Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed

Jon Drake and Ian Dukes
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It's not a podcast about bad movies. It's a podcast about movies that did badly. Join comedians Jon Drake (@drakegatsby) and Ian Dukes (@ianpauldukes) as they dig up the bombs that shook Hollywood. Every episode reviews a movie that lost money at the box office and tries to figure out what went wrong. 

  1. JAN 28

    Episode 169 - One Battle After Another

    We're wrapping up our look back at 2025 with one of the most talked about (and expensive) movies of the year: Paul Thomas Anderson's epic ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER RELEASED: September 8, 2025 DIRECTED BY: Paul Thomas Anderson STARRING: Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio Del Toro, Teyana Taylor, Sean Penn, Chase Infiniti, Regina Hall BUDGET: $175M  BOX OFFICE: $207M  ESTIMATED LOSS: $80M NEXT EPISODE: We go back to the 80s for problematic childhood favorite SHORT CIRCUIT 2.  SHOW NOTES Michael Cera CeraVe ad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwOpQHeWo4c 0:00 Intro  2:41 Show & tell 9:04 This week's movie

    1h 15m

  2. JAN 21

    Episode 168 - Mickey 17

    Bong Joon Ho is back with an original sci-fi movie! Did it make a bunch of money? We wouldn’t be talking about it if it did. It’s MICKEY 17 MICKEY 17 RELEASED:  DIRECTED BY: Bong Joon Ho  STARRING: Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Mark Ruffalo, Toni Collette, Steven Yeun  BUDGET: $118m  BOX OFFICE: $133m ESTIMATED LOSS: $80m  NEXT EPISODE: We wrap up our 2025 retrospective  0:00 Intro  3:08 Show & tell 8:12 This week's movie

    1h 2m

  3. JAN 14

    Episode 167 - Thunderbolts*

    We're heading back into the MCU for one of their best movies in years, that still unfortunately underperformed at the box office. It's the THUNDERBOLTS ASTERISK. THUNDERBOLTS* RELEASED: May 2, 2025 DIRECTED BY: Jake Schreier STARRING: Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Lewis Pullman, Hannah John-Kamen, Sebastian Stan, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Gerladine Viswanathan BUDGET: $180m BOX OFFICE: $382.4m ESTIMATED LOSS: $40m NEXT EPISODE: We cover another 2025 bomb, this time an adaptation of a recent sci-fi novel. Wheaties popcorn bucket Ian got at the premiere https://imgur.com/a/LLnSqV2 Quotes about AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY that have us concerned Alan Cumming https://imgur.com/a/SOe56l8 Paul Rudd https://imgur.com/a/GtSLinY 0:00 Intro 3:39 Show & tell 8:49 This week's movie

    1h 20m

  4. JAN 7

    Episode 166 - Eddington

    We're back from our holiday break, and all January we'll be covering some noteworthy box office disappointments from 2025. We'll kick things off with Ari Aster's EDDINGTON EDDINGTON RELEASED: July 18, 2025 DIRECTED BY: Ari Aster STARRING: Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Deirdre O'Connell, Michael Ward BUDGET: $25m BOX OFFICE: $13.1m  ESTIMATED LOSS:  $20m NEXT EPISODE: You'll have to tune in to find out.  0:00 Intro  3:00 Show & tell 10:41 This week's movie

    1h 18m

  5. 12/10/2025

    Episode 165 - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension

    We're back! Join us on a trip to the optimistic days of the early 80s as we discuss the extremely bizarre but highly charming sci-fi comedy THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION RELEASED: August 10, 1984 DIRECTED BY: W.D. Richter STARRING: Peter Weller, Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow, Jeff Goldblum BUDGET: $17m BOX OFFICE: $6.3m ESTIMATED LOSS: Total NEXT EPISODE: We'll be back in January as we start our 2025 Year-In-Review 0:00 Intro  2:55 Show & tell 9:36 This week's movie

    1h 16m

  6. 11/12/2025

    Episode 164 - The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

    This week we cover our first, and definitely not our last, Guy Ritchie movie with 2015's throwback spy action comedy THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. RELEASED: August 14, 2015 DIRECTED BY: Guy Ritchie STARRING: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Hugh Grant, Elizabeth Debicki BUDGET: $84m  BOX OFFICE: $110m  ESTIMATED LOSS: $80m  NEXT EPISODE: We get real weird and real 80s with THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION.  0:00 Intro  2:52 Show & tell 9:08 This week's movie

    1h 17m
  7. Episode 163 - Lord of Illusions

    10/29/2025

    Episode 163 - Lord of Illusions

    We wrap up another successful Blastober with the final film from horror master Clive Barker: it's an interesting mix of cosmic horror and noir, 1995's LORD OF ILLUSIONS LORD OF ILLUSIONS RELEASED: August 25, 1995 DIRECTED BY: Clive Barker STARRING: Scott Bakula, Famke Jannsen, Kevin J. O'Connor, Daniel von Bargen BUDGET: $11M BOX OFFICE: $13.3M ESTIMATED LOSS: $8M NEXT EPISODE: We're done with the scaries for now and getting into espionage with 2015's Guy Ritchie spy jaunt THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. SHOW NOTES Swann's fake mustache https://imgur.com/a/CeeBt7a 0:00 Intro  3:44 Show & tell 9:00 This week's movie

    1h 10m
  8. Episode 162 - Frailty

    10/22/2025

    Episode 162 - Frailty

    Blastober barrels forth with 2001's creepy psychological horror FRAILTY!  FRAILTY DIRECTED BY: Bill Paxton RELEASED: April 12, 2002 STARRING: Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Luke Askew, Jeremy Sumpter  BUDGET: $11m BOX OFFICE: $17,4m ESTIMATED LOSS: $2m NEXT EPISODE: We wrap up Blastober with the third and final feature from a Master of Horror.  SHOW NOTES Auto shop angel https://imgur.com/a/6Q7J43s Scenes of Meat, TX https://imgur.com/a/g1kxxFn 0:00 Intro  3:45 Show & tell 8:30 This week's movie

    1h 3m
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It's not a podcast about bad movies. It's a podcast about movies that did badly. Join comedians Jon Drake (@drakegatsby) and Ian Dukes (@ianpauldukes) as they dig up the bombs that shook Hollywood. Every episode reviews a movie that lost money at the box office and tries to figure out what went wrong. 

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  • Creator
    Jon Drake and Ian Dukes
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    170
  • Rating
    Explicit
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