Box Office Flops That Destroyed Careers and Cost Hollywood Millions

Sahara (2005)

The movie is never as good as the book. Clive Cussler, the author of Sahara, was given $10 million and creative control over the script in exchange for handing the rights over to Paramount. However, despite Matthew McConaughey and Penelope Cruz’s performances, the film lost $100 million at the box office. Cussler even ended up filing a lawsuit against the studio for breach of contract because of how poorly executed the film was.

Leonardo DiCaprio did not do the drawing in ‘Titanic’
Original drawings for Iron Man’s suit contained roller blades!
Frank Sinatra was offered the lead role in Die Hard.
Paul Schrader wrote Taxi Driver in five days. It is rumoured he had a loaded gun by his desk for “inspiration and motivation”.

Box Office Flops That Destroyed Careers and Cost Hollywood Millions

Sahara (2005)

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