Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed

We're talking about a classic crime heist comedy... or is it a romance? It's Steven Soderbergh's 1998 masterpiece OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF SIGHT RELEASED: June 26, 1998 DIRECTED BY: Steven Soderbergh STARRING: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Steve Zahn, Albert Brooks BUDGET: $48M BOX OFFICE: $77.7M ESTIMATED LOSS: $25M NEXT EPISODE: We're going all the way back to 1985 for the Matthew Broderick and Michelle Pfeiffer fantasy flop LADYHAWKE 0:00 Intro 3:06 Show & tell 7:30 This week's movie

Ryan Gosling's in space! No, not the one that's currently in theaters. Nope, not the Star Wars one either, that comes out next year. It's Damien Chazelle's moody Neil Armstrong biopic FIRST MAN. FIRST MAN RELEASED: October 12, 2018 DIRECTED BY: Damien Chazelle STARRING: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Corey Stoll BUDGET: $70m BOX OFFICE: $105.7m ESTIMATED LOSS: $30m NEXT EPISODE: We're doing an old favorite with Steven Soderbergh's 1998 crime romance comedy OUT OF SIGHT 0:00 Intro 2:08 Show & tell 6:46 This week's movie

This week, we are unfortunately quite topical as we discuss the Iraq War satire TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE RELEASED: October 15, 2004 DIRECTED BY: Trey Parker STARRING: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Kristen Miller, Masaka Moyo, Daran Norris BUDGET: $32M BOX OFFICE: $50.8 ESTIMATED LOSS: $15M NEXT EPISODE: We're going to space with Baby Goose for the sad astronaut epic FIRST MAN. 0:00 Intro 3:28 Show & tell 8:44 This week's movie

Take a scenic tour of beautiful Los Angeles in this week's episode as we discuss Michael Bay's action-packed 2022 flop AMBULANCE AMBULANCE DIRECTED BY: Michael Bay RELEASED: April 8, 2022 STARRING: Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Eiza Gonzales, Garret Dillahunt BUDGET: $40m BOX OFFICE: $52.3m ESTIMATED LOSS: $30m NEXT EPISODE: We're going back to the relatively quaint jingoism of 2004 with TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE 0:00 Intro 4:26 Show & tell 10:38 This week's movie

We're ALIIIIIVE! We're back with a deep dive into late-80s kids sci-fi with Guttenberg-less sequel SHORT CIRCUIT 2 SHORT CIRCUIT 2 RELEASED: July 6, 1988 DIRECTED BY: Kenneth Johnson STARRING: Fisher Stevens, Michael McKean, Cynthia Gibb, Jack Weston, Tim Blaney BUDGET: $15M BOX OFFICE: $21.6M ESTIMATED LOSS: $8M NEXT EPISODE: We're hitting the road with our old pals Michael Bay and Jake Gyllenhaal for 2022's AMBULANCE 0:00 Intro 3:51 Show & tell 10:02 This week's movie

We're wrapping up our look back at 2025 with one of the most talked about (and expensive) movies of the year: Paul Thomas Anderson's epic ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER RELEASED: September 8, 2025 DIRECTED BY: Paul Thomas Anderson STARRING: Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio Del Toro, Teyana Taylor, Sean Penn, Chase Infiniti, Regina Hall BUDGET: $175M BOX OFFICE: $207M ESTIMATED LOSS: $80M NEXT EPISODE: We go back to the 80s for problematic childhood favorite SHORT CIRCUIT 2. SHOW NOTES Michael Cera CeraVe ad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwOpQHeWo4c 0:00 Intro 2:41 Show & tell 9:04 This week's movie

Bong Joon Ho is back with an original sci-fi movie! Did it make a bunch of money? We wouldn’t be talking about it if it did. It’s MICKEY 17 MICKEY 17 RELEASED: DIRECTED BY: Bong Joon Ho STARRING: Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Mark Ruffalo, Toni Collette, Steven Yeun BUDGET: $118m BOX OFFICE: $133m ESTIMATED LOSS: $80m NEXT EPISODE: We wrap up our 2025 retrospective 0:00 Intro 3:08 Show & tell 8:12 This week's movie

We're heading back into the MCU for one of their best movies in years, that still unfortunately underperformed at the box office. It's the THUNDERBOLTS ASTERISK. THUNDERBOLTS* RELEASED: May 2, 2025 DIRECTED BY: Jake Schreier STARRING: Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Lewis Pullman, Hannah John-Kamen, Sebastian Stan, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Gerladine Viswanathan BUDGET: $180m BOX OFFICE: $382.4m ESTIMATED LOSS: $40m NEXT EPISODE: We cover another 2025 bomb, this time an adaptation of a recent sci-fi novel. Wheaties popcorn bucket Ian got at the premiere https://imgur.com/a/LLnSqV2 Quotes about AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY that have us concerned Alan Cumming https://imgur.com/a/SOe56l8 Paul Rudd https://imgur.com/a/GtSLinY 0:00 Intro 3:39 Show & tell 8:49 This week's movie

We're back from our holiday break, and all January we'll be covering some noteworthy box office disappointments from 2025. We'll kick things off with Ari Aster's EDDINGTON EDDINGTON RELEASED: July 18, 2025 DIRECTED BY: Ari Aster STARRING: Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Deirdre O'Connell, Michael Ward BUDGET: $25m BOX OFFICE: $13.1m ESTIMATED LOSS: $20m NEXT EPISODE: You'll have to tune in to find out. 0:00 Intro 3:00 Show & tell 10:41 This week's movie

We're back! Join us on a trip to the optimistic days of the early 80s as we discuss the extremely bizarre but highly charming sci-fi comedy THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION RELEASED: August 10, 1984 DIRECTED BY: W.D. Richter STARRING: Peter Weller, Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow, Jeff Goldblum BUDGET: $17m BOX OFFICE: $6.3m ESTIMATED LOSS: Total NEXT EPISODE: We'll be back in January as we start our 2025 Year-In-Review 0:00 Intro 2:55 Show & tell 9:36 This week's movie

This week we cover our first, and definitely not our last, Guy Ritchie movie with 2015's throwback spy action comedy THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. RELEASED: August 14, 2015 DIRECTED BY: Guy Ritchie STARRING: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Hugh Grant, Elizabeth Debicki BUDGET: $84m BOX OFFICE: $110m ESTIMATED LOSS: $80m NEXT EPISODE: We get real weird and real 80s with THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION. 0:00 Intro 2:52 Show & tell 9:08 This week's movie

We wrap up another successful Blastober with the final film from horror master Clive Barker: it's an interesting mix of cosmic horror and noir, 1995's LORD OF ILLUSIONS LORD OF ILLUSIONS RELEASED: August 25, 1995 DIRECTED BY: Clive Barker STARRING: Scott Bakula, Famke Jannsen, Kevin J. O'Connor, Daniel von Bargen BUDGET: $11M BOX OFFICE: $13.3M ESTIMATED LOSS: $8M NEXT EPISODE: We're done with the scaries for now and getting into espionage with 2015's Guy Ritchie spy jaunt THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. SHOW NOTES Swann's fake mustache https://imgur.com/a/CeeBt7a 0:00 Intro 3:44 Show & tell 9:00 This week's movie

Blastober barrels forth with 2001's creepy psychological horror FRAILTY! FRAILTY DIRECTED BY: Bill Paxton RELEASED: April 12, 2002 STARRING: Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Luke Askew, Jeremy Sumpter BUDGET: $11m BOX OFFICE: $17,4m ESTIMATED LOSS: $2m NEXT EPISODE: We wrap up Blastober with the third and final feature from a Master of Horror. SHOW NOTES Auto shop angel https://imgur.com/a/6Q7J43s Scenes of Meat, TX https://imgur.com/a/g1kxxFn 0:00 Intro 3:45 Show & tell 8:30 This week's movie

Let’s go back to where it all began. And then like 10 years after that. It’s the sequel to the prequel that is ALIEN: COVENANT ALIEN: COVENANT DIRECTED BY: Ridley Scott RELEASED: May 19, 2017 STARRING: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Demián Bichir BUDGET: $112m BOX OFFICE: $240.9m ESTIMATED LOSS: $40m NEXT EPISODE: Blastober chugs along with an early 2000s cult favorite from an actor/director Tweet about Gay Evil Robot https://imgur.com/a/XLyCIzf Steve Zahn Strange Wilderness clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCpKp73kJtI 0:00 Intro 2:53 Show & tell 9:32 This week's movie

More like... more like A Cure for Making Money. I'm still working on that one. For week 2 of Blastober we're covering Gore Verbinski's 2017 mindf*** A CURE FOR WELLNESS. A CURE FOR WELLNESS DIRECTED BY: Gore Verbinski RELEASED: February 17, 2017 STARRING: Dane DeHaan, Mia Goth, Jason Isaacs BUDGET: $40m BOX OFFICE: $26.6m ESTIMATED LOSS: $30m NEXT EPISODE: It may not be a perfect movie, but it does contain a perfect organism. Tune in to learn more! 0:00 Intro 3:20 Show & tell 8:35 This week's movie

We're kicking off another Blastober with a movie about something really spooky: road rage. It's 2001's JOY RIDE JOY RIDE RELEASED: October 5, 2001 DIRECTED BY: John Stahl STARRING: Paul Walker, Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski, Jim Beaver, Ted Levine BUDGET: $23M BOX OFFICE: $36.6M ESTIMATED LOSS: $15M NEXT EPISODE: You'll have to tune in and see what spooky movie we pick next! 0:00 Intro 3:06 Show & tell 7:55 This week's movie

We’re going back to 1999 for the Tarantino-lite cult classic GO GO DIRECTED BY: Doug Liman RELEASED: April 9, 1999 STARRING: Sarah Polley, Timothy Olyphant, William Fichtner, Jay Mohr, Katie Holmes, Scott Wolf BUDGET: $20M BOX OFFICE: $28.5M ESTIMATED LOSS: $12M NEXT EPISODE: We’re kicking off Blastober! So you gotta tune in to see what we’re covering. 0:00 Intro 2:58 Show & tell 8:22 This week's movie

Episode 157 - Keanu Is this the cutest cat ever put on film? We debate this and other important questions as we discuss the 2016 Key and Peele movie KEANU KEANU RELEASED: April 29, 2016 DIRECTED BY: Peter Atencio STARRING: Jordan Peele, Keegan Michael Key, Tiffany Haddish, Method Man, Nia Long, Will Forte BUDGET: $15M BOX OFFICE: $20.7M ESTIMATED LOSS: $15M NEXT EPISODE: Of all the Tarantino clones from the 90s, this one stands up. It’s 1999’s GO SHOW NOTES Jon's favorite K&P sketch - Gremlins 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x01l_jMhjVM Ian's favorite K&P sketch - Continental Breakfast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st21dIMaGMs 0:00 Intro 3:35 Show & tell 9:34 This week's movie

Soar with us, leaves on the wind! It's 2005's sci-fi western/continuation of a beloved canceled TV property SERENITY SERENITY RELEASED: September 30, 2005 DIRECTED BY: Joss Whedon STARRING: Nathan Fillion, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Alan Tudyk, Summer Glau, Gina Torres, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher BUDGET: $39M BOX OFFICE: $40.4M ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M NEXT EPISODE: We could all use a cute cat right now, couldn't we? It's the Key And Peele led comedy KEANU SHOW NOTES SNL Papyrus short https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVhlJNJopOQ Academic paper on Papyrus and the Serenity logo https://www.researchgate.net/publication/376553666_The_Serenity_Logo_Otherness_and_Inauthenticity Jason Pargin video essay on Gamergate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJU8xGudhnI 0:00 Intro 4:12 Show & tell 9:03 This week's movie

We're going on a Toy Story sidequest without any toys. It's 2022's LIGHTYEAR. LIGHTYEAR RELEASED: June 17, 2022 DIRECTED BY: Angus MacLane STARRING: Chris Evans, Keke Palmer, Peter Sohne, Taika Waititi, Uzo Abuba, James Brolin, Dale Soules BUDGET: $200M BOX OFFICE: $226.4M ESTIMATED LOSS: $106M NEXT EPISODE: Would you believe your eyes, if we covered FIREFLY? Well close enough, it's the 2005 cinematic continuation of the beloved sci-fi show with SERENITY. 0:00 Intro 2:22 Show & tell 8:55 This week's movie