Paul Hogan Made $328M Then Lost It All: The Crocodile Dundee 3 Failure That Ended Everything

Описание: 2001. Paul Hogan makes Crocodile Dundee 3. Budget: $39 million. Box office: $25 million. Loss: $31 million.

Worse than money: Career destroyed. Reputation ruined. Hollywood blacklisted him.

But this isn't just a story about failure. It's about what comes after. About hubris. About learning. About wisdom.

How did the man who made $567 million from two movies lose everything with one sequel?

This is the complete true story.

THE CROCODILE DUNDEE 3 DISASTER:

1986: Crocodile Dundee makes $328M - biggest hit of year
1988: Dundee 2 makes $239M - another massive success
2000: Paul age 61 decides to make Dundee 3
Warning 1: Partner John Cornell says no
Warning 2: Actress Linda Kozlowski hesitant
Warning 3: Director Peter Faiman refuses
Warning 4: Budget $39M (5x more than Dundee 2)
Warning 5: Script terrible, everyone says so
Paul ignores ALL warnings - thinks he can't fail
2001: Filming disaster - Paul looks too old
April 2001: Movie releases to brutal reviews
Rotten Tomatoes: 12% (out of 100)
Box office: $25.6M domestic, $39.4M worldwide
Total loss: $31M+ including marketing
Hollywood blacklists Paul - career over
2001-2005: Depression, divorce, tax investigation
2006: Paul moves back to Australia, accepts failure
2007: "Dundee 3 was best thing that happened to me"
2024: Age 85, at peace, grateful for the lesson.

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