Back قنبلة شباك التذاكر Arabic Kassada müvəffəqiyyətsizlik Azerbaijani بۆمبی بۆکس ئۆفیس CKB Flop (Film) German Εισπρακτική αποτυχία Greek Fracaso de taquilla Spanish بمب گیشه Persian Échec cinématographique French Box office bomb ID Flop Italian
A box-office bomb, box-office flop, box-office failure, or box-office disaster is a film that is unprofitable or considered highly unsuccessful during its theatrical run. Although any film for which the production budget, marketing, and distribution costs combined exceed the revenue after release has technically "bombed", the term is more frequently used for major studio releases which were highly anticipated, extensively marketed, and expensive to produce, and ultimately failed commercially.[1][2] Originally a "bomb" had the opposite meaning and referred to a successful film i.e. a bomb "explodes" at the box office and is successful, and continued to be used in that way in the United Kingdom into the 1970s.[3]
- ^ "Greatest Box-Office Bombs, Disasters and Flops". Filmsite.org. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
- ^ "The 15 Biggest Box Office Bombs". CNBC.com. August 23, 2010. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
- ^ Pitman, Jack (April 29, 1970). "English as British Speak It". Variety. p. 172. Retrieved June 15, 2024 – via Internet Archive.