As ludicrous as it sounds, directing The Godfather, based on the novel by Mario Puzo, was not a creatively inspiring prospect for Coppola, who found its content to be "sleazy." He didn't want to direct the film for Paramount,

Coppola, the director of all-timers including "The Godfather' and 'Apocalypse Now,' put $120 million of his own money into the ambitious oddity of a project.

Francis Ford Coppola’s new big-budget movie “Megalopolis” drew weak ticket sales in its opening weekend after the legendary director spent more than $100 million on the film. The movie, the “Godfather” director’s first release in 13 years,

Francis Ford Coppola’s decades-in-the-making, self-financed epic “Megalopolis” flopped with moviegoers, while the acclaimed DreamWorks

Francis Ford Coppola’s decades-in-the-making, self-financed epic “Megalopolis” flopped with moviegoers, while the acclaimed DreamWorks Animation family film “The Wild Robot” soared to No. 1 at the weekend box office.

The PG-rated animated adventure about a shipwrecked robot outperformed Francis Ford Coppola’s utopian sci-fi epic Megalopolis, which also opened this weekend, with an underwhelming take of only $4 million.

Francis Ford Coppola's costly passion project Megalopolis bombed pretty hard in its opening weekend at the box office. Let's break down the situation.