Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed

We’re back! And we’re doing a highly requested one this week with 2016’s Civil War drama FREE STATE OF JONES0:00 Intro1:48 Show & tell7:20 This week's movieFREE STATE OF JONES RELEASED: June 24, 2016DIRECTED BY: Gary Ross STARRING: Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, Keri RussellBUDGET: $50M BOX OFFICE: $25M ESTIMATED LOSS: $40M NEXT EPISODE: We’r

We're joined by the homie Nash Flynn (@ItsNashFlynn) of Death & Friends to talk about an extremely historically accurate movie: 2017's THE MUMMY. 0:00 Intro3:47 Show & tell9:25 This week's movieTHE MUMMY RELEASED: June 9, 2017 DIRECTED BY: Alex Kurtzman STARRING: Tom Cruise, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson, Sofia Boutella, Russell Crowe, Courtney B. VanceBUDGE

We’re joined by “friend” of the show Ron Iver (@ronnui_) to talk about the first video game movie. Ever! It’s Super Mario Bros. (1993)0:00 Intro5:11 Show & tell11:27 This week's movieSUPER MARIO BROS RELEASED: May 28, 1993 DIRECTED BY: Rocky Morton and Annabel JankelSTARRING: Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Samantha Mathis, Dennis Hopper, Fiona ShawBUDGET: $48M BOX OF

We went all the way back to 1995 for this week's movie, with one of Russell Crowe's first American movies and maybe Denzel's silliest movie ever, VIRTUOSITY. 0:00 Intro2:08 Show & tell7:16 This week's movieVIRTUOSITY DIRECTED BY: Brett Leonard RELEASED: August 4, 1995STARRING: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Kelly Lynch, Stephen Spinella, William ForsytheB

Another movie where the film itself wasn’t the story, it's the creepy musical DEAR EVAN HANSEN.0:00 Intro2:33 Show & tell7:32 This week's movieDEAR EVAN HANSENDIRECTED BY: Stephen Chbosky,RELEASED: September 24, 2021STARRING: Ben Platt, Kaitlyn Dever, Amandla Stenberg, Nik Dodani, Colton Ryan, Amy Adams, Julianne MooreBUDGET: $28MBOX OFFICE: $19.1MESTIMATED LOSS: $2

THE HUNT controversy was probably the biggest news story of 2020. Can’t think of anything else that happened that was quite as important. 0:00 Intro2:59 Show & tell7:19 This week's movieTHE HUNTDIRECTED BY: Craig Zobel RELEASED: March 13, 2020 STARRING: Betty Gilpin, Hilary Swank, Wayne Duvall, Ethan Suplee, Ike BarinholtzBUDGET: $14MBOX OFFICE: $12.4M ESTIMATED LOSS: $8

We wrap up our 2023 series with maybe the biggest bomb of the year, and also every year, with THE MARVELS. 0:00 Intro1:47 Show & tell6:36 This week's movieTHE MARVELS DIRECTED BY: Nia DaCosta RELEASED: November 10, 2023 STARRING: Brie Larson, Iman Vellani, Teyonah Parris, Zawe Ashton BUDGET: $275MBOX OFFICE: $206.1MESTIMATED LOSS: all of it NEXT EPISODE: We’re going down

We’re back with another 2023 bomb and this time we’re getting real French with it.0:00 Intro3:35 Show & tell8:41 This week's movieNAPOLEONDIRECTED BY: Ridley Scott RELEASED: November 22, 2023 STARRING: Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby BUDGET: $200M BOX OFFICE: $218.4ESTIMATED LOSS: $100M NEXT EPISODE: Trouble in the MCU as we’re covering THE MARVELS

It’s week 2/4 of our 2023 Retrospective and we’re covering the ambitious original sci-fi movie THE CREATOR 0:00 Intro2:12 Show & tell6:42 This week's movieTHE CREATORDIRECTED BY: Gareth EdwardsRELEASED: September 29, 2023STARRING: John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Allison Janney, Madeleine Yuna VoylesBUDGET: $80MBOX OFFICE: $104MESTIMATED LOSS: $50M NEXT

Oh my goodness we’re back. Do you all still remember us? We missed you. We’re doing 4 episodes on 2023’s bombs, and first up is DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES0:00 Intro2:18 Show & tell6:16 This week's movieDUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVESDIRECTED BY: Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis DaleyRELEASED: March 31, 2023STARRING: Chris Pine, Michell