THE BIGGEST (wide-release) BOX OFFICE BOMB (of all time) - Delgo (2008) Discussion

[–] eamon74 15 years ago

furthermore,

$511,920 opening in 2,160 theaters - the lowest total for a wide release EVER.

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[–] feydjm 15 years ago

I don't even remember this hitting my market (Louisville, KY) I certainly never saw a trailer on TV for it. Could it be it just had the worst marketing campaign ever made?

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[–] landon-shull 15 years ago

I live in Louisville, KY too!

and I never saw anything about this film. It's odd since it has a well known cast

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[–] punxgurrl 15 years ago

haha it was at my theater for a total of one week. I'm guessing no one saw it here either.

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[–] sobank 15 years ago

buddy i never even heard of it. gonna go get a rental (which i doubt they have in store). talk about some great marketing.

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[–] xPhenomenusx 15 years ago

Battle for Terra LITERALLY sold 0 tickets last week where I work. During the opening week. It's a pretty busy theater.

This one sold some but not much.

Thumbsucker - 8/10
F* *k (documentary)- 10/10

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[–] Dwright1212 14 years ago

I actually found an even BIGGER box office bomb!

A TROLL IN CENTRAL PARK
BUDGET: $34,000,000
GROSS: $71,285
THEATERS: 1,599

wow....that suck!

Armed and Dangerous

~Tremors~
http://www.tremors3movie.com/

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[–] valro 15 years ago

At least it has something it will be remembered for.

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[–] WhySoSeriously 15 years ago

It looked too generic.

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[–] SchockerGD 15 years ago

FYI: Battle for Terra did better. It's at $1.6 million so far. Unknown production budget, though.

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[–] wynonasbigbrownbeaver 15 years ago

Someone must have committed suicide after seeing those earnings.

"Well Osh Kosh B'gosh, itsh the paper boy! So tell me, ish that a full sack you got there?"

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[–] Traction_Magnates_on_the_Run 15 years ago

Heh, I was just looking at a website that figured, based on those statistics, there were, on average, 2 people per cinema. That is an amazing flop.

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[–] sobegold123 15 years ago

I wouldn't be surprised. I would either close my eyes, walk out of the room, or change the channel when a commerical for this came on. (<<< IN CT)

Why do you guys fight like this???
Fight Like this!!!

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[–] wynonasbigbrownbeaver 15 years ago

The producers are probably going the Uwe Boll route and claim the losses as a tax write off.

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[–] nightbiker-1 15 years ago

(from Major Leage II) I went to go see this but it was only in the theater for about two hours. I did hear it was in focus, though.
:}

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[–] dudecrazy108 15 years ago

I do remember it being in theaters by me for like 2 days and no one saw it so they just took it out and pretended like it was never even there.

dudecrazy108 approved!

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[–] MgainR 15 years ago

Is anybody surprised? This movie's got horrible animation, and no style at all. It's like watching a really bad kid's final fantasy movie. did I mention the animation was terrible ?

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[–] DeadlySinner 15 years ago

Just as a comparison, Idiocracy, received literally no advertising, was released in only 130 theaters, and still grossed $444,093!

Even though, it went on to earn $9 million in the first month of release on DVD.

"My name is Buck, and I'm here to party!"
-Kill Bill Television edit

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[–] Clockwork_OJ 15 years ago

Wow. I have to say... I never heard of this before. What happened? They forgot to budget for an advertising campaign? Looks like someone on their production staff should be sued penniless.

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[–] stopsign9999 15 years ago

No amount of advertising could have saved this thing. It looked horrible, bad story, cliches all around, characters were ugly. If it had an advertising campaign, it would have been a bomb with an advertising campaign.

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[–] pumpkinescoba33 15 years ago

Here in Toronto there was a theatre that had MULTIPLE prints of this thing. The next week, they were all gone. I thought that was hilarious.

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