Short answers, pulled from the story.
In the early days of cinema, the term box-office bomb described a movie that exploded with popularity and revenue. This definition held true in the United Kingdom well into the 1970s before the meaning flipped to describe financial disaster.
The film Sahara resulted in a net loss of 78.3 million dollars. Its total budget ballooned to 281.2 million dollars when production, distribution, and other expenses were combined.
The 2015 docudrama United Passions faced a similar fate to D. W. Griffith's Intolerance by being released while FIFA leaders were under investigation for fraud and corruption. The film grossed only 918 dollars at the US box office in its opening weekend.
The 2011 film Mars Needs Moms was the largest box-office bomb of all time in nominal dollar terms. It marked the last film released by ImageMovers Digital before Disney's stake got absorbed by ImageMovers to a loss of nearly 140 million dollars.
The 2006 independent movie Zyzzyx Road made only 30 dollars at the US box office. The film's box office revenue was limited to six days in a single theater in Dallas for the purpose of meeting Screen Actors Guild requirements.