Basketball Diaries is a Great Film That Flopped, Just Like This Video

The Basketball Diaries was a box office flop — but it might’ve been the best thing that ever happened to Leonardo DiCaprio. Before Titanic made him a global heartthrob, this gritty junkie drama nearly tanked his career… and weirdly, that’s what saved it. This is the story of how Leo went from playing a teenage heroin addict to becoming Hollywood’s golden boy — and why The Basketball Diaries is the movie that separated him from every other 90s pretty boy.