Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed

With so much turmoil in the world, we picked a movie that didn’t have any frightening parallels to the real world. This is THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (2004).

THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE 
DIRECTED BY: Jonathan Demme 
RELEASED: July 30th, 2004
STARRING: Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep, Jon Voigt, Kimberly Elise 
BUDGET: $80M 
BOX OFFICE: $96.1M
ESTIMATED LOSS: $40M 

0:00 Intro 
3:39 Show & tell
10:00 This week's movie

NEXT EPISODE: Let’s take a break from the real world with 2012’s CLOUD ATLAS

Love is in the air! Oh wait that’s murder. It’s a bonus Halloween drop with the 2001 slasher VALENTINE

0:00 Intro
3:37 Show & tell
9:19 Trailer talk
11:44 This week's movie

VALENTINE
DIRECTED BY: Jamie Blanks
RELEASED: February 2, 2001
STARRING: Denise Richards, David Boreanaz, Marley Shelton, Katherine Heigl, Jessica Capshaw
BUDGET: $29m 
BOX OFFICE: $36.7m
EST LOSS: $20m

NEXT EPISODE: Politics are a drag in 2004’s MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE

Hope you’re thirsty, cuz we’ve got lots of water this week. Arguably too much. For the second episode of Blastober, it’s UNDERWATER 

UNDERWATER
DIRECTED BY: William Eubank 
RELEASED: January 10, 2020 
STARRING: Kristen Stewart, Jessica Henwick, John Gallagher Jr, TJ Miller, Vincent Cassel, Mamoudou Athie 
BUDGET: $65M
BOX OFFICE: $40.9M
ESTIMATED LOSS: $50M 

0:00 Intro
2:01 Show & tell
10:44 This week's movie

NEXT EPISODE: 
Wouldn’t you like to know?! Stay tuned for another spooky treat 

It’s the first Blastober in 2 years!! We’re kicking it off with the gnarly punk rock horror thriller GREEN ROOM 

0:00 Intro
3:42 Show & tell
7:53 This week's movie

GREEN ROOM
DIRECTED BY: Jeremy Saulnier
RELEASED: April 15, 2016 
STARRING: Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Patrick Stewart, Alia Shawkat, Macon Blair, Mark Webber
BUDGET: $5M 
BOX OFFICE: $3.8M 
ESTIMATED LOSS: $4M 

NEXT EPISODE: The spooky hits keep coming! You’ll have to tune in to see what they are
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May the Schwartz be with you! We’re staying in space this week for an 80s classic, SPACEBALLS

0:00 Intro
2:33 Show & tell
7:21 This week's movie

SPACEBALLS
DIRECTED BY: Mel Brooks 
RELEASED: July 24, 1987
STARRING: Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Mel Brooks, Joan Rivers
BUDGET: $23M 
BOX OFFICE: $38M
EST LOSS: $5M

NEXT EPISODE: It’s BLASTOBER! You’ll have to tune in to see which movies we cover 

Why be sad on earth when you can be sad in space? This is AD ASTRA 

0:00 Intro
2:58 Show & tell
7:34 This week's movie

AD ASTRA
DIRECTED BY: James Gray
RELEASED: September 20, 2019
STARRING: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler 
BUDGET: $110M
BOX OFFICE: $135.4M
EST LOSS: $80M

NEXT EPISODE: We’re staying in space but it’s slightly less morose as we finally cover SPACE BALLS

Off with your head! This week we’re covering David Lowery’s retelling of the 14th-century Arthurian myth THE GREEN KNIGHT

THE GREEN KNIGHT
DIRECTED BY: David Lowery 
RELEASED: July 30, 2021 
STARRING: Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, Sarita Choudhury, Ralph Ineson 
BUDGET: $15M
BOX OFFICE: $18.9M
EST LOSS: $10M

0:00 Intro
1:41 Show & tell
6:52 This week's movie

NEXT EPISODE: Let’s go to space and contemplate absentee fathers. It’s AD ASTRA

This week, it’s our first venture into the insane mind of Michael Bay with 2005’s clone action-thriller THE ISLAND 

0:00 Intro
3:23 Show & tell
8:29 This week's movie

THE ISLAND 
DIRECTED BY: Michael Bay
RELEASED: July 11, 2005
STARRING: Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Sean Bean
BUDGET: $126M
BOX OFFICE: $162.9M 
EST LOSS: $80M 

NEXT EPISODE: We’re going on an adventure! It’s 2021’s THE GREEN KNIGHT

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Everybody loves Robert Pattinson. Wanna watch him sit in a limo and have pseudo-philosophical conversations for 2 hours? Then you’re in luck! It’s COSMOPOLIS 

0:00 Intro
2:40 Show & tell
8:57 This week's movie

COSMOPOLIS
DIRECTED BY: David Cronenberg 
RELEASED: June 8, 2012
STARRING: Robert Pattinson, Paul Giamatti, Juliette Binoche, Kevin Durand, Sarah Gadon
BUDGET: $20.5M 
BOX OFFICE: $7.5M
ESTIMATED LOSS: $15M 

NEXT EPISODE: We’re gonna go hang out with some clones on THE ISLAND 

Another big budget comedy that flopped super hard and was almost universally hated? Don’t mind if we do. It’s LAND OF THE LOST (2009)

0:00 Intro
2:04 Show & tell
7:56 This week's movie

LAND OF THE LOST 
DIRECTED BY: Brad Silberling
RELEASED: June 5, 2009
STARRING: Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, Danny McBride, Jorma Taccone 
BUDGET: $100M
BOX OFFICE: $68.8M
EST. LOSS: $75M

NEXT EPISODE: It’s our first Cronenberg AND first Pattinson! We’re doing the 2012 Don DeLillo adaptation COSMOPOLIS.