28 movies
My list for Flopuary 2025, created by jazzercise. Don't think I'm going to have time for 28 movies in 28 days outside of my normal awards-season viewing, but I'm certainly going to pick some of the more recent prime cuts (like 2024's Megalopolis, Nightbitch, etc.) out for review. Everything here is on my personal watchlist, so I'll get to them all eventually at any rate.
Original list and criteria can be found here: https://letterboxd.com/jazzercise/list/flopuary-2025-sophomore-slump-or-comeback/
Criteria:
(2) Box Office Bombs that lost more than $50 million dollars
(2) from Nathan Rabin's My Year/World of Flops
(2) covered on the How Did This Get Made? podcast
(1) film covered in Tim Robey's new book Box Office Poison, or MUBI's podcast it inspired
(1) Sophomore Slump
(2) Disappointing Follow-Ups to a Best Director nomination
(1) from Indiewire's 50 Great Movies That Bombed At the Box Office
(1) from The Anti-Letterboxd 250
(2) films with one of the 250 worst wide box-office openings
(1) "2" sequel to a film you've already seen, & that did worse than its predecessor
(2) movies released pre-1985
(5) anniversary movies released in a year that ends in "5"
· Some helpful reference lists – 1985 | 1995 | 2005 | 2015
(1) from 2024
(1) starring a musician in a lead role (inspired by Maxson Morris' Flop of the Pops list)
(1) pair of Twin Releases, one of which flopped (inspired by Mister Anderson's list)
(1) directed, produced, or executive produced by Roger Corman (RIP)
(2) from a filmmaker who STARTED on a Roger Corman film
(1) Disney® movie (non-Marvel, non-Lucas Film)
(1) novel, or graphic novel adaptation
(1) movie related to the US presidency (for President's Day)
(1) underperforming Peter Pan adaptation
(1) from Amy Adams' 2020s "Rotten" streak
(1) starring either Tom Arnold, Carrot Top, Chris Farley, Tom Green, Larry the Cable Guy, or Pauly Shore in a lead role
(1) feline flop picked from: The Cat in the Hat, Cats, Cats Don't Dance, Catwoman, Josie and the Pussycats or Tomcats
(BONUS) Watch either of Steve De Jarnatt's films – Cherry 2000 or Miracle Mile
