Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed
It's not a podcast about bad movies. It's a podcast about movies that did badly. Join comedians Jon Drake (@drakegatsby) and Ian Dukes (@ianpauldukes) as they dig up the bombs that shook Hollywood. Every episode reviews a movie that lost money at the box office and tries to figure out what went wrong.
Episodes
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
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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
BUDGET: $...
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...
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...
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
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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
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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...
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 c...
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 dipping into ...
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...
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 ...
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.
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3:05 S...
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...
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:...
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
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3:39 Show & tel...
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 EP...
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 & 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...
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 tun...
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