History Trivia / TheAdventuresOfPlutoNash

* BoxOfficeBomb: The film was made for $120 million between production and marketing, which is roughly what a studio in 2002 would invest in a film they expected to be big. But this movie sold only [[EpicFail $7.1 million worth of tickets …]] ''[[EpicFail worldwide]]''. To be precise, they lost $112,896,027 on this film (not counting the fee taken by theatres from ticket sales), which amounts to a 94.08% loss. Adjusted for inflation, its net loss is the fifth largest in film history. As far as box office bombs go, this one is nuclear. Kaboom.
** It sold somewhat better on DVD, but not nearly enough to cover the costs. To date, it has grossed $24,983,000 in DVD sales. [[ThePollyanna Only $88 million to go before you break even, guys!]]
** To put the sheer depth of this failure into perspective, Creator/{{Seanbaby}} ran the numbers and found out that, had they thrown away the script and filmed a documentary of the crew eating nothing but $50 bills for two straight years, they would actually have '''saved''' money in the long run.

* DevelopmentHell[=/=]TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: Both its production and release were delayed by long stretches of time. Even after it was made, in 2000, it was only released in 2002.

* OldShame: To everyone involved, especially Creator/EddieMurphy and Creator/AlecBaldwin, the latter of whom refused credit for his role.

** Principal photography was hampered by constant bickering between Murphy, director Ron Underwood, and the producers, with Murphy often [[WagTheDirector overruling Underwood]] and making [[WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants on-the-fly rewrites]], causing the film to go behind schedule and over budget.

* CreatorKiller: After directing successful and award-winning films (''Film/{{Tremors}}'' and ''Film/CitySlickers''), ''Pluto Nash'' blotched Ron Underwood's feature directing career. Underwood has since stuck to directing TV.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Although this movie is set in the future, it acts as if UsefulNotes/HillaryRodhamClinton became President of the United States (she lost the Democratic Party nomination to UsefulNotes/BarackObama in 2008 and the general election to UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump in 2016[[note]]Had the joke involved [[UsefulNotes/BillClinton her husband's]] face on the bills, it would have averted this, since by the time this movie finally came out, he had finished his term.[[/note]]) and presents AOL as a serious company (as of 2020, AOL is still around, but very few Americans still use AOL's ''very'' dated dial-up service to connect to the Internet).

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Although this movie is set in the future, it acts as if UsefulNotes/HillaryRodhamClinton became President of the United States (she lost the Democratic Party nomination to UsefulNotes/BarackObama in 2008 and the general election to UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump in 2016[[note]]Had the joke involved [[UsefulNotes/BillClinton her husband's]] face on the bills, it would have averted this, since by the time this movie finally came out, he had finished his term.[[/note]]) and presents AOL as a serious company (as of 2018, AOL is still around, but very few Americans still use AOL's ''very'' dated dial-up service to connect to the Internet).

* CreatorKiller: After directing successful and Oscar-winning films (''Film/{{Tremors}}'' and ''Film/CitySlickers''), ''Pluto Nash'' blotched Ron Underwood's feature directing career. Underwood has since stuck to directing TV.

* StarDerailingRole: This movie killed the momentum Eddie Murphy had gotten back after ''Film/TheNuttyProfessor''.

* AllStarCast: Creator/EddieMurphy, Creator/RosarioDawson, Jay Mohr, Randy Quaid, Creator/PeterBoyle, and Luis Guzmán with cameos by Creator/PamGrier, Creator/JoePantoliano, Burt Young, Creator/JohnCleese, Illeana Douglas, and Creator/AlecBaldwin.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/JenniferLopez and Creator/HalleBerry were the first and second choices respectively for the role of Dina, but both passed on the part. Berry declined because the filming schedule clashed with her wedding.

* MoneyDearBoy: Creator/EddieMurphy refused to promote the film at its time of release and admitted that the money [[note]]for what it's worth, [=IMDB=] states that he was paid $20 million for it [[/note]] was the only reason he took the role.

* MoneyDearBoy: Creator/EddieMurphy refused to promote the film at its time of release and admitted that the money was the only reason he took the role.

** The screenplay was originally written in 1985 and it passed between various producers, directors, and actors over the next fifteen years, with some twelve uncredited rewrites by different writers.
** Principal photography was hampered by constant bickering between Eddie Murphy, director Ron Underwood, and the producers, with Murphy often [[WagTheDirector overruling Underwood]] and making [[WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants on-the-fly rewrites]], causing the film to go behind schedule and over budget.

* BoxOfficeBomb: The film was made for $120 million between production and marketing, which is roughly what a studio in 2002 would invest in a film they expected to be big. But this movie sold only [[EpicFail $7.1 million worth of tickets]] … ''[[EpicFail worldwide]]''. To be precise, they lost $112,896,027 on this film (not counting the fee taken by theatres from ticket sales), which amounts to a 94.08% loss. Adjusted for inflation, its net loss is the fifth largest in film history. As far as box office bombs go, this one is nuclear. Kaboom.

* DevelopmentHell[=/=]TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: Both its production and release were delayed by long stretches of time.

* NotScreenedForCritics: The film may well have been the genesis of the current trend towards shutting out advance review of particularly heinous filmmaking.
* OldShame: To everyone involved, especially Creator/EddieMurphy and Creator/AlecBaldwin, who refused credit for his role.
* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: The film was completed in 2000, but wasn't released until 2002.

** Eventually, Village Roadshow, which had been in a multi-picture financing deal with Warner Bros., stepped in to cover the costs of the increasingly costly reshoots and editing, but called for the production to move to Canada to earn a local tax credit, as Roadshow was then busy with the production of ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded''. All the while, Underwood and original editor Paul Hirsch (of ''Franchise/StarWars'' fame) was locked out of having any input in the film's final cut.
** Murphy ended up losing interest in ''Nash'' and left to work on other projects. Since production had technically ended months prior, WB had no legal precedent to make him finish the film, which at this point had come to cost $100,000,000 (not including promotional costs). Heim took over post-production and did his best to turn the roughly five hours' worth of disparate footage into a coherent film. The result of this is a movie where characters are introduced only to disappear suddenly without explanation, with lengthy {{Exposition Dump}}s to fill in important plot points.
** The film was finally released two years after principal photography had officially wrapped, at which point it bombed at the box office and sent both Underwood's and Murphy's careers into a downward spiral. Like Murphy, Heim later admitted he only stuck with the film for the sizable paycheck.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget plus marketing costs? A cool $120 mil, which is roughly what a studio back then would sink in to a film whenever they're expecting a blockbuster. But how much did this movie rake in at the box office? [[EpicFail Seven-point-one million dollars]]… ''[[EpicFail worldwide]]''. To be precise, they lost $112,896,027 on this film (not counting the fee taken by theatres from ticket sales), which amounts to a 94.08% loss. Adjusted for inflation, its net loss is the fifth largest in film history. As far as box office bombs go, this one is nuclear. Kaboom.
** It did a bit better in the DVD market, but not nearly enough to cover the costs. To date, it has grossed $24,983,000 in DVD sales. [[ThePollyanna Only $88 million to go before you break even, guys!]]

* DevelopmentHell[=/=]TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: Both its production and release were delayed by large amounts of time.
* MoneyDearBoy: Creator/EddieMurphy refused to promote the film at its time of release, and admitted that the money was the only reason he took the role.

** Principal photography was hampered by constant bickering between Eddie Murphy, director Ron Underwood, and the producers, with Murphy often overruling Underwood and making on-the-fly rewrites, causing the film to go over-schedule and over-budget.
** The workprint version of the film ran nearly three hours, and Oscar-winning editor Alan Heim was brought in to try and fix the film. After viewing the available footage, he determined that a large portion of the film needed to be reshot, and whole new scenes added including an opening and closing sequence, and introductory sequences for both Pluto and Dina. Eddie Murphy ultimately financed many of the reshoots while the film languished in post-production, writing and directing many of the new scenes himself.
** Eventually Village Roadshow, which had been in a multi-picture financing deal with Warner Bros., stepped in to cover the costs of the increasingly costly reshoots and editing, but necessitated that the production move to Canada to earn a local tax credit, as Roadshow was at the time busy with the production of ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded''. All the while, Underwood and original editor Paul Hirsch (of ''Franchise/StarWars'' fame) was locked out of having any input in the film's final cut.
** Murphy ended up losing interest in the film, and left to work on other projects. Since production on the film had technically ended months prior, Warner Brothers had no legal precedent to have him finish the film, which at this point had ended up costing around $100,000,000 (not including promotional costs). Heim took over post-production and did his best to turn the some-five hours worth of disparate footage into a coherent film. The result of this is a film where characters are introduced only to suddenly disappear without explanation, with lengthy {{Exposition Dump}}s to fill in important plot points.
** The film was finally released two years after principal photography had officially wrapped, at which point it bombed at the box-office and sent both Underwood and Murphy's careers into a downward spiral. Heim later admitted he only stuck with the film for the sizable paycheck.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Although this movie is set in the future, it acts as if UsefulNotes/HillaryRodhamClinton became President of the United States (she lost in 2008 and 2016 to UsefulNotes/BarackObama and UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump, respectively[[note]]Strangely, if the joke had involved [[UsefulNotes/BillClinton her husband's]] face on the bills, it would have averted this, since by the time this movie finally came out, he had finished his term.[[/note]]) and presents AOL as a serious company (as of 2018, AOL is still around, but very few Americans still use AOL's ''very'' dated dialup service to connect to the Internet).
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/JenniferLopez and Creator/HalleBerry were the first and second choices respectively for the role of Dina, but both passed on the part. Berry declined becuase the filming schedule clashed with her wedding.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget plus marketing costs? A cool $120 mil, which is roughly what a studio back then would sink in to a film whenever they're expecting a blockbuster. But how much did this movie rake in at the box office? [[EpicFail Seven-point-one million dollars]]… ''[[EpicFail worldwide]]''. To be precise, they lost $112,896,027 on this film, which amounts to a 94.08% loss. Adjusted for inflation, its net loss is the fifth largest in film history. As far as box office bombs go, this one is nuclear. Kaboom.

** The film was finally released two years after principal photography had officially wrapped, at which point it bombed at the box-office and sent both Underwood and Murphy's careers into a downward spiral. Heim later admitted he only stuck with the film to avoid for the sizable paycheck.

* NotScreenedForCritics: Probably a clear indication of the movie's quality.

** Eventually Village Roadshow, which had been in a multi-picture financing deal with Warner Bros., stepped in to cover the costs of the increasingly costly reshoots and editing, but necessitated that the production move to Canada to earn a local tax credit, as Roadshow was at the time busy with the production of ''TheMatrixReloaded''. All the while, Underwood and original editor Paul Hirsch (of ''StarWars'' fame) was locked out of having any input in the film's final cut.