Dream a Little Dream (1989)
Richard Harrington of the Washington Post said that Dream a Little Dream left people wondering what they saw. Released at the end of an era that leaned heavily on the body-switching concept, most were bored of it after the film’s opening week. Walter Goodman of the New York Times placed the blame directly on the project’s writers.” This is one incoherent movie; I have a hunch that the writers could not figure it out, either,” he wrote. Not even the popularized “Corey squared” duo of Corey Feldman and Corey Haim could save this movie from failure.
By the same token, this production’s failure to resonate with fans was reflected at the box office. Released in 1,019 theaters across the U.S., the film grossed $2.5 million in the opening week. While traction was expected to pick up in the coming weeks, the surge never happened. Word-of-mouth recommendations are the backbone of the film industry. Word of this debacle must’ve spread fast because viewership declined by 51 percent during the second week at the box office. As a result, Dream a Little Dream only grossed about $5,500,000.