Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed

Welcome to Atlanta where the players play and sometimes security guards get blamed for planting bombs even though they're innocent. This is RICHARD JEWELL RICHARD JEWELL RELEASED: December 13, 2019 DIRECTED BY: Clint Eastwood STARRING: Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde BUDGET: $45M BOX OFFICE: $44.6M ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M NEXT EPISODE: One of the least plaus...

Ahead of the 2026 attempt to make a worthwhile live action movie out of this franchise, we're covering 2009's STREET FIGHTER: THE LEGEND OF CHUN-LI STREET FIGHTER: THE LEGEND OF CHUN-LI DIRECTED BY: Andrzej Bartkowiak RELEASED: February 27, 2009 STARRING: Kristin Kreuk, Chris Klein, Neal McDonough, Robin Shou, Moon Bloodgood BUDGET: $50M BOX OFFICE: $12.8M ESTIMATED LOSS: TOTAL NEXT EPIS...

We're going back to the relatively pleasant times of the mid-90s for Kathryn Bigelow's dystopian sci-fi thriller STRANGE DAYS STRANGE DAYS DIRECTED BY: Kathryn Bigelow RELEASED: October 13, 1995 STARRING: Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Michael Wincott, Tom Sizemore BUDGET: $42M BOX OFFICE: $17M ESTIMATED LOSS: Total NEXT EPISODE: In anticipation of this fall's STREET...

We're on the hunt for Silver Lake's mysterious dog killer in this week's episode, as we dissect David Robert Mitchell's 2019 paranoid odyssey UNDER THE SILVER LAKE UNDER THE SILVER LAKE DIRECTED BY: David Robert Mitchell RELEASED: April 19, 2019 STARRING: Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, Topher Grace, Callie Hernandez BUDGET: $8M BOX OFFICE: $2M ESTIMATED LOSS: Total NEXT EPISODE...

We're going back to 1985 for our first Richard Donner movie, the medieval fantasy LADYHAWKE LADYHAWKE RELEASED: April 12, 1985 DIRECTED BY: Richard Donner STARRING: Rutger Hauer, Matthew Broderick, Michelle Pfeiffer, Leo McKern, John Wood BUDGET: $20m  BOX OFFICE: $18.4m ESTIMATED LOSS: Total NEXT EPISODE: We take a tour of Ian's hometown with UNDER THE SILVER LAKE 0:00 Intro  2:18 Show...

We're talking about a classic crime heist comedy... or is it a romance? It's Steven Soderbergh's 1998 masterpiece OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF SIGHT RELEASED: June 26, 1998 DIRECTED BY: Steven Soderbergh STARRING: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Steve Zahn, Albert Brooks BUDGET: $48M BOX OFFICE: $77.7M ESTIMATED LOSS: $25M NEXT EPISODE: We're going all the way...

Ryan Gosling's in space! No, not the one that's currently in theaters. Nope, not the Star Wars one either, that comes out next year. It's Damien Chazelle's moody Neil Armstrong biopic FIRST MAN.  FIRST MAN RELEASED: October 12, 2018 DIRECTED BY: Damien Chazelle STARRING: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Corey Stoll BUDGET: $70m  BOX OFFICE: $105.7m ESTIMAT...

This week, we are unfortunately quite topical as we discuss the Iraq War satire TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE RELEASED: October 15, 2004 DIRECTED BY: Trey Parker STARRING: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Kristen Miller, Masaka Moyo, Daran Norris BUDGET: $32M  BOX OFFICE: $50.8 ESTIMATED LOSS: $15M  NEXT EPISODE: We're going to space with Baby Goose for the sad astronaut epic...

Take a scenic tour of beautiful Los Angeles in this week's episode as we discuss Michael Bay's action-packed 2022 flop AMBULANCE AMBULANCE DIRECTED BY: Michael Bay RELEASED: April 8, 2022 STARRING: Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Eiza Gonzales, Garret Dillahunt BUDGET: $40m BOX OFFICE: $52.3m ESTIMATED LOSS: $30m NEXT EPISODE: We're going back to the relatively quaint jingoi...

We're ALIIIIIVE! We're back with a deep dive into late-80s kids sci-fi with Guttenberg-less sequel SHORT CIRCUIT 2 SHORT CIRCUIT 2 RELEASED: July 6, 1988 DIRECTED BY: Kenneth Johnson STARRING: Fisher Stevens, Michael McKean, Cynthia Gibb, Jack Weston, Tim Blaney BUDGET: $15M BOX OFFICE: $21.6M ESTIMATED LOSS: $8M  NEXT EPISODE: We're hitting the road with our old pals Michael Bay an...

We're wrapping up our look back at 2025 with one of the most talked about (and expensive) movies of the year: Paul Thomas Anderson's epic ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER RELEASED: September 8, 2025 DIRECTED BY: Paul Thomas Anderson STARRING: Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio Del Toro, Teyana Taylor, Sean Penn, Chase Infiniti, Regina Hall BUDGET: $175M  BOX OFFICE: $207M  ESTIM...

Bong Joon Ho is back with an original sci-fi movie! Did it make a bunch of money? We wouldn’t be talking about it if it did. It’s MICKEY 17 MICKEY 17 RELEASED:  DIRECTED BY: Bong Joon Ho  STARRING: Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Mark Ruffalo, Toni Collette, Steven Yeun  BUDGET: $118m  BOX OFFICE: $133m ESTIMATED LOSS: $80m  NEXT EPISODE: We wrap up our 2025 retrospective  0:00 Intro  3:08 Show &am...

We're heading back into the MCU for one of their best movies in years, that still unfortunately underperformed at the box office. It's the THUNDERBOLTS ASTERISK. THUNDERBOLTS* RELEASED: May 2, 2025 DIRECTED BY: Jake Schreier STARRING: Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Lewis Pullman, Hannah John-Kamen, Sebastian Stan, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Gerladine Viswanathan BUDGET: $180m BOX...

We're back from our holiday break, and all January we'll be covering some noteworthy box office disappointments from 2025. We'll kick things off with Ari Aster's EDDINGTON EDDINGTON RELEASED: July 18, 2025 DIRECTED BY: Ari Aster STARRING: Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Deirdre O'Connell, Michael Ward BUDGET: $25m BOX OFFICE: $13.1m  ESTIMATED LOSS:  $20m NEXT E...

We're back! Join us on a trip to the optimistic days of the early 80s as we discuss the extremely bizarre but highly charming sci-fi comedy THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION RELEASED: August 10, 1984 DIRECTED BY: W.D. Richter STARRING: Peter Weller, Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow, Jeff Goldblum BUDGET: $17m BOX OF...

This week we cover our first, and definitely not our last, Guy Ritchie movie with 2015's throwback spy action comedy THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. RELEASED: August 14, 2015 DIRECTED BY: Guy Ritchie STARRING: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Hugh Grant, Elizabeth Debicki BUDGET: $84m  BOX OFFICE: $110m  ESTIMATED LOSS: $80m  NEXT EPISODE: We get real weird and rea...

We wrap up another successful Blastober with the final film from horror master Clive Barker: it's an interesting mix of cosmic horror and noir, 1995's LORD OF ILLUSIONS LORD OF ILLUSIONS RELEASED: August 25, 1995 DIRECTED BY: Clive Barker STARRING: Scott Bakula, Famke Jannsen, Kevin J. O'Connor, Daniel von Bargen BUDGET: $11M BOX OFFICE: $13.3M ESTIMATED LOSS: $8M NEXT EPISODE: We&a...

Blastober barrels forth with 2001's creepy psychological horror FRAILTY!  FRAILTY DIRECTED BY: Bill Paxton RELEASED: April 12, 2002 STARRING: Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Luke Askew, Jeremy Sumpter  BUDGET: $11m BOX OFFICE: $17,4m ESTIMATED LOSS: $2m NEXT EPISODE: We wrap up Blastober with the third and final feature from a Master of Horror.  SHOW NOTES Auto shop angel htt...

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More like... more like A Cure for Making Money. I'm still working on that one. For week 2 of Blastober we're covering Gore Verbinski's 2017 mindf*** A CURE FOR WELLNESS. A CURE FOR WELLNESS DIRECTED BY: Gore Verbinski RELEASED: February 17, 2017 STARRING: Dane DeHaan, Mia Goth, Jason Isaacs BUDGET: $40m  BOX OFFICE: $26.6m ESTIMATED LOSS: $30m NEXT EPISODE: It may not be a perfect m...

We're kicking off another Blastober with a movie about something really spooky: road rage. It's 2001's JOY RIDE JOY RIDE RELEASED: October 5, 2001 DIRECTED BY: John Stahl STARRING: Paul Walker, Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski, Jim Beaver, Ted Levine BUDGET: $23M BOX OFFICE: $36.6M ESTIMATED LOSS: $15M  NEXT EPISODE: You'll have to tune in and see what spooky movie we pick next!   0...

We’re going back to 1999 for the Tarantino-lite cult classic GO  GO DIRECTED BY: Doug Liman  RELEASED: April 9, 1999 STARRING: Sarah Polley, Timothy Olyphant, William Fichtner, Jay Mohr, Katie Holmes, Scott Wolf  BUDGET: $20M  BOX OFFICE: $28.5M  ESTIMATED LOSS: $12M NEXT EPISODE: We’re kicking off Blastober! So you gotta tune in to see what we’re covering. 0:00 Intro  2:58 Show & tell 8:22 Th...

Episode 157 - Keanu Is this the cutest cat ever put on film? We debate this and other important questions as we discuss the 2016 Key and Peele movie KEANU KEANU RELEASED: April 29, 2016 DIRECTED BY: Peter Atencio STARRING: Jordan Peele, Keegan Michael Key, Tiffany Haddish, Method Man, Nia Long, Will Forte BUDGET: $15M BOX OFFICE: $20.7M ESTIMATED LOSS: $15M NEXT EPISODE: Of all the Tarantino clone...

Soar with us, leaves on the wind! It's 2005's sci-fi western/continuation of a beloved canceled TV property SERENITY SERENITY RELEASED: September 30, 2005 DIRECTED BY: Joss Whedon STARRING: Nathan Fillion, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Alan Tudyk, Summer Glau, Gina Torres, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher BUDGET: $39M BOX OFFICE: $40.4M ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M  NEXT EPISODE: We c...

We're going on a Toy Story sidequest without any toys. It's 2022's LIGHTYEAR.  LIGHTYEAR RELEASED: June 17, 2022 DIRECTED BY: Angus MacLane STARRING: Chris Evans, Keke Palmer, Peter Sohne, Taika Waititi, Uzo Abuba, James Brolin, Dale Soules BUDGET: $200M BOX OFFICE: $226.4M ESTIMATED LOSS: $106M NEXT EPISODE: Would you believe your eyes, if we covered FIREFLY? Well close enough, it&...