Biggest box office bombs: # 2 - Battlefield Earth (2000)

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Biggest box office bombs: # 2 - Battlefield Earth (2000)

“Take Back The Planet”

The second film on the list of biggest box office bombs is Battlefield Earth. Our first flop with an A-list actor has John Travolta in a Sci-Fi film that really couldn’t get any more negative publicity. It was the worst reviewed film of 2000 and won 7 “Razzie” awards, which are negative awards given for categories such as Worst Picture, Worst Actor, Worst Remake, Worst Director, etc.

Statistics

Budget: $73 million
Box Office: $21 million
“In the Red” by: $52 million or 71.23% or budget *

Plot

In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlo's, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the seductive and powerful Terl, the Psychlo's are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants of humanity as slaves. What is left of the human race has descended into a near primitive state, believing the invaders to be demons and technology to be evil. After humanity has all but given up any hope of freeing themselves from alien oppression, a young man named Tyler decides to leave his desolate home high in the Rocky Mountains to discover the truth, whereupon he is captured and enslaved. It is then that he decides to fight back, leading his fellow man in one final struggle for freedom. (written by user “Cheeseycom” on IMDB.com)

Cast

John Travolta - Terl
Barry Pepper - Jonnie 'Goodboy' Tyler
Forest Whitaker - Ker
Kelly Preston - Chirk
Kim Coates - Carlo
Richard Tyson - The Wild Woodsman
Sabine Karsenti - Chrissy
Michael Byrne - Parson Staffer
Christian Tessier - Mickey
Sylvain Landry - Sammy

Director – Roger Christian

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* “In the Red” figure is how much money the movie lost and is based solely on box office revenue and does not take into account other revenues such as DVD sales or merchandise. The percent figure is how much of the film’s budget was never recouped from ticket sales.

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