Top 10 Movies That Surprisingly Bombed

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[@ryanking8227]

Treasure Planet

[@Reaperguy67]

@@ryanking8227 I remember that one. I been meaning to re watch it again after over 10 years of it being out. I thought It was good .

[@Cinezillaaa]

Tron Legacy

[@Jesusfreak79]

Jesus loves you

[@Reaperguy67]

@@Jesusfreak79 stop spamming

[@Bintexas]

West Side Story didnt need to be “updated”. That is probably why those longtime fans snubbed it.

[@tylerpuszczewicz2535]

Some things don't need to be remade or have a sequel.

[@danielrubinstein896]

Rachel zegler is the worst part of that remake

[@Denis-89]

It was not even that updated. Just another version of the musical

[@sheilaholmes8455]

I snubbed it.

[@BlueJeanBaby]

Yes, I stopped watching about 10 minutes in. It didn't need a remake.

[@Charles_200]

The Shawshank Redemption be a flop is a prove that sometimes box office doesn't means quality or great story

[@Real_SkyRipper]

sometimes? i think it never does, box office has to many variables, especially economic ones, if going to watch the movie was 1€ or less you could bet everyone would always go to theaters to watch movies XD

[@Omnicras]

This is a list full of cult classics. An incredible story will carry itself beyond the box office into the hearts of viewers.

[@motor4X4kombat]

If we are talking about art, the quality will always be subjetive, the sucess will always be a matter of luck but the legacy and long time influence will always be objetive. Thats one mans trash will always be another mans tresure when time calls for it.

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[@richardharris8867]

Fight Club opened badly because their ad campaign made it look like it was a mindless wrestling movie.

[@smgdfcmfah]

Exactly. I thought it looked like complete trash - I had NO idea what it was really about. Luckily a summer student I had in my office asked if I'd seen it and when I told him "No, it looked like another cheesy Van Dam style movie (something I'd grown out of) he told it's not and simply that I should go see it. I'm glad I did and I'm glad he didn't tell me anything about it!

[@christopherlively8477]

Just goes to show important marketing is. They didn't even hint at the deep complexity of the movie

[@CruxDefender]

The book was a bit problematic as well. Good, but written in an off-putting manner.

[@barbaraperry5023]

Whenever l see a "movies that bombed" list, l always remember Dustin Hoffman saying in some interview: "ln every successful actor's life, there is an 'Ishtar'..." 😂😂😂

[@VintageStarlet]

West Side Story bombing was a surprise? Not only are modern movie musicals a box office crapshoot, but no one was really asking for an “updated” West Side Story, the classic movie is so beloved. If they tried to redo The Sound of Music, they’d probably run into the same issue, no matter the quality.

[@giancarlofelicianocastaned9316]

La La Land?

[@gloriabisco6148]

Disney : "Behold! Our remakes!"

[@TheRealSyckflo]

For the most part, this list just tells me that people are tired of remakes and sequels. Hollywood needs original ideas.

[@chrisrowe2308]

Outside of guys like Nolan "original ideas" just don't make money. People simply wait for streaming for anything that isn't considered an event.

[@kengaskins1]

And we are rapidly getting tired of prequels or origin stories.

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

West Side Story never needed to be a remake. Hollywood never listens.

[@tylerpuszczewicz2535]

Some things don't need to be remade or have a sequel.

[@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom]

It's Spielberg. He just wanted to do a musical. Let him cook.

[@dreamguardian8320]

Mark my words Hollywood's greedy and selfish choice to go bad, will cause it to fall harder than Rome did. The same goes for Disney.

[@willt3223]

I remember it was a foreign film with no subtitles so many who doesnt speak spanish was lost. Or cheated out of tje movie

[@mrsx7944]

Like Color Purple. The original was already PERFECT.

[@trabakoulas3]

Nobody asked for a Furiosa movie. We asked for a Mad Max movie. With Mad Max...

[@freebee8221]

Excactly. Especially when the previous movie was already mostly about Furiosa too. Mad Max was just his silent side kick. But of course they need to promote their feminist agenda in every freaking movie these days. same with the new Matrix movie. And even napoleon was mostly about his wife, (who didn't even need to be in the movie at all.)

[@normanrodriguez6670]

The Shawshank Redemption also had competition in theaters vs. Pulp Fiction & Forrest Gump. Was a tall task, plus the title was unappealing to movie fans.

[@melissawickersham9912]

So it suffered the same fate as the Rocketeer did three years earlier....it just had too much competition.

[@ashleybrown4754]

It had too many words for American audiences

[@mrsx7944]

​@@ashleybrown4754it only had 3 words

[@mrsx7944]

Shawshank may not have been a box office hit but it was critically acclaimed

[@cameronjr8]

We didn’t ask for Madam Web. That movie means nothing.

[@Geeknlonely2.0]

Yeah, Madam Web is not a Surprising flop, it was actually expected

[@Aragorn7884]

Lol they changed the thumbnail 😮

[@alm2187]

You mean you wanted a more faithful adaptation of the character, ​@@finger-board?

[@Mcbeezey0725]

Damn 😶

[@dariuschisholm7317]

You didn't ask for shang chi or guardians either but when they came out ya loved it so will morons stop complaining and crying over this movie

[@alm2187]

I remember trailers for Fight Club making it look like it had a mildly interesting, new gimmick in an otherwise formulaic sports movie. Never would have guessed it gets you thinking about the pros and cons of civilization versus anarchy.

[@chrisharlin7096]

Dredd was awesome. And yes, I think Stallone movie killed it

[@corymiller536]

Stallone was better

[@slaytanicdavidb]

Fully agree. Both movies were great.

[@filmbuffo5616]

@@corymiller536 the robot was good otherwise meh

[@corymiller536]

@@filmbuffo5616 Stallone looks more menacing than urban

[@Howlingburd19]

It’s still crazy how Blade Runner 2049 bombed. That movie’s a f**king masterpiece 🔥

[@america1st721]

2049 is an abomination and is truly one of the worst movies ever made.

[@SirsasthNigam.]

@@america1st721 Th3Birdman disagreed strongly

[@SirsasthNigam.]

Blade Runner 2049 was well received by the American press, and various US publications included the film in their end-of-2017 lists.[126] Critics who saw the film before its release were asked by Villeneuve not to reveal certain characters and plot points in those early reviews.[127] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 88% of 443 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The website's consensus reads: "Visually stunning and narratively satisfying, Blade Runner 2049 deepens and expands its predecessor's story while standing as an impressive filmmaking achievement in its own right."[128] -Oscar dodger (71%-90%)

[@america1st721]

@@SirsasthNigam. So it bombs at the box office and has 0 cult classic appeal and this is the hill you're going to die on?

[@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom]

Truly, worse than Disaster Movie​, right? The get the hell out @@america1st721

[@biblethumper8.1]

Furioso: 1. Long time since the last movie. 2. When I go to see a Mad Max movie, I expect Mad Max. 3. As a prequel, there is no real threat or danger for the character because we know she is in the next movie. That blunts a lot of the tension.

[@cameronhermann9400]

True, but I was fascinated to see how she would rise the ranks at the citadel. How she would lose her arm, and how she would get her vengeance

[@Dinchev666]

@@cameronhermann9400 It was not interesting. The movie was a snooze fest, besides the great cinematography. Poorly executed plot with a lot of holes, bad pacing, forced love story, a lot of nonsense and a lack of a Max Max. Furiosa was interesting in Fury Road, an unknown backstory is what made here interesting as she was a mystery.

[@keithskinner5538]

Personally haven’t even thought of going to a “Mad Max” movie since Thunderdome…

[@VintageStarlet]

And recasting Furiosa means you have to draw in people who are interested in the character regardless of the actor playing it, and I don’t know that Furiosa had that clout after one movie. Would’ve loved Charlize back, though.

[@the_morphean]

A sequel would have been profound, and Fury Road is still my favourite. But Furiosa is great, and yes, good movies don't usually make the best returns at box office (eg, all those Oscar movies we haven't seen). Personally, I wished Chalize was in the movie, but that's not to take anything from Anna. It was a stellar performance. Then, the cinema fatigue. It has to be really worth it to go there and see a movie when you can netflix and chill. I bet if Furiosa hits any streaming platform, it will be a hit.

[@Omnicras]

Wow, so many of these films are now beloved classics.

[@kissoonjohn1484]

I’ve seen the Shawshank Redemption so many times and every time it gets better My number one movie of all times!!!

[@ashleybrown4754]

I legitimately have to watch it anytime it comes on

[@mattiasolsson1523]

Same here

[@mrsx7944]

As good as the movie is it's nowhere near as good as the original short story by Stephen King

[@mrsx7944]

Love the movie.

[@TonyBakercomedy]

“Big Trouble In Little China”. My favorite bomb of all time.

[@bee-bg1wt]

if they continue to give 300 million dollar budget to every film, then every film is going to become a bomb.

[@WaterborneCamper]

Between production costs and ticket prices, it's pretty much impossible for films to make a healthy profit, now.

[@masudashizue777]

A new West Side Story film just wasn't necessary. The original just stands too tall for some remake to steal some of its thunder.

[@justaguy7230]

Why did killers of the flower moon have a 200 million budget in the first place?

[@AJARyan-yn2uv]

Run time and Covid costs I’d guess.

[@The_Dudester]

Because Hollyweird has a lot of redundancies. For instance, instead of limiting the budget of the caterer and meal costs, it's just a free for all. Also, padding the production cast-adding unnecessary friends and relatives adds to a budget. Locations can be expensive, if you let them. Renting a high dollar location instead of a cheaper location adds to a budget. And according to imdb, there was a lot of ad libbing. Lack of discipline by the director will have a budget spiral out of control. Strong and strict directors, like Otto Preminger, are fewer and fewer today.

[@kdscool1536]

Massive salaries for Scorsese, DiCaprio and DeNiro.

[@Stonecutter334]

That is an excellent question. They could have given a 100 million to indigenous people causes and did a lot more good.

[@gloriabisco6148]

Because umm ... yeah, I don't know.

[@HooHoo-7]

who wants to watch Mad Max movie without Mad Max.

[@m1cktion1]

Me

[@jayflores182]

Furiosa did have Mad Max in it. Watch the movie and the credits

[@psaikrisgaming5866]

I actually liked Furiosa and then I went home and watched Fury Road for the first time, this movie got me interested in the Franchise

[@doomereternal6170]

Fury road also didnt do very well at the box office

[@Ihateanimalloverstheyareshit]

​@@jayflores182Did u even understand the question

[@Nanobit84]

Crazy how like half of these are amazing film and yet they flopped but became rememberable later. I’m still hoping for a another Mad Max even tho it didn’t do well in theatre

[@ksperfection]

Having a Mad Max movie without Mad Max would be like the Titanic movie without a ship.

[@jasonstyles100]

I’m shocked that they thought Scott Pilgrim would be successful.

[@SpartacusSPQ]

It’s a Genius movie that Deserved to succeed but I also see what you mean. It’s so Weird.

[@Bluboy30]

With the exception of Furiosa, I wasn't surprised that these films on the list were box office bombs. I'm old enough to remember why The Shawshank Redemption and Fight Club failed to make money. People just weren't interested in those films when they came out in theaters.

[@dennisblake3707]

"With the exception of Furiosa",... LMAO!! That Unbearable piece of Feminazi-Propaganda Turd 💩 was the most predictable BOMB of the entire video. Nobody ever asked for it! What the fans really wanted was a true Mad Max movie, but they couldn't care less about her. That's why Furiosa became FLOPiosa! 😂🤣👎🏻

[@dawnpowers7626]

I think Killers Of The Flower Moon suffered that age-old problem of 'What the heck does that title mean??" Edited to add Shawshank for the same reason.

[@grayshigami6797]

Wish, it was supposed to be the 100 year celebration for Disney and was a disaster

[@Miss_Kisa94]

Huh?

[@mattiasolsson1523]

Only mixed reviews and how stupid everyone say about Disney today.

[@MikeHunt-rz9tz]

For everyone able to see The Thing in 1982 you should be ashamed of yourself

[@jimboswamps5602]

Amazing movie!

[@CaptainXJ]

I mean to be fair from their point of view it was just a remake of a classic that "nobody asked for".

[@MikeHunt-rz9tz]

@@CaptainXJ did you like the original? I know I didn't

[@CaptainXJ]

@@MikeHunt-rz9tz I did. It was quite good.

[@slaytanicdavidb]

That movie scared the hell out of me. Plus I was only 10 when I saw it. Totally terrifying. What a great movie

[@AdeliaAlessandra]

One of the reasons for the Furiosa flop was the adult Furiosa didn’t appear in the film until an hour into it. They focused too much on her as a child but should have moved on in half hour. Also the Tom Burke character needed to be played by a bigger name I just don’t think he was memorable.

[@AdeliaAlessandra]

@@DavidFB24 I thought it was less CGI

[@chrisrowe2308]

​@@DavidFB24Fury Road was also loaded with CGI in virtually every shot.

[@kdscool1536]

It didn't flop because they spent a lot of time with Furiosa child, they didn't reveal it in any promo, so it had no effect on its poor opening weekend.

[@VintageStarlet]

How would that make it a flop? Most people wouldn’t know that until they paid money to see it. CGI, recasting, no Max, unnecessary prequel, those are reasons I usually see for disinterest.

[@calebsoria1777]

8:49 I loved the thing a creature that nobody knows anything about tries to kill them and all they know is fire is it weakness

[@ethancullen7702]

Top 10 fates worse than death in cartoons Examples: Mocking mimicry madness - SpongeBob SquarePants Trapped in queen of fable's story book - Harley Quinn Trapped in the null void - Ben 10 Wooden Jerry - Rick and Morty Mcstroke Peter - Family Guy Having your face stolen by koh - Avatar The Last Airbender Trapped in a quilt - Courage The Cowardly Dog Turned into a house - Regular Show Trapped in the spirit world - Adventure Time Corrupted gems - Steven Universe

[@ROSWELLHUB]

Great list! Thing, Dredd and Mad Max are some of my favorites now

[@mattiasolsson1523]

Top 10 great movies that were overshadow by other great movies, for example the Shawshank Redemption.

[@jabuchananable]

One of the reasons West Side Story bombed is that it came out as the Omicron variant was on the rise, meaning older audiences would stay at home. Every movie that came out during that period bar No Way Home met a similar fate.

[@Denis-89]

Dune Part One came out in the same period and did not flop

[@robpolaris7272]

You mean the cold symptoms they pretended was a disaster?

[@VintageStarlet]

Do you think older audiences were eager for a West Side Story remake?

[@robpolaris7272]

@@VintageStarlet Some things never need to be remade. Although to be fair it is Romeo and Juliet with music and dancing.

[@ashleybrown4754]

I've always wondered well how Fight Club would have done had it ended like the novel did

[@nishitbhardwaj9981]

Dread was such an awesome movie. I was literally shocked to hear it failed at the the box office.

[@jacobdrolet4262]

Amazing video watch mojo,fantastic job.

[@DMBLaan]

Good list, but I can explain various reasons why each of these failed, regardless of the movies' quality. So no, I'm not surprised to hear about them on this list.

[@CodyFairlessLee]

I love FIGHT CLUB, IN THE HEIGHTS, WEST SIDE STORY, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, and THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION.

[@VintageStarlet]

I looovee Fury Road, but wasn’t surprised Furiosa bombed. - (rough) CGI heavy trailer - prequel (several years later) to a 10/10 movie that wrapped things up satisfactorily. - name of movie is a side character in a more niche franchise - title character of franchise not present - recast actress who made Furiosa interesting to watch

[@sergoldenhandthejust1495]

1:10 I see what you did there.....bravo sir, bravo👏

[@Animeguy300]

Furiosa deserves our praise

[@willt3223]

it has our praise it just didnt have our attention

[@AMERASIAN12]

One of the best movies that I saw this summer.

[@melissawickersham9912]

Technically speaking, The 1939 Wizard of Oz film bombed on its initial theatrical release and it didn’t make back its budget until a decade later when it was rereleased in theaters.

[@llovebleach6530]

Released at the same time as Gone w/the Wind....stiff competition

[@Stonecutter334]

As did Citizen Kane, Its A Wonderful Life,Dark City and so many other great films. Sometimes people need a little time to come to grips with something new and different.

[@ZEN_7RZ]

Furiosa is the perfect example of 'right movie, wrong time'.

[@corymiller536]

More like good movies that went woke

[@willt3223]

@@corymiller536it didn’t go woke its just an unintresting character

[@corymiller536]

@@willt3223 making a movie about a woman instead of mad max it's pretty woke

[@willt3223]

@@corymiller536 eh it was just about a side character no one cared about, no wokeness to it.

[@corymiller536]

@@willt3223 it is bro, the movie it's about mad max, no mad max, but furiosa that's woke

[@MohanKrishna-i8h]

Killers of the flower moon would have been huge success, if they took care about runtime...

[@jasonmcmurtry7812]

Furiosa was great and deserves to make a profit. Bladerunner 2049 is also amazing.

[@csurampower]

I think a lot of people will be kicking themselves later on for not seeing Furiosa in theaters.

[@troydenbrum2979]

@@csurampower Why ? nothing about the story is interesting.

[@csurampower]

@@troydenbrum2979 And you're not one of those people. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@calebsoria1777]

1:32 but on the bright side it eventually got reviewed later on which the creators managed to create Scott pilgrim takes off which everyone loved

[@hellraiser338]

No one i knew had any idea what Scott Pilgrim was but the trailer definitely made us want to see the movie. It is now one of my favorite comedy movies and graphic novel series.

[@billyford7853]

I would've been surprised if Furiosa hadn't flopped. The absence of Mad Max was a downer for me. Maybe i wasn't the only one who felt this way?

[@nenasiek]

Except its furiosas backstory, its the mad max universe but not his story.

[@lewismumford618]

While not as aggregious as the last ‘movie bomb list’, there’s still a couple of films here that aren’t actually bombs. A bomb is a movie that fails to make back its production budget, films that manage that but struggle to make the ‘break-even point’ are disappointments

[@superdaveozy7863]

Furiosa was freaking awesome

[@johnjames7332]

It wasnt

[@superdaveozy7863]

@@johnjames7332 im happy you don't like having fun watching action films and wan't everything you see to be oscar gold.

[@robertschuster6922]

Yes,just saw it today.Decent turnout at the theatre.Anja-Taylor Joy was great as Furiosa.

[@richardmacaulay783]

The main problem is that most movies in the past could get a second chance through tv (in the UK, The Italian Job had became a classic through traditional Christmas/Boxing Day tv showings), VHS sales and rentals in the 80s and 90s, DVD and Blu-ray sales in the 2000s and 2010s. Now with streaming it is hard for a film to stand out and get another opportunity to reach an audience. Also, I think since the pandemic, people's habits have changed and cinemas have now became more of a special occasion instead of a regular visit. I would think many households during the pandemic invested heavily in the best home Cinema options and monthly subscriptions to streaming services.

[@williamblakehall5566]

Dredd had the burden of Judge Dredd to overcome. I will agree that Willy Wonka, The Thing, and Shawshank are genuinely mystifying. Wasn't the original Blade Runner poorly received?

[@jamesmendonca2900]

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World did not deserve to fail at the Box Office. The film was based on a popular graphic novel series and was directed by Edgar Wright, who had made two awesome comedies that were also commercial success upon release.

[@cafeabasedecinema]

Being popular to comic readers isn't the same for moviegoers.

[@jamesmendonca2900]

@@cafeabasedecinema unfortunately.

[@Mike_Viola]

A movie well ahead of its time. If this Scott Pilgrim was made just a few years later, I think it would have been a smash hit.

[@gloriabisco6148]

Maybe it's popular to some, but widely unknown to wider audiences (including me).

[@Rahan_17]

Unlike Mad Max Fury Road, Furiosa Is Completely CGI, Too Much CGI Ruined My Experience

[@tylergoodman3560]

Honorable mention: It's a wonderful life. It's regarded as the best Christmas film ever, it had the problem of being released around the tail end of WW2. 🎉

[@StanHalen1936]

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[@melissawickersham9912]

@@StanHalen1936 Nah, the OP has a point. “It’s a Wonderful Life” was a box office bomb. The major reason why it’s a classic is because it accidentally got released into the public domain and TV networks can show it in the Christmas season. In fact, that movie bankrupted it’s studio.

[@LeonardoHeredia-hz7wx]

6:45 Me watching Killers of the Flower Moon on this list: It’s a movie that got two releases, one was theatrically and the other was on Apple TV+. This was planned since Paramount agreed to co-distribute the film.

[@seanbordenkircher7854]

I loved all the themes and characters carried over from the newly rediscovered Mad Max video game.

[@ERJOGAZ]

Rachel Zegler is box office poison. Even before she started writing controversial quotes, something about her is just not interesting for me. She was bad in West Side Story, and by far the worst thing about Shazam 2. I didn't even manage to watch the whole trailer for her hunger games movie because of her.

[@VintageStarlet]

Not a fan either, but didn’t her Hunger Games do well? Though I credit that to the franchise more than her.

[@metalgrinch]

The most overrated actress currently working. A total DEI plant who is the weakest link in every movie she's in.

[@gloriabisco6148]

Stop! Stop! Her career is already dead!

[@cleanthegreen]

Furiosa came out in the worst possible time. If it released right after Fury Road, it would have not bombed. I think people overlooked it thinking it was yet another, you know what. All because of all that recent force-fed garbage stuff that left a bad taste in our mouths.

[@josenino7140]

CATS.....you forgot CATS.....

[@regisjj7431]

But the video is about movies that SURPRISINGLY bombed

[@13blackcatzzz]

Everyone's TRYING to forget Cats.

[@jessiemendoza8394]

It bombed and it didnt come as a surprise as it was REALLY bad (except Taylor's performance part).

[@Mike_Viola]

Genuinely one of the worst movies ever made.

[@Starwarsfanboy0928]

I find it unfair that Furiosa is bombing while Garfield is making more money. Let me repeat. Garfield is doing a better job financially than Furiosa. Let that sink in.

[@Zahok1]

because kids or their parents dont care about the quality of a movie to entertain them. Not surprising

[@neilhannan5112]

Furiosa doesn't deserve to bomb. It's one of the greatest revenge stories of all time in 5 years it will be called a masterpiece

[@shadowdragonlord2295]

People just saw it as another Girl Boss movie so they passed on it. But maybe you'll be right. Time will tell

[@123mirc]

I liked Furiosa more than Mad Max Fury Road. Period.

[@daRealB-Rex]

@@shadowdragonlord2295it will def do well on streaming. Hopefully ancillary revenue makes up for the lackluster box office

[@sol20051]

It's not even streaming or on DVD yet. Those numbers will go up.

[@amigos2841]

I saw this film last week on a date I let her choose the film and I had never seen a mad max film before and I really liked it, last night we watched the first one and I prefer Furiosa I thought it was way better

[@jonw8694]

West Side Story and Dredd suffered from similar issues : They were both remakes of movies of the same name that no one really cared about any more, and were both had very niche target audiences. It was not a surprise that both came and went without much notice.

[@kevinpoole6122]

Fight Club is a CLASSIC! Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Meatloaf, Jared Leto?!? West Side Story did NOT need a remake-even with Spielberg.

[@abudianto]

Actually these movies bombing at the box office isn't all that surprising: 1. Remaking of original classic just for the sake of remaking usually doesn't do well without bringing anything new. Hence it's why West Side Story and Blade Runner 2049 failed at the BO. 2. Too long of a Running time. It doesn't matter if it's a good movie but if it's too long, people aren't too keen staying in theater. This is true for Killers of the Flower Moon, Fight Club and Shawshank Redemption. 3. Overall bad story lines

[@melissawickersham9912]

Then why did the 1939 Wizard of Oz film bomb when it was first released? It wasn’t exactly a remake of an original film although it was an adaptation of a novel. Did it have too long of a running time? Or was it unfortunately released at the wrong time when other more successful films were released at the same date?

[@melissawickersham9912]

Why did Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory bomb when it was first released?

[@abudianto]

​@@melissawickersham9912 Wizard of Oz was more because of cost of production, marketing and distribution. Willy Wonka on the other hand, I'm not sure why it bombed.

[@atoyotogiw]

I was surprised to find Furiosa included on this list.

[@nexusserc]

I watched Fight Club recently and that movie was great. Blade Runner 2049 was also nice to watch, even multiple times. And yes, they should have never made Furiosa. Another example to leave some franchises alone.

[@surelythiswasnotused]

Dredd is so good. I was so frustrated that the fan base didn’t support it in full.

[@mysteriousgamer8941]

Reason why that mad max film didn't sell is because it's feminist garbage, nobody wants to watch pretzal girls fighting muscular guys, that's F'in ridiculous.

[@seanhorace925]

I can think of a few that should’ve made the list: .The Wizard of Oz (1939) .Definitely: In the Heights (2021) .The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) .Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) .Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) .Muppets Most Wanted (2014)

[@melissawickersham9912]

@Daisy-le9tr Sorry to tell you this, but the Wizard of Oz actually did fail quite badly at the box office when it was first released. It didn’t make back its budget until a decade later when it was rereleased. Although, to be fair, the Wizard of Oz was a *very expensive* film to make because it was one of the first technicolor films. That’s why it’s production budget couldn’t be recouped and the film couldn’t break even until a decade later.

[@secretlemonadephil]

Saw Shawshank first show in the (2000 seater then) Odeon Leicester sq and of course the overriding memory was it was great. But a close second was great sadness there was only about 20 of us in there!

[@davids2977]

A Mad Max movie without Mad Max was just a stupid idea to begin with, then add the fact that the audience didn’t care to know Furiosa’s backstory, the flop was eminent.

[@Naomidemure254]

Furiosa A Mad Max Saga Movie of the year 2024😊

[@owenjolley351]

*I don’t care, the first chance I get I’m watching Furiosa.*

[@barbaraperry5023]

I loved it - well worth seeing.😊

[@AJARyan-yn2uv]

You should. It’s badass.

[@Macburger1900]

Bods very well with Fury Road... If the da didn't bomb it and Miller made The Wasteland it would be an amazing trilogy for a marathon... Maybe we get lucky and they decide to do it anyway...

[@Leone_510__]

It's better than fury road, and mad Max. It's not nearly as good as road warrior, or thunder dome though.

[@Jose-ht2lw]

Dress 2012 is really good, story effects, very under-rated

[@Windbend3r]

People have been dumbed down so much they don’t appreciate good film anymore.

[@DCcomicsNYgiants1984]

Furiosa doesn't deserve this shame. It was a damn good movie that deserve respect. This generation is just too damn disappointing. The freaking animated Garfield movie was #1. now WTF

[@gloriabisco6148]

The marketing team was chanting the spiel of brie to ward off the main audience block a.k.a. male audiences. And surprised when the movie flopped.

[@ssa6227]

A Mad Max movie without Mad Max and you are surprisinged why it flopped😂😂😂 Audience are still not dumb enough 😂😂😂

[@Shim_Shack_Studio]

Hey, just a heads up Mojo, you're breaking the first rule to Fight Club, you don't talk about Fight Club.

[@seanbigay1042]

One big problem I'm seeing here is the vast budget earmarked for each of these "bombs." When a movie costs as much as the D-Day invasion, it's asking for a lot of trouble.

[@mmcfreds]

Any project with Harrison Ford will bomb, he absolutely decimated his fan base and reputation when he spoke out against Han Solo and the SW universe.

[@beltenebrosgr1904]

I saw it once in cinema. Unfortunately "Furiosa" had more CGI for its own good, it really "threw me" out of the experience more than I hoped not to... For what ever reason, the use of CGI in "Fury Road" worked greatly. I know that it might not be possible (storywise) but they should use more practical effects or achieve more with the combination of CGI and practical, like in "Fury Road"... Thankfully the last half hour of Furiosa really works wells on every cinematic level... Seeing it once... a good movie, not an epic/great one, like the first. I honestly believe that Fury Road is one of the best action movies of all time...

[@ahnyasmith6603]

Furiosa was AMAZING, especially in 4dx. Long wait? Sure it was but I felt it was well worth it and tied into Fury Road beautifully. And Anya blew me away.

[@phillipjohnson8903]

Furiosa was pretty great, it definitely didn't deserve to bomb. I was invested from start to finish.

[@scottmiller8617]

I agree, but I think the problem is they are "mad max" movies, and he was second fiddle in the first, so many weren't excited about a prequel without him

[@gloriabisco6148]

The marketing of the movie targeted the wrong kind of people .. the so called "modern audiences" that is so minuscule it may as well doesn't exist. All while chanting the spell of brie to ward off the male audiences that was traditionally overwhelmingly the main audiences of its kind of movies.

[@90degreeshift]

It's really difficult for films to return profits now a days as a lot of the competition are on streaming apps.

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

One of the things about the really good films here that didn't do that well - is that these are great films that the movie going public of the moment just didn't appreciate. The thing is - these will *_NEVER_* stop being great movies and people will still be watching them in the future. With all the streaming services they have now - I've been able to rent or buy some really great films from 60 years ago. There will always be people watching these movies - because they never stop being great. The problem is - the Movie Industry doesn't care how much money something makes them over a 20 year period - they care about how much money something makes the first two days it's released. So - this phenomenon will never cease. .

[@TITANMAN251]

2:35 WHAT?!?!

[@JoeyHubbard89]

As a long time fan of the original West Side Story since I was a child, I was shocked, appalled and mortified that Master Steven Spielberg’s take on the classic musical failed to find an audience. I saw it in theaters with my then girlfriend and best friend, neither of whom I think had seen the original movie, and I personally loved it.

[@geodude28]

Dredd need one I still rewatch it from beginning to the end

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

OK ... About the Mad Max franchise. Remember that of the first three movies - only _The Road Warrior_ was any good. And - Basically - these movies are all "Motorcycle Movies" - _The Road Warrior_ just being the best one ever made. .

[@gloriabisco6148]

The Mad Max universe was about the collapse of civilization because the world run out of oil. They should marketed it that way to enrage the Just Stop Oil types of people. It would be a self propelled marketing with little to none money spent, and created good perception about the movie among normal people.

[@AndreSonofMogh]

This happens in tv as well. Shows like Star Trek and Family Guy both got cancelled really early due to low viewership. Only to gain mass popularity in syndication which lead to their respective resurrections. In the case of Star Trek a new show was in the middle of being created after the popularity soared called Star Trek Phase II with most of the original cast slated to return. But ended up shutting down pre-production to reconfigure for the big screen after a little known Sci-fi flick called Star Wars hit theaters.

[@TheRManProds]

FURIOSA WAS AWESOME!

[@loannprades3944]

Let those critics make theyre own movie.

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

If I knew Scott Pilgrim was a video game movie, I might have watched it. I was not familiar with the IP. 2:13 Now that one I watched. The author of the book didn't like Gene Wilder as Wonka. He wanted Inspector Clouseau to be Wonka. I liked Judge Dredd better. It was funnier. 6:27 YOU BETRAYED THE LAW! LAAAAAAAW! It was so bad that it's good. The runtime of Killers of the Flower Moon scared me. I am not watching a movie that long in theaters (even though I watched Return of the King). I also didn't watch Oppenheimer for similar reasons. Return of the King was a special case and I knew I would like the movie. I don't know if I would like Killers of the Flower Moon. I don't know why I bothered watching Blade Runner 2049. It was boring. I usually don't see Ryan Gosling in serious roles. Shawshank Redemption got a cult following. I only watched it because my uncle had it and I wanted to watch something.

[@cameronhermann9400]

I liked Furiosa. The prequel was fascinating to see, just wish the volume was more smooth on the streaming services I used to watch it a couple days ago. A couple points in the movie had shifting volume that sounded different or didn’t seem to match characters movements. Don’t know if the theater showings had the same problem

[@danasaeed9018]

Furiosa A Mad Max Saga Definitely Did Not Deserve To Bomb.

[@Papadoc1981]

No it didn’t. But it’s understandable why it did.

[@danasaeed9018]

@Papadoc1981 I Didn't Understand It, Why?!

[@Papadoc1981]

@@danasaeed9018 1. It's a prequel. 2. No Charlize Theron 3. Almost 10 years since the last film.

[@danasaeed9018]

@@Papadoc1981 That Maybe, But I Disagree, A Quality Film Is A Quality Film.

[@Papadoc1981]

@@danasaeed9018 Yes. But you understand now, right? Films being quality doesn't automatically mean butts in seats. Also, 4. This franchise has never been a big money maker at the box office. That includes Fury Road.

[@DustinKopperman]

Fight Club and Scott Pilgrim Vs The World and Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory and Furiosa A Mad Max Saga and West Side Story and Dredd and Killers Of The Flower Moon and Blade Runner 2049 and The Thing and The Shawshank Redemption deserved better box office returns on TV or on Hulu or on the DVDs