If Spider-Man No Way Home, Fast and Furious 9 or Dying can wait helped revive the cinema industry in 2021, some films have failed to find their audience. A look back at the 12 biggest box office failures of the year.
From Fast and Furious 9 to Spider-Man No Way Home, Dying Can Wait, Encanto or Conjuring 3, the year 2021 has been synonymous with recovery for the film industry thanks to the success of these films. However, at the global level, all was not so rosy. Some long-awaited feature films have experienced a bitter failure at the box office.
In the 12 biggest flops of the year, several films are stamped Warner. The studio having decided to release its works simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max in 2021, it is not very surprising to see that certain feature films have suffered from this position.
THE 12 BIGGEST FAILURES OF THE YEAR
TRAVELERS
Vlad Cioplea
The story follows a group of young people who are as brilliant as they are disciplined. They board a ship as part of an expedition to colonize a distant planet, in order to save the human race. But the discovery of disturbing details about the mission will challenge their training and cause them to question their most primitive instincts. Life on board then turns into chaos, and they are in turn consumed by fear, lust, and an insatiable thirst for power.
MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK
Warner
We follow the adventures of Tony Soprano before he became a crime legend. The latter made his scales with his uncle, Dickie Moltisanti. In an explosive context of gang warfare, this intractable godfather opened the doors of the mafia to his nephew.
REMINISCENCE
Warner
A private investigator, Nick Bannister, is hired by clients to find their precious memories. During his last affair, he falls madly in love with his client. When he disappears, the detective is distraught and sets out to find him. He then finds himself lost in a time loop and discovers aspects of his personality that he did not know before.
CRY MACHO
Warner
He is entrusted with a seemingly impossible mission: to go to Mexico to find a turbulent teenager and bring him to Texas. To do this, he will have to face the Mexican underworld, the police and his own past.
WEST SIDE STORY
Walt Disney France
In the end, the feature film earned a small 27 million dollars in worldwide revenue. A bitter failure for the director of Jurassic Park. The film tells the legendary story of a budding love against the backdrop of brawls between rival gangs in 1957 New York.
CHAOS WALKING
Metropolitan FilmExport
Todd Hewitt’s world is inhabited only by men, and all are subject to the Noise, a mysterious force that reveals their thoughts and allows everyone to know those of others. When a young woman, Viola, crash-lands on this planet, she finds herself in great danger. Todd swears to protect her, but to succeed he will have to reveal his inner strength and unravel the dark secrets that suffocate his world…
THE WILLIAMS METHOD
Warner
He had no experience in the sport, but when his daughters turned four, he drew up a 78-page plan outlining how to train future champions. The Williams sisters went on to become two of the greatest players in tennis history. Serena is arguably the best tennis player of all time, with 23 Grand Slam victories. Venus Williams has won seven Grand Slam titles.
THE LAST DUEL
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Carrouges is a respected knight, known for his bravery and skill on the battlefield. Le Gris was a Norman squire whose intelligence and eloquence made him one of the most admired nobles at court. When Marguerite, Carrouges’ wife, is violently assaulted by Le Gris – an accusation he denies – she refuses to remain silent, not hesitating to denounce her attacker and impose herself in an act of bravery and defiance. which puts his life in danger. The ensuing ordeal of combat – a grueling duel to the death – places the destiny of each of them in God’s hands.
RESIDENT EVIL WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY
2021 Constantin Film Verleih GmbH
However, this feature film benefited from a smaller budget, estimated at 25 million. Once the booming headquarters of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a city in agony. The exodus of society has left the city a wasteland… and a great evil is brewing beneath the surface. When it is unleashed, the townspeople are forever…changed…and a small group of survivors must work together to uncover the truth about Umbrella and survive the night.
SNAKE EYES
Paramount Pictures Germany
The story follows Snake Eyes, a brave and lonely man, welcomed into the ancient Japanese clan of the Arashikage after saving the life of their heir. The clan makes him a great warrior, while offering him what he has long dreamed of: a home. But some secrets from his past resurface and Snake Eyes, if he wants to keep the trust of those who are now his relatives, will have to test his honor and his loyalty to the clan.
MATRIX RESURRECTIONS
Warner
To know for certain whether his own reality is a physical or mental construct, and to truly know himself, Mr. Anderson will once again have to follow the White Rabbit. And if Thomas…Neo…has learned anything, it’s that such a decision, albeit an illusion, is the only way to exit the Matrix – or enter it… Of course. , Neo already knows what he has to do. What he doesn’t know, however, is that the Matrix is more powerful, more secure, and more fearsome than ever. Like a deja vu.
THE SUICIDE SQUAD
Warner
Traversing a jungle teeming with adversaries and guerrillas at every turn, the Squad is launched on a search-and-destroy mission, with only Colonel Rick Flag to mentor them in the field…and government technology at their ears. , so Amanda Waller can track their every move. As always, one misstep means death (whether at the hands of their opponents, a teammate, or Waller herself). If someone wants to bet, it is better to bet against them – and against all of them.