Good Movies That Came Out At Bad Times [Archive]

Not_Sane

07-22-2008, 04:38 PM

Basically movies that you thought were really good, but didn't get alot of recognition, or were killed at the boxoffice by other movies.

For example:

Donnie Darko: It didn't do too well at the box office, the reason: It was released about a week before 9/11. The movie was then held a year before releasing in other countries. But its now a clut classic.

Kill Me Later: Really good film, but was released a week after 9/11 and most of the movie posters had to be taken down becuase they said: Not Ever Hostage Wants To Be Saved! So the film wasn't really known.

But I do have to say that the latter half of 2001 no movie did too well.

Nirvana

07-22-2008, 05:05 PM

Prince Caspian

marvel001

07-22-2008, 05:23 PM

The Incredible Hulk - great movie, but because of its previous film there wasn't much hype. Also because iron man and the dark knight came out during the same summer.

Drizzle

07-22-2008, 05:25 PM

Grindhouse

odiin

08-05-2008, 02:04 AM

9/11 changed everything! :hehe:

Not_Sane

08-05-2008, 10:28 AM

thats for sure.

Chris Wallace

08-05-2008, 11:09 PM

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It wasn't an action movie, but it was promoted as such. I think had it come out at a different time of year it would have gotten a better reception.
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I think its biggest problem is that it went up against Kill Bill at the peak of Beatrix's hype.

BloodyWolverine

08-06-2008, 03:17 AM

Clearly this summer Hellboy 2 and Speed Racer suffered teh most with bad box office timing.

Chris Wallace

08-06-2008, 04:39 AM

In the case of Hellboy, no. It was just a bad movie. I have a hard time thinking SR might've been any good considering Hollywood's track record w/cartoons.

3dman27

08-06-2008, 06:48 AM

space camp was released at a bad time
going into theaters shortly after the challenge disaster

bullets

08-06-2008, 09:43 AM

Hellboy ll being released a week before The Dark Knight definately undercut it's performance.

I thought The Condemned last year was a decent action film that should of done a little better. I know it was in association with wwe but it was alot better than The Marine and See No Evil .

Not_Sane

08-06-2008, 09:46 AM

I was watching this interview with the cast and director of Hellboy, before the movie came out and at the end of the interview the director was like "the movie comes out after Hancock and before Batman, so you only have about a week to see this movie and then thats it." thats sad, i really hope it does well in the other countries when it comes out.

Evil Twin

08-06-2008, 10:00 AM

Stir of Echoes was released about a month after The Sixth Sense and got labelled as an imitation, even though the Matheson story came out well before.

ShaneHelms

08-06-2008, 11:37 AM

Last Action Hero :o

Chris Wallace

08-12-2008, 02:55 AM

ANd what would have been a good time for that debacle?

Dark Victory

08-12-2008, 06:08 AM

Hellboy 2. Only had like one week before the dark knight destroyed everything.

Not_Sane

08-12-2008, 10:29 AM

They should re-release Hellboy 2

Chris Wallace

08-12-2008, 11:54 AM

That ain't gonna happen.

hippie_hunter

08-13-2008, 01:30 PM

Superman Returns - Had a week to itself and then the juggernaut Pirates of the Caribbean 2 came out. I think that if it had another week it would have done much better in the box office.

Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - Should have been released in the winter.

Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Came in between Hancock and the Dark Knight juggernaut. Again, another film that would have done better if it just had another week.

Gilpesh

08-13-2008, 01:34 PM

Big Trouble - Again... 9/11

ShaneHelms

08-14-2008, 10:50 AM

ANd what would have been a good time for that debacle?

Sometime when Jurassic Park wasn't about to be released. :o

Dr Strange

08-21-2008, 10:27 AM

Blade Runner - it was released in 1982 when everyone was in love with E.T and didnt have time to marvel in one the the greatest visionary Landmarks on film

Chris Wallace

08-21-2008, 02:08 PM

Sometime when Jurassic Park wasn't about to be released. :o
I hated "Last Action Hero" & it had nothing to do with any dinosaur movie. Arnold just made a crappy film.

cerealkiller182

08-21-2008, 11:24 PM

Your taking the Last Action Hero too seriously. Its a spoof, and a good one, better than the recent batch

HR-PUFF&STUFF

08-21-2008, 11:42 PM

Your taking the Last Action Hero too seriously. Its a spoof, and a good one, better than the recent batch
that sucks if you have to be told that its a spoof.

Chris Wallace

08-22-2008, 01:05 AM

I didn't take it seriously at all. It just wasn't funny.

tyler-durden

11-24-2008, 05:00 PM

I think that if Hellboy2 had come out the frst weekend of august it would have done better, even day after the dark knight, and before tropic thunder

RabbitSamurai

11-24-2008, 05:25 PM

John Carpenter's The Thing came out at the same time America was falling in love with a walking booger that had a glowing finger. :(

tyler-durden

11-24-2008, 05:26 PM

I feel bad I've never seen E.T. but I kind of hate it, I just don't know why.

RabbitSamurai

11-24-2008, 05:34 PM

How can you hate something without seeing it?

I mean, it's a Jesus booger that eats Reese's Pieces. Who WOULDN'T like that? :whatever:

tyler-durden

11-24-2008, 05:51 PM

I don't know why, I just do.

Octoberist

11-24-2008, 06:03 PM

thats' weird but understandable, I suppose...

RabbitSamurai

11-24-2008, 06:05 PM

Spider-Man 3. Had it come out in the eighties, it probably would have very well reviewed and remembered with nostalgia.

Seriously, though, Big Trouble In Little China had to go up against Aliens and Top Gun in the summer of '86, so that didn't get much attention.

Octoberist

11-24-2008, 06:08 PM

Big Trouble in Little China is sooooo before its time. It's an outstanding movie!

tyler-durden

11-24-2008, 06:10 PM

I actually really like Big Trouble in Little china it has that great 80's Cheesiness about it, and how can you deny Kurt Russel.

RabbitSamurai

11-24-2008, 06:11 PM

You can't!

Space Moose

11-24-2008, 08:23 PM

I actually really like Big Trouble in Little china it has that great 80's Cheesiness about it, and how can you deny Kurt Russel.
"It's all in the reflexes..."

Octoberist

11-24-2008, 09:07 PM

at least, you like something that i like!

Space Moose

11-25-2008, 09:06 AM

at least, you like something that i like!
What made you think I liked it?

Silvermoth

11-25-2008, 07:23 PM

28 weeks later came out between Pirates of the Carribean 2 and Shrek 3 I think and that was an excellent film that didn't get the recognition it deserved

Sam Fisher

11-25-2008, 10:38 PM

X Files 2
Star Trek Nemesis
Treasure Planet

MessiahDecoy123

11-26-2008, 11:33 AM

Equilibrium

strikezone89

11-26-2008, 01:30 PM

Collateral Damage was good and came out right after 9/11

RogueDK

11-26-2008, 01:55 PM

I have to say THE INCREDIBLE HULK. A great flick that might've fared better with a holiday release instead of getting caught up between summer juggernaut pictures like The Dark Knight, Indy 4 & Iron Man.

TLH

11-26-2008, 02:06 PM

ROGUE

Australian made (directed by Greg McLean who did WOLF CREEK) is the best of the genre since JAWS, and was given a sparse release in the USA because Primeval (a horrible killer croc movie) ruined its audience.

A great film, and a must see if you like Jaws or films like it.

Space Moose

11-26-2008, 08:11 PM

Collateral Damage was good and came out right after 9/11
I thought it was a bit crappy for an Arnie flick. Could of done with some robots and stuff.

ohbc07

12-03-2008, 05:09 AM

your right on x-files 2 ,I even forgot about it!. No good time for hulk or superman returns.

mclay18

12-31-2008, 11:15 PM

X-Files 2 - Would've likely done better in September or October. Fox's decision to move it a week after TDK came out was badly miscalculated.

Serenity - Originally it was supposed to open April 2005, but Universal switched places with Land of the Dead and it ended up in the last week of September. Shame, it was a terrific movie and if it was in April, it would've probably got more buzz.

Stardust - Should've been a more enticing Christmas 2007 release as opposed to the second week of August where it came second to Rush Hour 3.

hammerhedd11

01-03-2009, 09:21 PM

9/11 changed everything! :hehe:

How...is that funny at all?:huh:

RabbitSamurai

01-13-2009, 01:15 PM

Prince Caspian.

The Apatow Crew

01-13-2009, 02:59 PM

Repo: The Genetic Opera.

But to be fair Lionsgate didn't give it that many theaters to put it in.

Doctor Jones

01-13-2009, 06:21 PM

Hellboy II

3dman27

01-14-2009, 06:16 AM

how so?

tyler-durden

01-14-2009, 03:37 PM

A week before The Dark Knight doesn't give it much time to shine.

WeaponXProject

01-14-2009, 04:05 PM

28 Weeks Later came out a week after Spider-Man 3. Bad release date if you ask me.

bullets

01-14-2009, 11:25 PM

valkyrie

tyler-durden

01-15-2009, 12:11 AM

The Spirit, even though it got bad reviews I still think it would have done better if it was released in the summer.

RogueDK

01-15-2009, 09:35 AM

The Spirit, even though it got bad reviews I still think it would have done better if it was released in the summer.
:huh: Wasn't this Hellboy II's problem? And that one got favorable reviews by comparison. Or did you mean summer of '09?

Teardrop

01-15-2009, 09:56 AM

Well, just releasing The Spirit on Christmas day over like four other movies was just a generally stupid thing to do.

tyler-durden

01-15-2009, 10:54 AM

:huh: Wasn't this Hellboy II's problem? And that one got favorable reviews by comparison. Or did you mean summer of '09?

Either one, 08 or 09, lots of people don't go to the movies in the winter because of the cold, they would rather stay inside (where it's warm). I think A late july or early august release date would have been better for it.

RogueDK

01-15-2009, 10:57 AM

Either one, 08 or 09, lots of people don't go to the movies in the winter because of the cold, they would rather stay inside (where it's warm). I think A late july or early august release date would have been better for it.
With all due respect, tyler, I don't think that perfect weather would've helped this POS. I hated it. :whatever:

tyler-durden

01-15-2009, 11:03 AM

Yeah but you still saw it, I'm just saying more people would have been more up to going to the movies themselves and judging it if it was summer.

RogueDK

01-15-2009, 11:11 AM

Yeah but you still saw it,
Don't remind me. I tried to give it a chance... :csad:

tyler-durden

01-15-2009, 11:14 AM

I forgot this title of this thread was "Good Movies" that came out at bad times, I thought it was just movies that came out at bad times.

CFE

01-15-2009, 11:25 AM

RogueDK

01-15-2009, 11:27 AM

"The Spirit," "Punisher: War Zone" and "Grindhouse" all had the same problem.

Releasing gritty, hard edged and vulgar gore/violence fests during holidays of religious significance never quite seems to work. You think they'd learn that by now.

Now I can't really speak for whether or not the films would have made that much more money, but I'm sure a Summer or Fall/Halloween release would've done wonders for these three, IMO.
Funny that two of the three you just listed were released through Lionsgate...that might explain alot.

BloodyWolverine

01-15-2009, 11:59 AM

Decemeber and November are better holiday or fantasy like films. Comics shoulD be released starting in April. Threw too August but then again anyting with Spiderman or Batman too it would make money any time. You gotta also think about the product given. Hellboy 2 and The Underworld movies were given bad times if ask me. Other then this it is fine. I Know Underworld isnt based ona comic just kinda feels like a comic book movie.

Doctor Jones

01-15-2009, 06:01 PM

Nobody wanted to see a 3 hour rated R film that may or may have not made sense to the casual viewer. But I do tip my hat to the studio who took that risk.

DChero

01-18-2009, 01:56 AM

Zack and Miri Make a Porno. It came out after Pineapple Express and just before Role Models, three movies roughly for the same audience. I really think it failed because of that.

Spider-Who?

01-21-2009, 11:37 AM

Boondock Saints.

Its my understanding that it never even GOT to be released in theaters because of Columbine.

3dman27

01-21-2009, 03:57 PM

i think you're right

ross2287

01-31-2009, 11:58 PM

Boondock Saints.

Its my understanding that it never even GOT to be released in theaters because of Columbine.

Too bad. Because it's a damn good movie.

Bill

04-03-2009, 10:12 PM

The Iron Giant

tyler-durden

04-04-2009, 08:11 PM

When did the Iron Giant come out anyway? I never even heard of it until seeing ii on Cartoon network and I still haven't seen the whole thing.

SuperFerret

04-04-2009, 08:19 PM

UHF. Good movie, but coming out in the summer of '89 didn't do it any favors.

Superark

04-04-2009, 08:31 PM

Superman Returns - Came out a week before the Pirates sequel. What dumb move that umdoubtedly cost the movie millions

Hellboy 2 - Though I did not like this movie and found the first film to be much better, it came out right before TDK. UM HELLO!!!

tyler-durden

04-04-2009, 08:41 PM

yeah I was a fan of both Hellboy films, and yes that was a dumb move on Universal's part, they could have maybe put it in mid June, a couple weeks after Iron Man and not too close to The Dark Knight.

gwynplaine

05-03-2009, 04:10 PM

The Thing came out the same year as ET. Both great films but I guess people were more in the mood for cute aliens and not "spider legs sprouting head" aliens:woot:.
Now, they are both classics.

thejon93

05-03-2009, 04:32 PM

I can already predict that 'G.I. Joe' is in a bad place. Surely it looks like a bad movie (I'm holding hopes that it may be fun, either way), but this an F'n 'G.I. Joe' movie. You don't release these kind of American-made movies in August... you release them in July. It's like releasing 'Captain America' in December (which, hopefully, will never transpire).

:facepalm

amazingfantasy15

05-29-2009, 11:53 AM

Blade Runner - it was released in 1982 when everyone was in love with E.T and didnt have time to marvel in one the the greatest visionary Landmarks on film

John Carpenter's The Thing came out at the same time America was falling in love with a walking booger that had a glowing finger. :(

These two movies weren't hurt by ET because no (good) parent was going to take their kid to see these movies, they were for adults, not kids, like ET was.

People also need to stop saying Hellboy 2, the movie just wasn't that good. Great effects, sure, but just like Hellboy 1, the story sucked and went nowhere. You know that old saying a hero is only as good as his villian, well Hellboy is the epitome of that saying.

goh78

05-29-2009, 01:20 PM

"The Spirit," "Punisher: War Zone" and "Grindhouse" all had the same problem.

Releasing gritty, hard edged and vulgar gore/violence fests during holidays of religious significance never quite seems to work. You think they'd learn that by now.

Now I can't really speak for whether or not the films would have made that much more money, but I'm sure a Summer or Fall/Halloween release would've done wonders for these three, IMO.

The most sought out release dates ever couldn't save these two. Just bad films, plain and simple. But I guess that's what you get when your directors are a comic book writer and a kickboxer.