Box Office Poison

Hollywood’s Story in a Century of Flops

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by Tim Robey

Type

Stories

Subject

Economics

Keywords

Hollywood, flops

Publishing date

2024

Publisher

Independant

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 352 pages
6 ½ x 9 ½ inches (16.5 x 24 cm)

ISBN

978-0-571-38120-3

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Book Presentation:
From grand follies to misunderstood masterpieces, disastrous sequels to catastrophic literary adaptations, Tim Robey's hugely entertaining Box Office Poison tells an alternative history of Hollywood, through a century of its most notable flops.

Freaks, Land of the Pharaohs, Dune, Speed 2, Catwoman, Cats: what can these films tell us about the Hollywood system, the public's appetite - or lack of it - and the circumstances that saw such box office disasters actually made? Away from the canon, here is the definitive take on these ill-fated, but essential celluloid failures.

Press Reviews:
"Highly entertaining...A generous, rather than gloating overview [which is] consistently insightful."
Sight and Sound

"Fascinating . . . a compelling look at all the pitfalls of filmmaking, which not only makes you appreciate the hits a little more deeply, but also the failures."
Empire