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Title: There's Hope Yet for King Arthur : Legend of the Sword
Post by: BoyScoutKevin on June 01, 2017, 06:48:37 PM
Just because a film is perceived to have failed at the American box office, does not make it a "bad" film.

Thus, here are some examples of "good" films, and may haps some surprises, that failed at the box office.

Ace in the Hole
Agatha
The Alamo (1960)
Alice in Wonderland (1933)
Androcles and the Lion
Angels in the Outfield (1951)
Babe : Pig in the City
Beat the Devil
Beau Brummell
The Big Trail
The Blue Bird (1940)
The Bounty
A Bridge Too Far
Brigadoon
Bugsy Malone
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Carnival of Souls
Citizen Kane

To be continued . . .

Next time: More examples and Then



Title: Re: There's Hope Yet for King Arthur : Legend of the Sword
Post by: BoyScoutKevin on June 06, 2017, 04:22:36 PM
Continuing . . .

Then
A box office failure or considered to have underperformed at the box office.

Cross Creek
The Great Race
Green Fire
Green Mansions
The Gunfighter
Head
The Hill
The Horse Soldiers
Intolerance
It's a Wonderful Life
Krull
The Lady from Shanghai
Lady Jane
Lair of the White Worm
Lonely are the Brave
The Long Goodbye
Lord Love a Duck
Macbeth (1948)

To be continued . . .

Next time: still more examples and Now


Title: Re: There's Hope Yet for King Arthur : Legend of the Sword
Post by: BoyScoutKevin on June 20, 2017, 02:09:44 PM
Continuing . . .

Still more examples

The Magnificent Ambersons
Malaya
The Manchurian Candidate
Member of the Wedding
The Misfits
Moby Dick (1956)
The Mountain
The Mud lark
The Naked and the Dead
Night of the Hunter
Nightmare Alley
Only the Valiant
The Ox-Bow Incident
Plymouth Adventure
Prince of Players
Prince Valiant
Princess Bride
The Red Badge of Courage (1951)

Now
From great to good to no worst than many box office hits.

To be continued . . .

Next time: and still more examples and Reasons



Title: Re: There's Hope Yet for King Arthur : Legend of the Sword
Post by: BoyScoutKevin on July 01, 2017, 05:33:53 PM
Continuing . . .

And still more examples.

The Ruling Class
Run of the Arrow
The Scarlet Empress
Seconds
Siren of Baghdad
Snow White and the 3 Stooges
The Spirit of Saint Louis
Stage Fright
Storm Center
Touch of Evil
The Trouble with Harry
The Unforgiven (1960)
Wilson
Yolanda and the Thief
Zulu Dawn
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
12 Angry Men (1957)
5000 Fingers of Dr. T

Reasons
Ahead of its time
Badly edited
Behind the times
Company bankruptcy
Different from source material -- Disavowed by actor or director
Limited or no release -- Little promotion
Mistitled -- Misunderstood screenplay
No promotion -- Not what was expected
Orson Welles
Poor decision making -- Public campaign against film
Release date wrong -- Removed from theaters
Studio interference -- Subject difficulty or little interest in
Too long in length -- Too weird for audience -- Tool wide of release
Wrong actor or director -- Wrong audience -- Wrong promotion

--Finis--

Next time: a billion here. a billion there.