I saw Popeye in theatres. Second movieni ever saw in theatres. Love it!
I have deep abiding love for that movie, and it completely captured the EC Segal comic strip in a way I thought was impossible. It failed because people wanted the cartoon.
These are my top three favorite movies of all time. While Barbarella is the only "bomb" on the list, none of them enjoyed the success I believe they deserve, performing poorly at the box office and receiving many negative or mixed reviews upon release.
I highly recommend all three, especially Orca for it's tragic and beautiful Morricone soundtrack and a stellar performance by Richard Harris.
I Made my wife watch Barbarella with me. She wasn't sure what to think. Was it parady or serious? Yes, dear. It is.
They should do a sequel. Jane Fonda still looks terrific.
Also, while I'm thinking of musicals I enjoy that flopped upon release, Forbidden Zone ranks up there for me as well. Best thing Richard Elfman did when he wasn't busy being one of Deborah Blake's schizophrenic hallucinations.
He also did one of my favorite under-rated classics of the 80's: OC and Stiggs. An adaptation of a National Lampoon story, the inspiration for DR and Quinch and the BEST "teen sex comedy" of the 80's because it ruthlessly mocked them.
Terminator Genisys: cost $155m and has grossed less than $90m domestic, but is set to gross over $400m worldwide when it opens in China later this month - prepare for a sequel after all. Saved by the international market, much like Transformers 3 & 4
Maybe one of these will make your list of lovable bombs. Of the handful of these I've seen, none make that list. Although, I have to admit, Terminator: Genisys was better than T4: Salvation and T3: Rise of the Machines. So I didn't hate it at all.
...and of all those films, Tomorrowland was the one that deserved so much better.
Loved it.
Saw it twice.
So did I!
Does this mean that even FEWER people saw Tomorrowland than tickets sold? All these comic geeks that saw it twice skewed the numbers and it still underperformed...
...and of all those films, Tomorrowland was the one that deserved so much better.
Loved it.
Saw it twice.
So did I!
Does this mean that even FEWER people saw Tomorrowland than tickets sold? All these comic geeks that saw it twice skewed the numbers and it still underperformed...
And I will buy the DVD when it comes out and skew those numbers even further!
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And Robert Altman.
Movie.
Ever.
Made.
It has not aged gracefully.
Poltergeist : cost $35m and grossed just $95m worldwide
Pixels cost $88m and has grossed $175m worldwide
Fantastic Four: cost $120m and has grossed $190m worldwide
Ricki and the Flash cost $18m and has grossed $22m worldwide
Jupiter Ascending cost $176m and has grossed $184m worldwide
Aloha: cost $37m and has grossed $26m worldwide
Tomorrowland: cost $190m and grossed just $204m worldwide.
Disney was expected to take a $140m loss on this movie.
Coincidentally, that's about the same budget that could've been spent on Tron 3
On the brighter side...
Terminator Genisys: cost $155m and has grossed less than $90m domestic, but is set to gross over $400m worldwide when it opens in China later this month - prepare for a sequel after all. Saved by the international market, much like Transformers 3 & 4
Maybe one of these will make your list of lovable bombs. Of the handful of these I've seen, none make that list. Although, I have to admit, Terminator: Genisys was better than T4: Salvation and T3: Rise of the Machines. So I didn't hate it at all.
Saw it twice.