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Six of the great flops in the history of cinema

The great flops in the history of cinema? Keanu Reeves and Jonny Depp are famous victims. 

One of the most famous and incredible failures dates back in 2011, the animation movie "Mars needs Moms": listed almost every time at the first place of the rankings referred to the biggest flops of all times, it was directed by Simon Wells, distributed by Disney and produced by ImageMovers, that for this little joke lost 144 millions of dollars. 

The movie cost 150 million dollars and worldwide grossed just 39 millions, and this caused the failure of "Image"

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Among the films that have gone loss-making there are also illustrious actors
The Lone Ranger with Johnny Depp. The film did not live up to expectations. In addition to the financial flop, the film was panned by critics.
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47 Ronin with Keanu Reeves
The film was a cheap flop. Costing $175 million, the film grossed $38 million in the United States and Canada and $113 million in the rest of the world, for a total of $151 million.
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One of the most famous and resounding flops dates back to 2011, the animated film Milo su Marte:
At a cost of $150 million, it grossed $39 million, leading to the bankruptcy of the production company ImageMovers.
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In 1980 the economic disaster of "The Gates of Heaven" by Micheal Cimino
The film produced in 1980, against a budget of 44 million dollars, grossed only 3.5 million (a loss that today would amount to about 130 million).
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Ridley Scott's The Last Duel
The 2021 film, with a budget of 100 million, grossed only 35 million, despite a stellar cast.
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King Arhtur: Legend of the Word
The failure of the film from a commercial point of view, led to the consequent cancellation of the sequels, which should have been five for a total of six.
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