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

  • The film industry got its start in New Jersey
  • Natalie Portman dislocated her rib while shooting Black Swan and had to give up her trailer so the low budget film could afford a medic for the rest of shooting.
  • During the filming of The Grinch, Jim Carrey sought counseling from a Navy SEAL to learn torture-resistance techniques in order to handle the extensive makeup.
  • The real Frank Abagnale Jr. appears in Catch Me If You Can as the French policeman who arrests Leo.
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