Worst Openings at the Box Office for 2,500+ Theaters

> ALL TIME BOX OFFICE

WORST WIDE OPENINGS
1982–Present

Note: Saturated Releases (opening at 2,500+ theaters), worst 200 openings only.

Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Opening*	% of Total	Theaters	Avg.	Total Gross^	Wide Date**
17	Zoom	SonR	$4,510,408	37.6%	2,501	$1,803	$11,989,328	8/11/06
177	Your Highness	Uni.	$9,360,020	43.3%	2,769	$3,380	$21,596,445	4/8/11
138	You Again	BV	$8,407,513	32.7%	2,548	$3,300	$25,702,053	9/24/10
24	The Words	CBS	$4,750,894	41.3%	2,801	$1,696	$11,494,838	9/7/12
1	Won't Back Down	Fox	$2,603,370	49.0%	2,515	$1,035	$5,310,554	9/28/12
52	Wishmaster	Live	$6,038,516	38.4%	2,502	$2,413	$15,738,769	9/19/97
103	Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!	DW	$7,320,066	42.9%	2,711	$2,700	$17,071,962	1/23/04
50	The Wild Thornberrys	Par.	$6,013,847	15.0%	3,012	$1,996	$40,108,697	12/20/02
197	The Wild	BV	$9,684,809	25.9%	2,854	$3,393	$37,384,046	4/14/06
36	Wicker Park	MGM	$5,467,281	42.1%	2,598	$2,104	$13,001,257	9/3/04
192	The Wicker Man	WB	$9,610,204	40.6%	2,784	$3,451	$23,649,127	9/1/06
74	The Whole Ten Yards	WB	$6,685,381	40.9%	2,654	$2,518	$16,328,471	4/9/04
26	Whiteout	WB	$4,915,104	47.8%	2,745	$1,791	$10,275,638	9/11/09
34	What's Your Number?	Fox	$5,421,669	38.7%	3,002	$1,806	$14,011,084	9/30/11
79	Welcome to Mooseport	Fox	$6,775,132	46.8%	2,868	$2,362	$14,470,947	2/20/04
178	We Bought a Zoo	Fox	$9,360,434	12.4%	3,117	$3,003	$75,624,550	12/23/11
56	We Are Marshall	WB	$6,114,264	14.0%	2,606	$2,346	$43,545,364	12/22/06
167	The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep	SonR	$9,186,054	22.4%	2,772	$3,314	$40,946,255	12/25/07
160	The Watcher	Uni.	$9,062,295	31.3%	2,742	$3,304	$28,946,615	9/8/00
13	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Sony	$4,174,383	22.8%	2,650	$1,575	$18,317,151	12/21/07
88	View from the Top	Mira.	$7,009,513	44.9%	2,508	$2,794	$15,614,000	3/21/03
114	Vacancy	SGem	$7,603,376	39.3%	2,551	$2,980	$19,363,565	4/20/07
143	Urban Legends: Final Cut	Sony	$8,505,513	39.6%	2,539	$3,349	$21,468,807	9/22/00
44	Unaccompanied Minors	WB	$5,815,474	34.9%	2,775	$2,095	$16,655,224	12/8/06
161	Ultraviolet	SGem	$9,064,880	48.9%	2,558	$3,543	$18,535,812	3/3/06
155	Twisted	Par.	$8,904,299	35.3%	2,703	$3,294	$25,198,598	2/27/04
163	The Transporter	Fox	$9,107,816	36.0%	2,573	$3,539	$25,296,447	10/11/02
65	Tomcats	SonR	$6,406,076	47.2%	2,617	$2,447	$13,558,739	3/30/01
179	Titan A.E.	Fox	$9,376,845	41.2%	2,734	$3,429	$22,753,426	6/16/00
141	Timeline	Par.	$8,440,629	43.3%	2,787	$3,028	$19,481,943	11/26/03
185	The Tigger Movie	BV	$9,427,532	20.7%	2,723	$3,462	$45,554,533	2/11/00
149	The Three Musketeers (2011)	Sum.	$8,674,452	42.6%	3,017	$2,875	$20,374,484	10/21/11
142	The Thing (2011)	Uni.	$8,493,665	50.2%	2,996	$2,835	$16,928,670	10/14/11
186	The Sweetest Thing	Sony	$9,430,667	38.2%	2,670	$3,532	$24,718,164	4/12/02
16	Surviving Christmas	DW	$4,441,356	38.1%	2,750	$1,615	$11,663,156	10/22/04
190	Superhero Movie	MGM/W	$9,510,297	36.7%	2,960	$3,212	$25,881,068	3/28/08
183	Stuck on You	Fox	$9,411,055	27.8%	3,003	$3,133	$33,832,741	12/12/03
166	Stardust	Par.	$9,169,779	23.7%	2,540	$3,610	$38,634,938	8/10/07
200	The Spy Next Door	LGF	$9,726,056	40.0%	2,924	$3,326	$24,307,086	1/15/10
69	The Spirit	LGF	$6,463,278	32.6%	2,509	$2,576	$19,806,188	12/25/08
99	Species II	MGM	$7,274,008	37.8%	2,510	$2,898	$19,221,939	4/10/98
98	Space Chimps	Fox	$7,181,374	23.9%	2,511	$2,860	$30,105,968	7/18/08
28	Sorority Row	Sum.	$5,059,802	42.3%	2,665	$1,899	$11,965,282	9/11/09
107	Son of the Mask	NL	$7,511,675	44.1%	2,966	$2,532	$17,018,422	2/18/05
68	Soldier	WB	$6,447,237	44.2%	2,507	$2,571	$14,594,226	10/23/98
84	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	DW	$6,874,477	26.0%	3,086	$2,227	$26,483,452	7/2/03
128	Silent Hill: Revelation 3D	ORF	$8,023,036	45.8%	2,933	$2,735	$17,529,157	10/26/12
171	Side Effects (2013)	ORF	$9,303,145	28.9%	2,605	$3,571	$32,172,757	2/8/13
66	Shorts	WB	$6,410,339	30.6%	3,105	$2,065	$20,919,166	8/21/09
137	Shark Night 3D	Rela.	$8,404,260	44.5%	2,806	$2,995	$18,877,153	9/2/11
7	The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising	Fox	$3,745,315	42.6%	3,141	$1,192	$8,794,452	10/5/07
198	See Spot Run	WB	$9,715,102	29.1%	2,656	$3,657	$33,357,476	3/2/01
145	School for Scoundrels	MGM/W	$8,602,333	48.3%	3,004	$2,863	$17,807,569	9/29/06
188	Sanctum	Uni.	$9,447,930	40.7%	2,787	$3,390	$23,209,310	2/4/11
5	Rumor Has It	WB	$3,473,155	8.1%	2,815	$1,233	$43,000,262	12/25/05
124	The Ruins	P/DW	$8,003,421	45.9%	2,812	$2,846	$17,432,844	4/4/08
158	Rollerball	MGM	$9,013,548	47.5%	2,762	$3,263	$18,990,798	2/8/02
2	The Rocker	Fox	$2,636,048	41.1%	2,784	$947	$6,409,528	8/20/08
51	Rock Star	WB	$6,018,636	35.4%	2,525	$2,383	$17,008,282	9/7/01
57	Repo Men	Uni.	$6,126,170	44.4%	2,521	$2,430	$13,794,835	3/19/10
152	Red Planet	WB	$8,721,296	49.9%	2,703	$3,226	$17,480,890	11/10/00
30	Ready to Rumble	WB	$5,257,778	42.4%	2,585	$2,033	$12,394,327	4/7/00
120	Ramona and Beezus	Fox	$7,810,481	29.8%	2,719	$2,873	$26,167,002	7/23/10
9	Raise Your Voice	NL	$4,022,693	38.6%	2,521	$1,595	$10,411,980	10/8/04
53	Quest for Camelot	WB	$6,041,602	26.8%	3,107	$1,945	$22,510,798	5/15/98
14	Punisher: War Zone	LGF	$4,271,451	53.1%	2,508	$1,703	$8,050,977	12/5/08
22	Prom	BV	$4,712,638	46.5%	2,730	$1,726	$10,130,219	4/29/11
182	The Prince and Me	Par.	$9,406,378	33.4%	2,682	$3,507	$28,176,497	4/2/04
60	Pride & Glory	WB (NL)	$6,262,396	39.8%	2,585	$2,423	$15,740,721	10/24/08
43	Pooh's Heffalump Movie	BV	$5,805,559	32.1%	2,529	$2,295	$18,098,433	2/11/05
133	Pokemon 3: The Movie	WB	$8,240,752	48.3%	2,675	$3,080	$17,052,128	4/6/01
42	Playing for Keeps	FD	$5,750,288	43.9%	2,837	$2,027	$13,102,272	12/7/12
15	Pandorum	Over.	$4,424,126	42.8%	2,506	$1,765	$10,330,853	9/25/09
91	Our Idiot Brother	Wein.	$7,011,631	28.3%	2,555	$2,744	$24,816,118	8/26/11
67	North Country	WB	$6,422,455	35.0%	2,555	$2,513	$18,337,722	10/21/05
71	The Next Three Days	LGF	$6,542,779	30.9%	2,564	$2,552	$21,148,651	11/19/10
94	Next	Par.	$7,133,049	39.2%	2,725	$2,617	$18,211,013	4/27/07
48	New York Minute	WB	$5,962,106	42.4%	3,006	$1,983	$14,071,441	5/7/04
157	The New Guy	SonR	$9,007,833	30.3%	2,687	$3,352	$29,760,152	5/10/02
146	Never Back Down	Sum.	$8,603,195	34.6%	2,729	$3,152	$24,850,922	3/14/08
122	The Nativity Story	NL	$7,849,304	20.9%	3,083	$2,545	$37,629,831	12/1/06
139	Nanny McPhee Returns	Uni.	$8,407,685	29.0%	2,784	$3,020	$29,011,215	8/20/10
105	The Nanny Diaries	MGM/W	$7,480,927	28.8%	2,629	$2,845	$25,930,652	8/24/07
81	Nancy Drew	WB	$6,832,318	26.7%	2,612	$2,615	$25,612,520	6/15/07
147	My Super Ex-Girlfriend	Fox	$8,603,460	38.2%	2,702	$3,184	$22,530,295	7/21/06
82	My Soul to Take	Uni.	$6,842,220	46.4%	2,572	$2,660	$14,744,435	10/8/10
134	My Best Friend's Girl	LGF	$8,265,357	43.0%	2,604	$3,174	$19,219,250	9/19/08
172	Murder by Numbers	WB	$9,307,394	29.1%	2,663	$3,495	$31,945,749	4/19/02
194	Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium	Fox	$9,630,085	30.0%	3,164	$3,043	$32,061,555	11/16/07
150	Mr. 3000	BV	$8,679,028	39.8%	2,736	$3,172	$21,811,187	9/17/04
170	Morning Glory	Par.	$9,203,266	29.7%	2,518	$3,655	$31,011,732	11/10/10
25	Monsters, Inc. (3D)	BV	$4,774,686	14.0%	2,618	$1,824	$34,043,006	12/19/12
29	Meet Dave	Fox	$5,251,918	44.5%	3,011	$1,744	$11,803,254	7/11/08
129	The Medallion	TriS	$8,111,324	36.5%	2,648	$3,063	$22,219,192	8/22/03
86	Mars Needs Moms	BV	$6,914,488	32.3%	3,117	$2,218	$21,392,758	3/11/11
96	The Marine	Fox	$7,138,774	37.9%	2,545	$2,805	$18,844,784	10/13/06
123	Man on a Ledge	LG/S	$8,001,932	43.0%	2,998	$2,669	$18,620,000	1/27/12
10	MacGruber	Uni.	$4,043,495	47.4%	2,551	$1,585	$8,525,600	5/21/10
3	Lucky You	WB	$2,710,445	47.1%	2,525	$1,073	$5,758,950	5/4/07
110	A Lot Like Love	BV	$7,576,593	34.7%	2,502	$3,028	$21,845,719	4/22/05
181	The Losers	WB	$9,406,348	39.9%	2,936	$3,204	$23,591,432	4/23/10
180	Lord of War	Lions	$9,390,144	38.9%	2,814	$3,336	$24,149,632	9/16/05
174	Looney Tunes: Back in Action	WB	$9,317,371	44.4%	2,903	$3,209	$20,991,364	11/14/03
59	Life, or Something Like It	Fox	$6,219,234	43.0%	2,606	$2,386	$14,448,589	4/26/02
169	Leap Year	Uni.	$9,202,815	35.5%	2,511	$3,665	$25,918,920	1/8/10
62	The Last Stand	LGF	$6,281,433	52.1%	2,913	$2,156	$12,050,299	1/18/13
89	Last Man Standing	NL	$7,010,333	38.7%	2,561	$2,737	$18,115,927	9/20/96
117	The Last Exorcism Part II	CBS	$7,728,354	50.9%	2,700	$2,862	$15,179,302	3/1/13
77	Kung Fu Hustle	SPC	$6,749,572	39.5%	2,503	$2,696	$17,108,591	4/22/05
176	Killer Elite	ORF	$9,352,008	37.2%	2,986	$3,132	$25,124,966	9/23/11
95	Katy Perry: Part of Me	Par.	$7,138,266	28.2%	2,730	$2,615	$25,326,071	7/5/12
39	Just My Luck	Fox	$5,692,285	32.9%	2,541	$2,240	$17,326,650	5/12/06
168	Just Friends	NL	$9,191,331	28.2%	2,505	$3,669	$32,619,671	11/23/05
55	Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer	Rela.	$6,076,859	40.5%	2,524	$2,408	$15,013,650	6/10/11
20	Josie and the Pussycats	Uni.	$4,562,455	32.0%	2,556	$1,784	$14,271,015	4/11/01
33	Jonah Hex	WB	$5,379,365	51.0%	2,825	$1,904	$10,547,117	6/18/10
6	Joe Somebody	Fox	$3,553,725	15.6%	2,506	$1,418	$22,771,646	12/21/01
127	Joe Dirt	Sony	$8,016,008	29.6%	2,638	$3,038	$27,087,695	4/11/01
83	Jennifer's Body	Fox	$6,868,397	42.4%	2,702	$2,542	$16,204,793	9/18/09
47	The Invasion	WB	$5,951,409	39.5%	2,776	$2,143	$15,074,191	8/17/07
93	Into the Blue	Sony	$7,057,854	37.5%	2,789	$2,530	$18,801,234	9/30/05
113	Inkheart	WB (NL)	$7,601,379	43.9%	2,655	$2,863	$17,303,424	1/23/09
102	The In-Laws	WB	$7,319,848	35.8%	2,652	$2,760	$20,453,431	5/23/03
37	Imagine That	Par.	$5,503,519	34.1%	3,008	$1,830	$16,123,323	6/12/09
80	Ice Princess	BV	$6,807,471	27.9%	2,501	$2,721	$24,402,491	3/18/05
32	Hot Rod	Par.	$5,310,711	38.1%	2,607	$2,037	$13,938,332	8/3/07
4	Hoot	NL	$3,368,197	41.5%	3,018	$1,116	$8,117,637	5/5/06
12	Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil	Wein.	$4,108,630	40.5%	2,505	$1,640	$10,143,779	4/29/11
121	The Hitcher (2007)	Rog.	$7,818,239	47.5%	2,831	$2,761	$16,472,961	1/19/07
18	Hit and Run	ORF	$4,526,222	32.9%	2,870	$1,577	$13,749,300	8/22/12
40	Hey Arnold! The Movie	Par.	$5,706,332	41.6%	2,527	$2,258	$13,728,902	6/28/02
35	The Haunting of Molly Hartley	Free	$5,423,315	40.0%	2,652	$2,045	$13,559,812	10/31/08
87	A Guy Thing	MGM	$6,988,749	45.0%	2,515	$2,778	$15,545,431	1/17/03
64	Gulliver's Travels	Fox	$6,307,691	14.7%	2,546	$2,477	$42,779,261	12/25/10
85	Going the Distance	WB (NL)	$6,884,964	38.7%	3,030	$2,272	$17,804,299	9/3/10
78	Georgia Rule	Uni.	$6,773,870	35.5%	2,523	$2,684	$19,103,072	5/11/07
100	Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties	Fox	$7,288,977	25.6%	2,946	$2,474	$28,426,747	6/16/06
165	Gamer	LGF	$9,156,057	44.6%	2,502	$3,659	$20,534,907	9/4/09
73	Furry Vengeance	Sum.	$6,627,564	37.6%	2,997	$2,211	$17,630,465	4/30/10
11	Fun Size	Par.	$4,101,017	43.6%	3,014	$1,361	$9,409,538	10/26/12
131	From Paris with Love	LGF	$8,158,860	33.9%	2,722	$2,997	$24,077,427	2/5/10
116	Fright Night (2011)	BV	$7,714,388	42.1%	3,114	$2,477	$18,302,607	8/19/11
159	Frequency	NL	$9,025,584	20.1%	2,621	$3,443	$45,010,278	4/28/00
27	Flight of the Phoenix	Fox	$5,019,430	23.9%	2,604	$1,927	$21,009,180	12/17/04
115	Flicka	Fox	$7,703,551	36.7%	2,877	$2,677	$21,000,147	10/20/06
8	Firehouse Dog	Fox	$3,838,916	27.6%	2,860	$1,342	$13,932,383	4/4/07
41	fear dot com	WB	$5,710,128	43.1%	2,550	$2,239	$13,258,249	8/30/02
49	Extraordinary Measures	CBS	$6,012,594	49.8%	2,549	$2,359	$12,068,313	1/22/10
21	The Express	Uni.	$4,562,675	46.6%	2,808	$1,625	$9,793,406	10/10/08
54	Everyone's Hero	Fox	$6,061,762	41.7%	2,896	$2,093	$14,523,101	9/15/06
76	Eurotrip	DW	$6,711,384	37.8%	2,512	$2,671	$17,771,387	2/20/04
70	Eight Legged Freaks	WB	$6,485,458	37.4%	2,530	$2,563	$17,322,606	7/17/02
187	Eight Crazy Nights	Sony	$9,434,175	40.0%	2,503	$3,769	$23,586,598	11/27/02
136	EDtv	Uni.	$8,311,290	37.1%	2,627	$3,163	$22,431,897	3/26/99
61	Dredd	LGF	$6,278,491	46.8%	2,506	$2,505	$13,414,714	9/21/12
130	Dream House	Uni.	$8,129,355	38.2%	2,661	$3,055	$21,302,340	9/30/11
144	Don't Be Afraid of the Dark	FD	$8,525,728	35.5%	2,760	$3,089	$24,046,682	8/26/11
46	Disaster Movie	LGF	$5,836,973	41.1%	2,642	$2,209	$14,190,901	8/29/08
72	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Sony	$6,616,571	22.4%	2,718	$2,434	$29,580,087	12/18/09
193	Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo	Sony	$9,626,287	43.0%	3,127	$3,078	$22,400,154	8/12/05
195	Cursed	Dim.	$9,633,085	49.9%	2,805	$3,434	$19,297,522	2/25/05
191	The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course	MGM	$9,537,123	33.5%	2,525	$3,777	$28,442,574	7/12/02
154	The Covenant	SGem	$8,852,458	37.9%	2,681	$3,301	$23,380,495	9/8/06
31	The Country Bears	BV	$5,309,675	31.3%	2,553	$2,079	$16,990,825	7/26/02
175	Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen	BV	$9,350,572	31.9%	2,503	$3,735	$29,331,068	2/20/04
38	The Comebacks	FoxA	$5,554,594	41.6%	2,812	$1,975	$13,349,927	10/19/07
156	City by the Sea	WB	$8,935,426	39.8%	2,575	$3,470	$22,448,879	9/6/02
63	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Uni.	$6,293,205	45.4%	2,754	$2,285	$13,869,515	10/23/09
19	Chill Factor	WB	$4,529,231	40.2%	2,558	$1,770	$11,263,966	9/3/99
173	Cheaper by the Dozen 2	Fox	$9,309,387	11.3%	3,175	$2,932	$82,571,173	12/21/05
196	Charlie Wilson's War	Uni.	$9,656,250	14.5%	2,575	$3,750	$66,661,095	12/21/07
45	Catch That Kid	Fox	$5,824,860	34.9%	2,847	$2,045	$16,703,799	2/6/04
148	Bulletproof Monk	MGM	$8,653,542	37.0%	2,955	$2,928	$23,358,708	4/16/03
135	Broken City	Fox	$8,268,908	42.0%	2,620	$3,156	$19,701,164	1/18/13
108	The Box	WB	$7,571,417	50.3%	2,635	$2,873	$15,051,977	11/6/09
58	Blues Brothers 2000	Uni.	$6,129,615	43.6%	2,507	$2,445	$14,051,384	2/6/98
101	Blood Work	WB	$7,312,413	27.9%	2,525	$2,896	$26,235,081	8/9/02
184	Bless the Child	Par.	$9,413,684	32.0%	2,524	$3,729	$29,381,494	8/11/00
118	Blast from the Past	NL	$7,771,066	29.3%	2,542	$3,057	$26,511,114	2/12/99
112	The Big Wedding	LGF	$7,591,663	36.5%	2,633	$2,883	$20,782,042	4/26/13
132	Bicentennial Man	BV	$8,234,926	14.1%	2,518	$3,270	$58,223,861	12/17/99
92	Beerfest	WB	$7,031,228	36.6%	2,964	$2,372	$19,185,184	8/25/06
111	Beautiful Creatures (2013)	WB	$7,582,595	39.0%	2,950	$2,570	$19,452,138	2/14/13
23	Bats	Dest.	$4,717,902	46.5%	2,540	$1,857	$10,155,690	10/22/99
119	Bangkok Dangerous	LGF	$7,783,266	50.9%	2,650	$2,937	$15,298,133	9/5/08
90	Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever	WB	$7,010,474	49.0%	2,705	$2,591	$14,307,963	9/20/02
104	The Bachelor	NL	$7,480,288	34.4%	2,522	$2,966	$21,760,240	11/5/99
189	Babylon A.D.	Fox	$9,484,627	42.1%	3,390	$2,798	$22,532,572	8/29/08
75	Astro Boy	Sum.	$6,702,923	34.3%	3,014	$2,224	$19,551,067	10/23/09
109	Around the World in 80 Days	BV	$7,576,132	31.6%	2,801	$2,704	$24,008,137	6/16/04
106	Aquamarine	Fox	$7,482,669	40.2%	2,512	$2,978	$18,597,342	3/3/06
151	Apollo 18	W/Dim.	$8,704,271	49.2%	3,328	$2,615	$17,687,709	9/2/11
140	The Ant Bully	WB	$8,432,465	30.0%	3,050	$2,764	$28,142,535	7/28/06
162	Alpha and Omega	LGF	$9,106,906	36.3%	2,625	$3,469	$25,107,267	9/17/10
125	Aliens in the Attic	Fox	$8,008,423	31.8%	3,106	$2,578	$25,200,412	7/31/09
164	The Alamo (2004)	BV	$9,124,701	40.7%	2,609	$3,497	$22,414,961	4/9/04
126	Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London	MGM	$8,014,005	33.9%	2,973	$2,695	$23,630,159	3/12/04
199	The Adventures of Tintin	Par.	$9,720,993	12.5%	3,087	$3,149	$77,591,831	12/21/11
97	3000 Miles to Graceland	WB	$7,160,521	45.5%	2,545	$2,813	$15,749,959	2/23/01
153	21 and Over	Rela.	$8,754,168	34.1%	2,771	$3,159	$25,682,380	3/1/13

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.