Here’s our look at ten fascinating failures…

In fact, there are films that made bucketloads of cash that didnt deserve their success, too.

you could probably name a few of them quite easily.

Some of the films were about to discuss are outright box office flops.

Some simply didnt meet commercial expectations.

All of them, to some degree, disappointed the studios that backed them.

Some of these arent, all in honesty, particularly good.

But each has something worth talking about.

You might think thatOsmosis Jonesis a film youve not heard of, or a movie thats not a blockbuster.

But it was certainly supposed to be.

It deserved more than that.

The film, which came out in 2001, is a mix of live action and animation.

The Farrelly Brothers did the former and Tom Sito and Piet Kroon put together the latter.

And basically, a good chunk of the film takes place in the human body.

Before you shout about rancid Eddie Murphy vehicleMeet Davecovering similar ground, theres a distinction:Osmosis Joneswas good.

When it switches to animation, though, it gels together very well.

Speed Racer

The very worst indulgences of the Wachowski Brothers are peppered right throughoutSpeed Racer.

You wouldnt believe its a film thats from the people who brought us the razor-tightBoundonce upon a time.

Yet,Speed Racer, while a box office disaster, is still not without merit.

It grossed $93 million at the worldwide box office against a negative cost of $120 million.

But who can doubt that the money was put on the screen?

I could happily excise my favourite hour fromSpeed Racerand watch it on loop.

Because this is the level of engaging spectacle I never really got from something likeTron: Legacyor theTransformersfilms.

Its something simple like that which just happens to matter a lot.

And at its best,Speed Raceris exhilarating.

AndGremlins 2: The New Batchremains a fabulously entertaining piece of cinema.

Whats not to enjoy?

Cinemas finest rendition of New York, New York?

The brain gremlin talking about his desire for civilisation?

Thats a third of what the original managed.

And it was that scheduling that dealtGremlins 2a box office killer blow.

And Dante, to date, has achieved his aim.

Twenty-one years after its release, in spite of no shortage of rumours, theres still no sign ofGremlins3.

Actually, what the hell is going on?

Turns out, thats exactly what he did.

More nasty things arrive on Earth.

Tim Robbins turns up somewhere.

There are dark overlords.

There are ropey special effects.

Its hard to see who the film is aimed at.

Its just a film thats, ultimately, more fun to talk about than watch.

The choice of Lee to direct such a project was a little ahead of its time.

There were very distinct nods to the comics, not least some of the stylistic edits.

Its a fabulous character study at best.

The film got slammed in the first instance for its special effects, with CG Hulk jumping enormous heights.

ButHulkis something to be treasured.

Its an intelligent blockbuster that only occasionally remembers to be a blockbuster.

And while it was no flop, its $245 million worldwide gross was far below expectations.

Well, according to me and one hundred and forty-five other people on the planet.

But this one had Bruce Willis, and more importantly, a post-Die Hard 2Bruce Willis.

Yet,Hudson Hawkis no disaster.

Sure, it had problems.

Masses of problems, as it happened.

And I still feel the same.

Sadly, the world wasnt ready for a CG movie that wasnt full of sentient toys or talking animals.

And I still feel it got a rough ride.

It married up digital animation techniques to a telling of theTreasure Islandstory in space.

They did a startling job, too.

(It followedAtlantis: The Lost Empireby a year, and the pair make an intriguing double bill.)

It bombed heavily, though.

He does argue, and hes right to do so, that hes amazingly proud of that film.

Maybe one day itll be rediscovered.

And Ill happily hear an argument forTitan AEgetting a fresh lease of life, too.

Originally called Munchkins, the film that ultimately becameWillowshares much ofStar Wars DNA.

Not a flop, then, but hardly the kind of success you could reliably build a franchise on.

It was given an Oscar nod for visual effects and sound ending (but didnt win either).

While not perfect,Willowis, nevertheless, a fun, entertaining film.

Last Action Hero

I remember the teaser trailer well.

Then he saw us watching him.

Not now, he said.

BecauseLast Action Herowas supposedly the big ticket for summer 1993.

Only nobody told Steven Spielberg and his marauding collection of CG dinosaurs.

And whenLast Action Herofinally opened, a week or two afterJurassicPark, it was decimated at the box office.

Yet, it felt like it had had the action elements shaved off.

It just happens that all of this is in the middle of a big budget Arnold Schwarzenegger blockbuster.

One that is comfortably one of his most interesting.

a dose of post-modernism began to tinge cinema.

You could argue that the building blocks for theScreammovies and Wes CravensNew Nightmarewere inLast Action Hero.

It bombed at the box office.