# A Listed actors whose careers are fading

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**Created:** [February 14, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-listed-actors-whose-careers-are-fading/571368 "2011-02-14T22:04:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-listed-actors-whose-careers-are-fading/571368/61 "2011-02-15T22:33:59Z")

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> [@JohnT](#):
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> And it’s not using “bizarro logic” to say a film with disappointing BO grosses indicates you are no longer on the A-list, especially if you’re not even the leading man.

Bad BO will kill an A-lister faster than anything else. Note how many times John Travolta has jumped on and off the A-list, and which movies caused it.

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