[jalisco555]

I wonder of any Oliver Stone movie since Platoon has been profitable. Amazing that Hollywood would hand this guy so much money to squander. A shame that such an interesting story was so mishandled as well. Who know when it will be attempted again?

[Austin Willard Wright]

JFK made money and (if you can ignore the fact that it is pure fable) is really quite good.

[AmishDude]

It should be noted that a "hit" these days will often break even at the box office. From Box Office Mojo and IMDB (all money in millions):

Date	Title	Gross		Costs
		Domestic	Foreign	Budget	Marketing
11/24/04	Alexander			$155	$60
12/22/99	Any Given Sunday	$76	$25	$55	$7?
10/3/97	U-Turn	$7		$19
12/22/95	Nixon	$13		$44	$6?
8/26/94	Natural Born Killers	$50		$50
12/25/93	Heaven and Earth	$6		$33
12/20/91	JFK	$70	$135	$40
3/1/91	The Doors	$34		$38
12/22/89	Born on the Fourth of July	$70	$91	$14
12/23/88	Talk Radio	$3		$4
12/11/87	Wall Street	$43		$15
12/19/86	Platoon	$139		$6

I find it interesting that his US history pics do better overseas. Stone does OK with medium-priced movies that can generate a lot of buzz. There's no way I'd trust him with a $200 million film, though. No way. A blockbuster is $100 million domestic and Platoon is the only one that comes close.

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