Donnie Darko (2001)
North American Box Office Totals: $352,411
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Poll: 2000s Exploding Domestic Box Office Movie Duds
If you are an American or Canadian and saw any of these great films: You probably didn't see these films in a movie theater, as hardly anybody did. But, you likely regard them to be good enough to be worthy of the price of admission, based on your collective IMDb ratings.
When "bad" movies go onto break a $100 million or more in domestic box office receipts regularly, it is hard to fathom how these "good" films couldn't do at least a meager $2.5 million in domestic box office receipts. Despite their poor results, every one of these movies eventually found a HUGE audience. They achieved wide spread viewership through VOD, pay TV, cable TV, broadcast TV, Blu-ray/DVD/VHS, media streaming services or another type of screening. Nonetheless, you are probably like me, scratching your head and wondering why these films didn't do better at the box office.
Which of these 2000s movies*, that produced relatively meager North American ticket sales, but went on to be widely seen anyways, is your favorite of the decade? * 90,000+ IMDb votes, < $2.5m Domestic USA-Canada box office, 6.5+ IMDb user rated
Vote in the companion poll: 2010s Exploding Box Office Movie Duds
Make Your Choice
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Battle Royale (2000)
North American Box Office Totals: Negligible Festival or Limited Run Box Office -
The Machinist (2004)
North American Box Office Totals: $1,082,044 -
Oldboy (2003)
North American Box Office Totals: $707,391 -
Layer Cake (2004)
North American Box Office Totals: $2,339,957 -
Like Stars on Earth (2007)
North American Box Office Totals: $1,223,869 -
Equilibrium (2002)
North American Box Office Totals: $1,203,794 -
Infernal Affairs (2002)
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Hard Candy (2005)
North American Box Office Totals: $1,007,962 -
Mary and Max (2009)
North American Box Office Totals: Negligible Festival or Limited Run Box Office -
Ip Man (2008)
North American Box Office Totals: Negligible Festival or Limited Run Box Office -
Mr. Nobody (2009)
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This Is England (2006)
North American Box Office Totals: $329,379 -
REC (2007)
North American Box Office Totals: Negligible Festival or Limited Run Box Office -
Bronson (2008)
North American Box Office Totals: $104,979 -
Let the Right One In (2008)
North American Box Office Totals: $2,122,065 -
The Man from Earth (2007)
North American Box Office Totals: Negligible Festival or Limited Run Box Office -
Green Street Hooligans (2005)
North American Box Office Totals: $346,830 -
Idiocracy (2006)
North American Box Office Totals: $444,093 -
Irreversible (2002)
North American Box Office Totals: $790,925 -
Antichrist (2009)
North American Box Office Totals: $404,122 -
Dogville (2003)
North American Box Office Totals: $1,535,286 -
Brick (2005)
North American Box Office Totals: $2,075,743 -
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
North American Box Office Totals: $2,223,293 -
The Fall (2006)
North American Box Office Totals: $2,260,557 -
Elite Squad (2007)
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Memories of Murder (2003)
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Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
North American Box Office Totals: $909,043 -
Primer (2004)
North American Box Office Totals: $424,760 -
Rang De Basanti (2006)
North American Box Office Totals: $2,197,694 -
The Host (2006)
North American Box Office Totals: $2,201,923added 04 December 2019
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A Prophet (2009)
North American Box Office Totals: $2,087,720added 04 December 2019
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Funny Games (2007)
North American Box Office Totals: $1,294,919added 14 April 2021
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I Love You Phillip Morris (2009)
North American Box Office Totals: $2,037,459added 14 April 2021
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Swades (2004)
Another 2000s Exploding Box Office Duds Not ListedChoosing From Among These Not Listed 2000's Duds: Swades (2004) $1,223,240, Triangle (2009) Negligible Festival or Limited Run Box Office, Dogtooth (2009) $110,248, and The Experiment (2001) $144,634
Pictured Example: Swades (2004) North American Box Office Totals: $1,223,240
added 01 February 2023
