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One Of Brad Pitt's Biggest Box Office Flops Almost Bankrupted A Studio
SlashFilmStory by staff@slashfilm.com (Witney Seibold)
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Brad Pitt's bomb animated flick nearly sank DreamWorks, signaling a seismic shift in the studio's fortunes.
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- Pitt's ill-fated 2004 animated feature 'Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas' lost over $125 million, nearly bankrupting DreamWorks Animation.
- The studio soon pivoted to the 'Shrek' franchise, which went on to become a billion-dollar juggernaut, cementing DreamWorks' future as a computer animation powerhouse.
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Brad Pitt, DreamWorks, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas