10 high grossing films that shockingly didn’t make profit

2. Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi

Thanks to the massive success of Star Wars, Disney had enough faith to splash out $4 billion for the entire Star Wars franchise and risked alienation from fans by green-lighting a new trilogy of films.

If the earnings of Return Of The Jedi is anything to go by, it looks like Disney may have misplaced their faith.

Budgeted at around $40 million, Return Of The Jedi grossed over $570 million worldwide, including all those unnecessary re-releases. Well it looks like they may need to re-release the film again as David Prowse (Darth Vader’s body) has yet to receive a royalty cheque because the film has yet to turn in a profit.

So whether the upcoming Star Wars film makes $10 or $3 billion, you can be assured that there will be accountants working overtime to ensure it loses money.