History Quotes / BoxOfficeBomb

-->--'''Creator/MichaelCaine''' to Creator/RogerMoore during the making of ''Film/{{Bullseye}}''

->"Well, if you're going to have a flop, make sure your name is on it four times."

->"This movie will make a mint. Not money, a single peppermint".

->"I suppose it's a badge of honour having a real flop to your name".

->"'Ere, Roger, this is gonna be our bleedin' ''Film/{{Ishtar}}''".
-->--'''Creator/MichaelCaine''' to Creator/RogerMoore during the making of ''Bullseye!''

!!WebOriginal
->''[[Creator/RomanPolanski Polanski]] resumed production of the movie in Tunisia, which looks just like the Caribbean, only [[CaliforniaDoubling much less expensive]]. Polanski needed that extra money to build an $8 million pirate galleon just for the film, which is confusing considering that pirate galleons probably didn't cost that much to make back in pirate times, and I assumed shipbuilding techniques would have improved over the subsequent 300 years. But he needed to construct a believable set for his important film, which features Creator/WalterMatthau drinking pee and threatening to kill and eat his first mate.''
-->-- '''''{{Website/Cracked}}''''' on ''{{Film/Pirates}}'', [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-famous-filmmakers-whose-dream-projects-were-disasters/ "5 Famous Filmmakers Whose Dream Projects Were Disasters"]]

->''The movie ''{{Film/Waterworld}}'' lost so many millions of dollars that it would have been cheaper and less embarrassing if Creator/KevinCostner spent $110,000,000 hiring crowds of people to watch him cry during sex. While he was filming ''Waterworld'', Music/MCHammer was holding Oakland money eating contests that were more fiscally responsible -- and more watchable.''
-->--'''{{Creator/Seanbaby}}''', [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-real-video-games-that-were-too-insane-to-release/#ixzz31e2RnmPF "6 Real Video Games Too Insane to Release"]]

->''Now we know: Being expensive and bad isn't just for men.''
-->--'''[[http://jezebel.com/revisiting-cutthroat-island-the-feminist-pirate-movie-1642937289 Kate Dries]]''', "Revisiting ''Film/CutthroatIsland'', the Feminist Pirate Movie That Failed"

->''"Okay, I got a pitch for you guys. Creator/EddieMurphy walks around the streets of New York with buggy eyes and a child molester smile and creeps out random people for 90 minutes."\\\
"I love it! Greenlight that son of a bitch! How much money you need? $40 million? Hell give him $60!"''
-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/meet-dave-2008-brian-robbins/ on]] ''Film/MeetDave''

->Film/JohnCarter'' became the biggest bomb in history in part because Andrew Stanton, the movie's director, mistakenly believed that we were as into Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs as he was. Next time you waste $250 million shooting [[TroubledProduction and reshooting]] a terrible movie based on [[MainstreamObscurity obscure source material,]] ask around first. Not everyone is frothing for a ''Captain Koala'' movie, my friend.''
-->--'''[[http://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/201212/least-influential-people-2012#slide=16 Drew Magary]]''', "The 25 Least Influential People of 2012"

->''Please, God, no more. No more ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' movies. It says a lot about the current state of Hollywood that not only will studios recycle any old story or character, but they’ll recycle those properties even when they’ve resulted in terrible movies. “Fifth time’s the charm for this ''WesternAnimation/TitanAE'' reboot!” Did you not get the hint the first time I declined to watch a talking rock?''
-->--'''[[https://www.gq.com/story/least-influential-people-2015 Drew Magary]]''', "The Worst People of 2015"

->''So ''Film/ZyzzyxRoad'' was released in one movie theater in Dallas, Texas. It played once a day at noon for six days. During its domestic run, it earned $30 making it the lowest-grossing movie of all time. That $30 gross was actually reduced by $10 when ''[the producer]'' issued a refund to a make-up woman who worked on the movie.''
-->--'''[[https://lebeauleblog.com/2014/04/12/what-the-hell-happened-to-katherine-heigl/ LeBeau]]''', "What the Hell Happened to Creator/KatherineHeigl?"

->''Those of us hos from [[UsefulNotes/TheEighties the 80s]] who were planning to meet with lawyers this morning to discuss suing Creator/UniversalPictures for viciously defaming the image of ''{{WesternAnimation/Jem}}'' by turning her into an annoying {{Creator/ABC}} Family movie character don’t even have to bother. Universal got their punishment, because ''Film/JemAndTheHolograms2015'' was an even bigger flop than everyone predicted. Box Office Mojo says that the entire US box office looked like the inside of a backed-up toilet in a Taco Bell bathroom.''
-->--'''[[http://dlisted.com/2015/10/26/the-jem-and-the-holograms-movie-made-box-office-history/ Michael K.]]''', "The ''Jem and the Holograms'' Movie Made Box Office History!"

!!WebVideo
->"They could have taken their $100,000,000, and made one-hundred $1,000,000 movies, and made 100 times times their money back."
-->--'''''WebVideo/RedLetterMedia''''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aomqbq5eIB0 Ben-Hurt]]

->'''Max''': I appreciate you guys paying to see it.\\
'''Jay''': We did pay to see it. We were one of the five people to pay to see it.\\
'''Max''': Globally.\\
'''Jay''': [-(Don't tell him that we snuck in.)-]
-->--''WebVideo/HalfInTheBag'' on ''Film/AmericanUltra'', "A Conversation With Creator/MaxLandis"

!!RealLife
->"The greatest young actor in America today is Creator/RobertDeNiro, the greatest living director is Creator/EliaKazan, and I may be the greatest producer of all time. How the hell could we make such a bad fucking movie?"
-->--'''Sam Spiegel''' on ''The Last Tycoon'' (1976), attributed by Alan King

->"This was the kind of film where nobody would say 'Sorry, we can't afford that.'"
-->--Production designer '''G. Mac Brown''' on ''Film/{{Ishtar}}''

->"It was a gigantic movie. Creator/GeorgeLucas was producing, it had a very big budget, and everybody wanted that part. And everybody wanted the part of the duck! Everybody wanted to voice the duck. The people that they had coming were like, Creator/RobinWilliams, Creator/JayLeno… all these people wanted to be the voice of the duck, and they were turned down. So it was a really big deal.”
-->--'''Creator/LeaThompson''' on ''Film/HowardTheDuck''

->'''Interviewer''': Have you seen the movie she finally made?\\
'''Creator/KimBasinger''': We saw it with the jury.\\
'''Interiewer''': Did you feel it vindicated your decision not to do it?\\
'''Basinger''': Let’s just say I made the right decision.
-->--On dropping out of ''Film/BoxingHelena'' (1993). Jennifer Lynch sued Basinger for breach of contract and won.

->"I saw it originally in London and hated it, and so I’m not surprised that it bombed onscreen."
-->--'''Creator/PattiLupone''' on ''{{Film/Cats}}''

->"I didn’t want to be part of the first {{Creator/Marvel}} movie that bombed. I said, ‘[[ItWillNeverCatchOn Who wants to see a movie about a talking tree and a raccoon?]]’ Which is clearly -- I was very wrong. The script was great, it was all based in not wanting to be ‘that guy.’ Because if you are the star of a giant movie like that, and it bombs, Hollywood does not forgive you. I’ve seen that happen to people and it was a giant, giant fear and I thought, is it worth it?”
-->--'''Creator/AmandaSeyfried''' on turning down ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''

->''Those of us hos from [[UsefulNotes/TheEighties the 80s]] who were planning to meet with lawyers this morning to discuss suing Creator/UniversalPictures for viciously defaming the image of ''{{WesternAnimation/Jem}}'' by turning her into an annoying {{Creator/ABC}} Family movie character don’t even have to bother. Universal got their punishment, because ''Film/JemAndTheHolograms'' was an even bigger flop than everyone predicted. Box Office Mojo says that the entire US box office looked like the inside of a backed-up toilet in a Taco Bell bathroom.''

->"Well, if you're going to have a flop, make sure your name is on it 4x."

-->'''Creator/ElizabethBanks''', [=director/writer/producer/co-star=] of ''Film/CharliesAngels2019''

->''Please, God, no more. No more ''ComicBook/FantasticFour movies. It says a lot about the current state of Hollywood that not only will studios recycle any old story or character, but they’ll recycle those properties even when they’ve resulted in terrible movies. “Fifth time’s the charm for this ''WesternAnimation/TitanAE'' reboot!” Did you not get the hint the first time I declined to watch a talking rock?''

-->On dropping out of ''Film/BoxingHelena'' (1993). Jennifer Lynch sued Basinger for breach of contract and won.

-->On dropping out of ''Boxing Helena'' (1993). Basinger was successfully sued for breach of ocntract.

->''Film/JohnCarter'' became the biggest bomb in history in part because Andrew Stanton, the movie's director, mistakenly believed that we were as into Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs as he was. Next time you waste $250 million shooting [[TroubledProduction and reshooting]] a terrible movie based on [[MainstreamObscurity obscure source material,]] ask around first. Not everyone is frothing for a ''Captain Koala'' movie, my friend.''

->''Film/JohnCarter'' became the biggest bomb in history in part because Andrew Stanton, the movie's director, mistakenly believed that we were as into Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs as he was. Next time you waste $250 million shooting [[TroubledProduction and reshooting]] a terrible movie based on obscure source material, ask around first. Not everyone is frothing for a ''Captain Koala'' movie, my friend.''