A Troll in Central Park (1994) - less than $100,000 (ouch!)
You sure that isn't a typo? I remember seeing a lot of advertising for that one...even more than Thumbelina.
I wish those numbers were adjusted for inflation to get a more accurate number on how all of his films did compared to each other. Also, there's a big reason Bluth did well in the 80s--Disney was pretty much in limbo from 1979-1989 and Disney was not the popular powerhouse it is today. That's another reason his films did badly in the early 90s--because Disney could do no wrong then--Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, and Pocahontas all made sure of that. Even Bluth's films from the 90s (all of them) couldn't match what the Lion King did in 1994 alone.
Has he lost his touch? Or has the competition just caught up again?
If you've seen Bluth's films in the 90s, aside from Anastasia, there's nothing really worth seeing. I remember watching Rock a Doodle and the Pebble and the Penguin and they were not that good at all....nothing on par to what he made in the 80s to commemorate Walt Disney, his idol. Could he make another really good 2-D film when just about everyone else is still living in 3-D mode? Sure....and it might not be a bad idea since the latest 3-D stuff (Shrek 2, Madagascar, Chicken Little, Incredibles) have not done as well as expected, or have done as well as their predecessors (Finding Nemo, Shrek) made years before. That would leave Bluth at the top of the game in 2-D if he gets it going again before the other studios do. If the cards fall right, it'll be another Bluth of the 1980s.
