What Were the Cineplex's Biggest Bombs of '06?
Which film follies were not just dramatically anemic, but memorably cash-poor as well? In alphabetical order, as detailed by
Variety:
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All the King's Men ($7 million domestic gross versus a $55 million production budget, and despite an all-star cast)
- Sharon Stone's
Basic Instinct 2 ($5 million versus $70 mil)
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Flushed Away ($61 mil versus $150 mil, though I cannot imagine it's any worse an animated film than
Happy Feet, which my sons and I
barely endured on Sunday afternoon. Subtle message that kids' film has.)
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Flyboys ($13 mil versus $60 mil)
- Hugh Jackman's
The Fountain ($9 mil versus $53 mil)
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Freedomland ($12 mil, despite a cast that included Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne Moore and Edie Falco)
- Russell Crowe's
A Good Year ($7 mil, hampered by misguided marketing)
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Lady in the Water ($42 mil versus $75 mil and a slew of critical barbs aimed at M. Night Shyamalan)
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Poseidon ($60 mil versus $160 mil)
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The Wicker Man (a $23 mil take and questionable plot tweaks did in Neil LaBute's horror redo)
