The latest film to be considered flop in my eyes is Army of The Dead; gaining only about $1m from a budget of $70-90m. Another flop would be The Room, gaining less than $2,000 at the box office with a budget of $6m.
However when movies make more at the box office than what their budget was they are still considered flops. How much more money does it have to make for it to be considered a success?
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A movie can make money and still be a flop because it is fundamentally an investment. The investors took a huge risk in paying for the production of the movie, and expect to be rewarded in a manner proportional to the risk, just like any other investment. So, breaking even or making a small amount is certainly better than losing money, but could still be considered a failure, since that money could have been used elsewhere and made a much larger return, or achieved the same return in a much safer way.
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