12 Terrible Movies That Killed An Actor's Winning Streak

10. The Box - Cameron Diaz

The Streak: Cameron Diaz had one hell of a streak starting in 2001, beginning with animated classic Shrek and following up with consecutive hits in Vanilla Sky, The Sweetest Thing (though this one was a near-miss at the box office), Gangs of New York, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, two Shrek sequels, In Her Shoes, The Holiday, What Happens in Vegas and My Sister's Keeper. Some of her successes were more modest than others, but she proved she had sizable pulling power with audiences throughout.

The Film That Broke It: Richard Kelly's third feature was yet another disappointment from the Donnie Darko director, adapting Richard Matheson's short story with an intriguing build-up but failing to deliver a thrilling pay-off. Audiences also weren't used to seeing Diaz in dramatic roles such as this, so that could arguably have contributed to the meager $32.9 million box office haul against a $30 million budget, just barely breaking even.