13 Movies You Presumed Were Massive Flops (That Really Weren't)

2. Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is really the only video game adaptation to date where a studio jumped in with both feet and fully committed themselves to the vision, complete with a huge budget and an A-list cast, headed by Jake Gyllenhaal, playing a version of the famous protagonist.

One of the better efforts to date to adapt a video game, the movie no doubt benefited from Jerry Bruckheimer's presence as a producer, though as he eventually proved with his The Lone Ranger, not everything he touches turns to gold. Prince of Persia received mixed notices from critics, and scooped an underwhelming $335 million against $200 million.

Bruckheimer and co. were clearly banking on this becoming the next Pirates of the Caribbean, though frankly, as a gamer, I was impressed the movie connected with audiences at all and even managed to make this amount of money. It'll doubtless be used for years to come by studios to suggest why they should never put big money into video game adaptations, but it was far from the flop many assumed it to be.