Russell Crowe’s ‘Nuremberg’ Has Only Grossed 1/3 of One of the Greatest WWII Movies Ever Made

Virtually all of Hollywood lined up to star in Terrence Malick‘s The Thin Red Line, the third film of his career, and the first after the legendary director essentially disappeared for two decades. Fortunately, there was a large requirement of male actors for The Thin Red Line; nearly every speaking part attracted a star of stature. The movie debuted to positive reviews in 1998, but underperformed at the box office. It has since gained notoriety for Malick’s negligence in informing star Adrian Brody that his leading role had been reduced to mere seconds. Despite the film’s underperformance, it still grossed three times as much as the recently released World War II drama Nuremberg, starring Russell Crowe as the Nazi war criminal Hermann Göring.