By Ron Grover and Tatyana Gershkovich

When The Dark Knight earned more than $170 million in its opening days, everyone, it seemed, was doing a victory dance. Everyone, that is, but Katie Holmes. Mrs. Tom Cruise, who played the role of Batman's main squeeze Rachel Dawes in 2005's Batman Begins, turned down offers to return for the sequel. Big mistake. Maybe she doesn't need the money – although she was reportedly offered around $2 million – but the wall-to-wall attention a star gets from being attached to a mega-hit couldn't hurt. Katie can still work in this town, if you call this summer's lamebrained comedy Mad Money (and its paltry $21 million in earnings) work. Katie's lament is every bit as "Hollywood" as air kisses. Stars live and die on the film choices that they make and Katie is hardly alone in walking away from a role that did boffo box office. Who are the other big stars that made similar unlucky decisions? Read on to find out.