#Box Office Flop

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Video thumbnail — Kazaam (1996) ORIGINAL TRAILER

Kazaam

Shaquille O'Neal as a 5,000-year-old rapping genie who bursts out of a boombox to grant a kid three wishes — a legendary flop at the height of Shaq's do-everything mid-'90s fame. It's now most famous for a movie that doesn't exist: the "Shazaam" Mandela Effect.

Video thumbnail — Waterworld Official Trailer #1 - Kevin Costner Movie (1995) HD

Waterworld

Kevin Costner's Mad-Max-on-water epic became shorthand for Hollywood excess before anyone even bought a ticket — the most expensive movie ever made at the time, with a sinking set, a runaway budget, and a press corps sharpening knives. Then it quietly made its money back anyway.