Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed

We're joined by the homie Nash Flynn (@ItsNashFlynn) of Death & Friends to talk about an extremely historically accurate movie: 2017's THE MUMMY. 

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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
BUDGE...

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)

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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...

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. 

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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
BU...

Another movie where the film itself wasn’t the story, it's the creepy musical DEAR EVAN HANSEN.

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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 L...

THE HUNT controversy was probably the biggest news story of 2020. Can’t think of anything else that happened that was quite as important. 

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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

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We wrap up our 2023 series with maybe the biggest bomb of the year, and also every year, with THE MARVELS. 

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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 

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It’s week 2/4 of our 2023 Retrospective and we’re covering the ambitious original sci-fi movie THE CREATOR 

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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 

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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

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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,...

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 

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“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 

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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 

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2:24 Show & tell
7:45 This week's movie

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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

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3:12 Show & tell
7:40 This week's movie

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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

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2:26 Show & tell
6:41 This week's movie

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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

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2:33 Show & tell
6:44 This week's movie

NEXT EPISODE: The world is e...

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 

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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 

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1:52 Show & tell
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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

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3:09 Show & tell
8:54 This week's movie

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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 

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