06. Joe Wright
★Box office fiasco: "Peter Pan: A Dream Set Sail"
▸ Global Box Office: $128 million USD
▸ Investment budget: $150 million USD
British director Joe Wright, the most popular in the early days The well-received masterpieces, "Pride and Prejudice", "Atonement", "Anna Karenina" and "Hannah" have won the attention of many awards. In 2017, he directed the war biopic "The Darkest Hour", helping Gary Oldman realize his dream of an Oscar winner for many years. In 2015, Warner Bros. asked Joe Wright to direct the fantasy adventure film "Peter Pan: The Dream Set Sail", but he was unwelcome. Rotten Tomatoes had a freshness of 27%, a Metacritic media score of 36, and an IMDb score of 5.8. Word-of-mouth affects the box office, and a budget of US$150 million was invested. As a result, only US$128 million was exchanged for the global box office. As for the loss, it is visible to the naked eye.
05. Michael Mann
★The box office fiasco: "Hackers"
▸ Global box office: $19.65 million
▸ Budget: $70 million
Michael Mann, his most appreciated masterpiece is "The Wire", This is his masterpiece. Of course, there is no shortage of classics, such as Tom Cruise's crime film "Sunset Killing", Johnny Depp's gangster film "Public Enemy", and Gong Li's crime film "Miami Storm". In 2015, Michael Mann personally wrote the action-thriller suspense film "Clash of Hackers", not only found "Thor" Chris Hemsworth to join, but also invited Tang Wei and Wang Leehom to help. Regrettably, word-of-mouth hit the street. The freshness of rotten tomatoes was 31%. The Metacritic media scored 49 points, which led to the loss of money. The investment budget was 70 million US dollars. As a result, the global box office was only 19.65 million US dollars. This box office bomb scared Michael Mann so far he dared not make a new film.
04. Brian Singer
★The box office fiasco: "Jack the Giant Catcher"
▸ Global box office: $197.1 million
▸ Budget: $195 million
Brian Singer, his most acclaimed masterpiece is " "Ordinary Suspects" won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. He also directed the "X-Men" duo and "Superman Returns", which were widely loved by audiences. Beginning in 2011, a new trilogy of "X-Men" has been created: "X-Men: First Class", "X-Men: Reverse the Future", and "X-Men: Apocalypse", winning both box office and word of mouth. In 2013, Warner Bros. invested US$200 million in the fantasy adventure film "Jack the Giant Catcher" for Brian Singer. The freshness of Rotten Tomatoes was 52%, and the Metacritic media score was 51. The reputation was polarized. The final global box office revenue was only US$197.1 million. , Causing Legendary Pictures to lose between 125 million and 140 million US dollars.
03. Brad Bird
★Box office fiasco: "Tomorrow"
▸ Global box office: $209.1 million
▸ Budget: $190 million
Brad Bird, an early Pixar animation director, representative work There are two series of "Ratatouille" and "The Incredibles". Among them, the 2004 "The Incredibles" and the 2007 "The Ratatouille" won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film twice. In 2019, "The Incredibles 2" swept the global box office of US$1.242 billion with a budget of US$200 million and achieved great commercial success. He once transformed in 2011 and directed the live-action movie "Mission Impossible 4" for the first time. It was a win-win for word of mouth and box office. With a budget of US$145 million, he won back US$694 million in the global box office and won praise from people. At the same time, it also won the trust of Disney and invested 190 million US dollars to shoot him the sci-fi suspense adventure film "Tomorrowland". Unfortunately, the reputation was messed up. The freshness of rotten tomatoes was 50%. Metacritic mediaWith a score of 60 and an IMDb score of 6.5, the box office collapsed. The global box office revenue was only US$209 million. According to reports, the film cost Disney between 120 million and 140 million US dollars, becoming another loss-making Disney movie after "Alien Battlefield" and "The Lone Ranger".
02. Peter Jackson
★The box office fiasco: "Lovely Bones"
▸ Global box office: $93.62 million
▸ Budget: $65 million
New Zealand director Peter Jackson, famous internationally, is "The Lord of the Rings" Trilogy, "The Hobbit" trilogy,. With 13 films, his global box office totaled more than 6.572 billion US dollars. The world's top grossing directors ranked second, second only to tens of billions of dollars director Steven Spielberg. It is estimated that it is difficult for a director to exceed his level and artistic conception for the big magical epic films he made. After directing "King Kong", in 2009 Peter Jackson directed the supernatural film "Lovely Bones", adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name. The film has a budget of 65 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office only earned 93.62 million U.S. dollars. This can be regarded as Peter Jackson's perfect business road, a detour.
01. Steven Spielberg
★Box office fiasco: "Dream Giant"
▸ Global box office: $183.3 million
▸ Budget: $140 million
Steven Spielberg, he is Hollywood The director’s representative, regardless of artistic value or commercial value, have achieved great success. He is hailed as the most authoritative and influential figure in the film industry by authoritative magazines. Having been in the film for more than 40 years, he has directed more than 30 films, and the global box office has exceeded $10.541 billion. He is the first person in film history to exceed $10 billion in gross box office and the highest grossing director in the world. He directed "Jaws", "ET Alien" and "Jurassic Park" are all global box office champions at the time. His top-selling work is "Jurassic Park" at $1.029 billion, followed by "Alien ET" at $793 million, and the third place is "Indiana Jones 4" at $786 million. Over the years, the old man has been as stable as ever. Basically every movie has a good box office.
However, the luck of the old man is not so good. In 2016, the fantasy adventure film "Dream Giant", "Rotten Tomatoes" was 75% fresh, "Metacritic" scored 72 points in the media synthesis, IMDb scored 6.9, most of the positive reviews, but the box office However, the investment budget was $140 million, and the final global box office was only $183.3 million. Never expected it.
