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re: Favorite box office bomb?
Posted on 3/9/21 at 7:44 pm to GeauxTigerTM
Posted on 3/9/21 at 7:44 pm to GeauxTigerTM
Grandma's Boy was just fun, but I think the title and some of the story line went a bit sideways. Had they tightened some of that up, I think it could have been a yuge success.
Dante is a riot.
Dante is a riot.
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Posted on 3/9/21 at 8:55 pm to DesScorp
Soldier
Osmosis Jones
Battleship
Osmosis Jones
Battleship
Posted on 3/9/21 at 8:56 pm to DesScorp
John Carter
Posted on 3/9/21 at 9:45 pm to Overwatch
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The Shawshank Redemption
Budget: $25 million
Box office: $16 million
Was coming to post this.
As awesome a movie this is, I cannot believe it lost money in its box office.
No matter where it is at when I channel surf to it, I have to finish it.
Posted on 3/9/21 at 9:55 pm to DesScorp
Fight Club
Posted on 3/9/21 at 10:16 pm to SEClint
I love Reign of Fire, it’s got Christian Bale just before he became a superstar and dragons.
Posted on 3/9/21 at 10:48 pm to Jimbeaux28
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The Shawshank Redemption
One of my top 10 movies of all time, period.
Posted on 3/9/21 at 10:55 pm to nvasil1
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Honorable mention from the same year: The Ghost and The Darkness. Budget was $55 million, but only grossed $38 million. Michael Douglas' character is a little cartoonish, and Val Kilmer's Irish accent fades in and out, but being based on a true story helps the buy-in factor. It looks and sounds great as well
Love that movie. Saw the two actual lions at the Field Museum in Chicago.
Posted on 3/9/21 at 11:07 pm to DesScorp
Heaven's Gate.
Actually a good movie, though I think Guinness Book of Records used to call it one of the worst financial bombs in cinema history. With Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Jeff Bridges and Sam Waterson.
Budget:$44,000,000 (estimated)
Gross USA: $3,484,331
Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $3,484,523
Imdb: This is considered one of the most notorious screen disasters in the history of film. After struggling with personal movies that went nowhere, Michael Cimino finally got to make The Deer Hunter (1978), which brought him critical and commercial success and earned five Academy Awards. Afterward, United Artists was willing to allow him anything he wanted. According to Steven Bach's "Final Cut", Cimino got $11.6 million to make his next project, a western about a land war in Johnson County, Wyoming, featuring a first-rate cast. It went over budget almost immediately, mostly due to Cimino's insistence on absolute perfectionism. Stories abounded that he was tearing down sets for no reason, and hiring and firing crew members almost weekly. Many of the stories were exaggerated, but the cost ballooned to a then-astronomical $40 million ($125 million in 2020 dollars). When Cimino presented the movie to United Artists, it ran well over five hours. After some squabbling, he agreed to trim it down to less than three hours. The movie was a commercial and critical disaster that destroyed Cimino's career as a director. It nearly bankrupted United Artists, which merged with MGM. That year, MGM had a hit in For Your Eyes Only (1981). Cimino didn't work for another five years, and his career never recovered. When Waterworld (1995) was being made, its production encountered so much difficulty, and Kevin Costner received so much negative press concerning the shooting, it was called "Kevin's Gate".
Actually a good movie, though I think Guinness Book of Records used to call it one of the worst financial bombs in cinema history. With Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Jeff Bridges and Sam Waterson.
Budget:$44,000,000 (estimated)
Gross USA: $3,484,331
Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $3,484,523
Imdb: This is considered one of the most notorious screen disasters in the history of film. After struggling with personal movies that went nowhere, Michael Cimino finally got to make The Deer Hunter (1978), which brought him critical and commercial success and earned five Academy Awards. Afterward, United Artists was willing to allow him anything he wanted. According to Steven Bach's "Final Cut", Cimino got $11.6 million to make his next project, a western about a land war in Johnson County, Wyoming, featuring a first-rate cast. It went over budget almost immediately, mostly due to Cimino's insistence on absolute perfectionism. Stories abounded that he was tearing down sets for no reason, and hiring and firing crew members almost weekly. Many of the stories were exaggerated, but the cost ballooned to a then-astronomical $40 million ($125 million in 2020 dollars). When Cimino presented the movie to United Artists, it ran well over five hours. After some squabbling, he agreed to trim it down to less than three hours. The movie was a commercial and critical disaster that destroyed Cimino's career as a director. It nearly bankrupted United Artists, which merged with MGM. That year, MGM had a hit in For Your Eyes Only (1981). Cimino didn't work for another five years, and his career never recovered. When Waterworld (1995) was being made, its production encountered so much difficulty, and Kevin Costner received so much negative press concerning the shooting, it was called "Kevin's Gate".
Posted on 3/9/21 at 11:16 pm to Roaad
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Valerian was fantastic
Now you’re just frickin with us
Posted on 3/9/21 at 11:21 pm to Large Farva
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Walk Hard: Dewey Cox Story
Fantastic comedy
Posted on 3/9/21 at 11:27 pm to DesScorp
Friday after Next
Posted on 3/10/21 at 7:48 am to DesScorp
Waterworld.
Never understood the hate.
It was bashed mercilessly before it was released.
Went to see it at the theater, enjoyed it. It bombed and the critics continued to bash.
When it came out on video rented it, still liked it.
Have seen it a few times more in the last 20 years and still have no idea why such a large percentage of film critics and fans disparage this movie.
Never understood the hate.
It was bashed mercilessly before it was released.
Went to see it at the theater, enjoyed it. It bombed and the critics continued to bash.
When it came out on video rented it, still liked it.
Have seen it a few times more in the last 20 years and still have no idea why such a large percentage of film critics and fans disparage this movie.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 8:48 am to SportsGuyNOLA
Waterworld was an interesting premise that devolved into just another goofy action movie. Still didn’t deserve the hate it got but seems like it could’ve been so much better.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 12:35 pm to biglego
Also, I’ll add Airheads. Legit one of my favorite movies of all time. It’s quintessential 90’s. I remember that and Speed coming out the same summer.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 12:46 pm to dawgfan1979
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John Carter
I cannot think of another movie at this level of entertainment value, casting, effects, source material, etc vs. Profit to Loss Ratio, for another film that is remotely comparable.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 12:50 pm to biglego
I liked it, felt like a spiritual sequel to Fifth Element
Posted on 3/11/21 at 10:06 am to UnluckyTiger
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Grandma’s Boy
Way at the top of my can't not watch list
Posted on 3/11/21 at 11:45 am to jumbo
Dazed and confused count?
Edit: maybe not a bomb technically it made money:
Budget
$6.9 million[3][4]
Box office
$8 million[5]
The film was a commercial failure at the box office, grossing less than $8 million in the United States. Despite this the film has enjoyed critical and commercial success over the years, and has since become a cult film. It ranked third on Entertainment Weekly magazine's list of the 50 Best High School Movies.[6] The magazine also ranked it 10th on its "Funniest Movies of the Past 25 Years" list.[7]
Edit: maybe not a bomb technically it made money:
Budget
$6.9 million[3][4]
Box office
$8 million[5]
The film was a commercial failure at the box office, grossing less than $8 million in the United States. Despite this the film has enjoyed critical and commercial success over the years, and has since become a cult film. It ranked third on Entertainment Weekly magazine's list of the 50 Best High School Movies.[6] The magazine also ranked it 10th on its "Funniest Movies of the Past 25 Years" list.[7]
This post was edited on 3/11/21 at 11:51 am
Posted on 3/11/21 at 12:02 pm to DesScorp
While it eventually inched back to it's $15 million budget, Clue was dud at the box office. It made just shy of $13 million in five weeks in theaters.
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