Thomas Joel Davidson, Billy Bob Thornton, Patrick Wilson, Kevin Page, 2004
This epic war drama was originally conceived of as Oscar bait, with Ron Howard in the director’s chair and Russell Crowe and Ethan Hawke starring next to Billy Bob Thornton. Disney balked, however, at Howard’s $200 million budget, causing Howard to sign on only as a co-producer and Crowe and Hawke to jump ship. Even with a much-reduced total production and marketing cost of $145 million, the film bombed, loosing $146,644,313 in 2012 dollars.