Dark Shadows
Estimated loss: $60 million
What went wrong? 'Dark Shadows' made a not-entirely-embarrassing worldwide gross of $240 million, but when you factor in how much Warner Bros. must have spent on advertising the damn thing (it briefly became law to have Johnny Depp's pale face on every bus in London), Tim Burton's vampire comedy bit hard. Could it be that audiences tired of the Burton and Depp combination after sitting through 'Edward ...
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Estimated loss: $60 million
What went wrong? 'Dark Shadows' made a not-entirely-embarrassing worldwide gross of $240 million, but when you factor in how much Warner Bros. must have spent on advertising the damn thing (it briefly became law to have Johnny Depp's pale face on every bus in London), Tim Burton's vampire comedy bit hard. Could it be that audiences tired of the Burton and Depp combination after sitting through 'Edward Scissorhands', 'Ed Wood', 'Sleepy Hollow', 'Charlie And The Chocolate Factory', 'Corpse Bride', 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street' and 'Alice In Wonderland'? No, that couldn't have been it. It must have been something else.
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