[liberallarry]

But this one will be a flop of legendary proportions (Gigli, Cleopatra...but not Pluto Nash).

Looks that way.

But it will have plenty of company...most recently "Heaven's Gate". I've seen Cleopatra, by the way. Visually it was great - especially for its time - but it was a real stinker.

The horrible thing is that plenty of stinkers make money; "Gunga Din" and "Fort Apache" recently put me to sleep. I've walked out on a number of recent block-busters.

[Rummyfan]

"Fort Apache" recently put me to sleep

John Ford's FORT APACHE or some newer version? 'Cause I love John Ford's version!

[LexBaird]

most recently "Heaven's Gate"

Oh, how soon they forget. Remember Waterworld?

[AmishDude]

If you watch a lot of movies, blockbusters will be boring and pedestrian. If you watch very few, you want to see fun and a bit more mindless fare.

The biggest flops seem to be (they pretty much have to be universally seen as a bad film, have a big budget and make back less than a third of it), as listed by MSN are: Title (budget (incl. marketing if available)/box office (worldwide if available))

• Gigli ($74m/$7.2m)
• Howard the Duck ($37m/$16m)
• Hudson Hawk ($60+m/$17.2m)
• Ishtar ($55m/$12.7m)
• Inchon ($50m/$1.9m)
• Battlefield Earth ($73m/$21.5m)
• Cleopatra ($44m/$26m) adjusted: ($259m/$153m)
• Heaven's Gate ($44m/$3m)
• The Postman ($90-100m/$17.6m) [Interesting note: Waterworld actually came very close to breaking even.]
• Town & Country ($85-90m/$6.7m)
• Cutthroat Island ($100+m/$9.9m)
• The Adventures of Pluto Nash ($90-100m/$4.4m)