Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed

The movie that bombed so hard it killed a multi-billion dollar franchise. This is DARK PHOENIX DARK PHOENIX RELEASED: June 7, 2019 DIRECTED BY: Simon Kinsberg STARRING: Sophie Turner, James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender BUDGET: $200M BOX OFFICE: $252.4M ESTIMATED LOSS: $130M  NEXT EPISODE: To infinity, and b-bomb! It's LIGHTYEAR....

Are you an Elvis fan? What about JFK? Cuz this movie kinda has those guys in it. It’s 2002’s cult classic BUBBA HO-TEP BUBBA HO-TEP RELEASED: June 9, 2002 DIRECTED BY: Don Coscarelli STARRING: Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Ella Joyce, Bob Ivy BUDGET: $1M  BOX OFFICE: $1.2M ESTIMATED LOSS: Total Next episode: Let's get this over with. It's X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX.   0:00 Intro  2:32 Show &...

Hold onto your (high) hat, cuz we’re going to MILLER’S CROSSING!  MILLER’S CROSSING RELEASED: September 22, 1990 DIRECTED BY: The Coen Brothers  STARRING: Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Albert Finney, Jon Polito  BUDGET: $10M - $14M  BOX OFFICE: $5M  ESTIMATED LOSS: total  NEXT EPISODE: Put on your blue suede shoes, cuz it’s time for BUBBA HO-TEP 0:00 Intro  3:12 Show & tell...

Today(land) on the pod we’re talking about Brad Bird, Damon Lindelof, and George Clooney’s infamous love letter to Walt Disney, futurism, and those scolding news reports that were telling you to use paper straws around the time this movie came out. It’s TOMORROWLAND!  TOMORROWLAND DIRECTED BY: Brad Bird  RELEASED: May 22, 2015 STARRING: George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Raffey Cassidy, Hugh Laurie ...

We're joined by (Hot) Ron Iver (@ronnui_) to talk about the Lonely Island's bizarre and beloved debut movie, 2007's HOT ROD.  HOT ROD DIRECTED BY: Akiva Schaffer RELEASED: August 3, 2007 STARRING: Andy Samberg, Isla Fisher, Jorma Taccone, Bill Hader, Danny McBride, Ian McShane, Sissy Spacek BUDGET: $25M  BOX OFFICE: $14.4M  ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M  NEXT EPISODE: We're going to the...

The first and last movie Stephen King ever directed, it’s 1986’s MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE. Did he give up directing because he nailed it so perfectly the first time? No. No he didn’t.  MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE DIRECTED BY: Stephen King  RELEASED: July 25, 1986 STARRING: Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Christopher Murney  BUDGET: $9M BOX OFFICE: $7.4M ESTIMATED LOSS: $5M  NEXT EPISODE: We’re joined...

We've had four FANTASTIC FOUR movies so far and none of them could be described as fantastic. We dive deep into the 2015 Josh Trank grimdark reboot of the franchise this week. FANTASTIC FOUR DIRECTED BY: Josh Trank RELEASED: August 7, 2015 STARRING: Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Reg E. Cathey BUDGET: $120M BOX OFFICE: $167.9M ESTIMATED LOSS: $80M Early...

We are the law (when it comes to movies that bombed). Finally, a genuinely good movie! It’s 2012’s DREDD DREDD RELEASED: September 21, 2012 DIRECTED BY: Pete Travis STARRING: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey, Wood Harris BUDGET: $45M  BOX OFFICE: $41.5M ESTIMATED LOSS: $25M NEXT EPISODE: Let’s dig in to a fantastic piece of garbage with 2015’s FANTASTIC FOUR 0:00 Intro  2:58 Show & tell...

We're pretty sure Jake Gyllenhaal would like you to forget about this movie, but that's not our problem. It's 2001's BUBBLE BOY BUBBLE BOY RELEASED: August 24, 2001 DIRECTED BY: Blair Hayes STARRING: Jake Gyllenhaal, Marley Shelton, Swoosie Kurtz, John Carroll Lynch, Danny Trejo BUDGET: $13M  BOX OFFICE: $5M ESTIMATED LOSS: $TOTAL  NEXT EPSIODE: We are the law. It's 2012&a...

We’re going on a journey into the most dangerous place in the world—1980’s SoHo. It’s AFTER HOURS AFTER HOURS RELEASED: September 13, 1985 DIRECTED BY: Martin Scorsese STARRING: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Linda Fiorentino, John Heard, Catherine O’Hara  BUDGET: $5M  BOX OFFICE: $10.6M  ESTIMATED LOSS: $2M NEXT EPISODE: Ever wish you could hide from the outside world? Us too. So we’re covering...

We're back with our second-ever mailbag episode--BLAST ME ANYTHING! We take listener questions about our favorite movies, how the show got started, and much more!  NEXT EPISODE: We're finally spending some time with ol' Marty as we talk about 1985's AFTER HOURS.  0:00 Intro  1:52 Show & tell 8:27 Blast Me Anything

Alright, we made it to the end of our January 2024 retrospective and we’re closing it out with MADAME WEB. This movie is so weird. I don’t even know how to describe it.  MADAME WEB DIRECTED BY: S.J. Clarkson RELEASED: February 14, 2024 STARRING: Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Celeste O’Connor, Tahar Rahim  BUDGET: $100M BOX OFFICE: $100.5M ESTIMATED LOSS: $75M NEXT EPISODE: We’re...

We’re almost done with 2024. So close we can taste it. But first, it’s one of the year’s biggest misses in ARGYLLE. ARGYLLE DIRECTED BY: Matthew Vaughn RELEASED: February 2, 2024 STARRING: Bryce Dallas Howard, Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Brian Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, Samuel L Jackson BUDGET: $120M BOX OFFICE: $96.2M ESTIMATED LOSS: $100M NEXT EPISODE: We wrap up the 2024 year in review with MA...

It’s megaloppin’ time! We continue our 2024 retrospective with one of the most bizarre movies we’ve ever covered—it’s MEGALOPOLIS  MEGALOPOLIS RELEASED: September 27, 2024  DIRECTED BY: Francis Ford Coppola  STARRING: Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Shia LaBeouf, Aubrey Plaza, Jon Voigt BUDGET: $120M  BOX OFFICE: $13.9M  EST. LOSS: All of it  NEXT EPISODE: Pull out your favorit...

Did you know there was a BORDERLANDS movie? In 2024? Well there was. And we watched it because we love you.  BORDERLANDS  DIRECTED BY: Eli Roth  RELEASED: August 9, 2024 STARRING: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Ariana Greenblatt, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Black BUDGET: $120M  BOX OFFICE: $33M  EST LOSS: All of it  NEXT EPISODE: Lord help us, we tackle MEGALOPOLIS.  0:00 Intro  3:05 Show & tell 8:21...

More like Folie à Dud! We’re kicking off our 2024 retrospective with one of the biggest sequel failures in history, JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX. 0:00 Intro  2:46 Show & tell 7:26 This week's movie JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX  DIRECTED BY: Todd Phillips  RELEASED: October 4, 2024  STARRING: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener  BUDGET: $200M  BOX OFFICE: $206.4M EST LOSS: $110M NE...

It’s one of the most expensive independent films ever made. It’s ambitious. But is it any good? We dig into CLOUD ATLAS to see what we find.  0:00 Intro  3:27 Show & tell 9:08 This week's movie CLOUD ATLAS RELEASED: October 26, 2012 DIRECTED BY: Lana Wachowski, Lily Wachowski, Tom Tykwer  STARRING: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Sturgess, Bae Doona, Hugo Weaving, James D’Arcy  BUDGET: $145M...

With so much turmoil in the world, we picked a movie that didn’t have any frightening parallels to the real world. This is THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (2004). THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE  DIRECTED BY: Jonathan Demme  RELEASED: July 30th, 2004 STARRING: Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep, Jon Voigt, Kimberly Elise  BUDGET: $80M  BOX OFFICE: $96.1M ESTIMATED LOSS: $40M  0:00 Intro  3:39 Show...

Love is in the air! Oh wait that’s murder. It’s a bonus Halloween drop with the 2001 slasher VALENTINE 0:00 Intro 3:37 Show & tell 9:19 Trailer talk 11:44 This week's movie VALENTINE DIRECTED BY: Jamie Blanks RELEASED: February 2, 2001 STARRING: Denise Richards, David Boreanaz, Marley Shelton, Katherine Heigl, Jessica Capshaw BUDGET: $29m  BOX OFFICE: $36.7m EST LOSS: $20m NEXT EPISODE: P...

Hope you’re thirsty, cuz we’ve got lots of water this week. Arguably too much. For the second episode of Blastober, it’s UNDERWATER  UNDERWATER DIRECTED BY: William Eubank  RELEASED: January 10, 2020  STARRING: Kristen Stewart, Jessica Henwick, John Gallagher Jr, TJ Miller, Vincent Cassel, Mamoudou Athie  BUDGET: $65M BOX OFFICE: $40.9M ESTIMATED LOSS: $50M  0:00 Intro 2:01 Show & tell 10:44 T...

It’s the first Blastober in 2 years!! We’re kicking it off with the gnarly punk rock horror thriller GREEN ROOM  0:00 Intro 3:42 Show & tell 7:53 This week's movie GREEN ROOM DIRECTED BY: Jeremy Saulnier RELEASED: April 15, 2016  STARRING: Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Patrick Stewart, Alia Shawkat, Macon Blair, Mark Webber BUDGET: $5M  BOX OFFICE: $3.8M  ESTIMATED LOSS: $4M  NEXT EPISODE:...

May the Schwartz be with you! We’re staying in space this week for an 80s classic, SPACEBALLS 0:00 Intro 2:33 Show & tell 7:21 This week's movie SPACEBALLS DIRECTED BY: Mel Brooks  RELEASED: July 24, 1987 STARRING: Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Mel Brooks, Joan Rivers BUDGET: $23M  BOX OFFICE: $38M EST LOSS: $5M NEXT EPISODE: It’s BLASTOBER! You’ll have to tune in...

Why be sad on earth when you can be sad in space? This is AD ASTRA  0:00 Intro 2:58 Show & tell 7:34 This week's movie AD ASTRA DIRECTED BY: James Gray RELEASED: September 20, 2019 STARRING: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler  BUDGET: $110M BOX OFFICE: $135.4M EST LOSS: $80M NEXT EPISODE: We’re staying in space but it’s slightly less morose as we finally...

Off with your head! This week we’re covering David Lowery’s retelling of the 14th-century Arthurian myth THE GREEN KNIGHT THE GREEN KNIGHT DIRECTED BY: David Lowery  RELEASED: July 30, 2021  STARRING: Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, Sarita Choudhury, Ralph Ineson  BUDGET: $15M BOX OFFICE: $18.9M EST LOSS: $10M 0:00 Intro 1:41 Show & tell 6:52 This week's movie NEXT...

This week, it’s our first venture into the insane mind of Michael Bay with 2005’s clone action-thriller THE ISLAND  0:00 Intro 3:23 Show & tell 8:29 This week's movie THE ISLAND  DIRECTED BY: Michael Bay RELEASED: July 11, 2005 STARRING: Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Sean Bean BUDGET: $126M BOX OFFICE: $162.9M  EST LOSS: $80M  NEXT EPISODE: We’re going on an adventure!...