Flopuary 2025: Sophomore Slump, or Comeback of the Year

Flopuary Á Deux.
Flopuary: Full Flopple.
Flopuary 2: Red, White & Flop.

Can the sequel live up to the hype?

Welcome back to Flopuary, a month of movies that didn't hit for one reason, or another.
The criteria for 2025 is below 👇

Minimum of 28 films, and one film can fulfill more than one criteria of course.
Viewing begins February 1st.

You must watch:
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(2) Box Office Bombs that lost more than $50 million dollars
(2) from Nathan Rabin's My Year/World of Flops (complete)
(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 (complete)
(2) films with one of the 250 worst wide box-office openings (complete)
(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 (complete)
(1) starring a musician in a lead role (inspired by Maxson Morris' Flop of the Pops list) (complete)
(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

And of course, I Still Know What You Did Last Flopuary...
Check the tag for last year's Flopuary, or reference last year’s most watched films list, if you need some further list inspo.
Tag your watches and list this year too.

Link your final list in the comments. Bombs away 💣