But Costner has had his fair share of film flameouts, and the biggest might be The Postman. Based on the novel of the same name by David Brin, The Postman takes place in a post-apocalyptic America.
In 1997, Kevin Costner’s The Postman flopped hard. An $80M gamble, it pulled in just $20M, leaving Costner and Warner Bros. nursing a box office wound no plot twist could heal. The Postman was ...