Sorry, but this is stupid. How do you include a movie (JAWS) that has earned $470 million and is one of the 10 highest grossing movies of all time in a list of BOMBs? It wasn't "disastrously over budget" if it made back its cost (as it did) in the first week of release.
Heaven's Gate, anyone? "It opened to poor reviews and earned $3.5 million domestically (from an estimated $44 million budget)..." The original budget was something like $25 million.
I'd say that #s 1, 10, 11 and 13 were worth every cent. #10 would have been a box-office bonanza if the studio hadn't been so afraid of the word "Mars" that it lost any clue as to how to market it.
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Sorry, but this is stupid. How do you include a movie (JAWS) that has earned $470 million and is one of the 10 highest grossing movies of all time in a list of BOMBs? It wasn't "disastrously over budget" if it made back its cost (as it did) in the first week of release.
Jeff
What Jeff said. I think the movie that went most "disastrously" over budget was TITANIC. I think we know how that worked out for the studio.
BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN was another one woth the extra $$. In fact, more than worth it.
Heaven's Gate, anyone? "It opened to poor reviews and earned $3.5 million domestically (from an estimated $44 million budget)..." The original budget was something like $25 million.
I'd say that #s 1, 10, 11 and 13 were worth every cent. #10 would have been a box-office bonanza if the studio hadn't been so afraid of the word "Mars" that it lost any clue as to how to market it.
I agree.
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