Film career over it's time to move to TV
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John_Dee_007 — 10 years ago(December 07, 2015 01:02 PM)
Jack Reacher earned $218m on a $60m budget and has a sequel in the works.
Oblivion earned $286m worldwide on a $120m budget. Still reasonable.
Edge of Tomorrow took home $369m worldwide on a $175m budget and is Cruise's third-biggest global grosser that isnt a Mission: Impossible movie, behind War of the Worlds and The Last Samurai. While Warner Bros. was hoping for bigger box office numbers, it's their own fault for a failed marketing campaign. However, it has now reached cult status thanks to places like reddi2000t and is reaping the Blu-ray sales. A sequel for it is also on the cards. Bombs don't get sequels.
None of those movies bombed in the conventional sense. I believe the word you're looking for is 'underperformed', an entirely different thing. In fact, under the circumstances, they did quite decently considering the climate in which they were released. You just can't expect one man to helm the highest grossing movie of all time every time he releases a film. Not every release is expected to reach Marvel numbers or be the next Avatar.
His only outright flop of the last 30 years is Rock of Ages, except that's an ensemble cast in which he's in a supporting role.
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stepsonglass — 9 years ago(January 15, 2017 07:12 PM)
thank you. tom cruise has never had a legit flop.
which is impressive considering all of his films with the exception of mission impossible are original pieces without a built in fan base not sequels, not based on comic books or young adult novels etc
oblivion and edge of tomorrow specifically actually did quite well considering they are an old style hollywood star type vehicle in a climate where the franchise tends to matter more than the star.