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Poll: 2010s 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 2010s 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: 2000s Exploding Box Office Movie Duds
Make Your Choice
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The Hunt (2012)
North American Box Office Totals: $610,968 -
Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)
North American Box Office Totals: $223,838 -
Buried (2010)
North American Box Office Totals: $1,044,143 -
Bright (2017)
North American Box Office Totals: $* Unreported Negligible Oscar Qualifying iPic Theaters Limited Box Office Run for Netflix Tentpole Streaming Title. -
Locke (2013)
North American Box Office Totals: $1,375,769 -
I Origins (2014)
North American Box Office Totals: $336,472 -
Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)
North American Box Office Totals: $2,199,787 -
Legend (2015)
North American Box Office Totals: $1,872,994 -
Get the Gringo (2012)
North American Box Office Totals: $* Unreported Negligible Ten City Limited Box Office Run with Simultaneous DirectTV Video On Demand Release. -
The Babadook (2014)
North American Box Office Totals: $950,792 -
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
North American Box Office Totals: $1,736,116 -
Enemy (2013)
North American Box Office Totals: $1,008,726 -
Never Let Me Go (2010)
North American Box Office Totals: $2,419,730 -
Roma (2018)
North American Box Office Totals: $* Unreported Negligible Oscar Qualifying iPic Theaters Limited Box Office Run for Netflix Tentpole Streaming Title. Oscar Best Picture Showcase boycott by AMC, Regal Cinemas and Cinemark theater chains. -
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
North American Box Office Totals: $785,896 -
Trance (2013)
North American Box Office Totals: $2,322,593 -
Stoker (2013)
North American Box Office Totals: $1,703,125 -
T2 Trainspotting (2017)
North American Box Office Totals: $2,402,004 -
Bird Box (2018)
North American Box Office Totals: $* Unreported Negligible Oscar Qualifying iPic Theaters Limited Box Office Run for Netflix Tentpole Streaming Title. -
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
North American Box Office Totals: $2,291,901 -
Train to Busan (2016)
North American Box Office Totals: $2,129,768 -
Headhunters (2011)
North American Box Office Totals: $1,200,010 -
Attack the Block (2011)
North American Box Office Totals: $1,024,175 -
I Saw the Devil (2010)
North American Box Office Totals: $129,210 -
The Best Offer (2013)
North American Box Office Totals: $100,035 -
Love, Rosie (2014)
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Filth (2013)
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The Invisible Guest (2016)
North American Box Office Totals: $0added 10 February 2020
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The Handmaiden (2016)
North American Box Office Totals: $2,006,788 added 10 February 2020 -
Another Earth (2011)
North American Box Office Totals: $1,321,194added 14 April 2021
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Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
North American Box Office Totals: $1,879,534added 14 April 2021
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Demolition (2015)
North American Box Office Totals: $1,978,592added 14 April 2021
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Take Shelter (2011)
North American Box Office Totals: $1,730,296added 14 April 2021
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Good Time (2017)
North American Box Office Totals: $2,026,499added 14 April 2021
