Box Office Bombs That Drove Studios Out of Business
The Alamo, 2004
Based on the doomed Battle of the Alamo that took place in 1836, the film in question was initially released in 1960 and was a moderate success. Sadly, the producers didn’t leave it alone and tried a strategy that blew up spectacularly in their faces.
In 1960, ‘The Alamo’ was released with multiple problems arising during filming. On the box office, it got mixed reviews, and the film could have been a commercial success, but its budget of $20 million got in the way. The director and producer of the movie, John Wayne, sold his rights to United Artists. In 2004, Imagine Entertainment seemingly got the brilliant idea of remaking the classic film. With a rotten tomatoes rating of 29%, abysmal reviews, and an unnecessary long runtime contributed to the studio losing close to $146 million.
The idea of a remake rarely goes well, and the rehash of ‘The Alamo’ only proved this right. Even though the production company went all out by building the most expensive set that stretched up to 51 acres, it still could not pull audiences to the theater.
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