why did this film fail ?

they better took more time to add some extra's with their 30 mill

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https://thedissolve.com/features/forgotbusters/636-stallone-russell-four-directors-the-truly-strange-/

Since announcing Tango & Cash in the last column, I have discovered that the film isn’t anywhere near as forgotten as I had imagined, though it still has a reputation for being a commercial failure, and a failure in general, even though it was the 20th top-grossing film of 1989, just behind Field Of Dreams. That might be attributable to its troubled production history, or its huge budget, or the fact that Stallone and Russell each have a canon of movies that are considered classics. Before watching it, I didn’t think Tango & Cash belonged in either man’s canon. Now I feel differently.

https://lebeauleblog.com/2013/08/03/what-the-hell-happened-to-kurt-russell/6/

https://lebeauleblog.com/2014/02/12/what-the-hell-happened-to-sylvester-stallone/7/

This film was fantastic !! It is my favourite film of all time. Kurt Russel and Stallone played it perfectly

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Thank you! Grade A+? No
Grade A-, loaded with cheesecake, beefcake, and action up the yazoo?! HELL yes! You

The film was a hit, something even I forgot, landing in the overall top 20 highest grossing domestic films at the end of it's release year 1989 (it was the 20th highest grossing film of the year to be exact). However the fact that it wasn't a megahit, for me, comes down to two basic reasons and the first one falls down on it's leading men.

As was the case with LOCK UP that year, Rambo III the year before and even moreso Over The Top the year before that, Sly, for whatever reasons, was steadily declining as a box office attraction in the US, internationally things were great as always, but at home Stallone hadn't retained the mass appeal he'd had in 1985 with Rambo and Rock sequels. His co-star Kurt Russell, one of the great underrated talents, wasn't exactly a consistent box-office draw (if sadly he was ever one to begin with) and as an example of how he was perceived and treated by studios during the late 80s period lost the lead role in BULL DURHAM (which he helped develop) to the then newly A-list Kevin Costner simply because the studio didn't think Russell would draw audiences.

Secondly 1989 was a very competitive year at the box office which saw summer blockbusters and/or sequels dominating the charts more than they'd ever done before (in other words the beginning of what our box office hits yearly look like today). Whatever one thinks of the film I believe those factors contributed to it not going as 'mega' as some would have liked.

Bishop of Battle

I think Summer 1990 would have been far worse. That summer had Total Recall, Robocop 2, Die Hard 2, Gremlins 2, Dick Tracy, Back to the Future 3, Arachnophobia, Ghost, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Flatliners, and..... um I feel like I'm leaving 2 or 3 out here. But yeah 1990 summer was just as packed.

Wow can't believe I made this thread 6 years ago