Box-Office-Bombs that you saw at the theater - Blu-ray Forum

Drewza89 · 07-02-2012, 06:49 AM

From this list, which of these notable Box-Office-Bombs did you see at the theater?

The list:

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I saw The Alamo (2004), Speed Racer, Land of the Lost, Gods and Generals, Titan A.E., Man on the Moon, Gone Fishin' (regrettably), Super Mario Bros., My Favorite Martian (regrettably), The Phantom (1996), and The Stupids (regrettably).

Tony208 · 07-02-2012, 06:52 AM

Only 7 of them

dickdarlington · 07-02-2012, 06:59 AM

Speed Racer
Land of the Lost
Rollerball
Death to Smoochy
North
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Bulletproof Monk
Man on the Moon
Mystery Men
Super Mario Bros.
Big Trouble
Envy

Speed Racer, Land of the Lost and Big Trouble didn't deserve their box office death.

Ben_UK · 07-02-2012, 07:07 AM

Of that list I only saw Super Mario Bros at the cinema.

I thought there would be others though...? Didn't Williow (1988) bomb?

Drewza89 · 07-02-2012, 07:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ben_UK

I thought there would be others though...? Didn't Williow (1988) bomb?

It didn't bomb, but it was a disappointment. It made $57 million in the US on a budget of $35 million. George Lucas was expecting a hit the size of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

Omen2002 · 07-02-2012, 07:16 AM

That's a long list of bombs. I haven't gone to the theater nearly as often in the past 10 years and I did prior. Time to start counting...

Wow, ok I saw more on the list then I expected.

Spoilered to take up less space.

30 of them:

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Rblu-Dblu · 07-02-2012, 07:22 AM

I'm glad to say I didn't see any of these in the theater.

tigertron · 07-02-2012, 07:25 AM

Final Fantasy and John Carter.

May aswell say Battleship too.

cinemaphile · 07-02-2012, 07:38 AM

Keeping in mind this is wikipedia, so the inclusion of some of the movies on this list is very arbitrary. But of this particular list, looks like I saw 57 in the theater (though a couple of them I'm not completely sure if I saw it in the theater first or on home video), and actually liked many of them, box office be damned!

Cutthroat Island
Sahara
The 13th Warrior
Stealth
Green Lantern
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
The Postman
Red Planet
Soldier
Hudson Hawk
How Do You Know
Hard Rain
Holy Man
Catwoman
Instinct
EDtv
Virus
Jade
Get Carter (2000)
Wyatt Earp
The Last Castle
3000 Miles to Graceland
Mighty Joe Young
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Death to Smoochy
Bringing Out the Dead
Ride with the Devil
Strange Days
The Core
North
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Stay
Event Horizon
The Mod Squad
Mystery Men
Cradle Will Rock
Timeline
The Invasion
Deep Rising
White Squall
Big Trouble
McHale's Navy
The Relic
Extreme Ops
Fair Game (1995)
Basic Instinct 2
Sphere
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
Metro
Mixed Nuts
The Black Cauldron
Psycho (1998)
Color of Night
Josie and the Pu5sycats
Trespass (2011 )

EricJ · 07-02-2012, 07:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drewza89

From this list, which of these notable Box-Office-Bombs did you see at the theater?

The list:
Battlefield Earth
Treasure Planet
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Ishtar
Krull
One from the Heart
Mystery Men
Meteor
Supergirl
Super Mario Bros.
Santa Claus: The Movie
My Favorite Martian
Megaforce
The Phantom (1996)
The Black Cauldron

The list seems a bit arbitrary, as it's piling big-budget losses with low-budget losses, and the bad-breaks with the never-had-a-chances--
Still, it's embarrassing to see that half the list I've seen on video (caught the rare 3D version of Nutcracker on Vudu, and even tracked down a rare Russian copy of "The Blue Bird" on DVD), but can't admit to a theater.

And as for how many times I'd seen Krull and Santa Claus:TM in the theaters, well...

Quote:

I saw The Alamo (2004), Speed Racer, Land of the Lost, Gods and Generals, Titan A.E., Man on the Moon, Gone Fishin' (regrettably), Super Mario Bros., The Phantom (1996), and The Stupids (regrettably).

The Stupids wasn't "regrettable" if you knew it was based on a children's picture book, which the script imitated fairly well. Most, oddly, didn't know that at the time. Reading is fundamental.
(It was "regrettable", however, that John Landis had gone plain off his barking nut during the 90's.

)

NARMAK · 07-02-2012, 07:53 AM

Suprisingly i've only seen 2 'bombs' and i actually enjoyed them, particularly Scott Pilgrim vs The World. Green Lantern being the other which although bad was still a watchable flick.

It's actually funny, cause reading over that list, can anybody spot how many 'cult' followings some now seem to have. Jack Frost is like now an essential Christmas movie or at least that was the way it was throughout my childhood and still kicking to a degree.

Some of those might have 'bombed' but they're by no means bad movies. Take Epic Movie as an example. The worst bunch a crap movies Hollywood churns out but somehow despite every single critical panning, they seemed to do better than much more worthy comedies, particularly those coming out of England etc. Seems like Hollywood only manages to polish turds and make more money than they should

LynxFX · 07-02-2012, 08:02 AM

41 and there are a few on there that I wouldn't consider bombs, just poor performers. Quite a few on that list that I gladly have in my collection as well.

remake · 07-02-2012, 08:06 AM

Why aren't I KNOW WHO KILLED ME and TRANSYLMANIA on this list?

EricJ · 07-02-2012, 08:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NARMAK

Some of those might have 'bombed' but they're by no means bad movies. Take Epic Movie as an example.

Well....no, let's not. "Speed Racer", maybe, "The Alamo" or "Sorcerer".

(One of which was killed by bad scheduling, one by guilt-by-association and bad early press, and the other by dopey audiences and the wrong season.)

Michael1989 · 07-02-2012, 08:09 AM

None lol

NARMAK · 07-02-2012, 08:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EricJ

Well....no, let's not. "Speed Racer", maybe, or "Sorcerer".

You think Epic Movie isn't worse than Speed Racer? I'd rather watch Speed Racer than Epic Movie and come to think of it, i'm now not sure but i actually think i also watched that in theatres, so my counts up to 3:

Green Lantern
Scott Pilgrim vs The World
Speed Racer

bluearth · 07-02-2012, 08:12 AM

Anyone notice how so many movie terms are based on war/military? A movie "bombs". A movie that does good is a "block-buster"

John Carter - sort of deserved to bomb

Green Lantern - Deserved to bomb

Driven - Definitely deserved to bomb

Speed Racer - Didn't deserve to bomb. Will be a cult classic

NARMAK · 07-02-2012, 08:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluearth

Anyone notice how so many movie terms are based on war/military? A movie "bombs". A movie that does good is a "block-buster"

John Carter - sort of deserved to bomb

Green Lantern - Deserved to bomb

Driven - Definitely deserved to bomb

Speed Racer - Didn't deserve to bomb. Will be a cult classic

Didn't know John Carter was on the list, guess i'm up to 4

I don't think Speed Racer will become a cult classic, just doesn't have the 'pizazz' i'd usually associate with such a thing. I think those top 2 although bombs, i'd watch. John Carter and Scott Pilgrim are my two most liked on that list and i couldn't care less if they were 'bombs'. Green Lantern, i can tell why that 'bombed' as well as Speed Racer to a degree.

Foggy · 07-02-2012, 08:55 AM

Mighty Joe Young (wow, that takes me back

) and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, which should of never of flopped!

doctorD · 07-02-2012, 09:17 AM

Even though it is considered a box office bomb, I actually loved Speed Racer.

Also, I hated Scott Pilgrim in the theater but now it is one of my favorite movies...go figure.

07-02-2012, 06:49 AM	#1
Drewza89 Special Member Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 Location:USA 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- Trading Score:3	Box-Office-Bombs that you saw at the theater From this list, which of these notable Box-Office-Bombs did you see at the theater? The list: [Show spoiler] I saw The Alamo (2004), Speed Racer, Land of the Lost, Gods and Generals, Titan A.E., Man on the Moon, Gone Fishin' (regrettably), Super Mario Bros., My Favorite Martian (regrettably), The Phantom (1996), and The Stupids (regrettably). Last edited by Drewza89; 07-02-2012 at 08:21 AM.

07-02-2012, 08:55 AM	#19
Foggy Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:UK 4K collection:29 Blu-ray collection:3594 DVD collection:47	Mighty Joe Young (wow, that takes me back) and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, which should of never of flopped!

07-02-2012, 06:52 AM	#2
Tony208 Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:May 2010 Location:NYC 4K collection:419 Blu-ray collection:663 Trading Score:609	Only 7 of them

07-02-2012, 06:59 AM	#3
dickdarlington Power Member Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 Location:Las Vegas, NV 4K collection:580 Blu-ray collection:1085 MA collection:1234	Speed Racer Land of the Lost Rollerball Death to Smoochy North Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Bulletproof Monk Man on the Moon Mystery Men Super Mario Bros. Big Trouble Envy Speed Racer, Land of the Lost and Big Trouble didn't deserve their box office death.

07-02-2012, 07:07 AM	#4
Ben_UK Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2011 Location:Birmingham, UK 4K collection:14 Blu-ray collection:226 Blu-ray reviews:4	Of that list I only saw Super Mario Bros at the cinema. I thought there would be others though...? Didn't Williow (1988) bomb?

07-02-2012, 07:16 AM	#6
Omen2002 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Dec 2010 Location:PA 4K collection:607 Blu-ray collection:1767 DVD collection:763 MA collection:2 Digital collection:3 iTunes collection:6	That's a long list of bombs. I haven't gone to the theater nearly as often in the past 10 years and I did prior. Time to start counting... Wow, ok I saw more on the list then I expected. Spoilered to take up less space. 30 of them: [Show spoiler]

07-02-2012, 07:22 AM	#7
Rblu-Dblu Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Trapped on the Death Star 4K collection:4 Blu-ray collection:483 Trading Score:12	I'm glad to say I didn't see any of these in the theater.

07-02-2012, 07:25 AM	#8
tigertron Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Aug 2010 4K collection:19 Blu-ray collection:293 DVD collection:30 Blu-ray reviews: 4 Trading Score:2	Final Fantasy and John Carter. May aswell say Battleship too.

07-02-2012, 07:38 AM	#9
cinemaphile Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Feb 2010 Location:Illinois Trading Score:322	Keeping in mind this is wikipedia, so the inclusion of some of the movies on this list is very arbitrary. But of this particular list, looks like I saw 57 in the theater (though a couple of them I'm not completely sure if I saw it in the theater first or on home video), and actually liked many of them, box office be damned! Cutthroat Island Sahara The 13th Warrior Stealth Green Lantern Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever The Postman Red Planet Soldier Hudson Hawk How Do You Know Hard Rain Holy Man Catwoman Instinct EDtv Virus Jade Get Carter (2000) Wyatt Earp The Last Castle 3000 Miles to Graceland Mighty Joe Young The Bonfire of the Vanities Death to Smoochy Bringing Out the Dead Ride with the Devil Strange Days The Core North Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Stay Event Horizon The Mod Squad Mystery Men Cradle Will Rock Timeline The Invasion Deep Rising White Squall Big Trouble McHale's Navy The Relic Extreme Ops Fair Game (1995) Basic Instinct 2 Sphere Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist Metro Mixed Nuts The Black Cauldron Psycho (1998) Color of Night Josie and the Pu5sycats Trespass (2011 )

07-02-2012, 07:53 AM	#11
NARMAK Blu-ray Prince Member since:Feb 2007 Location:United Kingdom Blu-ray collection:141 Trading Score:18	Suprisingly i've only seen 2 'bombs' and i actually enjoyed them, particularly Scott Pilgrim vs The World. Green Lantern being the other which although bad was still a watchable flick. It's actually funny, cause reading over that list, can anybody spot how many 'cult' followings some now seem to have. Jack Frost is like now an essential Christmas movie or at least that was the way it was throughout my childhood and still kicking to a degree. Some of those might have 'bombed' but they're by no means bad movies. Take Epic Movie as an example. The worst bunch a crap movies Hollywood churns out but somehow despite every single critical panning, they seemed to do better than much more worthy comedies, particularly those coming out of England etc. Seems like Hollywood only manages to polish turds and make more money than they should

07-02-2012, 08:02 AM	#12
LynxFX Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2007	41 and there are a few on there that I wouldn't consider bombs, just poor performers. Quite a few on that list that I gladly have in my collection as well.

07-02-2012, 08:06 AM	#13
remake Banned Member since:Aug 2011 Blu-ray collection:1 Trading Score:160	Why aren't I KNOW WHO KILLED ME and TRANSYLMANIA on this list?

07-02-2012, 08:09 AM	#15
Michael1989 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Mar 2009 Location:United Kingdom	None lol

07-02-2012, 08:12 AM	#17
bluearth Blu-ray Guru Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:92 Blu-ray reviews:2	Anyone notice how so many movie terms are based on war/military? A movie "bombs". A movie that does good is a "block-buster" John Carter - sort of deserved to bomb Green Lantern - Deserved to bomb Driven - Definitely deserved to bomb Speed Racer - Didn't deserve to bomb. Will be a cult classic

07-02-2012, 09:17 AM	#20
doctorD Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Redmond, WA Home Theater Gallery:47 4K collection:397 Blu-ray collection:1723 Blu-ray reviews: 12 Trading Score:1	Even though it is considered a box office bomb, I actually loved Speed Racer. Also, I hated Scott Pilgrim in the theater but now it is one of my favorite movies...go figure.

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