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Paramount adapted a Michael Crichton bestseller and lost roughly $49M
Timeline had the name recognition of Jurassic Park's author behind it, but its $80M budget returned only $43.9M worldwide amid scathing reviews.
Paramount Pictures · 2003-11-26
怎么回事
Paramount Pictures adapted Timeline, a time-travel novel by bestselling author Michael Crichton, into a big-budget feature directed by Richard Donner, betting Crichton's proven track record for adapted hits — including Jurassic Park — would carry an $80 million production.
The finished film simplified and altered significant elements of Crichton's source novel, drawing criticism both from fans of the book and from general audiences who found the plot confusing regardless of the changes.
Timeline opened to a 12% critics' score and closed with just $43.9 million worldwide against its $80 million budget, an estimated $49 million loss that made it one of the more prominent disappointments among Crichton's many screen adaptations.
为什么会这样
- An author's track record on prior adaptations was treated as sufficient without validating this specific story's translation to film.
- Significant changes from the source novel alienated existing fans without building a clear enough story for new audiences.
- The finished film's plot clarity problems went unaddressed through the production process despite the source material's complexity being a known risk.
- The budget assumed audience trust in the Crichton brand that this particular adaptation's execution didn't earn.
教训
An author's name recognition from past hits travels with the story's quality, not automatically with every new adaptation of their work.
后来呢
Timeline became one of the more prominent box office disappointments among Michael Crichton's numerous film adaptations, contributing to Hollywood's increasing caution around greenlighting his less-proven properties.
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