Do some research it flopped, ok sorry to rain on your parade, but it did.
Uhhhh, it made $750 million. Until Titanic it was the highest grossing film of all time. It was also nominated for 10 Oscars and won six. You have an interesting definition of the word "flop."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/awards
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