Superhero Movies That Bombed The Hardest At The Box Office

[@Looper]

What do you think has been the worst superhero movie in recent years?

[@richardabia9735]

I don't give a **** about the Box office. Movies are made for fans. If those fans love it, they have won in my opinion.

[@idrisstewart4758]

​@@richardabia9735😊😊

[@RADCOMJ1]

​@@richardabia9735 they agree they are not oscar winning films but we love to see our superheroes on screen. how they choose characters like Shazam instead of the plethora of X men mutants is a mystery😅

[@richardabia9735]

@@RADCOMJ1 Yeah. Box office is just ridiculous. It discourages people from watching movies and is responsible for beautiful movies being left in the dark and not expanded on. The only thing they have ever been right about is Velma being terrible and it is still getting season 2 so box office is stupid.

[@mikepanick9362]

Dark Phoenix starring Sophie Turner 😂😂😂😂. Possibly the worst American accent ever attempted on screen, Sophie couldn’t act to save her life. Her acting in front of green screens are the ultimate in cringe. Her performance was a career ender.

[@billybompton9814]

Blankman was a classic! One of the funniest movies from the 90s

[@davisphillips993]

The Suicide Squad definitely didn’t deserve to flop

[@clit_niblr0375]

Yes, it did.

[@cassandraspoelhof3752]

I really love Sky High. That movie was great and I used to watch it on Disney Channel a lot when I was younger.

[@lizzydakid]

Wow you really glossed over the fact Wonder Woman 2 sucked, maybe that’s why it didn’t gross

[@savage751]

Yeah that movie was super disappointing...For me it was the setting....first one your deep in the trenches of world war 1.....the second one is in a I think DC

[@walterude6323]

My god, that film was bad.

[@joeblankenship377]

And the movie tried to gloss over what a nightmare it would be to suddenly lose all control of your own body because Wonder Woman's dead boyfriend took possession of it.

[@walterude6323]

@@joeblankenship377 I still think about that part of the plot, and wonder how they thought that'd be so romantic, the audience would just ignore how problematic it actually is.

[@lizzydakid]

@@joeblankenship377 oh lord I forgot how bad the writing was/is

[@milanristic4997]

Mystery Men is actually close to perfect Superhero movie for the people who read comics. Super by James Gunn is also worth seeing.

[@spede1]

Mystery Men was silly but I kind of liked it.

[@nickbrutanna9973]

Disagree on both counts. To each their own.

[@jacklow9611]

I really liked Mystery Men. It was a real hoot!

[@MC-gj8fg]

I believe an issue with hero movie sequels is that a significant element of what drove a character's popularity is their original villains. A hero concept with crappy villains never makes it off the ground, while new villains for long beloved heroes rarely stack up to pre-existing ones in the minds of most audience members.

[@DrWhom]

also, in the first instalment, a loser goofball discovers his or her powers; that is a wish-fulfilment element the sequels lack

[@markkoops2611]

It's not "superhero fatigue", it's "bad writing fatigue". Thise same writers are currently on strike wanting a raise for their garbage

[@clit_niblr0375]

Exactly. If a studio puts out quality work then they'll (usually) see a big return. If you put out garbage then why is it such a surprise that nobody wants to line up and buy it?

[@helgageraldine513]

"Shut up crime!" I love Super! It wasn't perfect but it was really fun to watch. It didn't hold back in depicting violence and the performances were great.

[@Mafed_Graystone]

I believe Mystery Men would have been a success, if it had been made in the 2010s - right at the hight of the Superhero Craze

[@ClassifiedRanTom]

Well of course Dark Phoenix bombed hard, it become defunct the moment Disney bought Fox and it wasn't even released yet.

[@stephenjacewicz4594]

"I'M A SUPERHERO!" I saw The Suicide Squad (2021) in the theater and I simply adore that movie.

[@milanristic4997]

I saw it in a theater too. It's propably the best Superhero movie on this list, followed by Mistery Men (1999) - one of the best Superhero movies for comic book readers.

[@OscarMPG1]

Where is Batman and Robin?

[@Lantern_Matt_2814]

Dark Phoenix "failed" because Marvel Studios interfered the original script for Dark Phoenix had Skrull as the villain, an explosive battle in space between Jean/Phoenix and the Skrull armada and another battle outside an US Government building Marvel Studios decided to steal these plot points and use them for their Ms Marvel film, then demanding Fox to completely rewrite the film, thus making the general audience believe that Dark Phoenix is a "bad film" all of this is true - there are set photos confirming this aswell as comments from producers and cast

[@leodouskyron5671]

I completely disagree and still want to see a link or title for your claim (I LOVE hearing behind the scenes stuff). Lets be honest about the real issues as Marvel is very very little of the problem here. *The Director and script issues* The reasons the movie failed were NOTHING to do with anyone else but the movie. The plot was one that had been done before and poorly. The director was the one that wrote the XMen 3 (made money and it was very not good to those that knew the story) and this was his first time directing because he wanted to make it up to the franchise. To say he failed even with his GOOD intentions is not debatable. *Poor acting* The acting was far from good with Fastbeender was phoneing it in for the same starting plot with Magneto and the cringe dialog was noted by everyone I knew and I you are going to ignore the Jennifer Lawrence hated the role and the makeup and just about everything to do with it then you are missing the obvious. (She almost seems to say "Oh no I am dying at the end) *Difficult story line* And that is not all. The film was also working with a story that is as a stand alone almost impossible to get right because it needs a multi-story build up to the tragic end and a single story can't do it. And the is made worst by elements of the storyline already been expended in previous movies and thus not accessible to help in the ramp up here. And worst of all, one of the main elements of the story is we have to believe that there is a loving family here in the X-men and that need comes across. In some ways the character of Jean Gray has to be realistically seen as both loved and under powered. And neither were really set up so that when she goes big it really dumps. Also, the used of her power turned off by Professor X did not do good things in the comics and in the first attempt at this story and they should have re-imangined the themes better then they did. *Legal issues* This is the only place where Marvel studios has a minor hand. The Marvel Universe film rights are a mind field and to get what you want 2 studios had to get together using lawyers and rich Studio execs to deal with making money with greed in the way. That said, Hulk made it into films, They worked out spiderman and did not wipe our Spiderverse. It cane done but SONY (see FANT4Stic) was always difficult to work with and so you have two greedy companies at work annoying each other but here is the catch - the aliens the this movie needed was *the Shi'ar Star Empire* . Sony put the Skulls in to mess with marvel but the story does not use them. The Star Empire comes to avenge the destroyed world and that means an Alien invasion that is closer to End Game and legally they could do it if they actually followed the story and SONY didn't want to do that they wanted to stick it to the mouse. This was a bad movie that had little hope of being a good one. That is no one's individual fault. Sony was able to get other good movies out before it and this one should have just been shelved.

[@mcribprime6594]

The Flush!!!!!!! Lol it bombed sooooo hard it was a beautiful sight. 110% karma.

[@BlackPanda101]

The suicide squad (2021) deserves more love, it genuinely was a fun movie, better than its predecessor... the actors and actresses were incredible and spot on (John Cena, Idris Elba, Margot Robbie...), the comic timing and action were perfectly balanced, a true fun ride start to finish... it deserves more...

[@jeuryrabassa4724]

I agree. The Suicide Squad (2021) was a really fun movie to watch. And John Cena as Peacemaker, Idris Elba as Bloodsport and Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn were well played and well acted. Truly worthy of some love and respect atleast.

[@baxterwilson368]

2:15 I saw “Blankman” opening weekend. I loved it.

[@carmelosgro6413]

Steel & Catwoman missed the mark by not even mentioning the main heroes in their Universes

[@TeganCantEven]

As someone who legitimately enjoyed Dark Phoenix, this hurt 🤣🤣

[@clit_niblr0375]

What about DP did you enjoy? Just curious.

[@ancientelixir1311]

12:04 never watched the movie myself but LOVE the Ron Perlman ones. You can tell Hellboy steps through the sword like it's not there.

[@jeuryrabassa4724]

Guillermo Del Toro's Hellboy 1&2 are underrated classic gems. And Ron Pearlman was both awesome and perfect as Hellboy. He really nailed it as Hellboy.

[@velveetaslingshot]

Mystery Men is a cult classic. I love that movie!

[@YankeeSR23]

What movie was that scene from that’s 0:05 into the video? I’ve seen a lot of the movies listed but that clip doesn’t ring a bell for me.

[@lowkeyloki8832]

To blame WW 84's failure on the pandemic is crazy. It was terrible and word of mouth spread. I was one of the people unlucky enough to watch it in the theater.

[@gordongraham7]

Wonder Woman 1984 is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. It was insufferable garbage. Its failure wasn't because of the pandemic--it was just horrible.

[@reybombay4095]

I just realized the dining scene from Mystery Men is like the shawarma dining scene in Avengers.

[@alexanderasher3461]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: why hire a director the studio just makes all the decisions?

[@Ghostmaker-c4u]

Blank man was great. "Slap me around and call me "Susan'". "Okay, "Susan".🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@davidepling724]

James Gunn was associated with 3 movies on this list. Personally I think every villain in every superhero movie he has done since GOTG first movie have been terrible. I'll include the villain from Peacemaker also. In my opinion he's been riding off the success of how people loved the GOTG team.

[@clit_niblr0375]

I was amazed the GOTG was as successful as it became considering they were very much the 'D-List actors' of the Marvel Universe. Other than Rocket Raccoon who had guest starred in other comic books like the Hulk the other GOTG characters weren't all that well-known.

[@bruceleeroy8302]

4:23 - 4:30 Thanks for those references. RIP to both

[@LeonardoKlotz]

I went to see THE FLASH movie because of Andy Muschietti I love when horror directors make superhero movies And despite everything that caused it to bomb, I had a really good time watching it I think Muschietti did a great job, and I'm really looking forward to see his take on the DCU's "Brave and the Bold"

[@coomtothebroom778]

I liked The Flash, too. DC has had a lot of success with their movies directed by horror movie directors. Despite Flash’s shortcomings, it had a fun visual style and the story had me gripped.

[@antoinewright1425]

@@coomtothebroom778really lol the cgi was some of the worst i have ever seen and i went to see fan4stic in theaters

[@williamslater-vf5ym]

The problem with every fantastic four movie (for me) is that they REFUSE to give doctor doom fair treatment. They literally ignore all comic book lore, and just do whatever they want with the character. This is a consistent problem in Hollywood adaptations of established properties. Lack of respect for the fan base.

[@oversight7379]

I watched the suicide squad 2021 on hbo max and loved it. Also didn’t see any marketing about, and it was still Covid… so I think that’s what happened there. I still hope for a third.

[@leobuscaglia5576]

I loved the Supergirl in the Flash movie. Would love to see more of her.

[@marlonclark1896]

same

[@protorhinocerator142]

She went to the cousins' dinner.

[@shallendor]

Mystery Men and Zoom are a great movies! I am unanimous in that! The Spirit was a good and entertaining movie! Super was a fun film! All Heroes Must Die is my favorite superhero film!

[@Spokavriel]

I actually like the movies you started the list with. Some of these I don't think I ever heard of while others I wish I hadn't seen including Cat Woman, The Spirit and the HellBoy reboot, Never saw Mystery Men, The Specials, Zoom, Super, Fan4stic, New Mutants, Wonder Woman 84, Suicide Squad 2021, Fury of the Gods, or The Flash. Don't think I even heard of zoom super and specials before this video.

[@rig-zag]

What about Meteor Man? That started an African American superhero (played by Robert Townsend) in 1993, 4 years before Spawn and Steel. Plus it was a HUGE box office bomb.

[@mijimonmaster]

Ron Perlman is the only hellboy

[@Gandalf1of9]

Chris Claremont loved X-Men: Dark Phoenix and hated X3: The Last Stand. He said so in numerous articles!

[@radioclash8175]

WW1984 has to be the biggest quality drop for a sequel ever-any money it did make was too much

[@blackSUAAAVE]

The irony of hating on Blackman is that the movie is a parody/spoof of being a superhero, pointing out the impossible difficulty of being one.

[@tracidavis3565]

That’s a shame that The Suicide Squad is considered a bomb. I loved it and it was much better than the other one. It also lead to the Peacemaker show which was very good.

[@LeonardoKlotz]

I enjoyed Dark Phoenix What I like the most about the X-Men movies is the fact that they never tried to follow the MCU's formula or its tropes, especially after it became a trend They never relied on nostalgia, the tone always kept consistent, and they always focused on the present And Dark Phoenix kept that way They kept their sense of individuality. Even the score was different in each movie Plus, I found Simon Kinberg's direction pretty solid He was able to give the movie an identity of its own, rather than trying to replicate Bryan Singer's direction Unlike Brett Ratner tried to do in The Last Stand

[@marlonclark1896]

whatever

[@cganimefan1267]

I enjoyed Dark Phoenix, too. It's an underrated film.

[@starscreamthecruel8026]

I liked BOTH versions of the Dark Phoenix. It cant be easy to do a believable version of what is *essentially* a character going Godmode so im not sure why people didnt like the reimagined version. I wasnt happy with how they killed off Mystique and why was her colouring suddenly paler all of a sudden? That's never explained. X men movies have always divided fans, these two weren't any different for that.

[@jaquigreenlees]

Never tried to follow the MCU's formula or tropes? When you remember that the entire X-Men series is a part of the MCU so add to the formula and tropes you aren't making sense. Both franchises had mentions of the other in many entries, tieing them together.

[@patrickdoyle6201]

My favorite part of DARK PHOENIX was: BEAST: I know what you're thinking XAVIER: No, that's my gift! 😂🤣

[@Gor85]

Some movies are really bad. Blankman,Mystery Man,The Specials-terrible. Just terrible, I understand why everyone hates Catwomen. I heard reasons here,it makes sense. But it's not that bad either. It has good moments. Despite of everybody can see Patience is Catwomen. I like Steel. Watched as a kid. Not that bad. Fantastic Four not that bad. Haven't seen Wonder Woman movies but they look pretty cool. Suicide Squad looks very weird. I agree. Shazam looks very stupid. The Spirit seems like pretty good movie. The Flash looks really good. Interesting. I think it's WB mistake. Good video

[@moorebounce]

I guess I was the only one that loved most of these movies.

[@shaneupham2097]

You are not alone

[@robynp8743]

“BLANKMAN” was a classic ❤ cult favorite

[@williamcrane8236]

But if it wasn't for Steel I wouldn't know Garet Morris's phrase of "Well dip me in Shit and roll me in Bread Crumbs", classic.

[@WhosTYE]

Despite the box office, Blankman is a cult classic in the black community & a hilarious movie.

[@nickbrutanna9973]

The Spirit failure was by far the most astounding of these. Miller knew Eisner personally, and had done several long interviews with him. He failed with The Spirit on almost every level. The Spirit -- particularly the post-WWII issues, were unquestionable graphic masterpieces, literally decades before their time. They were filled with things for both kids and adults, invented, perfected, and/or utilized almost every single visual and storytelling trope used in comics (I recommend one hunt down the 80s Kitchen Sink reprints of these, which usually had a page or two of commentary about the context, lost to time for most of us, and/or noting key techniques used in a given issue that were only rediscovered decades later, such as the 9-panel page.) One of the most key failures was the choice to use The Octopus as the main villain, but to then cast Samuel Jackson in the part. Jackson is awesome, don't get me wrong, BUT you don't cast someone like that and never have them appear in person. The key aspect of The Octopus was that you literally NEVER EVER saw The Octopus in ANY issue -- all you generally saw was the iconic glove. At best, you might see a shadow figure, but you never ever ever actually saw The Octopus... but Jackson appears as TO almost immediately. It's flabbergasting that Miller did such a wretched job of bringing any aspect of The Spirit to the screen, given the intense graphic aspects of the character. He SHOULD have understood how to present the character far far better. And it did, pretty much, destroy any chance he had as a director, his efforts were so horrifically bad.

[@cassandraspoelhof3752]

Basically there’s only one good thing about Suicide Squad and that’s the song Heathens by Twenty One Pilots. That song slaps, whether it’s the OG or the epic hard rock version by Halestorm.

[@Mrfettt]

Super is such an underrated movie

[@Niesrind]

Mystery Men, Super and The Suicide Sqaud 2 are definetly worth watching.

[@sle3p_healing]

the CEO of WB (in 2023), doesn't seem to understand the reality of things. STOP LYING ZACK, WE ARE ALL NOT STUPID!!! You Know!?

[@jodyfinley9122]

Oh fuck that! MYSTREY MEN IS AN ABSOLUTE CLASSIC! IT DESERVES MUCH MORE RESPECT AND RECOGNITION!

[@joshstronberg1539]

Blank man slander will not be tolerated

[@drate100]

Crazy how this channel has 5 mil subs but doesnt ever crack 1 mil views

[@joeb.evrythngEclectic5571]

never disrespect any comic book movie. no matter how good or bad

[@walterude6323]

Its curious that the narrator didn’t talk about how the bad Bad BAD storytelling of Shazam Fury of the gods and Wonder Woman 1984 very likely contributed to their box office misfires.

[@lonewolfronin9215]

SUPER was a good film in my opinion. Not your usual typical superhero flick but it deserves much more praise

[@donaldmacarthur]

I enjoy that you don't list William H Macy in the cast list of Mystery Men (who was the de facto team leader, not Mr Furious) then proceed to use a clip of Macy's character as your sign-off clip before moving to the next entry...

[@protorhinocerator142]

The Suicide Squad (2021) was a very enjoyable movie. If you haven't seen it, give it a try.

[@BoomMC_Inc]

Wait, Steel bombed? It was my jam as a little man.

[@Jerrythebatman]

i love Mystery Men and Suicide Squad (2021) they were good movies

[@JediKnight207]

I like Superman IV.

[@raivenzinc7323]

Also blue beetle

[@chillyman7340]

Some of these movies I grew up loving as a kid , was kinda sad to see them on this list.

[@tyro16jeff]

Where is Black Adam? This is a major reason WB is rebooting. They put all of their eggs in The Rock’s basket just for them to get a superhero movie of The Rock playing The Rock

[@jacklow9611]

They didn't follow any of his original origin story, either.

[@TrillCityBaby]

I don’t feel like Blackman was meant to be a real superhero movie. But it was actually a good movie.

[@Alejmen009]

Super may have bombed but sure as hell blowed my mind.

[@branagain]

Catwoman’s costume was great.

[@BP-dn9nv]

The only superhero films that were a sure success were MCU films pre-endgame.

[@Neverre]

I do love "The Suicide Squad"!

[@Drrck11]

A lot of super characters have their fan-base with the comic books, but that doesn't automatically translate into a box office hit, if the movie is bad.

[@ashleylee4918]

I love blankman such an classic

[@keenankong8537]

Blank man was dope🤷🏿‍♂️ maybe its a black thing

[@chrismartin1812]

Definitely a black thing

[@danas916x]

Definitely...other people don't really like that one like us. I think it was our appreciation for that black comedy era... In Living Color, Martin, etc.

[@themadviking5746]

I thought Dark Phoenix was the best X men ever made , they characters actually fought ALOT with powers and story was pretty good. It dealt with lots of reshoots especially after the skrulls were snatched from them for Captain Marvel, who beat them to the punch . Those type of rumors never help a movie ...

[@cganimefan1267]

Dark Phoenix is a film that deserves more love.

[@marineboy1964]

I think super is super

[@apraxiaandme]

Catwoman was good

[@geraldmartin7703]

The Rocketeer (1991). Made at least a decade too early.

[@ianhumphrys4106]

Dark Phoenix, many reasons why it flopped. Two big reasons were because with all the main character deaths and the ending they originally filmed being really similar to Avengers. And right as they were trying to decide what to do to change the ending, Fox had started negotiating with Disney/Marvel for the XMen rights. So everyone in the production phoned in their contributions to the film. Not defending WW1984 but it's release has a home release during the pandemic on Christmas day. So that could be a reason it under performed. Like if a group of friends wanted to see it in the theaters(if you could at that time) they all buy a ticket each. So say 5 friends at $20 a ticket is 100, even 2 at 20 is 40 then now that same group of 5 or 2 now are watching it for 14.99 in their living room or wherever. But again I watched it that once and haven't watched it since

[@agentofchaos7456]

Two main characters deaths? Mystique was the only named died besides Vuk.

[@joshuafajardo5697]

U forgot Batman & Robin, Morbius, Green Lantern, & probably many more

[@anitawilliams-macleod7400]

I admit, I LOVED MysteryMen.Because of all the BS that surrounded Ezra Miller, there's no way in Hades that I would have watched The Flash--and The Flash is one of my fave comic book characters.

[@clit_niblr0375]

Aside from all the BS that surrounded Ezra Miller, Ezra was just a bad cast to play the Flash. It also didn't help the film that it was a jumbled mess with really horrible CGI.

[@BuntyS-p9r]

wtf does blankman mean 😂😂

[@jimramos2613]

I honestly Love The Flash movie I really had a good time watching it honest. Despite of everyone else didn't really enjoy it because of the CGI and something but to me I really love this movie The Flash I was really wanted The Flash movie ever since it was announced and I've been waiting and waiting and I'm like it's finally here after all this time 👈🙏. I honestly don't hate this movie and let me say Shazam fury of the gods I really enjoyed that movie as well the sequel was really really good I don't have no idea what's a big deal for them to be the hate one it was really fun I get the point some of them didn't really enjoy it I really liked it why can't they just accept it to me these two don't deserve to hate

[@seancollins7447]

Bloodshot

[@lennymccartney1]

many of these films became cults and made plenty on blu-ray/ streaming!

[@brentcrockton]

Damn not my BLANKMAN oh well still my shit tho 😅

[@DarrylRuiz-s1w]

Ezra Miller managed to destroy his own movie..Nice job dude don't expect Flash 2 or any other job anytime soon 😂😂

[@JohnAnderson-jy2js]

Christopher Reeves only agreed to do Superman 4 because he was told he would have more creative control which he did but like you said the original budget was slashed considerably also part of the deal was he would have done another movie for the the cannon group that brought the rights to Superman and that movie was street-smart which was another box office failure on the plus side we got to see Morgan Freeman give a incredible performance I remember the movie was touted as Chris Reeves comeback film but everyone was talkin about Morgan Freeman

[@dariusstewart6775]

Where is black adam?

[@cricket06211]

Blankman was the best. Lol

[@DOC_951]

Can basically just put all DC movies… and everything after End Game

[@edesands4479]

This list all over the place 🤨

[@tanaflameheart8883]

ight oki i enjoyed zoom also thats his brother turned evil from experiments infact the whole team had them done even zoom... yes i know the entire movie by heart sue me.

[@presterjohn71]

Loved Suicide Squad that really should have been a hit. Shazam was my big disappointment. I had a lot of goodwill towards that movie after my family and I really enjoyed the first film. It was a total turdfest from start to finish. The kids were all mostly adults now and yet for some reason when in superhero mode they behaved like nine-year-olds. It just made no sense. Once Covid screwed the schedule up they should have abandoned the family and done a solo film with Shazam acting with at least the same level of maturity as Peter Parker who is actually younger than Bill Batson.

[@sadie9728]

You were showing the wrong Suicide Squad 🤦‍♀️

[@jussikankinen9409]

X men phoenix Budget $200 million[3][1][4] Box office $252.4 million[1] If marketing cost 150 million maybe less marketing

[@Zombiesnyder13]

For better or for worse I'll always prefer the X-Men over the MCU Because even the bad movies have something good to offer Something better than the MCU

[@marlonclark1896]

whatever

[@cganimefan1267]

I like X-Men more than the MCU, too.

[@student7052]

The Suicide Squad flop because of a costume, image problem. NO one complain about the looks of a few of the members ? The dot guy, even a clown suit looks better. His outfit is chaotic and loud. His power was great. The rat lady has a rat problem. No one complains of the rats ? They would be more appealing if white instead of the gray.

[@futureshockxl]

You forgot The Mask 2.

[@slickrick646]

Blankman really shouldn't be on the list. It was more of a spoof movie like most of the Waynes family movies