10 Recent Movies That Were Sent Out To Die

10. Shaft

This film was weird from the very beginning. The idea of a sequel with the exact same title as its predecessor from 19 years ago is bizarre in itself, let alone when you consider when it was released and how its distribution was handled.

This summer has been completely dominated by huge budget Disney juggernauts, and Shaft was released in the United States on the same day as Men in Black: International - a film in an almost identical position as a similarly budgeted action-comedy sequel to an old property. The problem was that, while under-performing in its own right, Men in Black is a much more popular franchise with much more desirable starring talent.

Shaft only made $20 million against a $30 million budget, though some of that money must have been clawed back as the film randomly popped up as a Netflix Original outside of the States a couple of weeks later with hardly any promotion.

It appeared that everyone involved in this film knew it wasn't destined to do well, as the minimal promotion and effort put into both its theatrical and streaming debuts means most people don't even know this film exists.