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20 Years Ago, Colin Farrell Led A Box Office Flop Of Historic Proportions
SlashFilmStory by staff@slashfilm.com (Ryan Scott)
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Twenty years ago, Colin Farrell headlined a disastrous historical epic that went down as one of the biggest box office bombs of its era.
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- Oliver Stone's passion project Alexander, starring Farrell as the titular Macedonian king, flopped hard in 2004, earning just $167 million globally against a reported $155 million budget.
- Despite its massive losses, the film's spectacular failure has since become the stuff of Hollywood legend, with its infamously troubled production and endless runtime making it a perennial punchline in industry circles.
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Colin Farrell, Oliver Stone, Alexander