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The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002) It might be hard to imagine now, but there was a time when Eddie Murphy's presence in a movie was basically a cheat code to box office success. The man made  Trading Places, Coming to America , and even  The Nutty Professor a success, and his stand-up movies were also incredibly popular. Those days were over long before  The Adventures of Pluto Nash  arrived. Still, the high concept sounded great—"Eddie Murphy as Han Solo" could have been a slam dunk. The movie just didn't connect with audiences, however, earning back only  $7.1 million  of its reported $100 million budget. It's not hard to see why the film fared so poorly. It's (to put it mildly) a complete mess for everyone involved—mediocre special effects, a confusing and unfunny script, and a nonsensical future setting. Hoping that a science-fiction comedy could be successfully anchored purely on Eddie Murphy's ability to attract a crowd was a big ...

most expensive movies ever made. 10.  Titanic  (1997) Director:  James Cameron Cost of production:  $200 million USD The cost to construct the  Titanic  set was somewhere between $120 to $150 million alone (in 1997 dollars). For that amount of money, you might feel ripped off with anything less than the “ship of dreams.” Remember that grand staircase scene, where the water comes crashing in as Rose and Jack try to escape? It only had one shot, because the set and furnishings were so hugely expensive to produce there was no room for error. And then there were the reams of other convincing special effects – in one apparently uninterrupted shot, we saw the ship from bow to stern, with flags flying and smoke coiling from its stacks, and on the deck hundreds of passengers strolling, children running, servants serving, and so on. And it paid off.  Titanic  made its huge production costs part of its marketing campaign, promoting the rich valu...