Not every mega-production is a Hollywood success. According to the website "The Hollywood Reporter," many of the films in the first half of 2011 have not reached the expected box office figures. Natalie Portman and James Franco, for example, didn’t take many people to the movies: "Your Highness" cost $ 50 million and grossed only $ 24.6 million.
* Mel Gibson is another one that fell short. His last production, "A New Dawn ‘, cost $ 20 million and – believe it – made the modest sum of $ 1 million. In "Green Lantern", not even Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively were enough to excite the audience. It cost $ 200 million and raised $ 260 million. Hard times in the land of red carpets …