10 Films We Said We Wanted But Didn't Go See
5. The BFG
In 1971, Roald Dahl's most famous novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, was adapted for the big screen. The film was such a hit (despite Dahl's detestment for it), it wasn't long before Hollywood were adapting the rest of his children's novels. After nearly half a century, it seemed like every one of Dahl's classic tales had been brought to life on the big screen.
Except one. The BFG. Although there was an animated adaptation released in 1989, readers were dying to see The Big Friendly Giant in live-action. When Disney announced a BFG film with Steven Spielberg as the director and legendary actor, Mark Rylance, as the lead, it sounded like the film was destined to be a classic.
Sadly, The BFG only broke even going up against stiff competition. Since it came out around the same time as tentpole Disney epics like The Jungle Book, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Finding Dory, Zootopia, and Captain America: Civil War, The BFG was lost in the shuffle.
It may have earned $195 million but that's considered chump change in Hollywood, and it went down as one of Spielberg's lowest-grossing films.