Eddie Murphy box office bombs

Bill Sullivan — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:44:56 +0000

Has Eddie Murphy become box office poison? His new family comedy, Imagine That, grossed just $5.7 million on its opening weekend, making it only the sixth-best draw for that period.

That makes it two years in a row that Murphy’s summer release qualified for “bomb” status. Meet Dave, his 2008 offering, took in a paltry $5,251,918 during its opening weekend after brutal reviews. 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.

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

Box office bombs

Bill Sullivan — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:27:43 +0000

Hollywood is a catty town, and a lot of the same people who love you on the way up can’t wait to see you in freefall on the way down.

In Tinseltown, nothing resonates with the locals quite like a bonafide disaster movie — and we’re not talking Titanic here. Successes are celebrated, but box office bombs stick out on resumes, too.

Even some of the industry’s biggest stars have been stung a time or too. When Moviefone put together its list of the “Biggest Box Office Bombs of All Time,” no cows were held sacred.

Here’s the Top 10:

1. Town and Country (Budget $90 million; Domestic Gross $6.7 million)

2. The Adventures of Pluto Nash (Budget $100 million; Domestic Gross $4.4 million):

3. Ishtar (Budget $55 million; Domestic Gross $14.5 million)

4. Heaven’s Gate (Budget $44 million; Domestic Gross $3.5 million)

5. Cleopatra (Budget $44 million; Domestic Gross $26 million)

6. Cutthroat Island (Budget $98 million; Domestic Gross $10 million)

7. The Postman (Budget $80 million; Domestic Gross $17.6 million)

8. Waterworld (Budget $175 million; Domestic Gross $88.2 million)

9. Gigli (Budget $54 million; Domestic Gross $6.1 million)

10. Battlefield Earth (Budget $73 million; Domestic Gross $21.5 million)

Ready to read more about these, and to see the rest of the list? Visit moviefone.com.

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