The actor has officially restructured the bottom of his filmography, ending the 2003 romantic comedy's nearly two-decade reign as his most agonizing professional misstep. Reps for the star confirmed the $300 million superhero tentpole required unprecedented levels of green-screen suffering to clinch the bottom spot.
Ben Affleck has formally updated the tracking on his own professional despair, confirming to insiders that Warner Bros.’ 2017 tentpole Justice League has successfully unseated Gigli as the definitive low point of his three-decade career. The announcement sends shockwaves through a legacy that includes Reindeer Games, Daredevil, and Surviving Christmas, effectively rewriting the historical consensus on the actor's most traumatic on-set experiences.
Sources close to the production say the DC superhero team-up secured the bottom spot through a grueling mix of conflicting directorial visions, mandatory mustache-removal visual effects, and an eleventh-hour pivot by studio brass. While Gigli boasted a historic $72 million write-down and catastrophic tabloid buzz, analysts note the 2003 mob comedy simply lacked the sheer endurance required to stand in a rubber tactical suit while Joss Whedon rewrote third-act dialogue about motherboxes.
It takes a generational disaster to knock a Martin Brest flop off the throne, but the Warner Bros. executive team really put in the hours to make this shoot a uniquely soul-crushing experience.
The recalibration of Affleck's misery index has immediately shifted the market for his upcoming press tours. Reps for the multihyphenate are reportedly leveraging the Justice League trauma to secure lucrative backend deals for future miserable experiences at competing studios, ensuring the star is properly compensated before agreeing to stand in front of another tennis ball on a stick.
Meanwhile, the studio is moving quickly to capitalize on the film's newly minted status. A source familiar with the matter indicated that Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav has already greenlit a promotional campaign for the Max streaming service, positioning the theatrical cut of Justice League as the only blockbuster on the platform guaranteed to have made an Academy Award winner feel completely dead inside.