Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed

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 EPISOD...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 epi...

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 wit...

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 it...

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 mov...

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

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

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

NEX...

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...

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...

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 <...

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: ...

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 THE...

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 dr...

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...