518	61.7%	2,215	$1,694	$6,087,542	8/1/03
50	The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising	Fox	$3,745,315	42.6%	3,141	$1,192	$8,794,452	10/5/07
49	A Good Year	Fox	$3,721,526	49.9%	2,066	$1,801	$7,459,300	11/10/06
48	Sex Drive	Sum.	$3,607,164	42.9%	2,421	$1,490	$8,402,485	10/17/08
47	Doogal	Wein.	$3,605,899	48.6%	2,318	$1,555	$7,417,319	2/24/06
46	The Powerpuff Girls Movie	WB	$3,583,114	31.4%	2,340	$1,531	$11,412,414	7/3/02
45	3 Ninjas Kick Back	TriS	$3,556,310	30.1%	2,038	$1,745	$11,798,854	5/6/94
44	Joe Somebody	Fox	$3,553,725	15.6%	2,506	$1,418	$22,771,646	12/21/01
43	Buddy	Sony	$3,504,671	34.7%	2,113	$1,658	$10,113,400	6/6/97
42	Wrongfully Accused	WB	$3,504,630	36.4%	2,062	$1,700	$9,623,329	8/21/98
41	Rumor Has It	WB	$3,473,155	8.1%	2,815	$1,233	$43,000,262	12/25/05
40	Take Me Home Tonight	Rela.	$3,464,679	50.0%	2,003	$1,730	$6,928,068	3/4/11
39	Kull the Conqueror	Uni.	$3,450,145	56.4%	2,091	$1,649	$6,112,613	8/29/97
38	Daddy Day Camp	SonR	$3,402,678	25.7%	2,332	$1,459	$13,235,267	8/8/07
37	Martian Child	NL	$3,376,669	45.0%	2,020	$1,671	$7,500,310	11/2/07
36	Hoot	NL	$3,368,197	41.5%	3,018	$1,116	$8,117,637	5/5/06
35	The Big Bounce	WB	$3,336,374	51.4%	2,304	$1,448	$6,489,476	1/30/04
34	Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie	Fox	$3,301,135	39.5%	2,113	$1,562	$8,363,899	3/28/97
33	Warriors of Virtue	MGM	$3,277,084	50.2%	2,101	$1,559	$6,524,620	5/2/97
32	The Big Year	Fox	$3,251,884	45.1%	2,150	$1,513	$7,204,138	10/14/11
31	Trapped	Sony	$3,210,765	45.4%	2,227	$1,441	$7,073,251	9/20/02
30	City of Ember	Fox	$3,129,473	39.7%	2,022	$1,548	$7,873,007	10/10/08
29	Tall Tale	BV	$3,046,181	36.9%	2,065	$1,475	$8,247,627	3/24/95
28	Town & Country	NL	$3,029,858	45.1%	2,222	$1,363	$6,719,973	4/27/01
27	Lost and Found (1999)	WB	$3,024,709	46.2%	2,469	$1,225	$6,552,255	4/23/99
26	Grandma's Boy	Fox	$3,009,341	49.4%	2,015	$1,493	$6,090,172	1/6/06
25	What Planet Are You From?	Sony	$3,008,746	47.8%	2,248	$1,338	$6,291,602	3/3/00
24	Almost Heroes	WB	$2,837,928	46.2%	2,048	$1,386	$6,136,856	5/29/98
23	Most Wanted	NL	$2,836,490	44.4%	2,098	$1,351	$6,391,946	10/10/97
22	Alone in the Dark	Lions	$2,834,421	54.7%	2,124	$1,334	$5,178,569	1/28/05
21	Thunderbirds	Uni.	$2,766,810	40.2%	2,057	$1,345	$6,880,917	7/30/04
20	The Last Legion	Wein.	$2,746,312	46.3%	2,002	$1,371	$5,933,494	8/17/07
19	From Justin to Kelly	Fox	$2,715,848	55.1%	2,001	$1,357	$4,928,883	6/20/03
18	Lucky You	WB	$2,710,445	47.1%	2,525	$1,073	$5,758,950	5/4/07
17	The Rocker	Fox	$2,636,048	41.1%	2,784	$947	$6,409,528	8/20/08
16	Won't Back Down	Fox	$2,603,370	49.0%	2,515	$1,035	$5,310,554	9/28/12
15	Grind	WB	$2,511,403	49.0%	2,253	$1,114	$5,123,696	8/15/03
14	Teacher's Pet	BV	$2,461,252	37.9%	2,027	$1,214	$6,491,969	1/16/04
13	I Dreamed of Africa	Sony	$2,411,445	36.3%	2,112	$1,141	$6,651,522	5/5/00
12	Deception (2008)	Fox	$2,312,146	50.3%	2,001	$1,155	$4,598,506	4/25/08
11	Chasing Mavericks	Fox	$2,268,274	37.8%	2,002	$1,133	$6,002,756	10/26/12
10	All Dogs Go to Heaven 2	MGM	$2,256,118	26.2%	2,037	$1,107	$8,620,678	3/29/96
9	Bandslam	Sum.	$2,231,273	42.8%	2,121	$1,052	$5,210,988	8/14/09
8	The Adventures of Pluto Nash	WB	$2,182,900	49.4%	2,320	$940	$4,420,080	8/16/02
7	College	MGM	$2,153,109	45.9%	2,123	$1,014	$4,694,636	8/29/08
6	Spider-Man / Men in Black II	Sony	$2,111,862	31.8%	2,078	$1,016	$6,632,970	9/6/02
5	The Real Cancun	NL	$2,108,796	55.1%	2,261	$932	$3,825,421	4/25/03
4	Major League: Back to the Minors	WB	$2,087,011	58.4%	2,322	$899	$3,572,443	4/17/98
3	P2	Sum.	$2,083,398	52.1%	2,131	$977	$3,995,018	11/9/07
2	Delgo	Free	$511,920	73.7%	2,160	$237	$694,782	12/12/08
1	Oogieloves In The BIG Balloon Adventure	KVP	$443,901	41.6%	2,160	$206	$1,065,907	8/29/12

CHART NOTES
* Opening is the opening weekend of the wide release date.
^ Total Gross does not include additional releases, if any.
** Release date is the date the movie went wide (600+ theaters).
Highlighted rows indicated movies released in the past year.