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He has been nominated for Razzies three times in total.
This understates Boll's Razzie history. In 2009 alone, a contemporary report said he was up for four Razzies, so his total cannot be just three.
Full reasoning
This claim is numerically wrong. A January 21, 2009 Fandango report on that year's Razzie nominations states: "Uwe Boll is up for four Razzies, including Worst Director and Worst Career Achievement." If Boll had four Razzie nominations in 2009 alone, then the statement that he was nominated for Razzies only three times in total is impossible.
Independent coverage from GameSpot also reported that Boll had already received a Razzie nomination back in 2006 for Alone in the Dark, further confirming that his overall Razzie nominations exceeded three.
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- Uwe and Cast of 'The Women' Make 2009 Razzie Noms | Fandango
"Uwe Boll is up for four Razzies, including Worst Director and Worst Career Achievement."
- Uwe Boll gets Razzie nod - GameSpot
"For his 2005 thriller Alone in the Dark ... German director Uwe Boll garnered a Worst Director nomination."
Boll received a rare "Worst Career Achievement" award at the 29th Golden Raspberry Awards on 21 February 2009 for In the Name of the King, Tunnel Rats, and Postal.
This mixes up two separate Razzie honors. Those films were cited for Boll's Worst Director win; the Career Achievement award was a separate special dishonor, not an award 'for' those three movies.
Full reasoning
Contemporary coverage of the 2009 Razzies distinguishes between two different honors Boll received.
- The Los Angeles Times reported that Boll was named Worst Director for 1968: Tunnel Rats, In the Name of the King, and Postal and also received a Worst Career Achievement award.
- GameSpot likewise reported that Boll had earned recognition of a Worst Career Achievement award, while separately noting the Razzie nominations for his films.
So the article's wording is inaccurate because it attributes the Career Achievement award to those three specific films. The three-film list belongs to his Worst Director Razzie, not to the separate honorary/disparaging Worst Career Achievement award.
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- 'Razzies' for Myers, Hilton - Los Angeles Times
"Uwe Boll not only was named worst director (for '1968: Tunnel Rats,' 'In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale' and 'Postal') but also received a worst career achievement award..."
- Uwe Boll given lifetime dishonor by Razzies - GameSpot
"The ersatz Academy has determined that Boll has earned recognition of a Worst Career Achievement award... As for the other trophies that might soon wind up on Boll's shelf, In the Name of the King is up for Worst Picture, Worst Director..."
Boll-directed films have cost almost $60 million to make, and have generated $41.3 million worldwide.
These totals are far too low. One Boll-directed film alone, In the Name of the King, had a $60 million budget, and four of his directed films together already grossed more than $41.3 million worldwide.
Full reasoning
The sentence gives totals for all "Boll-directed films," but those totals are contradicted by widely used box-office reference data.
- In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale alone had a $60,000,000 production budget, according to The Numbers.
- Other Boll-directed films listed by The Numbers include House of the Dead ($7,000,000 budget), Alone in the Dark ($20,000,000), and BloodRayne ($25,000,000).
Those four directed films alone total $112,000,000 in production budgets, which makes the article's claim that Boll-directed films cost "almost $60 million" impossible.
The worldwide-gross total is also not right as a total for all Boll-directed films. The same four films alone already sum to $41,393,010 worldwide:
- House of the Dead — $13,860,078
- Alone in the Dark — $10,588,079
- BloodRayne — $3,711,633
- In the Name of the King — $13,233,220
So the article's figures are not valid totals for Boll's directed films.
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- House of the Dead (2003) - Box Office and Financial Information
"Production Budget: $7,000,000 ... Worldwide Box Office: $13,860,078"
- Alone in the Dark (2005) - Box Office and Financial Information
"Production Budget: $20,000,000 ... Worldwide Box Office: $10,588,079"
- BloodRayne (2006) - Box Office and Financial Information
"Production Budget: $25,000,000 ... Worldwide Box Office: $3,711,633"
- In The Name of the King Franchise Box Office History - The Numbers
"In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale" — "Production Budget: $60,000,000" and "Worldwide Box Office: $13,233,220"