Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed

The Blast Boys are joined by Nash Flynn (@itsnashflynn) to wrap up Blastober with 2005’s HOUSE OF WAX    HOUSE OF WAX  DIRECTED BY: Jaume Collet-Serra  RELEASED: May 6th, 2005  BUDGET: $40M BOX OFFICE: $70.1M ESTIMATED LOSS: $15M STARRING: Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Van Holt, Paris Hilton, Jared Padalecki  NEXT EPISODE: We complete the Taylor Kitsch trilogy with 2012’s SAVAGES  Sh...

It’s a horror cult classic for a new generation with 2020’s THE EMPTY MAN   THE EMPTY MAN  DIRECTED BY: David Prior  RELEASED: October 23, 2020  BUDGET: $16M BOX OFFICE: $5M ESTIMATED LOSS: Total  STARRING: James Badge Dale, Marin Ireland, Stephen Root, Ron Canada, Robert Aramayo, Sasha Frolova  NEXT EPISODE: The 3rd Blasteteer NASH FLYNN is back to discuss 2005’s HOUSE OF WAX

It’s our second round with Edgar Wright as we’re talking about LAST NIGHT IN SOHO  LAST NIGHT IN SOHO DIRECTED BY: Edgar Wright  RELEASED: October 29, 2021  BUDGET: $43M BOX OFFICE: $23M ESTIMATED LOSS: $30M  STARRING: Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Diana Rigg, Michael Ajao, Terrence Stamp NEXT EPISODE: We fill your ears with THE EMPTY MAN

Let’s head back to the Overlook with 2019’s hidden gem DOCTOR SLEEP  DOCTOR SLEEP DIRECTED BY: Mike Flanagan RELEASED: November 8, 2019  BUDGET: $55M BOX OFFICE: $72.3M ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M STARRING: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Zahn McLarnon, Carl Lumby  NEXT EPISODE: Blastober continues with Edgar Wright’s LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Show Notes: Dr. John dazzles on Top Chef https://m....

Maybe the best example of a live action cartoon ever made, it’s SPEED RACER  SPEED RACER  DIRECTED BY: The Wachowskis  RELEASED: May 9, 2009 BUDGET: $120M BOX OFFICE: $93.9M  ESTIMATED LOSS: $100M  STARRING: Emile Hirsch, Matthew Fox, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Scott Porter  NEXT EPISODE: We’re kicking Blastober off in a big way, literally, with the extremely long director’s cu...

The dream of the 90s is alive at EMPIRE RECORDS  EMPIRE RECORDS  DIRECTED BY: Allan Moyle RELEASED: September 22, 1995 BUDGET: $10M BOX OFFICE: $303,841  ESTIMATED LOSS: Total  STARRING: Liv Tyler, Renee Zellweger, Anthony Lapaglia, Ethan Embry, Rory Cochrane, Johnny Whitworth, Robin Tunney, Maxwell Caulfield  NEXT EPISODE: Go, SPEED RACER, Go!  Show Notes: Jessie Spano Is So Excited https://m.you...

We’re back talking about Peter Jackson’s first big(ish) budget Hollywood production THE FRIGHTENERS  THE FRIGHTENERS  DIRECTED BY: Peter Jackson  RELEASED: July 19, 1996  BUDGET: $30M BOX OFFICE: $29.6M ESTIMATED LOSS: $12M STARRING: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Jake Busey, Jeffrey Combs, Dee Wallace, Chi McBride  NEXT EPISODE: Remember record stores? Not the mom and pop, local hipster ones but...

In a hole in the ground, there lived a movie nobody ever saw. This is TOLKIEN  TOLKIEN  DIRECTED BY: Dome Karukoski  RELEASED: May 3, 2019 BUDGET: $20M BOX OFFICE: $9M ESTIMATED LOSS: $15M STARRING: Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Colm Meaney, Derek Jacobi  NEXT EPISODE: We’re talking about probably the biggest movie Peter Jackson has ever been involved in: That’s right, it’s THE FRIGHTENERS Show No...

We went alllllll the way back to 2019 for this weeks episode as it’s the Deep Impact to Widows’ Armageddon with THE KITCHEN THE KITCHEN DIRECTED BY: Andrea Berloff  RELEASED: August 8, 2019  BUDGET: $38M BOX OFFICE: $16M ESTIMATED LOSS: $30M STARRING: Melissa McCarthy, Elisabeth Moss, Tiffany Haddish, Domnhall Gleeson, Bill Camp, Margo Martindale  NEXT EPISODE: Before the Lord of the Rings, there...

It’s another bonafide cult classic with the sci-fi noir epic DARK CITY  DARK CITY  DIRECTED BY: Alex Proyas  RELEASED: February 27, 1998 BUDGET: $27M BOX OFFICE: $27.2M ESTIMATED LOSS: $15M STARRING: Rufus Sewell, Jennifer Connelly, Kiefer Sutherland, William Hurt, Richard O’Brien NEXT EPISODE: Hope you’re hungry, cuz it’s 2019’s THE KITCHEN Show Notes: Shell Beach Sun vs. Super Mario Sun https://...

A polarizing indie classic that’s still causing debates today, it’s THE BOONDOCK SAINTS  THE BOONDOCK SAINTS  DIRECTED BY: Troy Duffy  RELEASED: January 21, 2000 BUDGET: $6M BOX OFFICE: $30,471 ESTIMATED LOSS: Total  STARRING: Willem Dafoe, Norman Reedus, Sean Patrick Flanery, Billy Connolly, David Della Rocco NEXT EPISODE: If you like noir and sci-fi and creepy kids in fedoras you’ll love DARK CI...

Celebrating this really hot summer by looking back on another really hot summer, it’s SUMMER OF SAM  SUMMER OF SAM  DIRECTED BY: Spike Lee  RELEASED: July 2, 1999  BUDGET: $22M BOX OFFICE: $19.3M ESTIMATED LOSS: $9M STARRING: John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino, Jennifer Esposito, Michael Rispoli NEXT EPISODE: We’re staying in the late 90s with butt rock action classic THE BOONDOCK SAINTS 

All-star cast, great writer/director, good reviews. Why didn’t anybody go see BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE?  BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE DIRECTED BY: Drew Goddard  RELEASED: October 12, 2018 BUDGET: $32M BOX OFFICE: $31.9M ESTIMATED LOSS: $15M STARRING: Jeff Bridges, Dakota Johnson, Cynthia Erivo, Jon Hamm, Lewis Pullman, Cailee Spaeny, Chris Hemsworth  NEXT EPISODE: It’s the dog days of summer but a...

Maybe the blandest main character in a major motion picture, it’s DOWNSIZING DOWNSIZING DIRECTED BY: Alexander Payne RELEASED: December 22, 2017 BUDGET: $76M BOX OFFICE: $55M ESTIMATED LOSS: $35M STARRING: Matt Damon, Hong Chau, Christoph Waltz, Kristen Wiig NEXT EPISODE: Let the bad times roll with BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE 

The movie so nice it bombed twice! We’re talking MORBIUS MORBIUS DIRECTED BY: Daniel Espinosa  RELEASED: April 1, 2022  BUDGET: $85M BOX OFFICE: $163M ESTIMATED LOSS: $30M STARRING:Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Jared Harris, Adria Arjona, Tyrese Gibson, Al Madrigal  NEXT EPISODE: The people are small but the financial losses aren’t, it’s DOWNSIZING Show Notes: Tyrese Morbstache https://imgur.com/gallery...

They had 20 years to work on this so you know it's gonna be good! Right?! Right? .... right? This is INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE DIRECTED BY: Roland Emmerich RELEASED: June 24, 2016 BUDGET: $165M BOX OFFICE: $389.7M  ESTIMATED LOSS: $50M STARRING: Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Liam Hemsworth, Maika Monroe, Jesse T Usher, Charlotte Gainsbourg, William Fichtner  NEX...

Good thing Duchovny got away from playing a wisecracking government employee investigating extraterrestrials so he could make EVOLUTION where he plays… a wisecracking FORMER government employee investigating extraterrestrials.  EVOLUTION DIRECTED BY: Ivan Reitman  RELEASED: June 8, 2001  BUDGET: $80M  BOX OFFICE: $98.4M  ESTIMATED LOSS: $40M STARRING: David Duchovny, Julianne Moore, Orlando Jones,...

It’s not exactly Danielle Steel, but we’re diving into a TRUE ROMANCE this week  TRUE ROMANCE  DIRECTED BY: Tony Scott   RELEASED: September 10, 1993  BUDGET: $12.5M BOX OFFICE: $12.6M ESTIMATED LOSS: $5M STARRING: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Michael Rapaport, Dennis Hopper, Christopher Walken, Gary Oldman, Val Kilmer, Brad Pitt  NEXT EPISODE: We’re going back to 2001 for the sci-fi horro...

If you’ve never seen SUNSHINE, you’re missing out. Join us as we discuss Danny Boyle’s 2007 sci-fi epic. SUNSHINE DIRECTED BY: Danny Boyle  RELEASED: July 20, 2007   BUDGET: $40M BOX OFFICE: $32M ESTIMATED LOSS: $15M STARRING: Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Chris Evans, Cliff Curtis, Mark Strong, Michelle Yeoh, Hiroyuki Sanada, Troy Garity NEXT EPISODE:  Christian Slater is Quentin Tarantino, sorry,...

Marvel movies used to lose money sometimes! This is one of those times. Let’s get punished by 2004’s THE PUNISHER  THE PUNISHER DIRECTED BY: Jonathan Hensleigh  RELEASED: April 16, 2004  BUDGET: $33M BOX OFFICE: $54M ESTIMATED LOSS: $10M STARRING: Tom Jane, John Travolta, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Ben Foster, John Pinette, Will Patton, Laura Harring  NEXT EPISODE:  It’s warming up so seems like a goo...

“How accurate is this Jim Morrison impression?” and other unanswerable questions abound as we’re talking about 1993’s WAYNE’S WORLD 2 WAYNE’S WORLD 2 DIRECTED BY: Stephen Surjik  RELEASED: December 10, 1993 BUDGET: $40M BOX OFFICE: $72M ESTIMATED LOSS: $8M STARRING: Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Tia Carrere, Christopher Walken, James Hong, Kim Basinger NEXT EPISODE: Before the MCU, there were standalon...

Let’s get spooky as we’re joined by our friend Hayley (@2Saddington) to talk about 2021’s totally bananas MALIGNANT MALIGNANT Release Date: September 10, 2021 Budget: $40M Box office: $34M Estimated loss: $15M Director: James Wan Starring:  Annabelle Wallis, Maddie Hasson, George Young, Michole Briana White, Jacqueline McKenzie NEXT EPISODE: We’re back in two weeks with an underrated sequel to a b...

It’s Star Wars Day so we’re covering the only movie that qualifies for this podcast with 2018’s SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY  SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY  DIRECTED BY: Ron Howard  RELEASED: May 25, 2018 BUDGET: $275M  BOX OFFICE: $393.2M ESTIMATED LOSS: $80M STARRING: Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Paul Bettany  NEXT EPISODE: Our friend Hayley (@2Saddington) is back to tal...

This movie has it all: overly chipper Kirsten Dunst, monologues about boners, and the rarest thing of all: Orlando Bloom in jeans. It's 2005's ELIZABETHTOWN!  ELIZABETHTOWN DIRECTED BY: Cameron Crowe RELEASED: October 14, 2005 BUDGET: $45M BOX OFFICE: $52M ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M  STARRING: Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon, Alec Baldwin, Bruce McGill, Judy Greer NEXT EPISODE: Ce...

We are joined by our 5th (3rd?) Beatle NASH FLYNN (@itsnashflynn)  to talk about one of THE cult classics of the 80s, John Carpenter’s BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA DIRECTED BY: John Carpenter  RELEASED: July 2, 1986  BUDGET: $25M BOX OFFICE: $11.M ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M STARRING: Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, James Hong, Dennis Dun, Victor Wong  NEXT EPISODE: We’re back in t...