Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed

Everybody loves Robert Pattinson. Wanna watch him sit in a limo and have pseudo-philosophical conversations for 2 hours? Then you’re in luck! It’s COSMOPOLIS  0:00 Intro 2:40 Show & tell 8:57 This week's movie COSMOPOLIS DIRECTED BY: David Cronenberg  RELEASED: June 8, 2012 STARRING: Robert Pattinson, Paul Giamatti, Juliette Binoche, Kevin Durand, Sarah Gadon BUDGET: $20.5M  BOX OFFICE: $...

Another big budget comedy that flopped super hard and was almost universally hated? Don’t mind if we do. It’s LAND OF THE LOST (2009) 0:00 Intro 2:04 Show & tell 7:56 This week's movie LAND OF THE LOST  DIRECTED BY: Brad Silberling RELEASED: June 5, 2009 STARRING: Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, Danny McBride, Jorma Taccone  BUDGET: $100M BOX OFFICE: $68.8M EST. LOSS: $75M NEXT EPISODE: It’s ou...

Join us on the latest episode of the  Blast Zone Podcast as we welcome back the legendary Regular M1ke (@RegularM1ke) to discuss one of the forgotten 90s sports thrillers, THE FAN . Directed by Tony Scott and featuring an all-star cast including Wesley Snipes, Robert DeNiro, John Leguizamo, Ellen Barkin, and Benicio Del Toro, this 1996 film had a budget of $55 million but unfortunately only grosse...

The sequel nobody asked for and almost nobody saw... it's EVAN ALMIGHTY EVAN ALMIGHTY DIRECTED BY: Tom Shadyac  RELEASED: June 22, 2007  STARRING: STEVE CARELL, MORGAN FREEMAN, LAUREN GRAHAM, JOHN GOODMAN BUDGET: $175m  BOX OFFICE: $174.4M EST. LOSS: $80m  0:00 Intro 2:04 Show & tell 6:57 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: Mike check 1,2, you know the vibes... REGULAR M1KE is back. We&a...

We’re back! Talking about one of the most 90s of 90s movies in David Fincher’s FIGHT CLUB FIGHT CLUB RELEASED: October 15, 1999 DIRECTED BY: David Fincher STARRING: Ed Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto BUDGET: $67M BOX OFFICE: $101.2M (including re-releases) ESTIMATED LOSS: $25M NEXT EPISODE: The most expensive comedy ever made is also one of the least funny- it’s EVAN...

We’re getting super earnest and old-timey with one of the original superhero movies, 1991’s THE ROCKETEER  0:00 Intro 2:50 Show & tell 8:52 This week's movie THE ROCKETEER  DIRECTED BY: Joe Johnston  RELEASED: June 21, 1991  STARRING: Billy Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Timothy Dalton, Alan Arkin, Terry O’Quinn  BUDGET: $40M BOX OFFICE: $46.5M  ESTIMATED LOSS: $25M  NEXT EPISODE: This one...

Oh hey didn’t see you there. We were over here being edgy career criminals. It’s THE WAY OF THE GUN  0:00 Intro 2:01 Show & tell 5:42 This week's movie THE WAY OF THE GUN  DIRECTED BY: Christopher McQuarrie  RELEASED: September 8, 2000  STARRING: Ryan Philippe, Benicio Del Toro, Juliette Lewis, James Caan  BUDGET: $8.5M  BOX OFFICE: $13.1M  ESTIMATED LOSS: $5M  NEXT EPISODE: How about som...

We’re back! And we’re doing a highly requested one this week with 2016’s Civil War drama FREE STATE OF JONES 0:00 Intro 1:48 Show & tell 7:20 This week's movie FREE STATE OF JONES  RELEASED: June 24, 2016 DIRECTED BY: Gary Ross  STARRING: Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, Keri Russell BUDGET: $50M  BOX OFFICE: $25M  ESTIMATED LOSS: $40M  NEXT EPISODE: We’re doing a cul...

We're joined by the homie Nash Flynn (@ItsNashFlynn) of Death & Friends to talk about an extremely historically accurate movie: 2017's THE MUMMY.  0:00 Intro 3:47 Show & tell 9:25 This week's movie THE MUMMY  RELEASED:  June 9, 2017  DIRECTED BY: Alex Kurtzman  STARRING: Tom Cruise, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson, Sofia Boutella, Russell Crowe, Courtney B. Vance BUDGET: $195...

We’re joined by “friend” of the show Ron Iver (@ronnui_) to talk about the first video game movie. Ever! It’s Super Mario Bros. (1993) 0:00 Intro 5:11 Show & tell 11:27 This week's movie SUPER MARIO BROS  RELEASED: May 28, 1993  DIRECTED BY: Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel STARRING: Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Samantha Mathis, Dennis Hopper, Fiona Shaw BUDGET: $48M  BOX OFFICE: $38.9M  E...

We went all the way back to 1995 for this week's movie, with one of Russell Crowe's first American movies and maybe Denzel's silliest movie ever, VIRTUOSITY.  0:00 Intro 2:08 Show & tell 7:16 This week's movie VIRTUOSITY  DIRECTED BY: Brett Leonard  RELEASED: August 4, 1995 STARRING: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Kelly Lynch, Stephen Spinella, William Forsythe BUDGET: $...

Another movie where the film itself wasn’t the story, it's the creepy musical DEAR EVAN HANSEN. 0:00 Intro 2:33 Show & tell 7:32 This week's movie DEAR EVAN HANSEN DIRECTED BY: Stephen Chbosky, RELEASED: September 24, 2021 STARRING: Ben Platt, Kaitlyn Dever, Amandla Stenberg, Nik Dodani, Colton Ryan, Amy Adams, Julianne Moore BUDGET: $28M BOX OFFICE: $19.1M ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M NEXT...

THE HUNT controversy was probably the biggest news story of 2020. Can’t think of anything else that happened that was quite as important.  0:00 Intro 2:59 Show & tell 7:19 This week's movie THE HUNT DIRECTED BY: Craig Zobel  RELEASED: March 13, 2020  STARRING: Betty Gilpin, Hilary Swank, Wayne Duvall, Ethan Suplee, Ike Barinholtz BUDGET: $14M BOX OFFICE: $12.4M  ESTIMATED LOSS: $8M NEXT E...

We wrap up our 2023 series with maybe the biggest bomb of the year, and also every year, with THE MARVELS.  0:00 Intro 1:47 Show & tell 6:36 This week's movie THE MARVELS  DIRECTED BY: Nia DaCosta  RELEASED: November 10, 2023  STARRING: Brie Larson, Iman Vellani, Teyonah Parris, Zawe Ashton  BUDGET: $275M BOX OFFICE: $206.1M ESTIMATED LOSS: all of it  NEXT EPISODE: We’re going down memory...

We’re back with another 2023 bomb and this time we’re getting real French with it. 0:00 Intro 3:35 Show & tell 8:41 This week's movie NAPOLEON DIRECTED BY: Ridley Scott  RELEASED: November 22, 2023  STARRING: Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby  BUDGET: $200M  BOX OFFICE: $218.4 ESTIMATED LOSS: $100M  NEXT EPISODE: Trouble in the MCU as we’re covering THE MARVELS

It’s week 2/4 of our 2023 Retrospective and we’re covering the ambitious original sci-fi movie THE CREATOR  0:00 Intro 2:12 Show & tell 6:42 This week's movie THE CREATOR DIRECTED BY: Gareth Edwards RELEASED: September 29, 2023 STARRING: John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Allison Janney, Madeleine Yuna Voyles BUDGET: $80M BOX OFFICE: $104M ESTIMATED LOSS: $50M  NEXT EPISODE:...

Oh my goodness we’re back. Do you all still remember us? We missed you. We’re doing 4 episodes on 2023’s bombs, and first up is DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES 0:00 Intro 2:18 Show & tell 6:16 This week's movie DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES DIRECTED BY: Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley RELEASED: March 31, 2023 STARRING: Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Ju...

No Oscar noms here, but there were definitely some noms! Nom nom nom nom. It’s 2015’s IN THE HEART OF THE SEA  IN THE HEART OF THE SEA  DIRECTED BY: Ron Howard  RELEASED: December 11, 2915  STARRING: Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Tom Holland, Michelle Fairley, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw  BUDGET: $100M  BOX OFFICE: $93.9M  ESTIMATED LOSS: $40M  0:00 Intro 2:16 Show & tell...

“I’ve never even heard of this. Must be one of those obscure movies from the 80s or 90s” wrong. Try 2019. It’s alien invasion thriller CAPTIVE STATE  CAPTIVE STATE DIRECTED BY: Rupert Wyatt  RELEASED: March 15, 2019  STARRING: John Goodman, Ashton Sanders, Jonathan Majors, Vera Farmiga  BUDGET: $25M  BOX OFFICE: $8.8M  ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M  0:00 Intro 2:58 Show & tell 7:58 This week's mov...

Big dragons. Bale. Mcconegh… McConeghaue… the “alright alright alright” guy. So why didn’t anybody see it? It’s REIGN OF FIRE  REIGN OF FIRE  DIRECTED BY: Rob Bowman   RELEASED: July 12, 2002 BUDGET: $60M BOX OFFICE: $82.2M ESTIMATED LOSS: $25M CAST: Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Gerard Butler, Izabella Scorupco  0:00 Intro 2:24 Show & tell 7:45 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: Alie...

We’re finally getting around to one of the greatest movies of the 2000s, David Fincher’s ZODIAC ZODIAC DIRECTED BY: David Fincher RELEASED: March 2, 2007 BUDGET: $85M BOX OFFICE: $84.7M ESTIMATED LOSS: $45M CAST: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr, Chloe Sevigny, Anthony Edwards 0:00 Intro 3:12 Show & tell 7:40 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: BURNINATING THE COUNTRYSIDE! It’s...

Panic! At the Mutual Benefit Life Building. It’s 1989’s apocalyptic freak out MIRACLE MILE MIRACLE MILE DIRECTED BY: Steve De Jarnatt RELEASED: May 19, 1989 BUDGET: $3.7M BOX OFFICE: $1.1M ESTIMATED LOSS: $3M CAST: Anthony Edwards, Mare Winningham, Mykelti Williamson, Robert DoQui 0:00 Intro 2:26 Show & tell 6:41 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: We tackle one of the big ones with one of th...

I guess somebody has a case of the Wednesdays, cuz this week we’re covering OFFICE SPACE  OFFICE SPACE DIRECTED BY: Mike Judge  RELEASED: February 19, 1999 BUDGET: $10M BOX OFFICE: $12.2M ESTIMATED LOSS: $8M CAST: Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, Stephen Root, Gary Cole, David Herman, Ajay Naudi 0:00 Intro 2:33 Show & tell 6:44 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: The world is ending! And als...

It’s our first, but definitely not our last, pod covering Paul Thomas Anderson, this time with his hippie private eye crime comedy INHERENT VICE  INHERENT VICE  DIRECTED BY: Paul Thomas Anderson  RELEASED: December 12, 2014  BUDGET: $20M  BOX OFFICE: $14.7M  ESTIMATED LOSS: $10M CAST: Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston, Reese Witherspoon  0:00 Intro 2:30 Show & tell...

We’re joined by the hilarious Django Gold (@django on Twitter) to talk about ANOTHER near $200m loser in THE LONE RANGER.  THE LONE RANGER  DIRECTED BY: Gore Verbinski  RELEASED: July 3, 2013 BUDGET: $250M  BOX OFFICE: $260.5M ESTIMATED LOSS: $190M CAST: Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, Ruth Wilson, William Fichtner, Tom Wilkinson  0:00 Intro 1:52 Show & tell 8:42 This week's movie Don’t forget...