John Carpenter might be one of the most acclaimed horror directors of all time, but he has had his fair share of box office bombs. After several well-received independent films, Carpenter was thrust into the spotlight when he directed 1978's Halloween . The seminal slasher film spurred the genre into the mainstream, and made Carpenter a household name.

Throughout the 1980s, John Carpenter would continue to deliver innovative horror films like The Thing , while also dabbling in other genres like action and science fiction. While some of Carpenter's movies have been financially successful, many have either broken even or were significant financial losses. This isn't unusual for any director, but it has come to define Carpenter's career.

Nearly every John Carpenter movie , success o

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