Box Office Flops That Destroyed Careers and Cost Hollywood Millions

Around the World in 80 Days (2004)

Jackie Chan and Steve Coogan’s Around the World in 80 Days was bad enough to win two Razzie awards. Based on Jules Verne’s novel of the same name, the film “consists almost entirely of people falling down and/or being hit on the head,” and led to losses of $99.6 million.

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The More You Know

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