These Box Office Bombs Cost Actors Their Careers
Usually, companies like Universal and Disney make millions, but not always! These movies, including stars like Reese Witherspoon and Bruce Wills, were flops!
Beloved (1998), Oprah– $105 Million Lost, Adjusted
Buena Vista Pictures
Oddly, Beloved isn’t even the biggest of Oprah’s box office bombs. You can see why production companies invest in films with Oprah attached. Not only have many of her movies done well (The Color Purple, The Princess and the Frog), but she is one of the biggest names on the face of the Earth. Still, even Oprah could not save Beloved.
Starring Oprah and Danny Glover, Beloved is a period horror-drama about a recently freed slave (Oprah) haunted by the ghost of her daughter. Unfortunately, while critics loved the film, Beloved did not click with audiences. Disney lost millions on the movie, and Oprah took the loss quite personally. “It was the only time in my life that I was ever depressed,” she later said about the experience.
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