


While all of these universes have had big budget support and recognizable characters, the MCU has retained one advantage: Kevin Feige, Marvel’s de facto showrunner. On the other hand, the movie won two Academy Awards, and it continues to attract audiences, proving that its box office failure was down to bad luck.Since The Avengers hit theaters 10 years ago, several film studios have tried to launch their own cinematic universes, leading to ventures such as Universal’s quickly abandoned Dark Universe or WB’s MonsterVerse, featuring King Kong and Godzilla. Ed Wood cost $18 million to make and made the box office gross of only $5.9 million. Even though the movie got a positive rating on IMDb (7.9), when it premiered in 1994, it was a box office failure. Johnny Depp is perfectly convincing as the young excited director and Martin Landau shines as Bela Lugosi. RELATED: Underappreciated Channing Tatum Movies

In this biopic where Johnny Depp portrays Ed Wood, the viewers get to learn more about Wood's work, his rise to directing movies, his friendship with the aging horror movie icon Bela Lugosi who played in Wood's movies, as well as Wood's complicated personal life. Whether that's accurate or not, Wood's enthusiasm for movies as well as his amateurish productions is well documented. Ed Wood is known by many as the worst movie director of all time. Tim Burton doesn't often make movies about real-life characters, let alone ones associated with the world of film. However, all the behind-the-scenes issues aside, Frankenweenie is ultimately an enjoyable story for all people who like Tim Burton's work that draws inspiration from the iconic Frankenstein but offers its own unique spin on the well-known story. RELATED: Underappreciated Helena Bonham Carter MoviesĪn interesting fact is that Burton originally made the movie for a Disney children's channel, but they considered it too dark for a young audience, and because the movie cost a million dollars to make, Burton was fired by Disney for spending too much money. With a runtime of only 29 minutes, it's another Tim Burton movie ideal for busy people. The story sounds like a horror movie but Frankenweenie mixes horror and comedy. He succeeds, but his actions might have consequences that Victor couldn't have predicted. A young boy, Victor Frankenstein, decides to bring his beloved dead dog Sparky back to life. Most Tim Burton fans will most likely be familiar with the 2012 animated version of this movie, but they might have missed out on watching the original, considering it currently has only 12,000 ratings on IMDb.
