In an interview with Rolling Stone last month, Depp joked that he wanted to make a film version of the '80s television show "ALF," which seems funny except when you consider that he has previously used his weight to bring movies based on a cult Gothic soap opera and a radio show about a silver bullet shooting vigilante to the multiplex.
The actor, nominated for "Sweeney Todd," "Finding Neverland" and the first "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," has the science fiction film "Transcendence" and a role as the wolf in the musical “Into the Woods" in the works. The international distributor said that Depp's recent decision to exit Cross Creek and Exclusive Media's biopic of Boston gangster Whitey Bulger over a salary dispute was short-sighted, because the role could have reminded audiences that he is more than the sum of his mascara. But the lure of Depp's past success with producer Jerry Bruckheimer prevailed.Īlso read: Will Smith's 'After Earth' Sputters Behind 'Fast 6' and 'Now You See Me'ĭepp isn't the only A-list star to fall to earth at the box office this summer: Will Smith and Channing Tatum tripped on the big-budget disasters "After Earth" and "White House Down," leading to a new round of questions about the wisdom of banking on a star when a man in a cape and a mask will do. "Disney knew it was a mistake, they knew it was a risk," said Jeff Bock, a senior box office analyst at Exhibitor Relations.
Its global total stood at $278.3 million, but domestically it stumbled to a $67.6 million gross.Įarly on Disney pulled the plug on "The Lone Ranger," only to resuscitate it when the budget was reduced from $250 million. >"The Tourist" - notable mostly for the Hollywood Foreign Press' inexplicable decision to nominate it for a Golden Globe Award - recouped its $100 million cost only because of strong foreign sales. Thompson, eked out $23.9 million worldwide on a $45 million budget. >"The Rum Diary," with the actor channeling Hunter S. >"Dark Shadows," featuring Depp as a fey bloodsucker, grossed a lackluster $245 million globally on a $150 million budget.
The picture isn't nearly as pretty for other recent Depp films. The four "Pirates" films have generated more than $3.7 billion, while "Alice in Wonderland" has grossed more than $1 billion. See photos: Beyond 'The Lone Ranger': Johnny Depp's Most Outrageous Roles "Sadly enough there isn't a major studio in town who if Johnny Depp came to them and said, 'I want to do a PG-13 action thriller in which I play a quirky character and, oh by the way it's going to cost $150 million,' would turn him down," a studio executive told TheWrap.
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