Movies that already bombed in 2020

Sometimes a film just doesn’t land, even when it has its defenders. That was the case with Underwater, the Kristen Stewart-led sci-fi horror film that was presented as a kind of creature feature throwback movie in the vein of films like Alien and The Abyss. The film arrived at a slow time for films anyway, in early January, and while it certainly had its fair share of critical fans early on, it garnered mixed reviews. Then, audiences just didn’t seem to want to show up, and a C CinemaScore on opening weekend didn’t help with that.

Underwater picked up just $7 million its opening weekend domestically on its way to an eventual domestic total of $17.2 million. The film did better internationally, grossing $23.5 million in various territories around the world. The eventual total, as of this writing, is just shy of $41 million. A lot of moderately priced horror films would love to have a worldwide total like that, but Underwater wasn’t moderately priced. Its reported budget was closer to $60 million thanks to its effects-heavy production, and that meant the box office was significantly underwhelming.

Written by: Looper