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Now it's a classic, but Fight Club initially flopped at the box office Alamy
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Quiz: How well do you know these box office flops?

The rebooted Supergirl movie is out this week, and they’ll be hoping for a better box office than its predecessor
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THE NEW SUPERGIRL movie is out this week starring House of the Dragon alum Milly Alcock.

Alcock and the rest of those who worked on the movie will be hoping is not a repeat of the Supergirl from 1984 which has a woeful 19% on Rotten Tomatos and was a box office bomb making just $14.3 million (€12.29 million) in North America.

To celebrate the release of the new movie, we have decided to test your knowledge of some of the biggest box office bombs of all time.

How well do you know them? 

The 2019 movie adaptation of the Cats musical lost roughly $71m at the box office. Which famous pop star played Bombalurina in the film?
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Lady Gaga
Taylor Swift

Madonna
Ariana Grande
The 2019 X-Men spinoff Dark Phoenix lost $133m on its huge budget. What prequel film re-launched the franchise in 2011?
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X-Men: Days of Future Past
X-Men: The Last Stand

Wolverine
X-Men: First Class
Steve Carrell's Evan Almightly failed to perform at the box office like it's predecessor Bruce Almighty, despite having double the budget. The plot of the film is a modern day version of which biblical figure's story?
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Noah
Moses

Jesus
God
1980's Heaven's Gate is one of the biggesty flops of all time making $3.5m million against its $44m budget. Which Oscar winner directed the film?
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Dustin Hoffman
Christopher Walkin

Michael Cimino
Jeff Bridges
The Disney animated movie Treasure Planet lost about 85m dollars at the box office. What year was it released?
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1999
2002

2006
2009
The Bennifer crime/romance movie Gigli lost $72m and is regarded as one of the worst films ever made. True or False: It's Oscar-nominated director Martin Brest never made another movie.
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True
False
Universal pictuires lost 150m on 2012's Battleship. It also marked Rihanna's acting debut. What award did she win for her performance?
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An Oscar
A Golden Globe

A Razzie
All of the awards and they made up new ones just for her
The Lone Ranger was another massive flop for Disney losing between $160–190m. What is the real name of the titual character?
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John Reid
Ethan Edwards

Josey Wales
Arthur Morgan
Tomorrowland lost between $120–150m back in 2015. Who plays the film's antagonist David Nix (not pictured)?
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Hugh Grant
Hugh Laurie

Gary Oldman
Ralph Fiennes
Though it's now a classic, Fight Club was a disappointment at the US box office back in 1999. What is the first rule of Fight Club?
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Tell all your friends
Invite all your friends

Bring snacks
Don't talk about fight club
Answer all the questions to see your result!
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Turtle-y awful
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What are ewe doing? Baaaad
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Clever cat
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Fin-flipping-tastic
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Top dog
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