Winona Ryder Movies Biggest Box Office Hits and Flops

Winona Ryder has had a very odd movie career. She came to prominence playing a Goth teen in Beetlejuice in 1988. Since then she has not been in very many movies that have made a lot of money at the box office but nevertheless she is a very well known actress.

Her roles in cult classics like Heathers, Mermaids and Edward Scissorhands have made her very popular with many moviegoers. She has also played lead roles in movies like Little Women and The Crucible which were not big box office hits but are very well liked movies.

Overall despite being arrested for shoplifting in 2001 and being forced to take a 4 year hiatus from making movies because no one could get insurance on her, Winona Ryder is a very well liked and recognized Hollywood actress.

These are the biggest box office movie hits and flops in Winona Ryder's career. All the movies that made at least $100 million dollars are listed as well as all her movies that made under $2 million dollars.

Winona Ryder's Biggest Box Office Movie Hits

1) Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) - $216 million

The biggest box office film of Winona Ryder's career to date is Bram Stoker's Dracula which co-starred Anthony Hopkins, Gary Oldman and Keanu Reeves.

2) Mr. Deeds (2002) - $171 million

Winona Ryder co-stars with Adam Sandler in the comedy Mr. Deeds which is a remake of Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) starring Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur and directed by Frank Capra.

3) Alien Resurrection (1997) - $161 million

The sci-fi Alien Resurrection is the 4th installment in the Alien series of movies and definitely the worst of the bunch. Even the Aliens vs Predators movies were better and more watchable. Sigourney Weaver co-starred and Josh Wedon wrote the script.

Winona Ryder's Biggest Box Office Movie Flops

1) Square Dance (1987) - $225,358

Winona Ryder starred with Rob Lowe in this flop. Trace Adkins was part of the band in the movie.

2) The Informers (2009) - $382,174

The Informers is a mess of a film that was universally hated by critics and moviegoers. Mickey Rourke, Kim Basinger and Billy Bob Thornton co-star with Winona Ryder in this flop.

3) Boys (1996) - $516,349

Boys is a forgettable movie except for the people in it. Winona Ryder co-starred with Lukas Haas who played the little Amish boy in the Harrison Ford movie Witness. Also in the film are two great veteran character actors John C. Reilly and Chris Cooper.

4) The Ten (2007) - $769,726

The Ten is a comedy that despite a great cast did not work. Besides Winona Ryder the movie also starred Paul Rudd, Jessica Alba, Adam Brody, Oliver Platt, Gretchen Mol and even Mad Men star Jon Hamm was in the film.

5) Heathers (1989) - $1.1 million

Heathers co-stars Christian Slater and Shannen Doherty with Winona Ryder and even though it bombed at the box office this black comedy movie has gone on to become a cult classic.

6) Sex and Death (2008) - $1.2 million

Sex and Death is a forgettable dark comedy that reunited Winona Ryder with writer Daniel Waters who also wrote Heathers.

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Sources:

Box Office Mojo

Winona Ryder on Wikipedia