10 Recent Box Office Duds Destined To Become Cult Classics

7. The Kid Who Would Be King

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20th Century Fox

Eight years after his breakthrough debut Attack the Block, Joe Cornish finally returned to directing with The Kid Who Would Be King, an Amblin-inspired retelling of the King Arthur legend that will soon find itself becoming a staple of Sunday afternoon TV schedules. Which is just as well, because hardly anyone seemed to bother catching it in cinemas.

A defiantly fun and charming old-school family-friendly adventure aimed at younger audiences with a simple message of believing in yourself, people just don't seem to make movies like this anymore. And given the fact that The Kid Who Would Be King only made $31.1m at the box office against a $60m budget, the studios will be unlikely to give anyone else a chance to in the near future.

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