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15 Years Ago, Bruce Willis' Clash With Kevin Smith On Cop Out Resulted In A Big Box Office Flop

This year marks the 15th anniversary of Cop Out, a box office flop that saw director Kevin Smith at odds with star Bruce Willis.

Smith's comedy had to settle for second place as Martin Scorsese's "Shutter Island" was in the middle of its big box office run, topping the charts with $22.6 million. Unfortunately, lackluster reviews and competition from Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland," among others, meant the film dropped sharply in the coming weeks, falling out of the top ten entirely by mid-March. Smith wanted a change after what happened with "Zack and Miri," but interpreting other people's work with big movie stars in the studio system didn't allow him to thrive.

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