Nicole Kidman's movies have made a combined total of over $3 billion worldwide, but would you believe that, these days, casting in her in a movie is a sure recipe for a failure? Let's look at her recent successes first: The Interpreter, Bewitched, Happy Feet (animated), Australia and Just Go With It (sold on Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston). Her failures? The Stepford Wives, Birth, The Invasion, Margot at the Wedding, The Golden Compass (her biggest commercial disappointment), Nine, Rabbit Hole, Trespass, The Paperboy, Stoker, The Railway Man and Grace of Monaco. Why Is She A Flop? She's beautiful, she's a great actress, she has a commanding leading lady presence, and yet, she just can't seem to catch a break. In fairness, the likes of The Railway Man, The Paperboy and Rabbit Hole were clearly conscious artistic choices rather than commercial ones, but she's had 5 flops in a row now, and with her next effort Before I Go to Sleep looking to be a low-key limited release, it'll probably be six. Still, the release of Paddington near the end of the year will almost certainly break the streak, if only temporarily. Kidman's gravitation towards flops seems to be a mixture of her ambition leading her to more artistically-minded projects and some really bad luck: who would have expected movies like The Stepford Wives, The Invasion, The Golden Compass, Nine and Grace of Monaco to flop? On paper, they all should've been big hits. Did we miss any actors who can be considered box office poison? Let us know in the comments!
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