The invention of dreams.

If a film loses a metric shit ton of money at the box office, does that make it a bad movie?

Hell no.

We are not here to dunk on films that couldn't bring in the benjamins.

In fact, we want to lift some movies up and say “ What were people thinking!?”

Here are our picks for some of the best box office bombs of all time.

BUDGET: $170,000,000 EARNINGS: $73,000,000 TOTAL LOSS: 110 million (est)

One thing you’ll see a lot of this week is auteur filmmakers, but what exactly is that?

Auteur theory is the idea that certain artists have distinct approaches to making art, ranging anywhere from worldview to visual style. Directors who are auteurs are those whose voices are so distinct that we know it’s them behind the camera just by watching their work; people like David Lynch, Tim Burton, or Quentin Tarintino.

Even when we watch movies not made by auteurs, we attribute similarities in tone and style to the auteurs most known for those specific details. ‘Lynchian’, for example, is a term used to refer to a piece of art that reflects the style of David Lynch.

As recognizable as some of the auteurs already mentioned are, today’s director is maybe one of the best examples of this theory.

Martin Scorsese is one of the most recognizable figures in all of Hollywood, and for good reason.

The man can’t help but make movies that reflect how he sees the world, from “Goodfellas” and “Taxi Driver” to “Silence” and “Kundun”, the man simply must make singular pieces about bad people getting their comeuppance, the regrets of excess, or just being super fucking catholic!

Today’s film, however, gets at the heart of who Marty is: a film lover, first and foremost. The man's heart practically cries out for cellulose nitrate!

This film is an absolute celebration of the power of cinema and how it can make us grow, change, break, and then put us back together again.

And the fact that it did so poorly at the box office doesn't dilute it in the slightest.