13 of the biggest movie flops of 2018 that failed dramatically at the box office

Worldwide box office: $132 million

Estimated production budget: $100 million (source: The Hollywood Reporter)

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 42%

Disney ruled the box office in 2018 with movies like "Black Panther," "Avengers: Infinity War," and "Incredibles 2." But not everything it released was a wild success. The first disappointment was with Ava DuVernay's Disney adaptation of the fantasy novel "A Wrinkle in Time," which made just $132 million worldwide. Only $32 million of that came from international box office.

Worldwide box office: $392 million

Estimated production budget: $250 million (source: Variety)

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 70%

"Solo" is in the top 10 of the highest-grossing movies of the year in the US. But it's still a major disappointment by "Star Wars" standards, and is the first movie during the Disney era of the franchise to likely lose money. After a troubled production in which Ron Howard replaced fired directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller, "Solo" didn't even crack $400 million worldwide. Every other Disney "Star Wars" movie has grossed over $1 billion.

Worldwide box office: $2.2 million

Estimated production budget: N/A

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 8%

Kevin Spacey's new movie made only $126 on its opening day in August, with just six people seeing it per theater in its first weekend. It barely made over $600 for its opening weekend. The movie went on to earn only $1,300 in the US, and $2.2 million internationally.

Worldwide box office: $27 million

Estimated production budget: $40 million

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 23%

This raunchy puppet movie starring Melissa McCarthy made only $27 million worldwide with a production budget of $40 million.

Worldwide box office: $5.8 million

Acquistion deal: $10 million (source: Deadline)

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 14%

Amazon's "Life Itself," directed by "This Is Us" creator Dan Fogelman, had one of Amazon's widest releases ever when it opened in November, but it failed to generate an audience. It earned $2.1 million in its opening weekend, which was the worst opening for a movie this year released in over 2,500 theaters. It went on to gross $4 million in the US, and $5.8 million worldwide. Amazon paid $10 million for the US rights to the movie, according to Deadline.

Worldwide box office: $252,000

Estimated production budget: $8 million (source: Variety)

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 0%

Amber Heard's latest movie, "Aquaman," is making a huge splash at the box office. But another movie she starred in earlier this year, "London Fields," barely made a blip. It had one of the worst openings of all time for a movie opening wide on 600 screens or more, and only made $252,000 total at the box office.

Worldwide box office: $166 million

Estimated production budget: $120 million

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 34%

Disney's live-action take on "The Nutcracker" made $166 million worldwide with a $120 million production budget. That's not great by Disney standards. They can't all be "Beauty and the Beast."

Worldwide box office: $34 million

Estimated production budget: $43 million

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 41%

Claire Foy won an Emmy this year for her performance in Netflix's "The Crown." But on the big screen, her year wasn't great. Three movies Foy starred in — "Unsane" (March 23), "First Man" (October 12), and "The Girl in the Spider's Web" (November 9) — all underperformed. "The Girl in the Spider's Web," the reboot/sequel of David Fincher's "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," is the biggest disappointment of them all: it made $34 million worldwide, and had a production budget of $43 million.

Worldwide box office: $73 million

Estimated production budget: $100 million

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 16%

The latest iteration of "Robin Hood," starring Taron Egerton, was the biggest box-office bomb of the year when it was released. It made just $14 million in its first, five-day Thanksgiving weekend, the worst opening of the year at the time for a movie with a budget over $90 million. "Robin Hood" cost $100 million to make, but has made only $73 million at the box office ($30 million of which came from the US).

Worldwide box office (so far): $55 million

Estimated production budget: $100 million

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 27%

It didn't take long for "Robin Hood" to be dethroned as the biggest big-budget bomb of the year. After an awful domestic opening weekend of $7.5 million, "Mortal Engines" was estimated to lose the studio Universal over $100 million, according to Deadline. The movie, produced by "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson, has made just $13 million in the US and $55 million worldwide since opening two weeks ago, and was made for $100 million.

Worldwide box office (so far): $4.8 million

Estimated production budget: $39 million

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 26%

Director Robert Zemeckis has made three bombs in a row with "The Walk" (2015), "Allied" (2016), and now "Welcome to Marwen," which had the worst opening weekend of the year for a major studio with $2.35 million domestically. That was two back-to-back flops for Universal following "Mortal Engines." The movie has made almost $5 million in the US, and had a production budget of $39 million.

Worldwide box office (so far): $12 million

Estimated production budget: $42 million

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 7%

The comedy that reunites Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly is fading fast at the box office, according to Exhibitor Relations. The movie has grossed $12 million in three days and was made for $42 million. With one of the worst Rotten Tomatoes critic scores of the year, it will likely end the year as another huge flop.

"Widows," "First Man," and "The Frontrunner" are a few of the major Oscar hopefuls that won't get a bump from their box-office success. All three disappointed at the box office. As Business Insider's Jason Guerrasio reported, the highest theater count the studio Columbia gave "The Frontrunner," starring Hugh Jackman, was 800 screens. "Widows" failed to find a large audience despite an all-star cast and awards conversation, and box-office experts told Business Insider it was because of poor marketing and an inconvenient release date. And Damien Chazelle's "La La Land" follow up, "First Man," also failed to generate excitement among moviegoers. They weren't total disasters, but any chance they have at the Oscars won't be helped by underwhelming box office, either.