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“Fame,” a remake of the 1980 musical in theaters today, isn’t the only Hollywood remake gone awry. Everett

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“The Stepford Wives,” a 2004 remake of the 1975 film, featured marquee names like Nicole Kidman and Matthew Broderick, but it flopped at the box office. FilmStills.net

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The original “Planet of the Apes” starring Charlton Heston was a massive hit. The 2001 Tim Burton-directed remake, however, did not experience the same success.

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“Psycho,” a 1998 remake of the legendary Alfred Hitchcock film, had an all-star cast, including Vince Vaughn and Anne Heche, but it didn’t quite make a killing at the box office.

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“Poseidon,” the action/adventure flick about an ocean liner going down on New Year’s Eve, also sank wtih critics in 2006.

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Denzel Washington starred in last summer’s “The Taking of Pelham 123,” but even he couldn’t keep this remake from derailing.

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