Which kids' movies became box office flops?
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Kids’ movies tend to do really well at the box office, thanks to their broad appeal, but that’s not always the case – even for great movies like The Iron Giant. Movies that appeal to kids are usually a sure-fire success, because parents can be relied on to buy multiple tickets. Taking the kids to watch a movie is an easy way to keep them entertained for a couple of hours.
9 Onward Pixar’s Onward was one of the first movies to suffer from the effects of the pandemic. It came out in theaters just as governments across the globe were starting to roll out lockdowns in 2020. As a result, it ended up grossing just $133 million on a whopping production budget of $200 million . Set in a world populated by fantasy creatures, Onward is a moving story about two brothers trying to use unpredictable magic to reunite with their late father.
7 Treasure Planet Disney’s Oscar-nominated animated adventure Treasure Planet transplants the classic Robert Louis Stevenson novel Treasure Island into an intergalactic sci-fi setting. Sadly, Treasure Planet bombed at the box office, making just $109 million on a $140 million budget . It has a great story, great characters, stunning visuals , and it might’ve won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature if Spirited Away hadn’t come out in the same year.
4 Hugo Martin Scorsese usually makes violent films about abusive antiheroes who murder and steal. But in 2011, he tried his hand at a kids’ movie with Hugo, about a young boy who lives in a train station in 1930s Paris. Despite being universally praised by critics, it was a box office bomb. Hugo cost $180 million to make and grossed exactly $180 million at the worldwide box office .
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