here's something oddly That's all well and good, but
satisfying about seeing a there have been many excellent
big-budget movie flop. movies throughout the years that,
Whenever we hear about these for whatever reason, failed to
ambitious, special effects-laden make it big at the box office.
extravaganzas going down in Hey, just because a movie didn't
flames we get an odd feeling of make a lot of money on its
schadenfreude. release doesn't make it bad --
after all, Citizen Kane barely
But why is this? Does it stem made enough to cover the cost of
from the fact that we feel a wooden sled on its original
manipulated, almost exploited, by release. It wasn't until its
the movie industry? Perhaps. re-release and television
After all, movie studios make a syndication that it became
lot of coin from tweaking our perhaps the most critically
emotions, be it through acclaimed movie of all time.
adrenaline-filled action films or
mawkishly tear-jerking weepies. So, here's a look at two movies
that didn't live up to
Perhaps the best reason for our expectations on their release,
guilty pleasure at seeing a but later went on to disprove the
big-budget movie flop is the fact critics:
that we feel like we won a
battle. We caught Hollywood Fight Club
trying to pull a fast one by
releasing a bad movie and trying Despite eventually becoming an
to hype it anyway -- and we enormous cult hit, Fight Club
weren't fooled. Gotcha. Better performed poorly on its release.
luck next time. With a budget of $63 million it
took just $37 million at the US
box office. On its release the preferred Hanks' feel good
movie drew mixed critical vehicle over this depressing
reactions, partly due to its prison drama and, although
violent nature. One high profile Shawshank garnered 7 Oscar
critic described it as "a film nominations, the box office take
without a single redeeming was pathetic.
quality, which may have to find
its audience in Hell", and the This all changed once the movie
flop cost the Entertainment Chief was released on video. Bolstered
of 20th Century Fox his job. by the Oscar endorsements
Shawshank became the most rented
Despite a tepid reception, Fight video of 1995, going on to become
Club went on to turn a small our 2nd favorite movie of all
profit at the global box office time according to an Internet
before exploding in popularity in Movie Database poll.
the DVD market, becoming one of
the best-loved films of the 90s. The moral of the story, it seems,
Today you'd be hard pressed to is that you should probably think
find a young man's DVD collection twice before dismissing a movie
that didn't boast a Fight Club based on its box office success.
DVD. Movies are always at their most
enjoyable when seen on the big
Shawshank Redemption screen, so you shouldn't miss out
on the chance to see them as they
One of the most well known box were meant to be seen simply
office flops of recent years, The because the audiences can't tell
Shawshank Redemption, based on a a Hollywood gem from fools gold.
Steven King novella, came up After all, these are the same
against the might of Forrest Gump people who made Ernest Goes to
at the box office. Audiences Jail the number one movie in its
opening week. Would you trust
them?
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