10 Biggest bombs of 2006

[Calvin]

True, but as far as expectations go, it was as big a bomb as several of those on the list. You don't greenlight a 270 million dollar film unless you think it's giving you a HUGE return on your money. I liked the movie, but it certainly did bomb, given what the studios were hoping.

 

[Addendum]

BI2 was very bad.

And that's surprising because?

 

[ShaneHelms]

Lady in The Water deserves to be there. What a terrible film.

 

[Sawyer]

Didnt see any of them. Didnt care to, so BFD.

 

[ScottyBBadd]

Lady in The Water deserves to be there. What a terrible film.

I questioned my sanity for watching it.

 

[dark_b]

ok i will start to cry. i dont understand why people dont get that 70 milions that they spend on smith,cage,burton,... dont count in SR. its about how much money they invest on the sets,actors,CGI,..... what does it matter how much was burton payed to only sign a contract?

 

[dark_b]

Lady in The Water deserves to be there. What a terrible film.

ok i admit that i expected a twist. but then i watched all trailers and i wanted to get a feeling of how the promotion looked. and its nto so bad. its a badtime story t:

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I hated Lady in the Water.

 

[Max J Power]

Number 1 does not surprise me at all.

 

[vibeke_T]

i liked Lady in the Water and The Fountain

 

[KenK]

ok i will start to cry. i dont understand why people dont get that 70 milions that they spend on smith,cage,burton,... dont count in SR. its about how much money they invest on the sets,actors,CGI,..... what does it matter how much was burton payed to only sign a contract?

But the money spent was in expectation of a tangible production, which they did not receive. Regardless of the agreements being "pay-or-play", the studio gambled on these individuals with the hope of getting something in return. Buying scripts and never using them, that's chump change. But securing directors and actors, and getting nothing back from them, that's a loss. 70 million dollars spent and you get nothing you can see a return on, that's a LOSS!!

 

[dark_b]

But the money spent was in expectation of a tangible production, which they did not receive. Regardless of the agreements being "pay-or-play", the studio gambled on these individuals with the hope of getting something in return. Buying scripts and never using them, that's chump change. But securing directors and actors, and getting nothing back from them, that's a loss. 70 million dollars spent and you get nothing you can see a return on, that's a LOSS!!

how many times did a studio throw away money? a lot of time. its jut that we dont knwo about it. here it just got public.

WB lost those 70 milions. but because of that we can not say that SR did not make enough of money. you can not say that SR did not make enough money becase WB payed burton 10 milions.
i will noever understand this.

 

[WormyT]

I questioned my sanity for watching it.

As did I.
What was I thinking (Or smoking)?
I thought it was so hilarious how M.knight casts himself this savior/writer/martyr character.
A tad pompous?

 

[primemover]

SR was not a 'bomb' get over yourselves, underperforming isn't the same thing as 'bombing', especially for a film that made almost 400 million.

Good to see The Fountain on that list, maybe that will wipe some of the 'pretentious' off of Aronofsky, and then maybe he will learn to make a 'deep' film that isn't so obscure most people don't get it. It's possible, other directors know how.

Some forgotten bombs, Bobby, Zoom, Marie Antoinette, School for Scoundrels, Black Dahlia and at a 100 million dollar budget, Blood Diamond at 37 million so far at 4 weeks is a prime candidate..

 

[Matt]

From the looks of the list its about films who earned the least % of their budget back. So SR had a huge budget and it should've translated into a huge box office haul (like Spider-Man 2) it did make some money and not technically qualify as a bomb like the films on the list that actually lost money.

It finished with $391 million worldwide from a $270 million budget.

It depends on the criteria this source used. Snakes on a Plane DOUBLED its budget world wide. Why is it on there then? Because it didn't make the money the "Hype" expected. Superman Returns was expected to be this year's Star Wars and crawled to the 200 million mark domestically. So if they used hype as a criteria for SOAP they should've had SR at the top of that list.

 

[Dan33977]

SR should be there, but that's just my personal opinion

*sighs*

 

[Backdrifter]

It depends on the criteria this source used. Snakes on a Plane DOUBLED its budget world wide. Why is it on there then? Because it didn't make the money the "Hype" expected. Superman Returns was expected to be this year's Star Wars and crawled to the 200 million mark domestically. So if they used hype as a criteria for SOAP they should've had SR at the top of that list.

Agreed. Superman Returns was a bomb.

 

[Darth Elektra]

i'll take your word for it and watch the movie

Heres what other Hype members had to say about Flyboys:
http://superherohype.com/forums/showthread.php?t=249637&highlight=flyboys

 

[Caliber]

Ghost Rider is heading for an inevitable flop.

Its too soon to say if it will flop.

 

[Caliber]

Agreed. Superman Returns was a bomb.

It was and there were many other film that have made less than those ten.

 

[HR-PUFF&STUFF]

*****ing about superman returns is like a ****ing cancer on the hype! that started out small in the superman forums and then grow out to every ****ing forum on the hype! you could get rid of the superman forum and it wouldn't matter seeing as the hatters are spredding it out to every other forum.

if you don't like the movie fine, but stop with the bashing out side of the superman forums.

 

[Caliber]

*****ing about superman returns is like a ****ing cancer on the hype! that started out small in the superman forums and then grow out to every ****ing forum on the hype! you could get rid of the superman forum and it wouldn't matter seeing as the hatters are spredding it out to every other forum.

if you don't like the movie fine, but stop with the bashing out side of the superman forums.

Its a flop technically just as King Kong was a flop.

 

[HR-PUFF&STUFF]

Its a flop technically just as King Kong was a flop.

flop or not i am tired of here about it in every ****ing corner of the Hype! just like the people that don't like the new bond ***** but at least they do it in the 007 forums and not in the spider-man, fantastic four, x-men, and batman forums.

 

[Darth Elektra]

King Kong and Superman Returns were disappointing but not flops...

Both made there budgets and more.

 

[Matt]

King Kong and Superman Returns were disappointing but not flops...

Both made there budgets and more.

Again though, this list considers Snakes on a Plane a bomb even though it doubled its budget. Therefore they are taking Hype into consideration on this list. If that is the case, SR which was touted as a Pirate killer and this year's Star Wars should be number 1.