Top 10 Movies that Were Doomed to Fail

These are the movies that were doomed long before they ever hit theaters, whether it is due to problems behind the scenes, adaptations from beloved franchises, remakes that no one asked for, or films that audiences had no interest in from the start.

The Top Ten

  1. The Emoji Movie

    As soon as the words 'Emoji' and 'movie' were put in the same sentence, it was already a sign that this movie would fail. Everyone knew that this movie was going to fail, and indeed, it failed spectacularly.

  2. Jack and Jill

    This movie was doomed by the mere fact that it not only stars Adam Sandler, whose movie career has been in the toilet for the last couple of years, but it also features Adam Sandler in drag as his own twin sister. One Adam Sandler character is bad enough, but to feature two in one movie - now that's torture.

    They ruined the nursery rhyme!

  3. Super Mario Bros.

    It was the very first movie based on a video game to be adapted into a live-action movie. As soon as people saw that it resembled nothing like the video game it was based on, they knew this movie would fail. Moreover, production was a complete nightmare. Bob Hopkins, John Leguizamo, and Dennis Hopper all expressed their dislike for working on the movie. Hopkins and Leguizamo even mentioned that they were constantly drunk during filming to make the experience more tolerable.

  4. Dragon Ball: Evolution

    Hollywood really needs to stop adapting beloved anime series into live-action movies. They just can never seem to get it right.

    All you get is attractive Goku and pretty girls Bulma and Chi-Chi, and some karate.

  5. The Mummy (2017)

  6. The Last Airbender

  7. Suicide Squad

  8. Ghostbusters (2016)

    As soon as it was announced that they were rebooting Ghostbusters with an all-female lead cast, people immediately hated it and assumed it would be terrible. When they finally saw the movie, it was still disappointing, though you really can't blame the cast as they were literally given nothing to work with.

    Do I even need to explain why this movie sucks?

  9. Psycho (1998)

  10. Son of the Mask

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    The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

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    Cats

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  13. Death Note (2017)

    We all have to accept the sad fact that Hollywood will never make a decent live-action movie based on a beloved anime series. This film adaptation of the amazing Death Note anime is just downright insulting.

    This is one of the worst live-action anime remakes of all time!

  14. Cool World

    The movie had a lot of problems during production. Ralph Bakshi had pitched the idea to Paramount Pictures and had a completely different vision for the movie than the one we actually saw. Thanks to interference from the studio, Ralph was not too happy with all the changes that were made.

    I noticed that. This is why executive meddling is detrimental and why preferring to use original ideas is much better. I wouldn't want anyone taking away my creativity if I were to make something, that's for sure.

  15. Foodfight!

    There were so many problems behind the scenes that it was destined to fail.

  16. From Justin to Kelly

  17. Kazaam

  18. Bratz

  19. Speed 2: Cruise Control

  20. Battleship

  21. Basic Instinct 2

  22. Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd

  23. Cop Out

    Kevin Smith had always wanted to work with Bruce Willis. Unfortunately, he quickly found out how difficult Willis was to work with, such that filming became a nightmare.

  24. High School Musical 4: East Meets West

  25. The Hottie and the Nottie

  26. Rough Night

  27. Sonic the Hedgehog (2019)

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