Sahara (2005)
The movie is never as good as the book. Clive Cussler, the author of Sahara, was given $10 million and creative control over the script in exchange for handing the rights over to Paramount. However, despite Matthew McConaughey and Penelope Cruz’s performances, the film lost $100 million at the box office. Cussler was so dissatisfied with the theatrical rendering of his book that he ended up filing a lawsuit against the studio for breach of contract.