Flopuary – The First Annual
We're in the flop era, welcome to Flopuary.

Inspired by a combination of projects (including Nathan Rabin's My Year of Flops column, and the This Had Oscar Buzz podcast), getting down and dirty with some of the oddest, soggiest and clunkiest box office and critical disappointments. 28 movies, for 28 days in February.

The inaugural criteria is below 👇 Minimum of 28 films that fulfill all of the criteria

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(3) from Wikipedia’s list of biggest box-office bombs
(3) from Nathan Rabin’s AV Club column My Year Of Flops
(3) movies covered on This Had Oscar Buzz
(3) Golden Razzie Worst Picture nominees
(2) 1980s Movie Flops
(2) 1990s Movie Flops
(2) 2000s Movie Flops
(2) 2010s Movie Flops
(1) /film's 10 Biggest Box Office Flops And Disappointments Of 2023
(2) animated movies
(2) movies with a D Cinemascore®
(1) movie with an F Cinemascore®
(1) remake (that is less beloved that it's predecessor)
(1) actor-directed movie
(1) comic book-based movie
(1) based on a TV show
(1) biopic
(1) Film Maudit, as named by the BFI
(1) 1980s crime flop, directed by an acclaimed 1970s auteur
(1) Failed Attempts at Capturing the Zeitgeist, as coined by Ethan Vestby
(1) Sundance Film Festival hit that flopped after the festival (article from 2012, there have been plenty more)

AND... (1) leap year bonus... William Friedkin's 1977 now-classic Sorceror