Guest Post – Forgotten Box Office Misfires Part II

Ok, here's the last part of the forgotten big-budgeted misfires. Just to reiterate, these were the films that had a huge budget for its time and their failure went so far as to bankrupt the studio that marketed them, and some even ruined the filmmakers' career: 5. Cutthroat Island (1995): I think more people know …

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Guest Post – Forgotten Box Office Misfires Part I

[rtm's note: Who knew that the little blue people can actually take on Cowboys & Aliens? The Smurfs and the hybrid Western tied at the box office with $36.2 mil. It's perhaps too soon to call it a flop, but given the $163 production budget for the Harrison Ford/Daniel Craig starrer, it definitely underperformed.] ... …

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