Top 25 worst worldwide movie openings ever
Per statistics provided by the box-office reporting service Box Office Mojo, the 25 films that have achieved the highest-grossing opening weekends each earned more than $120 million. Such success is not only happy news for the studios that released these movies, but it also helps in the decision-making process toward deciding how long a film stays in theaters.
That said, where there’s a top, there’s a bottom — and these are the 25 films Box Office Mojo states had the worst wide opening weekends since 1982 (so don’t be surprised if you forgot about some of these).
25. "Logan Lucky"
Credit: AP / Claudette Barius
Release Date: Aug. 18, 2017
Opening Weekend: $7,600,036
24. "The Transporter Refueled"
Credit: Bruno Calvo
Release Date: Sept. 4, 2015
Opening Weekend: $7,355,622
23. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul"
Credit: Twentieth Century Fox / Daniel McFadden
Release Date: May 19, 2017
Opening Weekend: $7,126,084
22. "Detroit"
Credit: Annapurna Pictures / Francois Duhamel
Release Date: July 28, 2017
Opening Weekend: $7,125,601
20. "Walking With Dinosaurs"
Credit: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: Dec. 20, 2013
Opening Weekend: $7,091,938
19. "Mars Needs Moms"
Credit: AP Photo
Release Date: March 11, 2011
Opening Weekend: $6,914,488
18. "Going The Distance"
Credit: Warner Bros.
Release Date: Sept. 3, 2010
Opening Weekend: $6,884,964
17. "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas"
Credit: DreamWorks Pictures
Release Date: July 2, 2003
Opening Weekend: $6,874,477
16. "Astro Boy"
Credit: Summit Entertainment
Release Date: Oct. 23, 2009
Opening Weekend: $6,702,923
15. "Masterminds"
Credit: Armored Car Productions / Glen Wilson
Release Date: Sept. 30, 2016
Opening Weekend: $6,541,205
14. "Shorts"
Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: Aug. 21, 2009
Opening Weekend: $6,410,339
13. "Quest for Camelot"
Release Date: May 15, 1998
Opening Weekend: $6,041,602
12. "The Wild Thornberrys"
Credit: Paramount Pictures and Viacom In
Release Date: Dec. 20, 2002
Opening Weekend: $6,013,847
11. "New York Minute"
Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: May 7, 2004
Opening Weekend: $5,962,106
10. "Strange Magic"
Credit: Walt Disney Studios
Release Date: Jan. 23, 2015
Opening Weekend: $5,504,441
9. "Imagine That"
Release Date: June 12, 2009
Opening Weekend: $5,503,519
8. "Keeping Up with the Joneses"
Credit: 20th Century Fox / Frank Masi
Release Date: Oct. 21, 2016
Opening Weekend: $5,461,475
7. "What's Your Number?"
Credit: AP
Release Date: Sept. 30, 2011
Opening Weekend: $5,421,669
6. "Meet Dave"
Credit: Twentieth Century Fox/Regency
Release Date: July 11, 2008
Opening Weekend: $5,251,918
5. "Hardcore Henry"
Credit: STX Entertainment
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Opening Weekend: $5,107,604
4. "Burnt"
Credit: AP / Alex Bailey
Release Date: Oct. 30, 2015
Opening Weekend: $5,002,521
3. "Fun Size"
Credit: Paramount Pictures/Jaimie Trueblood
Release Date: Oct. 26, 2012
Opening Weekend: $4,101,017
2. "The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising"
Credit: Fox Walden
Release Date: Oct. 5, 2007
Opening Weekend: $3,745,315
1. "Hoot"
Credit: New Line Productions/Glenn Watson
Release Date: May 5, 2006
Opening Weekend: $3,368,197
