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TIL The 1941 American movie drama ‘Citizen Kane’ was originally a box office flop. The movie failed to recoup its cost at the box office. Radio City Music Hall’s management refused to screen Citizen Kane for its premiere. Today, Citizen Kane is considered the Greatest American Film of All Time.
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Hurst tried to kill it because it made him look bad.
Hurst, who owned most of the papers in America, made sure to not put an ad or review for the movie in any paper. So it did poorly because no one knew it was at the theaters.