Legend was Cruise's closest box office failure. The story was far-fetched. $24 million film barely broke even. Legend was too far-fetched for Ridley Scott and Tom Cruise to make into cult hits.
Legend was Cruise's closest box office failure. The story was far-fetched. $24 million film barely broke even. Legend was too far-fetched for Ridley Scott and Tom Cruise to make into cult hits.
With the exception of Cruise's performance, the film, which tries to be a classic sports film, has a barely disguised and stodgy plot about a working-class football player. The movie nonetheless made slightly more than $17 million, or roughly three times its budget.
Coppola's comeback and Cruise's debut, The Outsiders, was a delightful coming-of-age narrative. Cruise outshone Emilio Esteves, Rob Lowe, and Patrick Swayze. The $10 million budget netted $26 million.
Cruise's character, a womaniser with daddy issues, offers sexist workshops for middle-aged men to attract the ladies of their dreams. It was also Cruise's first supporting part in years, which may have contributed to the film's low box office. Magnolia may be Cruise's best performance in 40 years.
Though it's one of Scorsese's best 80s films, nobody thought a pool movie would be entertaining. It's cool, intriguing, and Cruise and Newman's on-screen chemistry is one of Martin Scorsese's greatest.
According to IMDb, Rock of Ages was Cruise's weakest film and made less than $60 million. The musical starred many of Hollywood's biggest stars, including Catherine Zeta-Jones, Mary J. Blige, and Alec Baldwin, but moviegoers couldn't overlook critics' poor reviews.
Given its all-star cast—including Oscar winners Meryl Streep and Robert Redford and the stunt-obsessed actor—Lions For Lambs' box office performance is startling, The war epic's unusual title and convoluted plot barely recovered its budget.
Risky Business, Cruise's lowest-grossing film, grossed $63 million worldwide. Compared to its $6 million budget, that's a success. With Risky Business, Cruise slides into the living room in underpants, white shirt, and socks.
American Made, one of Tom Cruise's rare 2010s films that wasn't a Mission: Impossible film, shows him at his most energetic. Despite positive reviews, the film about a pilot who becomes a Medellin cartel drug smuggler flopped at the box office.
It could have been a huge epic with Cruise and Kidman, but the focus on love made the epic grandeur of the movie more of a background than the main attraction. It still made close to $140 million around the world.