Box Office Flops That Destroyed Careers and Cost Hollywood Millions

Windtalkers (2002)

Nicholas Cage’s Windtalkers bombed so badly that it nearly destroyed MGM. The film was actually the fourth consecutive flop for MGM, so it wasn’t entirely Cage’s fault, but the studio still lost around $110 million.

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The More You Know

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