Can you remember these movie flops from the '60s?
Or, are they better left dead?

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Well, they can't all be wins.
Sometimes, even the best efforts result in disaster. That's certainly the case with these box office bombs from the 1960s.
Some of them even did well! The problem with those is that they didn't recoup their gigantic budgets.
So, let's take a look back at some notorious flops, and see if you can remember the details!
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Who played the title role in 1967's "Doctor Dolittle"?
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What kills Cleopatra in "Cleopatra" (1963)?
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Despite its star power, this 1967 musical failed to reach its breakeven point...
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Michael Parks played Adam and Ulla Bergryd played Eve in 1966's...
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Who starred in 1964's "The Fall of the Roman Empire", but failed to make the movie a hit?
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By September 1970, Fox estimated this Julie Andrews film from '68 had lost the studio $15,091,000.
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Anouk Aimée starred in the title role of this movie, set in Egypt, which lost its studio millions in 1969.
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Who starred in the underperforming "What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?" (1966)
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Peter O'Toole and Audrey Hepburn couldn't save this 1966 caper from limping across the finish line...
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Hepburn led another let down the following year with "Two for the Road". Who was her costar?

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37 Comments

Camelot was actually a Hit as was Cleopatra. Camelot was the 10th highest grossing movie that year. So who writes the quizzes? Obviously not movie Fans
9/10. I remember seeing Doctor Dolittle and loving it. I was about 5 years old. I've seen a few of the other movies. Some good, some bad.
You got 8 out of 10
Way to go, you know your flops and failures! Yeah buddy,some of my favorites are bad: strange brew,malabus most wanted,etc etc
Way to go, you know your flops and failures! Yeah buddy,some of my favorites are bad: strange brew,malabus most wanted,etc etc
A number of these films were bombs only in the sense that they lost money on their release.
There could be many reasons for that, unforeseen production costs, bad marketing, bad press.
Taylor's and Burton's on set affair was one of the most infamous in history, the Vatican ceaselessly
attacking them(it was filmed in Italy), made many, especially Catholics, lay off buying tickets.
Today Cleopatra, The Fall of the Roman Empire, Doctor Doolittle are considered to be good
films.
Two for the Road is now considered a 4 star classic by Roger Ebert and many others.
How To Steal a Million is also considered an outstanding film.
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? featured a first rate cast, and at least to my WW 2
veteran father and his veteran brothers, was very funny, I thought so too.
There could be many reasons for that, unforeseen production costs, bad marketing, bad press.
Taylor's and Burton's on set affair was one of the most infamous in history, the Vatican ceaselessly
attacking them(it was filmed in Italy), made many, especially Catholics, lay off buying tickets.
Today Cleopatra, The Fall of the Roman Empire, Doctor Doolittle are considered to be good
films.
Two for the Road is now considered a 4 star classic by Roger Ebert and many others.
How To Steal a Million is also considered an outstanding film.
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? featured a first rate cast, and at least to my WW 2
veteran father and his veteran brothers, was very funny, I thought so too.
Flops? Let me tell you about the places I would sneak off to and take a nap in high school. By the way Cleopatra. A great movie.
7/10.
Although I was only 5 when "Star" and "Doctor Dolittle" were first released, I remember reading in the Detroit News about the special engagements and how to reserve seats for each feature. Being very young, I was scratching my head was trying to figure out what all that was about.
Fast forward to March 1989. Superstation WGN in Chicago ran "Star" during the wee hours one night. I began to understand why it failed at the box office (and why WGN elected to run the film late): "Star" put me to sleep midway through. A good Sominex substitute.
Being an avid record collector, I sometimes come across the soundtrack albums of "Star" and "Doctor Dolittle" at record meets or in oldies record shops. Both albums - released on 20th Century Fox Records - lost money for Fox's record division also (they wouldn't have any hits until 1973 when the label was revived as 20th Century Records and they had Barry White and Maureen McGovern, among others).
And - believe this or don't - around 1994 Arista Records, which distributed Fox Records (Fox Records was active from 1992 through 1996), re-released the soundtrack of "Star" on CD(!). It also didn’t sell many copies during its brief reissue.
Although I was only 5 when "Star" and "Doctor Dolittle" were first released, I remember reading in the Detroit News about the special engagements and how to reserve seats for each feature. Being very young, I was scratching my head was trying to figure out what all that was about.
Fast forward to March 1989. Superstation WGN in Chicago ran "Star" during the wee hours one night. I began to understand why it failed at the box office (and why WGN elected to run the film late): "Star" put me to sleep midway through. A good Sominex substitute.
Being an avid record collector, I sometimes come across the soundtrack albums of "Star" and "Doctor Dolittle" at record meets or in oldies record shops. Both albums - released on 20th Century Fox Records - lost money for Fox's record division also (they wouldn't have any hits until 1973 when the label was revived as 20th Century Records and they had Barry White and Maureen McGovern, among others).
And - believe this or don't - around 1994 Arista Records, which distributed Fox Records (Fox Records was active from 1992 through 1996), re-released the soundtrack of "Star" on CD(!). It also didn’t sell many copies during its brief reissue.