if it doesn't have good word of mouth it will end up losing them money
No it won't. Her star-power is huge. Remember a couple of months ago when we were all having the exact same conversation about Maleficent? "Maleficent flops, critics pan it, a bleak misfire."
Look how much that went on to gross. Critical success and commercial success don't always go hand in hand. They're very different.
I don't think she should do Cleopatra
