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Why Robert De Niro’s Mob Drama ‘Alto Knights’ Is Such a Box Office Disaster

“The Alto Knights,” a crime thriller starring dueling Robert De Niros, made moviegoers an offer they easily refused. The Warner Bros. film was D.O.A. over the weekend with $3.2 million at the domestic box office, one of the worst-ever starts for a major studio release. “The Alto Knights” also...

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Why Robert De Niro’s Mob Drama ‘Alto Knights’ Is Such a Box Office Disaster

“The Alto Knights,” a crime thriller starring dueling Robert De Niros, made moviegoers an offer they easily refused. The Warner Bros. film was D.O.A. over the weekend with $3.2 million at the domestic box office, one of the worst-ever starts for a major studio release. “The Alto Knights” also...

www.yahoo.com

The movie is allegedly awful, too, unlike the Looney Tunes movie they inexplicably dumped. (No, not Coyote vs. Acme - another one.)