Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed
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.
Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed
Episode 167 - Thunderbolts*
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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