skillzdadirecta Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/12/30/biggest-box-office-movie-flops-bombs-of-2018 Damn I thought some of these did better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 WHy do they keep making Robin Hood movies every few years 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5timechamp Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 15 minutes ago, johnny said: WHy do they keep making Robin Hood movies every few years RIGHT!! Its on an endless rotation with Peter Pans and King Arthurs.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Shame Bad Times didn't do better. I really enjoyed that twisted little flick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 I liked Operation Finale. I ended up buying the book by Hannah Arendt after watching it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 40 minutes ago, johnny said: WHy do they keep making Robin Hood movies every few years Public domain... he's a recognizable property that no one has to pay for or license. Same with King Arthur... speaking of which 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Mortal Engines was a surefire bomb as soon as the first trailers released, regardless of the quality of the film. Annihilation is another movie that was always going to be a hard sell. The sad thing about most of these to me is that they're very much the kinds of movies that aren't getting made. These middle budget (~$15M < ~$50M) films are apparently some of the hardest to get made for exactly the reasons reflected in this list. They end up in this middle ground where they don't have the marketing budget to compete with the big blockbusters, and the little attention they're able to get isn't enough to justify their production. Sure, sometimes you can strike it big with something like A Star Is Born, Bohemian Rhapsody, or Crazy Rich Asians, but oddly enough once your budget goes past ~$100M, your risk goes down significantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amazatron Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Annihilation is the rare movie that I would call both overrated and underrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 3 minutes ago, Amazatron said: Annihilation is the rare movie that I would call both overrated and underrated. Is it simply rated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amazatron Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 1 hour ago, johnny said: Is it simply rated? I saw Annihilation in the theaters right after it came out, and as a big fan of Alex Garland, I had high expectations of the movie. I thought it was good but I didn't really enjoy it as much as I had hoped. However, I thought about the ideas in the movie quite a bit afterwards and over time appreciated more and more what it is trying to do. The bear scene is one of the most terrifyingly disturbing scenes I've ever seen. So yeah, I'm also disappointed at how poorly it did and a lot of the hate it got. I certainly want more studios/directors taking chances and making movies like this, but in the age of sequels and super heroes, it seems less and less likely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I remember they ran ads for Bad Times at the El Royale for like 3 months in advance but it never looked very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Keyser_Soze said: I remember they ran ads for Bad Times at the El Royale for like 3 months in advance but it never looked very interesting. Those Ads were everywhere... I wanted to see it but never got around to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 33 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: Those Ads were everywhere... I wanted to see it but never got around to it. Also not a bomb but classic NBA move to advertise a movie during the NBA finals and the movie comes out in September (actually closer to October). This movie was Night School. I saw an ad for it and then was like wait this doesn't come out till forever from now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbobo Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I haven't even heard of a third of these movies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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