Bringing Out the Dead had all the right things going for it when it was released to theaters in 1999: Martin Scorsese as director, a talented screenwriter in Schrader, and some of the best acting talents of the day which included Patricia Arquette, Tom Sizemore, Ving Rhames, and John Goodman alongside the Longlegs star.
But even with a star like Nicolas Cage receiving top billing, Bringing Out the Dead couldn’t muster enough attention from audiences to even begin to make a dent in the film’s production budget. The box office returns barely amounted to $16 million, set against the $32 million it cost to bring it to theaters. It remains one of director Martin Scorsese’s biggest flops, even though contemporary and modern critics generally give the movie high praises.
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