IndieWire found that only 1 out of 10 blockbusters in 2023 paid off at the box office (11 photos)

"Barbie" and "Oppenheimer". These are the two main superhits of 2023, which between them have collected two and a half billion at the box office. Great, cool, but... that's all? Was no one able to compete with them this year? This question was answered by IndieWire. Journalists found that only 1 out of 10 blockbusters in 2023 paid off at the box office. The remaining big-budget films brought losses to their studios. Both tolerable and catastrophic. Well, let's see who has already failed and who is facing inevitable failure.

And let us remind you once again what a “failure” of a film at the box office means. To be financially successful, a film needs to gross three times its budget. In the case of "Fast and the Furious", the fees had to be a little more than a billion dollars to break even.

Fast and Furious 10 - failed





Budget: $340 million

Box office: $714 million

Indiana Jones and the Wheel of Fate - failed



Budget: $300 million

Box office: $384 million

The Little Mermaid - failed





Budget: $297 million

Box office: $570 million

Flash - failed



Budget: $220 million

Box office: $271 million

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantomania failed



Budget: $200 million

Box office: $476 million

Elementary - failed



Budget: $200 million

Box office: $496 million

Mission Impossible: Deadly Reckoning. Part one - failed



Budget: $291 million

Box office: $568 million

Transformers: Rise of the Beast Boys - failed



Budget: $200 million

Box office: $439 million

Captain Marvel 2 will definitely fail



Budget: $220 million

Box office (so far): $188 million

Experts predict that the gross will be about 220 million, just recouping the film’s budget.

Flower Moon Killers are sure to fail



Budget: $200 million

Box office (so far): $151 million

According to forecasts, the film will collect just a little more - up to 160 million. This amount will not even cover the budget.

Guardians of the Galaxy. Part 3 - paid off



Budget: $250 million

Box office: $845 million

Here's our big budget winner! It's surprising that this film was made by a representative of the struggling Marvel studio.

Also this year, we will see three more budget heavyweights: Disney's Cherished Wish, Ridley Scott's Napoleon (both with a budget of $200 million) and the superhero Aquaman 2 ($205 million). The first two have just been released, and Aquaman will be released worldwide on December 22. Let's see if any of them join the Guardians of the Galaxy.