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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 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

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed ·

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

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed ·

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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Episode 134 - Green Room

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed ·

2024/10/09

It’s the first Blastober in 2 years!! We’re kicking it off with the gnarly punk rock horror thriller GREEN ROOM 0:00 Intro3:42 Show & tell7:53 This week's movieGREEN ROOMDIRECTED BY: Jeremy SaulnierRELEASED: April 15, 2016 STARRING: Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Patrick Stewart, Alia Shawkat, Macon Blair, Mark WebberBUDGET: $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 aremaadyyq6

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Episode 133 - Spaceballs

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed ·

2024/09/25

May the Schwartz be with you! We’re staying in space this week for an 80s classic, SPACEBALLS0:00 Intro2:33 Show & tell7:21 This week's movieSPACEBALLSDIRECTED BY: Mel Brooks RELEASED: July 24, 1987STARRING: Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Mel Brooks, Joan RiversBUDGET: $23M BOX OFFICE: $38MEST LOSS: $5MNEXT EPISODE: It’s BLASTOBER! You’ll have to tune in to see which movies we cover

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Episode 132 - Ad Astra

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed ·

2024/09/11

Why be sad on earth when you can be sad in space? This is AD ASTRA 0:00 Intro2:58 Show & tell7:34 This week's movieAD ASTRADIRECTED BY: James GrayRELEASED: September 20, 2019STARRING: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler BUDGET: $110MBOX OFFICE: $135.4MEST LOSS: $80MNEXT EPISODE: We’re staying in space but it’s slightly less morose as we finally cover SPACE BALLS

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Episode 131 - The Green Knight

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed ·

2024/08/28

Off with your head! This week we’re covering David Lowery’s retelling of the 14th-century Arthurian myth THE GREEN KNIGHTTHE GREEN KNIGHTDIRECTED BY: David Lowery RELEASED: July 30, 2021 STARRING: Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, Sarita Choudhury, Ralph Ineson BUDGET: $15MBOX OFFICE: $18.9MEST LOSS: $10M0:00 Intro1:41 Show & tell6:52 This week's movieNEXT EPISODE: Let’s go to space and contemplate absentee fathers. It’s AD ASTRA

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Episode 130 - The Island

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed ·

2024/08/14

This week, it’s our first venture into the insane mind of Michael Bay with 2005’s clone action-thriller THE ISLAND 0:00 Intro3:23 Show & tell8:29 This week's movieTHE ISLAND DIRECTED BY: Michael BayRELEASED: July 11, 2005STARRING: Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Sean BeanBUDGET: $126MBOX OFFICE: $162.9M EST LOSS: $80M NEXT EPISODE: We’re going on an adventure! It’s 2021’s THE GREEN KNIGHTThe Prom Kings - Blow aka dive bar butt rock https://youtu.be/O-...

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Episode 129 - Cosmopolis

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed ·

2024/07/31

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 Intro2:40 Show & tell8:57 This week's movieCOSMOPOLISDIRECTED BY: David Cronenberg RELEASED: June 8, 2012STARRING: Robert Pattinson, Paul Giamatti, Juliette Binoche, Kevin Durand, Sarah GadonBUDGET: $20.5M BOX OFFICE: $7.5MESTIMATED LOSS: $15M NEXT EPISODE: We’re gonna go hang out with some clones on THE ISLA...

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Episode 128 - Land of the Lost

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed ·

2024/07/17

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 Intro2:04 Show & tell7:56 This week's movieLAND OF THE LOST DIRECTED BY: Brad SilberlingRELEASED: June 5, 2009STARRING: Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, Danny McBride, Jorma Taccone BUDGET: $100MBOX OFFICE: $68.8MEST. LOSS: $75MNEXT EPISODE: It’s our first Cronenberg AND first Pattinson! We’re doing the 2012 Don DeLillo adaptation COSMOPOLIS.

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Episode 127 - The Fan w/ Regular M1ke

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed ·

2024/07/03

We’re back with OG Blast Zone guest Regular M1ke (@RegularM1ke) talking about one of the forgotten sports thrillers of the 90s- THE FAN0:00 Intro3:20 Show & tell8:01 This week's movieTHE FAN DIRECTED BY: Tony Scott RELEASED: August 16, 1996 STARRING: Wesley Snipes, Robert DeNiro, John Leguizamo, Ellen Barkin, Benicio Del Toro BUDGET: $55MBOX OFFICE: $42M EST. LOSS: $35M NEXT EPISODE: We’re doing another big budget comedy with the 2009 LAND OF THE LOST

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Episode 126 - Evan Almighty

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2024/06/19

The sequel nobody asked for and almost nobody saw... it's EVAN ALMIGHTYEVAN ALMIGHTYDIRECTED BY: Tom Shadyac RELEASED: June 22, 2007 STARRING: STEVE CARELL, MORGAN FREEMAN, LAUREN GRAHAM, JOHN GOODMANBUDGET: $175m BOX OFFICE: $174.4MEST. LOSS: $80m 0:00 Intro2:04 Show & tell6:57 This week's movieNEXT EPISODE: Mike check 1,2, you know the vibes... REGULAR M1KE is back. We're talking 1996's baseball thriller THE FAN

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Episode 125 - Fight Club

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed ·

2024/06/05

We’re back! Talking about one of the most 90s of 90s movies in David Fincher’s FIGHT CLUB FIGHT CLUB RELEASED: October 15, 1999 DIRECTED BY: David Fincher STARRING: Ed Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared LetoBUDGET: $67MBOX OFFICE: $101.2M (including re-releases) ESTIMATED LOSS: $25M NEXT EPISODE: The most expensive comedy ever made is also one of the least funny- it’s EVAN ALMIGHTY0:00 Intro3:01 Show & tell10:49 This week's movieSHOW NOTESBrad Pittoishttps://www.you...

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Episode 124 - The Rocketeer

Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed ·

2024/05/08

We’re getting super earnest and old-timey with one of the original superhero movies, 1991’s THE ROCKETEER 0:00 Intro2:50 Show & tell8:52 This week's movieTHE ROCKETEER DIRECTED BY: Joe Johnston RELEASED: June 21, 1991 STARRING: Billy Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Timothy Dalton, Alan Arkin, Terry O’Quinn BUDGET: $40MBOX OFFICE: $46.5M ESTIMATED LOSS: $25M NEXT EPISODE: This one is a doozy- we’re doing FIGHT CLUB

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