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PODCAST

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed

Jon Drake and Ian Dukes

It"s not a podcast about bad movies. It"s a podcast about movies that did badly. Join comedians Jon Drake (@drakegatsby) and Ian Dukes (@ianpauldukes) as they dig up the bombs that shook Hollywood. Every episode reviews a movie that lost money at the box office and tries to figure out what went wrong.

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Episode 154 - Dark Phoenix

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed ·

2025/07/16

The movie that bombed so hard it killed a multi-billion dollar franchise. This is DARK PHOENIX DARK PHOENIX RELEASED: June 7, 2019 DIRECTED BY: Simon Kinsberg STARRING: Sophie Turner, James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender BUDGET: $200M BOX OFFICE: $252.4M ESTIMATED LOSS: $130M NEXT EPISODE: To infinity, and b-bomb! It's LIGHTYEAR. 0:00 Intro 3:25 Show & tell 8:34 This week's movie

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Episode 153 - Bubba Ho-Tep

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2025/07/02

Are you an Elvis fan? What about JFK? Cuz this movie kinda has those guys in it. It’s 2002’s cult classic BUBBA HO-TEP BUBBA HO-TEP RELEASED: June 9, 2002 DIRECTED BY: Don Coscarelli STARRING: Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Ella Joyce, Bob Ivy BUDGET: $1M BOX OFFICE: $1.2M ESTIMATED LOSS: Total Next episode: Let's get this over with. It's X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX. 0:00 Intro 2:32 Show & tell 7:27 This week's movie SHOW NOTES: Jack of All Trades intro (Old Bruce Campbel...

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Episode 152 - Miller's Crossing

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed ·

2025/06/11

Hold onto your (high) hat, cuz we’re going to MILLER’S CROSSING! MILLER’S CROSSING RELEASED: September 22, 1990 DIRECTED BY: The Coen Brothers STARRING: Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Albert Finney, Jon Polito BUDGET: $10M - $14M BOX OFFICE: $5M ESTIMATED LOSS: total NEXT EPISODE: Put on your blue suede shoes, cuz it’s time for BUBBA HO-TEP 0:00 Intro 3:12 Show & tell 9:14 This week's movie

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Episode 151 - Tomorrowland

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed ·

2025/05/28

Today(land) on the pod we’re talking about Brad Bird, Damon Lindelof, and George Clooney’s infamous love letter to Walt Disney, futurism, and those scolding news reports that were telling you to use paper straws around the time this movie came out. It’s TOMORROWLAND! TOMORROWLAND DIRECTED BY: Brad Bird RELEASED: May 22, 2015 STARRING: George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Raffey Cassidy, Hugh Laurie BUDGET: $190M BOX OFFICE: $209M ESTIMATED LOSS: $150M NE...

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Episode 150 - Hot Rod

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed ·

2025/05/14

We're joined by (Hot) Ron Iver (@ronnui_) to talk about the Lonely Island's bizarre and beloved debut movie, 2007's HOT ROD. HOT ROD DIRECTED BY: Akiva Schaffer RELEASED: August 3, 2007 STARRING: Andy Samberg, Isla Fisher, Jorma Taccone, Bill Hader, Danny McBride, Ian McShane, Sissy Spacek BUDGET: $25M BOX OFFICE: $14.4M ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M NEXT EPISODE: We're going to the future with George Clooney or something. IDK I never saw it. It's TOMORROWLAND. 0:00 Int...

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Episode 149 - Maximum Overdrive

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed ·

2025/04/30

The first and last movie Stephen King ever directed, it’s 1986’s MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE. Did he give up directing because he nailed it so perfectly the first time? No. No he didn’t. MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE DIRECTED BY: Stephen King RELEASED: July 25, 1986 STARRING: Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Christopher Murney BUDGET: $9M BOX OFFICE: $7.4M ESTIMATED LOSS: $5M NEXT EPISODE: We’re joined by friend of the show (Hot) Ron Iver (@ronnui_) to talk about the Lonely I...

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Episode 148 - Fantastic Four (2015)

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2025/04/16

We've had four FANTASTIC FOUR movies so far and none of them could be described as fantastic. We dive deep into the 2015 Josh Trank grimdark reboot of the franchise this week. FANTASTIC FOUR DIRECTED BY: Josh Trank RELEASED: August 7, 2015 STARRING: Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Reg E. Cathey BUDGET: $120M BOX OFFICE: $167.9M ESTIMATED LOSS: $80M Early Teaser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-BVs-KCSiA Quizno's "Put It In Me" Commercial https://ww...

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Episode 147 - Dredd

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed ·

2025/04/02

We are the law (when it comes to movies that bombed). Finally, a genuinely good movie! It’s 2012’s DREDD DREDD RELEASED: September 21, 2012 DIRECTED BY: Pete Travis STARRING: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey, Wood Harris BUDGET: $45M BOX OFFICE: $41.5M ESTIMATED LOSS: $25M NEXT EPISODE: Let’s dig in to a fantastic piece of garbage with 2015’s FANTASTIC FOUR 0:00 Intro 2:58 Show & tell 6:37 This week's movie

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Episode 146 - Bubble Boy

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed ·

2025/03/12

We're pretty sure Jake Gyllenhaal would like you to forget about this movie, but that's not our problem. It's 2001's BUBBLE BOY BUBBLE BOY RELEASED: August 24, 2001 DIRECTED BY: Blair Hayes STARRING: Jake Gyllenhaal, Marley Shelton, Swoosie Kurtz, John Carroll Lynch, Danny Trejo BUDGET: $13M BOX OFFICE: $5M ESTIMATED LOSS: $TOTAL NEXT EPSIODE: We are the law. It's 2012's DREDD 0:00 Intro 2:30 Show & tell 9:10 This week's movie

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Episode 145 - After Hours

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed ·

2025/02/26

We’re going on a journey into the most dangerous place in the world—1980’s SoHo. It’s AFTER HOURS AFTER HOURS RELEASED: September 13, 1985 DIRECTED BY: Martin Scorsese STARRING: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Linda Fiorentino, John Heard, Catherine O’Hara BUDGET: $5M BOX OFFICE: $10.6M ESTIMATED LOSS: $2M NEXT EPISODE: Ever wish you could hide from the outside world? Us too. So we’re covering BUBBLE BOY 0:00 Intro 2:56 Show & tell 7:21 This week's movie

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Episode 144 - Mailbag (Blast Me Anything)

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed ·

2025/02/12

We're back with our second-ever mailbag episode--BLAST ME ANYTHING! We take listener questions about our favorite movies, how the show got started, and much more! NEXT EPISODE: We're finally spending some time with ol' Marty as we talk about 1985's AFTER HOURS. 0:00 Intro 1:52 Show & tell 8:27 Blast Me Anything

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Episode 143 - Madame Web

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed ·

2025/01/29

Alright, we made it to the end of our January 2024 retrospective and we’re closing it out with MADAME WEB. This movie is so weird. I don’t even know how to describe it. MADAME WEBDIRECTED BY: S.J. ClarksonRELEASED: February 14, 2024STARRING: Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Celeste O’Connor, Tahar Rahim BUDGET: $100MBOX OFFICE: $100.5MESTIMATED LOSS: $75MNEXT EPISODE: We’re dipping into the mail bag for a special “BLAST ME ANYTHING” episode 0:00 Intro 2:44 S...

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Episode 142 - Argylle

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed ·

2025/01/22

We’re almost done with 2024. So close we can taste it. But first, it’s one of the year’s biggest misses in ARGYLLE.ARGYLLEDIRECTED BY: Matthew VaughnRELEASED: February 2, 2024STARRING: Bryce Dallas Howard, Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Brian Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, Samuel L JacksonBUDGET: $120M BOX OFFICE: $96.2MESTIMATED LOSS: $100MNEXT EPISODE: We wrap up the 2024 year in review with MADAME WEBShow Notes:Whirlybird Camhttps://imgur.com/a/UgHIt9W0:00 Intro 4:01 Show & tell9:08 Thi...

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Episode 141 - Megalopolis

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed ·

2025/01/15

It’s megaloppin’ time! We continue our 2024 retrospective with one of the most bizarre movies we’ve ever covered—it’s MEGALOPOLIS MEGALOPOLISRELEASED: September 27, 2024 DIRECTED BY: Francis Ford Coppola STARRING: Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Shia LaBeouf, Aubrey Plaza, Jon VoigtBUDGET: $120M BOX OFFICE: $13.9M EST. LOSS: All of it NEXT EPISODE: Pull out your favorite checkered sweaters cuz we’re doing ARGYLLE0:00 Intro 3:41 Show &...

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Episode 140 - Borderlands

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed ·

2025/01/08

Did you know there was a BORDERLANDS movie? In 2024? Well there was. And we watched it because we love you. BORDERLANDS DIRECTED BY: Eli Roth RELEASED: August 9, 2024STARRING: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Ariana Greenblatt, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack BlackBUDGET: $120M BOX OFFICE: $33M EST LOSS: All of it NEXT EPISODE: Lord help us, we tackle MEGALOPOLIS. 0:00 Intro 3:05 Show & tell8:21 This week's movie

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Episode 139 - Joker: Folie à Deux

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed ·

2025/01/01

More like Folie à Dud! We’re kicking off our 2024 retrospective with one of the biggest sequel failures in history, JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX.0:00 Intro 2:46 Show & tell7:26 This week's movieJOKER: FOLIE À DEUX DIRECTED BY: Todd Phillips RELEASED: October 4, 2024 STARRING: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener BUDGET: $200M BOX OFFICE: $206.4MEST LOSS: $110MNEXT EPISODE: We keep the bad times rolling with another of 2024’s biggest bombs, BOR...

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Episode 138 - Cloud Atlas

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed ·

2024/12/11

It’s one of the most expensive independent films ever made. It’s ambitious. But is it any good? We dig into CLOUD ATLAS to see what we find. 0:00 Intro 3:27 Show & tell9:08 This week's movieCLOUD ATLASRELEASED: October 26, 2012DIRECTED BY: Lana Wachowski, Lily Wachowski, Tom Tykwer STARRING: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Sturgess, Bae Doona, Hugo Weaving, James D’Arcy BUDGET: $145MBOX OFFICE: $130.5M ESTIMATED LOSS: $100M NEXT EPISODE: We begin our 2024 retrosp...

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Episode 137 - The Manchurian Candidate

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2024/11/20

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, 2004STARRING: Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep, Jon Voigt, Kimberly Elise BUDGET: $80M BOX OFFICE: $96.1MESTIMATED LOSS: $40M 0:00 Intro 3:39 Show & tell10:00 This week's movieNEXT EPISODE: Let’s take a break from the r...

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Episode 136 - Valentine

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2024/10/31

Love is in the air! Oh wait that’s murder. It’s a bonus Halloween drop with the 2001 slasher VALENTINE0:00 Intro3:37 Show & tell9:19 Trailer talk11:44 This week's movieVALENTINEDIRECTED BY: Jamie BlanksRELEASED: February 2, 2001STARRING: Denise Richards, David Boreanaz, Marley Shelton, Katherine Heigl, Jessica CapshawBUDGET: $29m BOX OFFICE: $36.7mEST LOSS: $20mNEXT EPISODE: Politics are a drag in 2004’s MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE

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Episode 135 - Underwater

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed ·

2024/10/23

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 UNDERWATERDIRECTED BY: William Eubank RELEASED: January 10, 2020 STARRING: Kristen Stewart, Jessica Henwick, John Gallagher Jr, TJ Miller, Vincent Cassel, Mamoudou Athie BUDGET: $65MBOX OFFICE: $40.9MESTIMATED LOSS: $50M 0:00 Intro2:01 Show & tell10:44 This week's movieNEXT EPISODE: Wouldn’t you like to know?! Stay tuned for anot...

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