15 Movies And Shows (That Started Out As Flops)

We often see success as a bolt of lightning striking all at once, out of the blue. However, it behaves more like a flower in most situations, gently growing up until it blossoms one day. Just ask the people who created these pop cultural icons. They had a wide range of emotions, from "meh" to "boo," but now everyone knows and loves them. Consider that as you continue to market your swashbuckling robot trilogy. You might get to sniff the blossom of success as well one day!

When it comes to new film releases, many people look to the theaters to see if they were a success. A film is termed a box office hit as well as a failure if it starts breaking even by a significant margin when it is initially released in theaters. Although it's commonly known that films that fail to generate a profit are labeled as box office failures, the list doesn't stop there.

These now-classic films were disregarded, neglected, and under appreciated when they first came out, yet their alarmingly low box office statistics were eventually consigned to historical afterthought status.