Box Office Flops That Destroyed Careers and Cost Hollywood Millions

Beloved (1998)

Based on Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, Beloved featured some of the best names in Hollywood, including Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, and Oprah Winfrey herself. Unfortunately, it hit the theaters the same weekend as the release of “Chucky.” Winfrey remembers getting the phone call: “[T]hey said, ‘It’s over. You got beat by Chucky.’ And I said, ‘Whose Chucky? What do you mean it’s over? It's just Saturday morning!'”

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The More You Know

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  • Samuel L. Jackson has a clause in his film contracts that allows him to play golf during film shoots whenever he wants.
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