Foreign box office, DVD-sales and merchandising can do wonders for a film that grosses poorly in the U.S. Among the films on our list, only The 13th Warrior, an epic 1999 flop starring Antonio Banderas, didn't report a worldwide gross that was higher than its production costs.
Curtis Martin, who will also work in the office, said the U.S. foreign military-sales system was designed with strict accountability controls to prevent U.S. weaponry from falling in the wrong hands.