10 pairs of actors who starred together in both successful and failed projects (12 photos)

The collaboration of two talented people does not always lead to success, even if at first everything worked out perfectly - proven by the following examples!





A pair of top actors, being together in the frame, cannot constantly pull off films with a weak plot or direction. Today we will remember just such examples, when one project with the participation of two actors of the first magnitude was a success, but the second was not.

We can draw similar conclusions by comparing audience ratings of the paintings of all these duets. Moreover, we take into account only those films where the characters of the actors intersected in one frame.

1. Al Pacino and Robert De Niro



Successful project: "Heat" (1995) - IMDb: 8.2.

Unsuccessful project: “The Right to Kill” (2008) - IMDb: 6.0.

The actors also starred together in the film “The Godfather Part II” (1974), but they did not have common scenes, and in the film “The Irishman,” which had good ratings and even 9 Oscar nominations, but its success was much inferior to “Heat.” "

2. Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter





Successful project: “Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (2007) - IMDb: 7.3.

Unsuccessful project: “Dark Shadows” (2012) - IMDb: 6.2.

3. Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman



Successful project: “Eyes Wide Shut” (1999) - IMDb: 7.4.

Failed project: “Days of Thunder” (1990) - IMDb: 6.1.

4. Scarlett Johansson and Chris Evans



Successful projects: films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the most successful of which is “Avengers: Infinity War” (2018) - IMDb: 8.4.

Unsuccessful projects: “The Nanny Diaries” (2007) and “High Score” (2004) - IMDb: 6.2/5.7.

5. Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth



Successful project: Thor: Ragnarok (2017) - IMDb: 7.9.

Unsuccessful project: “Men in Black: International” (2019) - IMDb: 5.6.

6. Heath Ledger and Shannyn Sossamon



Successful project: “A Knight’s Tale” (2001) - IMDb: 7.0.

Unsuccessful project: “Sin Eater” (2003) - IMDb: 5.2.

7. Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson



Successful project: “True Detective” (season 1, 2014) - IMDb: 8.9.

Unsuccessful project: “Surfer” (2008) - IMDb: 4.7.

8. Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan



Successful project: Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and You've Got Mail (1998) - IMDb: 6.8/6.7.

Unsuccessful project: “Ithaca” (2015) - IMDb: 5.5.

9. Uma Thurman and John Travolta



Successful project: “Pulp Fiction” (1994) - IMDb: 8.9.

Unsuccessful project: “Be cooler!” (2005) - IMDb: 5.7.

10. Ansel Elgort and Shailene Woodley



Successful project: “The Fault in Our Stars” (2014) - IMDb: 7.7.

Unsuccessful projects: the Divergent trilogy (2014-2016). Ratings for the first part - IMDb: 6.6.

Bonus: John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson



Successful project: “Pulp Fiction” (1994) - IMDb: 8.9.

Relatively unsuccessful project: “Clayton Base” (2003) - IMDb: 6.5.

The film received good ratings, but it failed at the box office and received negative reviews in the West.