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Post by gothos on Nov 11, 2015 15:55:35 GMT -5
As comics fans we must take special note of this year's FANTASTIC FOUR flop, which I as yet have not even seen, partly because it left theaters here so fast.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Nov 11, 2015 15:57:24 GMT -5
As comics fans we must take special note of this year's FANTASTIC FOUR flop, which I as yet have not even seen, partly because it left theaters here so fast. That's one I won't see until I can see it for free. Maybe not even then. |
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Post by berkley on Nov 11, 2015 18:09:26 GMT -5
Heaven's Gate and Ishtar are two that come to mind as pretty famous for being box-office failures, which is kind of a weird idea, when you think of it.
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 11, 2015 18:12:21 GMT -5
A lot of the movies I loved of late didn't do too well, I loved John Carter, Dredd, both Hellboy movies and Crimson Peak. Were the Hellboy movies flops? I thought they did reasonably well. Wow, I thought the Hellboy movies did well, they really didn't. The first one did 59.6 million in the US and cost 66 million to make. The second did 75.9 million and cost 85 million to make. It was helped by the foreign money, I guess. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Nov 11, 2015 19:09:51 GMT -5
Were the Hellboy movies flops? I thought they did reasonably well. Wow, I thought the Hellboy movies did well, they really didn't. The first one did 59.6 million in the US and cost 66 million to make. The second did 75.9 million and cost 85 million to make. It was helped by the foreign money, I guess. Yeah, they weren't totally, unmitigated disasters as their over seas takes and DVD sales eventually made them profitable, which was why there even was a second one, but they could probably considered flops. I loved them though. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2015 22:49:38 GMT -5
Cutthroat Island is a movie that I rather liked that was a MAJOR bomb. It also has a music score that is considered one of the best of all time.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2015 1:47:23 GMT -5
As comics fans we must take special note of this year's FANTASTIC FOUR flop, which I as yet have not even seen, partly because it left theaters here so fast. I saw it for $2. and if I had gotten up and walked out 30 minutes before it was over, I would have thought it was "ok" instead, I stayed until the end, and thought it was a piece of crap. |
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Post by dbutler69 on Nov 12, 2015 8:45:11 GMT -5
Were the Hellboy movies flops? I thought they did reasonably well. Wow, I thought the Hellboy movies did well, they really didn't. The first one did 59.6 million in the US and cost 66 million to make. The second did 75.9 million and cost 85 million to make. It was helped by the foreign money, I guess. Surprising. I had to look it up on boxofficemojo after reading this. I see that the second one did much better, especially in the foreign market, making more than double the first one in the foreign market. Still, I'd have figured them to be $100 million domestically if I'd had to guess. |
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Post by Phil Maurice on Nov 12, 2015 9:51:11 GMT -5
Going back a bit, it may be surprising to some to learn that Disney's Pinocchio, Fantasia, and Bambi were box-office flops at the time of their initial releases, failing to earn back the cost of their production. Dumbo, with it's modest production budget, was the company's lone feature-length, animated smash hit during the 1940s.
It was the success of 1950's Cinderella that pulled Disney back from the brink and began their long tenure as the premier studio for feature-length animation.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Nov 12, 2015 10:57:52 GMT -5
Going back a bit, it may be surprising to some to learn that Disney's Pinocchio, Fantasia, and Bambi were box-office flops at the time of their initial releases, failing to earn back the cost of their production. Dumbo, with it's modest production budget, was the company's lone feature-length, animated smash hit during the 1940s. It was the success of 1950's Cinderella that pulled Disney back from the brink and began their long tenure as the premier studio for feature-length animation. Until Black Cauldron (1985) almost killed Disney animation. It wasn't until the Little Mermaid (1989) that Disney's animated features took off again. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Nov 12, 2015 14:01:36 GMT -5
Going back a few years, I was disappointed and surprised that The Rocketeer was apparently not a big success. I don't know if it bombed exactly, but I was hoping it would be a bigger hit than it was.
Ditto for The Shadow and The Phantom. They are far from perfect, of course, but I have enjoyed them whenever I've rewatched them.
I liked all of these more than I liked the 1989 Batman, or Indiana Jones 4, which as we know, never really was made.
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Post by Farrar on Nov 12, 2015 14:55:24 GMT -5
Heaven's Gate and Ishtar are two that come to mind as pretty famous for being box-office failures, which is kind of a weird idea, when you think of it. I'm a big fan of the Isabelles (Huppert and Adjani) and despite its reputation, I've been meaning to watch Heaven's Gate for some time now--in addition to Huppert I like others in that quirky, talented cast (Jeff Bridges, John Hurt, Walken, and even Kris Kristofferson). I'll pass on Ishtar. |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Nov 12, 2015 15:06:59 GMT -5
Heaven's Gate and Ishtar are two that come to mind as pretty famous for being box-office failures, which is kind of a weird idea, when you think of it. I'm a big fan of the Isabelles (Huppert and Adjani) and despite its reputation, I've been meaning to watch Heaven's Gate for some time now--in addition to Huppert I like others in that quirky, talented cast (Jeff Bridges, John Hurt, Walken, and even Kris Kristofferson). I'll pass on Ishtar. I was lucky to attend a screening of the directors cut in Paris a few years ago, with a lenghty intro by Cimino himself. He even stayed for a Q1A after the movie. Sadly, I must admit I fell asleep after less than an hour into the film.... |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Nov 12, 2015 17:20:47 GMT -5
Agreed on John Carter: it didn't deserve to flop. It was certainly in the same league, quality-wise, as most action/fantasy CGI-laden films we've seen in the past few years, and it had a little more heart than most.
I was very surprised to read how badly Serenity did in theatres. I thought it was O.K., and I hadn't even seen Firefly back then!
Conan the barbarian tanking so badly surprised me a little. I didn't like it, but it just didn't do badly... it sank like a stone! A domestic gross of 22 M$ for a 90 M$ production? Ouch.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2015 17:59:47 GMT -5
Fantasia, is my all-time favorite Disney Animated Movie and I just can't understand why this movie flopped?
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