February 1987 Worst Box Office Bombs (11 Flops In A Row)

Описание: February 1987. Eleven films released back to back to back, and not one of them turned a profit. We're talking about some of the biggest names in the business — Sylvester Stallone, Michael J. Fox, Anthony Hopkins, Robert Altman, Joan Jett — all stumbling into the same disastrous month while Platoon dominated every screen in America.

Light of Day paired Michael J. Fox with Joan Jett and a Bruce Springsteen title song, but the behind the scenes story of how that song came to exist is wilder than the movie itself.

Dead of Winter quietly ended the career of a director who changed American cinema forever.

From the Hip flopped hard, but it secretly launched one of the most successful TV careers in history.

The Good Father featured a performance critics still rave about — and almost nobody in America ever saw it.

84 Charing Cross Road won a BAFTA and played on fewer screens than most local plays.

Over the Top paid Stallone the highest salary in movie history at the time, and the paycheck was worth more than the entire domestic gross.

Morgan Stewart's Coming Home was so troubled that both directors removed their names from it.

Square Dance assembled an incredible cast including a young Winona Ryder and recovered just 5.6% of its budget.

Beyond Therapy represents one of the lowest points for a legendary filmmaker. And

Number One with a Bullet made a casting decision that looks absolutely catastrophic in hindsight.

From record breaking salaries to careers that never recovered, from Cannon Films burning through cash to a future Oscar winner getting rejected for lacking "star power," February 1987 is a masterclass in how Hollywood gets it wrong.
📽️ CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
00:30 Light of Day (1987) — Michael J. Fox, Joan Jett, Bruce Springsteen
02:01 Dead of Winter (1987) — Mary Steenburgen, Roddy McDowall, Arthur Penn
03:35 From the Hip (1987) — Judd Nelson, Elizabeth Perkins, Bob Clark
05:00 The Good Father (1987) — Anthony Hopkins, Jim Broadbent
06:29 84 Charing Cross Road (1987) — Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins
07:59 Over the Top (1987) — Sylvester Stallone, Cannon Films
10:06 Death Before Dishonor
11:22 Morgan Stewart's Coming Home (1987) — Jon Cryer, Alan Smithee
12:46 Square Dance (1987) — Jason Robards, Winona Ryder, Rob Lowe
14:27 Beyond Therapy (1987) — Jeff Goldblum, Robert Altman
15:56 Number One with a Bullet (1987) — Robert Carradine, Billy Dee Williams
17:21 Conclusion

🎬 What You'll Learn: ✅ Why Stallone's $12 million payday couldn't save an arm wrestling movie ✅ The Springsteen connection that renamed an entire film ✅ Which future Oscar winner was rejected by Cannon Films ✅ The film so troubled two directors refused credit ✅ How one flop secretly launched a legendary TV empire ✅ The award winning performances nobody ever saw

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