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When names like Al Pacino<\/a> and Anthony Hopkins are thrown around together in one movie, you\u2019re bound to be thinking that it\u2019s destined for big bucks.\u00a0<\/p>\n With no less than 15 Academy Award nominations between the pair of them, at the very least, you could be fooled into believing that there would be a decent film to show for it. Unfortunately, that was far from the case with the lesser-remembered 2016 movie Misconduct, because essentially, nobody saw it.\u00a0<\/p>\n Without wanting to sound wry or cynical, you could tell from a mile away that it was Shintaro Shimosawa\u2019s first time in the director\u2019s chair. But equally, imagine being him in that position: you\u2019ve just secured two of the world\u2019s most legendary actors<\/a>, along with a fledgling supporting cast including Lee Byung-hun and Glen Powell. You\u2019d be jumping for joy. <\/p>\n Yet with those stellar names and subsequently an $11million budget to go with it, the kind of most important thing is that you deliver a film worth watching. While risking making too blunt a point with this, Misconduct was anything but that. Yet even worse than just being panned by the critics, it barely made any money, either.\u00a0<\/p>\n And when I say \u2018barely any money\u2019, you best believe that\u2019s not an exaggeration. It took just \u00a397 at the UK box office over its opening weekend, to be exact, which, if you were to plan a trip to the cinema these days, might just about reimburse you for your ticket price along with the snacks and drinks. But jokes aside, 97 quid for a film starring Pacino and Hopkins: what went wrong?\u00a0<\/p>\n There is a major caveat to all of this in the sense that Misconduct was only showing in a minute selection of five regional cinemas across the entire breadth of the country. However, as it turned out, the audiences from Burnley to Kidderminster weren\u2019t exactly bowled over by the rare Hollywood opportunity that was on their doorstep. <\/p>\n Between the five picture houses, the average taking per venue was just \u00a319.40, meaning that no more than a few people saw it across its entire, albeit extremely limited, cinematic run. To be fair, if you never managed to catch it, by all accounts, you didn\u2019t really miss anything groundbreaking. Something along the lines of a ransom, a kidnapping, a lawsuit\u2026you get the picture.\u00a0<\/p>\n Further reading: Cutting Room Floor<\/strong><\/p>\n It was safe to say that for any rising stars at the time, the acting categories in awards season were safe from those two specific big dogs for another year. Above all else, though, it proves that you can have all the money and prestige in the world, but you\u2019re only one bad decision away<\/a> from a complete movie dud. <\/p>\n Even Pacino and Hopkins aren\u2019t immune. You do have to wonder what they did with their \u00a397, having said that. The cinemas could have rightfully kept it for themselves, but there would admittedly be something quite funny about distributing those slim pickings to the Hollywood greats. At least they could buy a round to drown their sorrows.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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