"Rounding out the top ten was Buena Vista's expensive bomb The Alamo which collapsed 56% in its second weekend to an estimated $4.1M. With a production budget hovering in the $100M range, the historical war drama has taken in only $16.3M and is set to conclude its run with an embarrassing $23-25M."
It looks like yet another embarrassment for Michael Eisner's politically correct Disney entertainment empire. One suspects the stockholders will not tolerate too many more missteps. Imagine if Mel Gibson could take charge of Disney by aligning with the disgruntled shareholders and leveraging his "Passion of the Christ" profits to topple Eisner and his associates. This is probably unrealistic, I suppose, but it would be wonderful were it to happen.