20 Terrible Movies That Cost Way Too Much Money to Make
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When you think about bad movies, a lot of what we experience as a lack of quality is basically a lack of money. Actors who can recite lines like a human, let alone play a character with inner conflict and nuance, are expensive, and so are competent directors and literate screenwriters. Don’t even ask about special effects beyond cleverly-hoisted bedsheets. Sure, there are good low-budget movies out there, but that’s usually because an unknown genius took an insane personal gamble, and a lot of people mistakenly think they’re unknown geniuses.
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So when a blockbuster also turns out to be a butt-buster, it’s all the more offensive. For hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars, filmmakers have no excuse to drop a turd on an unsuspecting populace. And yet, when user Civil_Cockroach_726 asked r/AskReddit, “What is the worst high-budget movie of all time?” Reddit had no problem remembering the cinematic experiences that left them tallying up all the better things that money could have been spent on.
Catwoman
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/4/4/1/1040441.jpg)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/4/4/0/1040440.jpg)
The Mummy
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/4/3/9/1040439.jpg)
The Happening
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/4/3/8/1040438.jpg)
Dark Phoenix
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/4/3/7/1040437.jpg)
The Last Airbender
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/4/3/6/1040436.jpg)
Avatar
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/4/3/5/1040435.jpg)
Wonder Woman 1984
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/4/3/4/1040434.jpg)
Moonfall
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/4/3/3/1040433.jpg)
Fast X
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/4/3/2/1040432.jpg)
Alien 3
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/4/3/1/1040431.jpg)
The Dark Tower
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/4/3/0/1040430.jpg)
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/4/2/9/1040429.jpg)
Foodfight!
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/4/2/8/1040428.jpg)
Bright
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/4/2/7/1040427.jpg)
Leonard Part 6
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/4/1/1/1040411.jpg)
Jupiter Ascending
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/3/9/8/1040398.jpg)
Ishtar
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/3/9/7/1040397.jpg)
Cats
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/3/9/6/1040396.jpg)
Pearl Harbor
![](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/3/9/5/1040395.jpg)