Biggest box office bombs: # 8 - Cutthroat Island (1995)

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Biggest box office bombs: # 8 - Cutthroat Island (1995)

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The eighth film on the list of biggest box office bombs is Cutthroat Island. This swashbuckling disaster starred Matthew Modine and Geena Davis. Modine was offered the role after Michael Douglas turned down $15 million to do the film. It was also offered to and subsequently turned down by Tom Cruise, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jeff Bridges, Michael Keaton, Charlie Sheen, Liam Neeson, and Tim Robbins. You would think that if all these seasoned actors turned down the same film, that perhaps they saw nothing good about it. But hey, what do actors know, right? Oh, by the way, the studio behind the film, Carolco Pictures, went bankrupt after this fiasco.

Statistics

Budget: $98 million
Box Office: $10 million
“In the Red” by: $88 million or 89.8% of budget *

Plot

Morgan Adams and her slave, William Shaw, are on a quest to recover the three portions of a treasure map. Unfortunately, the final portion is held by her murderous uncle, Dawg. Her crew is skeptical of her leadership abilities, so she must complete her quest before they mutiny against her. This is made yet more difficult by the efforts of the British crown to end her piratical raids. (written by user “Stern” on IMDB.com)

Cast

Geena Davis - Morgan
Matthew Modine - Shaw
Frank Langella - Dawg
Maury Chaykin - John Reed
Patrick Malahide - Ainslee
Stan Shaw - Glasspoole
Rex Linn - Mr Blair

Director - Renny Harlin

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* “In the Red” figure is how much money the movie lost and is based solely on box office revenue and does not take into account other revenues such as DVD sales or merchandise. The percent figure is how much of the film’s budget was never recouped from ticket sales.

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