Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed

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: $3…

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 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…

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 Ze…

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
ES…

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: Nichola…

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
…

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 …

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 L…

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…

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…

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: …

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, J…

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…

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 inves…

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
S…

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…

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 …

“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, …