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If you think every movie you watch creates millions of dollars, think again. Not all those who make it to the big screen are sure money makers. There are of course flops that didn’t achieve their target income, or worse, did not even match their total cost. Also, there are some films that went straight to CDs/DVDs or online for download and to be viewed on ipods or other video players.

Listed below are the top 10 flops from year 2000-2009.

10. THE SPIRIT (December 25, 2008) – Samuel L. Jackson
* Estimated cost: $60 million
* Domestic gross: $19.8 million

9. GRINDHOUSE (Release date: April 6, 2007) – Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez
* Estimated cost: $67 million
* Domestic gross: $25 million

8. ROLLERBALL (February 8, 2002) – Jean Reno, Chris Klein, LL Cool J and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos
* Estimated cost: $70 million
* Domestic gross: $19 million

7. THE INVASION (August 17, 2007) – Nicole Kidman
* Estimated cost: $80 million
* Domestic gross: $15.1 million

6. CATWOMAN (July 23, 2004) – Michelle Pfeiffer
* Estimated cost: $100 million
* Domestic gross: $40 million

5. TOWN & COUNTRY (April 27, 2001) – Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton and Gary Shandling
* Estimated cost: $90 million
* Domestic gross: $6.7 million

4. GIGLI (August 1, 2003) – Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez
* Estimated cost: $54 million
* Domestic gross: $6.1 million

3. LAND OF THE LOST (June 5, 2009) – Will Ferrell
* Estimated cost: $100 million
* Domestic gross: $65 million

2. BATTLEFIELD EARTH (May 12, 2000) – John Travolta
* Estimated cost: $75 million
* Domestic gross: $21 million

1. THE ADVENTURES OF PLUTO NASH (August 6, 2002) – Eddie Murphy
* Estimated cost: $100 million
* Domestic gross: $4.4 million

Source: http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.reuters.com/top-10-movie-flops-decade-reuters (Reuters)