Worst Openings at the Box Office for All Wide Releases (600+ Theaters)

> ALL TIME BOX OFFICE

WORST WIDE OPENINGS
1982–Present

Note: Wide Releases (opening at 600+ theaters), worst 200 openings only.

Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Opening*	% of Total	Theaters	Avg.	Total Gross^	Wide Date**
64	Rocky III (Re-issue)	MGM	$902,228	100.0%	1,071	$842	$902,228	5/6/83
134	Indigo	Mont.	$1,190,000	100.0%	603	$1,973	$1,190,000	1/28/05
141	The Lonely Lady	Uni.	$1,223,220	100.0%	703	$1,740	$1,223,220	9/30/83
11	Kids in America	Slow	$440,228	81.9%	701	$628	$537,667	10/21/05
14	Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - From Hollywood to the Heartland	PicH	$464,170	76.9%	962	$483	$603,894	2/8/08
10	National Lampoon's Gold Diggers	P&A	$403,164	76.5%	1,062	$379	$527,000	9/17/04
21	The Opposite Sex and How to Live With Them	Mira.	$525,004	76.0%	630	$833	$690,966	3/26/93
19	Delgo	Free	$511,920	73.7%	2,160	$237	$694,782	12/12/08
1	Proud American	Slow	$96,076	73.1%	750	$128	$131,357	9/12/08
167	The Slugger's Wife	Col.	$1,314,993	70.0%	898	$1,464	$1,878,561	3/29/85
26	Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour	Free	$586,283	68.3%	1,121	$523	$858,415	10/19/07
106	Out on a Limb	Uni.	$1,114,255	67.1%	703	$1,585	$1,659,542	9/4/92
30	Ruby	Triu	$614,327	66.8%	764	$804	$919,286	3/27/92
3	Transylmania	FullC	$263,941	66.4%	1,007	$262	$397,641	12/4/09
100	Battle for Terra	LGF	$1,082,064	65.7%	1,159	$934	$1,647,083	5/1/09
9	Rich Girl	Stu3	$368,056	65.6%	1,058	$347	$561,000	5/3/91
7	Standing Ovation	RM	$343,125	64.5%	623	$551	$531,806	7/16/10
5	Creature (2011)	BD	$327,000	64.3%	1,507	$217	$508,714	9/9/11
51	Car 54, Where Are You?	Orion	$791,182	63.9%	608	$1,301	$1,238,080	1/28/94
43	Dylan Dog: Dead of Night	OMNI/FSR	$754,779	63.6%	875	$863	$1,186,538	4/29/11
58	Radioland Murders	Uni.	$835,570	63.5%	844	$990	$1,316,865	10/21/94
35	Undiscovered	Lions	$676,048	63.2%	1,304	$518	$1,069,318	8/26/05
95	Pirates (1986)	Can.	$1,035,447	63.1%	1,108	$934	$1,641,825	7/18/86
47	Slow Burn	LGF	$778,123	62.9%	1,163	$669	$1,237,615	4/13/07
38	Wired	Tau	$681,054	62.5%	745	$914	$1,089,000	8/25/89
65	Ernest Rides Again	EPG	$905,010	62.4%	1,190	$760	$1,450,029	11/12/93
193	The Squeeze	TriS	$1,380,800	61.9%	1,152	$1,198	$2,228,951	7/10/87
6	Nobel Son	Free	$333,912	61.8%	893	$374	$540,382	12/5/08
107	Heavenly Bodies	MGM	$1,114,635	60.6%	1,504	$741	$1,839,623	2/1/85
59	X Games 3D The Movie	BV	$837,216	60.2%	1,399	$598	$1,391,434	8/21/09
68	Misunderstood	MGM	$916,967	60.1%	741	$1,237	$1,525,532	3/30/84
45	The Fourth War	Can.	$776,449	59.5%	1,005	$772	$1,305,887	3/23/90
188	Shadow Conspiracy	BV	$1,370,831	59.3%	837	$1,637	$2,312,463	1/31/97
60	Finders Keepers	WB	$865,207	59.0%	753	$1,149	$1,467,396	5/18/84
189	Double Dragon	Gram.	$1,376,561	58.8%	1,087	$1,266	$2,341,309	11/4/94
48	The Abandoned	ADF	$782,000	58.7%	1,000	$782	$1,331,137	2/23/07
82	Best of the Best	Tau	$990,000	58.2%	600	$1,650	$1,700,000	11/10/89
169	Sing	TriS	$1,315,872	58.2%	864	$1,523	$2,260,616	3/31/89
29	Bad Moon	WB	$607,081	57.5%	825	$735	$1,055,525	11/1/96
36	Destiny Turns on the Radio	Sav.	$676,659	57.5%	1,126	$600	$1,176,982	4/28/95
108	Race the Sun	Sony	$1,116,504	57.4%	1,218	$916	$1,945,552	3/22/96
32	The Final Season	YFG	$661,049	57.0%	1,011	$653	$1,159,691	10/12/07
192	The Man Who Wasn't There (1983)	Par.	$1,379,502	56.5%	980	$1,407	$2,443,487	8/12/83
18	The Brothers Solomon	SGem	$508,601	56.5%	700	$726	$900,926	9/7/07
27	September Dawn	Slow	$601,857	56.4%	857	$702	$1,066,555	8/24/07
135	Videodrome	Uni.	$1,194,175	56.3%	600	$1,990	$2,120,439	2/4/83
117	Big Bully	WB	$1,131,094	55.4%	1,143	$989	$2,042,530	1/26/96
97	Jake Speed	NW	$1,058,048	54.4%	795	$1,330	$1,943,751	5/30/86
105	Rooftops	NCeV	$1,111,263	54.4%	1,044	$1,064	$2,043,889	3/17/89
126	Mallrats	Gram.	$1,153,838	54.4%	852	$1,354	$2,122,561	10/20/95
23	Skinwalkers	ADF	$553,520	54.3%	745	$742	$1,018,965	8/10/07
166	If Lucy Fell	Sony	$1,308,088	54.0%	1,200	$1,090	$2,420,162	3/8/96
39	A Christmas Story (Re-issue)	MGM	$703,439	53.7%	602	$1,168	$1,311,065	11/30/84
62	Marci X	Par.	$872,950	52.9%	1,200	$727	$1,648,818	8/22/03
200	Playing for Keeps (1986)	Uni.	$1,406,300	52.7%	1,148	$1,225	$2,669,366	10/3/86
71	The Mangler	NL	$933,809	52.4%	800	$1,167	$1,781,383	3/3/95
90	Masterminds	Sony	$1,014,606	52.4%	1,186	$855	$1,935,539	8/22/97
154	Kansas	TWE	$1,274,742	52.4%	847	$1,505	$2,432,536	9/23/88
98	Married to It	Orion	$1,077,278	52.3%	822	$1,310	$2,059,832	3/26/93
88	Goodbye Lover	WB	$1,011,175	52.1%	865	$1,168	$1,940,299	4/16/99
20	Million Dollar Mystery	DEG	$513,731	51.9%	1,396	$368	$989,033	6/12/87
28	Year of the Gun	Triu	$606,046	51.3%	739	$820	$1,182,273	11/1/91
104	Tarzan and the Lost City	WB	$1,110,564	51.1%	1,412	$787	$2,172,941	4/24/98
66	The Nutcracker Prince	WB	$908,999	51.0%	906	$1,003	$1,781,694	11/21/90
76	The Mighty Macs	QM	$963,221	50.9%	975	$988	$1,891,936	10/21/11
61	Steel	WB	$870,068	50.9%	1,260	$690	$1,710,972	8/15/97
127	Love Crimes	Mira.	$1,157,370	50.6%	669	$1,730	$2,287,928	1/24/92
96	Ravenous	Fox	$1,040,727	50.5%	1,040	$1,000	$2,062,405	3/19/99
87	Crazy in Alabama	Sony	$1,010,596	50.4%	1,214	$832	$2,005,840	10/22/99
148	Moonlight and Valentino	Gram.	$1,250,912	50.4%	669	$1,869	$2,484,226	9/29/95
15	The Ten Commandments (2007)	RM	$478,910	50.3%	830	$577	$952,820	10/19/07
156	Streets of Gold	Fox	$1,279,498	50.3%	797	$1,605	$2,546,238	11/14/86
185	Desperate Hours (1990)	MGM	$1,367,657	49.9%	1,033	$1,323	$2,742,912	10/5/90
122	A Good Man in Africa	Gram.	$1,144,942	49.6%	794	$1,441	$2,308,390	9/9/94
131	Dangerously Close	Can.	$1,180,506	49.4%	827	$1,427	$2,390,525	5/9/86
17	Phantom (2013)	RCR	$508,000	49.1%	1,118	$454	$1,034,589	3/1/13
52	Josh and S.A.M.	Col.	$800,469	48.8%	774	$1,034	$1,640,220	11/24/93
67	Vibes	Col.	$916,482	48.7%	1,003	$913	$1,883,811	8/5/88
180	Hexed	Col.	$1,351,510	48.5%	960	$1,407	$2,786,807	1/22/93
181	Heat (1987)	NCeV	$1,354,375	48.5%	863	$1,569	$2,793,214	3/13/87
80	Mom and Dad Save the World	WB	$984,627	48.4%	904	$1,089	$2,034,470	7/24/92
179	Year of the Comet	Col.	$1,350,939	48.4%	1,001	$1,349	$2,791,515	4/24/92
69	A Sound of Thunder	WB	$917,398	48.3%	816	$1,124	$1,900,451	9/2/05
160	Bad Medicine	Fox	$1,289,783	48.0%	731	$1,764	$2,685,453	11/22/85
99	DysFunKtional Family	Mira.	$1,079,797	47.9%	602	$1,793	$2,255,000	4/4/03
123	Farewell to the King	Orion	$1,150,531	47.5%	650	$1,770	$2,420,917	3/3/89
37	The Art of Getting By	FoxS	$679,160	47.5%	610	$1,113	$1,430,241	6/17/11
4	The Virginity Hit	Sony	$301,885	47.4%	700	$431	$636,706	9/24/10
93	Russkies	NCeV	$1,030,101	47.1%	604	$1,705	$2,189,047	11/6/87
137	The Cure	Uni.	$1,206,415	47.0%	832	$1,450	$2,568,425	4/21/95
115	Son of the Pink Panther	MGM	$1,129,689	46.3%	983	$1,149	$2,438,031	8/27/93
25	Turn It Up	NL	$576,820	46.2%	661	$872	$1,247,949	9/8/00
186	Isn't She Great	Uni.	$1,368,705	46.2%	750	$1,824	$2,962,465	1/28/00
86	Electric Dreams	MGM	$1,009,586	46.0%	920	$1,097	$2,193,612	7/20/84
77	Faithful	NL	$967,956	46.0%	803	$1,205	$2,104,439	4/5/96
42	Chasers	WB	$733,859	46.0%	782	$938	$1,596,687	4/22/94
182	Gracie	PicH	$1,355,904	45.9%	1,164	$1,164	$2,956,339	6/1/07
174	Love Stinks	IA	$1,339,575	45.8%	1,325	$1,011	$2,924,635	9/10/99
144	Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius	FFn.	$1,233,297	45.8%	1,332	$925	$2,694,071	4/30/04
155	Return to the Blue Lagoon	Col.	$1,277,428	45.5%	1,246	$1,025	$2,807,854	8/2/91
195	Before Midnight	SPC	$1,382,719	45.3%	897	$1,541	$3,054,968	6/14/13
140	The Way Back	NM	$1,218,868	45.1%	678	$1,798	$2,701,859	1/21/11
8	Turtle Beach	WB	$350,951	45.1%	727	$482	$778,535	5/1/92
198	The Ex	MGM/W	$1,394,229	45.1%	1,009	$1,381	$3,093,394	5/11/07
81	Wild Bill	MGM	$987,515	45.0%	775	$1,274	$2,193,982	12/1/95
190	Malone	Orion	$1,377,691	45.0%	1,326	$1,038	$3,060,858	5/1/87
46	The Big Town	Col.	$776,675	44.8%	762	$1,019	$1,733,017	9/25/87
16	Freddie as F.R.o.7.	Mira.	$501,230	44.8%	1,257	$398	$1,119,368	8/28/92
40	Solarbabies	MGM	$704,692	44.6%	692	$1,018	$1,579,260	11/26/86
152	Airborne	WB	$1,262,239	44.3%	982	$1,285	$2,850,263	9/17/93
2	The Passion Recut	NM	$223,789	44.0%	957	$233	$508,326	3/11/05
111	Maxie	Orion	$1,121,531	43.7%	778	$1,441	$2,564,278	9/27/85
143	Newsies	BV	$1,232,508	43.7%	1,223	$1,007	$2,819,485	4/10/92
128	The Bear (1984)	Emb	$1,160,644	43.2%	750	$1,547	$2,687,148	9/28/84
89	Redbelt	SPC	$1,012,435	43.2%	1,379	$734	$2,345,941	5/9/08
173	Supercross	Fox	$1,330,520	42.9%	1,621	$820	$3,102,550	8/17/05
63	Oliver Twist	Sony	$888,721	42.7%	779	$1,140	$2,080,321	9/30/05
102	It Came From Hollywood	Par.	$1,095,003	42.6%	650	$1,684	$2,573,342	10/29/82
139	Jinxed	MGM	$1,209,311	42.1%	877	$1,378	$2,869,638	10/22/82
12	Oogieloves In The BIG Balloon Adventure	KVP	$443,901	41.6%	2,160	$206	$1,065,907	8/29/12
54	Nate and Hayes	Par.	$815,160	41.5%	925	$881	$1,963,756	11/18/83
55	Date with an Angel	DEG	$816,062	41.0%	843	$968	$1,988,962	11/20/87
191	The Matchmaker	Gram.	$1,378,930	40.7%	705	$1,955	$3,392,080	10/3/97
114	The Perez Family	Gold.	$1,127,645	39.8%	928	$1,215	$2,832,826	5/12/95
22	GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords	Atl	$531,905	39.7%	1,045	$509	$1,338,264	3/21/86
31	How I Got Into College	Fox	$651,850	39.7%	743	$877	$1,642,239	5/19/89
41	The Forbidden Dance	Col.	$720,864	39.5%	637	$1,131	$1,823,154	3/16/90
159	Only the Strong	Fox	$1,286,889	39.2%	668	$1,926	$3,283,371	8/27/93
187	In Country	WB	$1,369,762	38.8%	606	$2,260	$3,531,971	9/29/89
84	The Care Bears Movie 3	Cinpx	$1,005,386	38.6%	1,094	$919	$2,608,000	8/7/87
101	Letters to God	Viv.	$1,088,873	38.2%	897	$1,214	$2,848,578	4/9/10
183	My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys	Gold.	$1,361,700	37.8%	850	$1,602	$3,603,615	3/1/91
130	Mr. Wonderful	WB	$1,177,311	37.7%	720	$1,635	$3,125,424	10/15/93
158	Father Hood	BV	$1,286,806	37.6%	643	$2,001	$3,418,141	8/27/93
176	The Jane Austen Book Club	SPC	$1,343,596	37.6%	1,232	$1,090	$3,575,227	10/5/07
73	Aces: Iron Eagle III	NL	$942,814	37.4%	1,051	$897	$2,517,600	6/12/92
168	Til There Was You	Par.	$1,315,445	37.3%	753	$1,746	$3,525,125	5/30/97
53	A Dog of Flanders	WB	$807,873	37.3%	1,267	$637	$2,165,637	8/27/99
119	The Public Eye	Uni.	$1,139,825	37.2%	635	$1,795	$3,067,917	10/16/92
50	The Nutcracker	WB	$783,721	37.0%	786	$997	$2,119,994	11/24/93
121	Soul Survivors	Art.	$1,140,698	36.7%	601	$1,898	$3,111,545	9/7/01
197	Feds	WB	$1,388,317	36.2%	850	$1,633	$3,838,793	10/28/88
145	The Ultimate Gift	BPic	$1,241,079	36.1%	816	$1,520	$3,438,735	3/9/07
112	Rude Awakening	Orion	$1,121,542	35.4%	953	$1,176	$3,169,719	8/18/89
149	Tom & Jerry - The Movie	Mira.	$1,255,912	35.3%	1,045	$1,201	$3,560,469	7/30/93
132	Nitro Circus the Movie 3D	ArcEnt	$1,183,701	35.0%	800	$1,480	$3,377,618	8/8/12
196	Memories of Me	MGM	$1,388,123	35.0%	723	$1,919	$3,965,604	10/7/88
171	North Shore	Uni.	$1,319,290	34.4%	802	$1,645	$3,832,228	8/14/87
109	Art School Confidential	SPC	$1,118,080	33.9%	762	$1,467	$3,297,137	5/12/06
118	The King's Speech (PG-13)	Wein.	$1,133,162	33.9%	1,011	$1,121	$3,344,306	4/1/11
110	Squanto: A Warrior's Tale	BV	$1,119,016	33.5%	1,022	$1,094	$3,342,223	10/28/94
138	The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag	BV	$1,206,799	32.4%	693	$1,741	$3,721,911	8/21/92
124	Pinocchio	Mira.	$1,151,463	31.3%	1,195	$963	$3,675,719	12/25/02
85	Talk Radio	Uni.	$1,009,209	29.1%	645	$1,564	$3,468,572	1/13/89
83	Free Willy 3: The Rescue	WB	$992,651	28.8%	1,258	$789	$3,446,539	8/8/97
170	Leonard Part 6	Col.	$1,316,337	28.5%	1,142	$1,152	$4,615,255	12/18/87
113	The Pebble and the Penguin	MGM	$1,123,041	28.2%	1,315	$854	$3,983,912	4/14/95
157	Black Beauty	WB	$1,285,820	27.8%	1,312	$980	$4,630,377	7/29/94
72	Cats Don't Dance	WB	$939,781	26.3%	1,252	$750	$3,566,637	3/28/97
70	New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking	Col.	$933,462	26.1%	844	$1,105	$3,569,939	7/29/88
129	King Kong Lives	DEG	$1,172,942	24.9%	1,105	$1,061	$4,711,220	12/19/86
153	Metalstorm	Uni.	$1,274,000	24.0%	784	$1,625	$5,301,085	8/26/83
74	The Raid: Redemption	SPC	$961,454	23.4%	881	$1,091	$4,105,187	4/13/12
125	The Company You Keep	SPC	$1,152,905	23.1%	807	$1,429	$4,991,785	4/26/13
163	Smokey & the Bandit Part III	Uni.	$1,301,800	22.9%	1,119	$1,163	$5,678,950	9/2/83
151	Gymkata	MGM	$1,261,845	22.0%	654	$1,929	$5,730,596	5/3/85
13	The Princess and the Goblin	Hemd	$451,560	21.5%	795	$568	$2,105,078	6/3/94
133	Batman: Mask of the Phantasm	WB	$1,189,975	21.2%	1,506	$790	$5,617,391	12/25/93
56	The Color Purple (Re-issue)	WB	$816,269	19.0%	601	$1,358	$4,292,009	1/16/87
199	Ironweed	TriS	$1,399,655	18.9%	600	$2,332	$7,393,346	2/19/88
136	Runaway	TriS	$1,198,279	17.7%	720	$1,664	$6,770,587	12/14/84
146	Rush	MGM	$1,245,261	17.2%	664	$1,875	$7,241,350	1/17/92
142	The Hoax	Mira.	$1,229,781	17.2%	1,069	$1,150	$7,164,995	4/20/07
147	Lucas	Fox	$1,250,101	15.2%	628	$1,990	$8,200,000	3/28/86
33	Honky Tonk Man	WB	$667,727	14.9%	677	$986	$4,484,991	12/17/82
175	Trail of the Pink Panther	MGM	$1,341,695	14.8%	806	$1,664	$9,056,073	12/17/82
78	Six Weeks	Uni.	$978,541	14.7%	613	$1,596	$6,668,025	12/17/82
178	The Man Who Loved Women	Col.	$1,347,032	12.3%	802	$1,679	$10,964,231	12/16/83
172	Raiders of the Lost Ark (Re-issue) (1983)	Par.	$1,327,451	11.7%	628	$2,113	$11,374,454	3/25/83
94	The Boy in the Striped Pajamas	Mira.	$1,031,036	11.4%	678	$1,521	$9,046,156	12/5/08
34	My Little Pony	DEG	$674,724	11.3%	734	$919	$5,958,456	6/13/86
194	Barney's Great Adventure	Poly	$1,382,373	11.3%	809	$1,709	$12,218,638	4/10/98
92	U2 3D	NGE	$1,026,121	9.9%	686	$1,496	$10,363,341	2/22/08
120	Volver	SPC	$1,140,304	8.8%	689	$1,655	$12,899,867	1/26/07
177	Kiss Me Goodbye	Fox	$1,345,672	8.5%	783	$1,718	$15,782,759	12/24/82
165	All the Pretty Horses	Mira.	$1,304,971	8.4%	1,483	$879	$15,540,353	12/25/00
161	Gorky Park	Orion	$1,290,754	8.1%	629	$2,052	$15,856,028	12/16/83
79	Sunshine Cleaning	Over.	$980,560	8.1%	642	$1,527	$12,062,558	4/17/09
91	To Be or Not to Be (1983)	Fox	$1,020,958	7.8%	638	$1,600	$13,030,214	12/16/83
162	Peter Pan (Re-issue) (1982)	BV	$1,296,732	7.5%	750	$1,728	$17,200,000	12/24/82
49	Falling in Love	Par.	$782,347	7.0%	701	$1,116	$11,129,057	12/14/84
57	Critters	NL	$818,018	6.2%	621	$1,317	$13,167,232	5/9/86
44	An Education	SPC	$763,234	6.1%	761	$1,003	$12,574,914	2/5/10
184	Being John Malkovich	USA	$1,363,626	6.0%	624	$2,185	$22,863,596	12/3/99
75	The Mission	WB	$963,000	5.6%	730	$1,319	$17,218,023	2/6/87
150	Crimes of the Heart	DEG	$1,260,195	5.5%	685	$1,839	$22,905,522	1/23/87
116	Adaptation.	Sony	$1,130,480	5.0%	672	$1,682	$22,498,520	2/14/03
24	My Week with Marilyn	Wein.	$561,097	3.8%	602	$932	$14,600,347	12/23/11
103	Elizabeth	Gram.	$1,098,569	3.7%	624	$1,760	$30,082,699	2/19/99
164	The Piano	Mira.	$1,301,973	3.2%	610	$2,134	$40,157,856	2/11/94

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.