When people look back at the modern era of moviemaking, Geroge Clooney will be one of the stars who stand out the most. After all, Clooney has starred in several films that made loads of money at the box office. More importantly than that, many of Clooney’s movies have been absolutely beloved by his legions of highly devoted fans.
Given all of the great movies that George Clooney has made, some people may think that the famous actor has the Midas touch. On the one hand, that is a great thing as focusing on all of the many highlights of Clooney’s career is a great way to honor all that he has accomplished. On the other hand, there is no doubt that when it comes to Clooney’s movies that have flopped, they have lost a startling amount of money for the major film studios.
7 How Much Money Did George Clooney’s Leatherheads Lose?
As a director, George Clooney has been able to bring his passion projects to life. Unfortunately for him, however, the movies Clooney has directed mostly haven’t hit the mark with wide audiences. For example, even though Leatherheads has its fans, there simply weren’t enough of them for it to make money for Universal Pictures. After all, the studio spent $58 million getting the movie made and it only brought in $41 million at the worldwide box office. On the bright side, at least Clooney hasn’t been attacked while making a film like the time he got into a “tussle” with the director of a film he starred in.
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5 How Much Did George Clooney’s Solaris Lose?
In 2002, George Clooney starred in Solaris, a movie based on Stanisław Lem’s science fiction novel that was previously adapted into an acclaimed Soviet film that was released in 1972. Unfortunately for Clooney’s film, it is overshadowed by the far superior Soviet film. On top of that, even though Clooney’s Solaris was directed by Steven Soderbergh and produced by James Cameron and Jon Landau, it lost a lot of money. After all, Solaris was produced for $47 million and it grossed $30 million at the box office. When you factor in the money spent on its promotion, the film lost 20th Century Fox some serious cash.
4 How Much Money Did George Clooney’s Welcome to Collinwood Lose?
When looking at George Clooney’s filmography, most of his fans will have no idea what Welcome to Collinwood is. After all, the 2002 comedy was largely ignored when it was in theaters and since then, the movie has been all but forgotten. While some people may not have blamed Clooney for the film’s failure at the time since he only played a supporting role in the film, he worked on the movie behind the scenes too. After all, Clooney produced Welcome to Collinwood as well. Filmed for $12 million according to IMDb, Welcome to Collinwood brought in just over $4 million at the worldwide box office.
3 How Much Money Did George Clooney’s The Midnight Sky Lose?
Before the movie’s 2020 release, the Midnight Sky was produced with a $100 million budget according to Indie Wire. Despite that, The Midnight Sky didn’t even gross $75,000 at the worldwide box office. That said, The Midnight Sky was produced in cooperation with Netflix so it was never expected to bring in a lot of money at the box office. Unfortunately for Clooney and Netflix, however, virtually nobody seemed to take notice when The Midnight Sky was released on the streaming service. Based on that, there is no way the movie attracted enough new Netflix users to make money. However, the exact amount of money that The Midnight Sky lost for Netflix isn’t clear at this point and almost int and almost certainly never will be.
2 How Much Money Did George Clooney’s Suburbicon Lose?
Another movie that George Clooney produced and directed that flopped, when it comes to Suburbicon he didn’t appear on camera at least. Despite that, Suburbicon’s trailers loudly trumpeted Clooney’s involvement in the film’s production and he is the one who shepherded it into existence. With that in mind, there is little doubt the film’s failure can be blamed on Clooney at least on some level. Produced with a $25 million budget, Suburbicon made just over $12.7 million at the worldwide box office.
1 How Much Money Did The Good German Lose?
Over the years, Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney have made several successful films together. However, when it comes to 2006’s The Good German, the movie was such a massive failure that it must have shocked the duo completely. After all, on top of Clooney taking the lead role in the film, The Good German also starred Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire, and Beau Bridges. Despite the star-studded cast and director, The Good German made just under $6 million at the worldwide box office but it cost $32 million to produce. On top of that, the film cost even more money to promote.
