Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed

Maybe the audience was in a moving city that moved them away from the theaters? It’s MORTAL ENGINES MORTAL ENGINES DIRECTED BY: Christian Rivers RELEASED: December 14, 2018 BUDGET: $150M BOX OFFICE: $83.7 ESTIMATED LOSS: $175M CAST: Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Jihae, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Lang 0:00 Intro 3:09 Show & tell 8:54 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: We dance with PTA for the firs...

We’re back from vacation (along with special guest Small Cat) with a highly requested episode, it’s the fascist satire/gnarly action movie STARSHIP TROOPERS STARSHIP TROOPERS  DIRECTED BY: Paul Verhoeven  RELEASED: November 7, 1997 BUDGET: $110M  BOX OFFICE: $121M ESTIMATED LOSS: $70M  CAST: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Neil Patrick Harris, Clancy Brown  0:00 Intro 1:44 Show &...

The Blast Boys put it in gear with Ron Iver (@ronnui_) to boost 2000's GONE IN 60 SECONDS    GONE IN 60 SECONDS DIRECTED BY: Dominic Sena RELEASED: June 9th, 2000 BUDGET: $103M BOX OFFICE: $242M ESTIMATED LOSS: $92M STARRING: Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Christopher Eccleston, Robert Duvall, Vinnie Jones, Delroy Lindo, Timothy Olyphant, Chi McBride, Will Patton 0:00 Intro 6:...

It’s episode 101 and we’re going to Gotham to check out the BIRDS OF PREY BIRDS OF PREY DIRECTED BY: Cathy Yan RELEASED: February 7, 2020 BUDGET: $100M BOX OFFICE: $205.3M ESTIMATED LOSS: $70M CAST: Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett, Ewan McGregor, Chris Messina 0:00 Intro 2:39 Show & tell 6:58 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: We’re joined by Ron Iver (ro...

It’s the big one! 100 episodes! We’re covering maybe the most notorious bomb of all time with HEAVEN’S GATE! HEAVEN’S GATE  DIRECTED BY: Michael Cimino RELEASED: November 19, 1980 BUDGET: $44M BOX OFFICE: $3.5M ESTIMATED LOSS: Total CAST: Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, Isabelle Huppert, Sam Waterston, Jeff Bridges, John Hurt 0:00 Intro 1:30 Show & tell 7:23 This week's movie NEXT...

One of the most 90s movies ever made, it’s DROP ZONE DIRECTED BY: John Badham  RELEASED: December 9, 1994  BUDGET: $45M  BOX OFFICE: $62M ESTIMATED LOSS: $10M CAST: Wesley Snipes, Gary Busey, Yancy Butler, Michael Jeter  0:00 Intro 2:17 Show & tell 7:02 This week's movie Next Week: IT'S THE 100TH EPISODE EXTRAVAGANZA AND WE’RE DOING HEAVEN’S GATE  SHOW NOTES: Patton Oswalt talks abou...

Our first time covering Jim Carrey, but probably not our last. It’s THE CABLE GUY. DIRECTED BY: Ben Stiller  RELEASED: June 14, 1996 BUDGET: $47M BOX OFFICE: $102.8M ESTIMATED LOSS: $5M CAST: Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, Leslie Mann, Jack Black  0:00 Intro 2:28 Show & tell 7:05 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: Wesley Snipes tries, and fails, to do for skydiving what Point Break did for s...

Roll up those jacket sleeves and get ready for MIAMI VICE MIAMI VICE DIRECTED BY: Michael Mann  RELEASED: July 28, 2006 BUDGET: $135M-$150M BOX OFFICE: $164.2M ESTIMATED LOSS: $80M CAST: Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Gong Li, Naomie Harris, Barry Shabaka Henley, Domenick Lombardozzi, Justin Theroux  0:00 Intro 1:46 Show & tell 7:02 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: Almost 100 episodes in and w...

This movie is not good. It’s HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE I guess or something  HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE  DIRECTED BY: Ron Shelton  RELEASED: June 13, 2003  BUDGET: $75M BOX OFFICE: $51.1M  ESTIMATED LOSS: $40M  CAST: Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Isaiah Washington, Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Dwight Yoakam  0:00 Intro 2:37 Show & tell 7:18 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: We’re sticking with the buddy co...

Big waves. Vietnam. Grown men diving into ovens. This movie has it all! It’s BIG WEDNESDAY  BIG WEDNESDAY  DIRECTED BY: John Millius RELEASED: May 26, 1978 BUDGET: $11M BOX OFFICE: $4.5M ESTIMATED LOSS: $8M CAST: Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey, Patti D’Arbanville 0:00 Intro 2:18 Show & tell 6:12 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: It’s the movie more famous for its co-stars hat...

We’re back on our international arms dealer thing after a brief intermission with the Nicolas Cage cult favorite LORD OF WAR  LORD OF WAR DIRECTED BY: Andrew Niccol RELEASED: September 16, 2005 BUDGET: $50M BOX OFFICE: $72.6M ESTIMATED LOSS: $10M STARRING: Nicolas Cage, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynihan, Ethan Hawke, Eamonn Walker, Ian Holm 0:00 Intro 2:48 Show & tell 7:58 This week's movie SH...

We traded anti-Russian Cold War propaganda for anti-Chinese propaganda but then got cold feet and made it about North Korea cuz why not. It’s the 2012 RED DAWN RED DAWN  DIRECTED BY: Dan Bradley  RELEASED: November 21, 2012  BUDGET: $65M BOX OFFICE: $50.9M ESTIMATED LOSS: $30M STARRING: Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas  0:00 Intro 2:30 Show & tell 6:4...

Todd Phillips’ first foray into Scorsese impersonator territory wasn’t JOKER, it was the stoner bros dealing arms crime comedy WAR DOGS  WAR DOGS  DIRECTED BY: Todd Phillips RELEASED: August 19, 2016  BUDGET: $50M BOX OFFICE: $86.2M ESTIMATED LOSS: $10M STARRING: Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Ana de Armas, Kevin Pollak, Bradley Cooper 0:00 Intro 3:00 Show & tell 6:45 This week's movie NEXT EP...

A 140-minute Viking epic with Bjork is still somehow Robert Eggers' most accessible movie. It’s THE NORTHMAN THE NORTHMAN DIRECTED BY: Robert Eggers RELEASED: April 13, 2022 BUDGET: $90M BOX OFFICE: $69.6M ESTIMATED LOSS: $50M STARRING: Alexander Skarsgärd, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke 0:00 Intro 2:28 Show & tell 6:18 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: Explori...

The internet. We obviously know it’s a series of tubes, but what else? We try to find out as we discuss 2001’s SWORDFISH  SWORDFISH DIRECTED BY: Dominic Sena  RELEASED: June 8, 2001 BUDGET: $102M BOX OFFICE: $147M ESTIMATED LOSS: $60M  STARRING: John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Sam Shepard  0:00 Intro 1:55 Show & tell 5:54 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: We’re gettin...

War(craft)! What is it good for? We find out on this weeks episode    WARCRAFT DIRECTED BY: Duncan Jones  RELEASED: June 10, 2016 BUDGET: $160M  BOX OFFICE: $439M  ESTIMATED LOSS: $40M STARRING:  Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Toby Kebbel, Ben Schnetzer, Dominic Cooper NEXT EPISODE: The early 00s hacker cheese fest SWORDFISH 

From that era in the 70s where directors went to the jungle and went over budget and made their masterpieces, it’s SORCERER   SORCERER DIRECTED BY: William Friedkin  RELEASED: June 24, 1977 BUDGET: $22M BOX OFFICE: $9M ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M STARRING:  Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, Amidou NEXT EPISODE: One of the most expensive video game movies ever made, it’s 2016’s WARCRAFT Show No...

One of those late 90s edgy action movies except it’s from 2009. It’s CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE DIRECTED BY: Neveldine/Taylor RELEASED: April 17, 2009 BUDGET: $20M BOX OFFICE: $34.6M ESTIMATED LOSS: $8M STARRING: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Dwight Yoakam, Efren Ramirez, Bai Ling, Clifton Collins Jr. NEXT EPISODE: We’re going all the way back to 1977 with SORCERER Show Notes: handsome Sa...

Kicking off 2023 in a big way with one of the most beloved movies of all time, THE PRINCESS BRIDE  THE PRINCESS BRIDE DIRECTED BY: Rob Reiner RELEASED: October 9, 1987 BUDGET: $16M BOX OFFICE: $30.9M ESTIMATED LOSS: break even STARRING: Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Andre The Giant, Christopher Guest NEXT EPISODE: One of the trashiest action movies ever made, CRANK: HIG...

We’re getting in the Hayleyday spirit with the homie @2Saddington joining us for the Michael Keaton snowman dad dramedy JACK FROST  JACK FROST  DIRECTED BY: Troy Miller  RELEASED: December 11, 1998 BUDGET: $85M BOX OFFICE: $34.6M  ESTIMATED LOSS: $70M  STARRING: Michael Keaton, Kelly Preston, Mark Addy, Joseph Cross  NEXT EPISODE: We’re back in two weeks kicking off the New Year in a big way with...

It’s the onetime Guinness Book of World Records holder for biggest bomb, CUTTHROAT ISLAND  CUTTHROAT ISLAND DIRECTED BY: Renny Harlin RELEASED: December 22, 1995 BUDGET: $115M BOX OFFICE: $10.1M ESTIMATED LOSS: $140M STARRING: Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, Frank Langella, Maury Chaykin, Stan Shaw NEXT EPISODE: The homie Hayley (@2Saddington) is back to talk Michael Keaton haunted snowman family dra...

Probably the most critically acclaimed movie we’ve covered so far? It’s CHILDREN OF MEN  CHILDREN OF MEN  DIRECTED BY: Alfonso Cuarón RELEASED: December 22, 2005 BUDGET: $76M  BOX OFFICE: $70.5M ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M  STARRING: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Charlie Hunnam  NEXT EPISODE: We’re taking a week off before we induct another movie into the -$100m club with C...

Before John Wick but after Neo, there was CONSTANTINE CONSTANTINE DIRECTED BY: Francis Lawrence RELEASED: February 18, 2005 BUDGET: $100M BOX OFFICE: $230.9M ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M STARRING: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Tilda Swinton, Shia LaBeouf, Djimon Hounsou NEXT EPISODE: Things are getting real bleak as we visit post-apocalyptic England with CHILDREN OF MEN

You know it’s old cuz a radio station was held hostage and people actually noticed. It’s AIRHEADS AIRHEADS  DIRECTED BY: Michael Lehmann  RELEASED: August 5, 1994  BUDGET: $11.2M BOX OFFICE: $5.8M ESTIMATED LOSS: $8M STARRING: Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi, Adam Sandler, Amy Locane, Joe Mantegna, Michael McKean, Ernie Hudson  NEXT EPISODE: When there’s no more room in Hell, Keanu Reeves will hunt...

We wrap up our Taylor Kitsch trilogy with 2012’s love triangle/cartel thriller SAVAGES SAVAGES DIRECTED BY: Oliver Stone RELEASED: July 6, 2012 BUDGET: $45M BOX OFFICE: $83M ESTIMATED LOSS: $10M STARRING: Taylor Kitsch, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Blake Lively, Benicio Del Toro, Salma Hayek, John Travolta NEXT EPISODE: We check in on the mostly forgotten 1994 Heavy Metal comedy AIRHEADS Show Notes: http...