action point – Moviefone Editorial

Audiences can be a fickle bunch, but it’s not always their fault.

Sometimes the timing of a film’s release is wrong, or lands at a moment where people fail to see it. Sometimes the marketing of a movie misses its mark and fails to connect. Sometimes reviews reinforce moviegoer skepticism and they decide to stay away. But sometimes, a movie is just bad, and no silk hat is going to make that pig any prettier. But that doesn’t mean those movies aren’t good — or even great. In many cases, it merely means that their time to shine is yet to come – be it internationally, on home video, or on streaming services.

As we assemble a list of the year’s biggest box office flops, look at the titles below as a reminder to support the films and filmmakers you love so they get to make more of them and continue to explore the cinematic universes that become indelible parts of popular culture now and in the future.

“A Wrinkle in Time”