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without bringing up the article, what were EW's top 10 movie bombs of all time?

Posted by pigby (aka chris) Dec 31 '08, 14:17

measured by production costs v. returns

there's one that i think only Dano would get

Responses:

Last Action Hero? -- nm - Diva Dec 31, 14:37
okay, i'll call time: #2, Cutthroat Island. #10, Howard the Duck. they also put Inchon at #7 with BATER - pigby Dec 31, 14:37 1
- hey wait a second. I thought this was from EW. apparently it's just cruddy MSN Movies? -- (link) - pigby Dec 31, 14:38
How many of these movies have Warren Beatty in them? Or Bruce Willis? -- nm - Mop Dec 31, 14:36
Final Fantasy? -- nm - Jelly Dec 31, 14:36
Crossroads, From Justin to Kelly -- nm - budice Dec 31, 14:36 1
- Nah. You know those movies cost nothing to make. -- nm - Mop Dec 31, 14:36
Bonfire of the Vanities? -- nm - Diva Dec 31, 14:35 2
- another good guess. maybe you should have made up the list for EW instead - pigby Dec 31, 14:36 1
  - I imagine their list is made up of statistical facts. -- nm - Mop Dec 31, 14:37
Teen Wolf and Teen Wolf 2? -- nm - TaurusII Dec 31, 14:35 1
- Teen Wolf made crazy money, relative to cost - pigby Dec 31, 14:35
Meet the Spartans? -- nm - TaurusII Dec 31, 14:34 1
- bzzt -- nm - pigby Dec 31, 14:34
Leonard Part 6? -- nm - Diva Dec 31, 14:34 1
- a good guess, but EW says no -- nm - pigby Dec 31, 14:34
The Island? -- nm - Jelly Dec 31, 14:33 2
- The Beach? -- nm - Mop Dec 31, 14:34
- regretfully, no -- nm - pigby Dec 31, 14:34
Hudson Hawk? -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 31, 14:31 2
- #9! -- nm - pigby Dec 31, 14:32 1
  - tragic. -- nm - auld lang syne loves mandy lane Dec 31, 14:34
Ishtar. -- nm - Callisto Dec 31, 14:31 3
- Trish got it (#8) -- nm - pigby Dec 31, 14:31 2
  - ah, I had Ishtar blindness. -- nm - Callisto Dec 31, 14:32 1
    - there is one that David would be happy is on the list -- nm - pigby Dec 31, 14:33
hitchhiker's guide? -- nm - auld lang syne loves mandy lane Dec 31, 14:31 1
- huh uh -- nm - pigby Dec 31, 14:31
The Rocketeer? (God, I hope not. I love that movie.) -- nm - Mop Dec 31, 14:30 1
- no no -- nm - pigby Dec 31, 14:30
That genetic repo rock opera thingy? House of Wax? -- nm - TaurusII Dec 31, 14:28 1
- no and no -- nm - pigby Dec 31, 14:29
Meet Dave? -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 31, 14:27 1
- nope, Pluto is the only Eddie Murphy one -- nm - pigby Dec 31, 14:28
remainder hints: need more 80s -- nm - pigby Dec 31, 14:27 6
- slash early 90s -- nm - pigby Dec 31, 14:28 5
  - there's kind of a big one that i thought would be guessed first -- nm - pigby Dec 31, 14:30 2
    - Heaven's Gate? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 31, 14:30 1
      - yes, but only #5 now -- nm - pigby Dec 31, 14:31
  - Does Evolution come up on the list? (probably too obscure, even for EW) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 31, 14:29 1
    - no -- nm - pigby Dec 31, 14:29
Australia. -- nm - The Blue Nose Ring Dec 31, 14:26 2
- ha! but no -- nm - pigby Dec 31, 14:27 1
  - $20. -- nm - The Blue Nose Ring Dec 31, 14:27
D-Tox -- nm - Marcel Dec 31, 14:25 1
- no -- nm - pigby Dec 31, 14:25
Waterworld -- nm - amoxy Dec 31, 14:22 6
- The Postman. I almost bought it for $4 on monday. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 31, 14:23 2
  - #4 -- nm - pigby Dec 31, 14:24 1
    - (I admit, I kind of enjoyed The Postman - especially Ford Lincoln Mercury and Tom Petty) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 31, 14:25
- bzzt - pigby Dec 31, 14:23 2
  - that postman movie? poseidon? -- nm - auld lang syne loves mandy lane Dec 31, 14:23 1
    - see above and bzzt -- nm - pigby Dec 31, 14:24
bicentennial man? that eddie murphy movie whose name I can't recall? -- nm - auld lang syne loves mandy lane Dec 31, 14:22 2
- bzzt and see below -- nm - pigby Dec 31, 14:23
- Holy Man? -- nm - amoxy Dec 31, 14:22
Pluto Nash -- nm - Stewie Griffin Dec 31, 14:22 3
- Battlefield Earth maybe -- nm - Stewie Griffin Dec 31, 14:24 1
  - tied for #7 with a more obscure one -- nm - pigby Dec 31, 14:24
- *ding* #1 -- nm - pigby Dec 31, 14:22
Godzilla? -- nm - Mop Dec 31, 14:20 1
- bzzt -- nm - pigby Dec 31, 14:21
the third matrix movie? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 31, 14:20 3
- bzzt -- nm - pigby Dec 31, 14:21 2
  - Yeah, I figured. How about Gigli? ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 31, 14:21 1
    - nope -- nm - pigby Dec 31, 14:21
The Cleopatra movie with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Oh and Ishtar, too. -- nm - Trish Dec 31, 14:19 3
- Town and Country -- nm - J Dec 31, 14:20 1
  - #3 -- nm - pigby Dec 31, 14:21
- #6 and #8 -- nm - pigby Dec 31, 14:20

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