Nobody can truly explain Eddie Murphy's career in recent decades. While he's brought us hits like 'The Nutty Professor,' he's also behind outright cinematic atrocities like 'Norbit' and the recent 'A Thousand Words.' But it's this 2002 sci-fi comedy that holds the title of his biggest flop, recouping only $7 million of its reported $100 million budget.

Eddie's lucky that  'Pluto Nash' didn't come out during the '80s as it was originally intended, because the young star's career probably wouldn't have recovered.

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