Eddie Murphy Box Office Bombs

If recent results are any indication, Eddie Murphy might want to steer clear of the sci-fi genre. It doesn’t appear to be much of a match.

Meet Dave, his 2008 summer release, took in a paltry $5,251,918 during its opening weekend, qualifying it for “bomb” status. It was Murphy’s worst debut since the disastrous The Adventures of Pluto Nash, which brought in a meager $2,182,900 when it came out in August, 2002.

That doesn’t mean Murphy can’t still draw a crowd. Counting only films in which he was the star — excluding, for instance, his work in the Shrek series and anything that opened in limited release (Dreamgirls) — here are his other opening weekend totals since 2000:

– Norbit (2/9/07): $34,195,434

– The Haunted Mansion (11/26/03): $24,278,410

– Daddy Day Care (5/9/03): $27,623,580

– I Spy (11/1/02): $12,752,803

– Showtime (3/15/02): $15,011,430

– Dr. Doolittle 2 (6/22/01): $25,037,039

– The Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps (7/28/00): $42,518,830

Source: BoxOfficeMojo.com