{"id":6690,"date":"2015-11-04T11:39:24","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T16:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/?page_id=6690"},"modified":"2020-01-27T14:09:32","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T19:09:32","slug":"big-trouble","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/yearly-breakdowns\/2002-2\/big-trouble\/","title":{"rendered":"BIG TROUBLE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><div class=\"schema_block schema_movie\"><div typeof=\"schema:Movie\"><div class=\"schema_name\" property=\"schema:name\">Big Trouble<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6691 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/big-trouble.jpg\" alt=\"big trouble box office\" width=\"175\" height=\"260\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15912 alignnone alignleft\" style=\"box-shadow: none; padding-top: 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/333px-RATED_PG-13.svg_-e1520716813810.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"26\" \/><button style=\"background-color: #c47135; box-shadow: 1px 2px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5); margin-top: 10px; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: 11px;\"><strong>Genre(s): Comedy<\/strong><\/button><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong style=\"color: black;\">Directed By:<\/strong>\u00a0Barry Sonnenfeld<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: black;\">Written By:<\/strong>\u00a0Robert Ramsey, Matthew Stone<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: black;\">Release Date:<\/strong> April 5, 2002<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: black;\">Domestic Distributor:<\/strong> Disney (Touchstone)<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: black;\">Cast:<\/strong>\u00a0Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Stanley Tucci, Johnny Knoxville<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2MCXMVa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-21017\" style=\"box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/amazon.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"42\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n<pre>Box Office Info:<\/pre>\n<table border=\"\u201d5\u2033\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th><strong>Budget: $40 million<\/strong><\/th>\n<th><strong>Financed by: Disney<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Domestic Gross: $7,267,307<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Overseas Gross: $1,226,583<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2MCXMVa\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24644 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/big-trouble-2002.jpg\" alt=\"big trouble 2002\" width=\"1199\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/big-trouble-2002.jpg 1199w, https:\/\/bombreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/big-trouble-2002-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bombreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/big-trouble-2002-768x399.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bombreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/big-trouble-2002-1024x532.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bombreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/big-trouble-2002-348x180.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1199px) 100vw, 1199px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHumorist Dave Barry&#8217;s <em>Big Trouble<\/em> novel was published in 1999 and quickly optioned by Disney.\u00a0 The project was set up for director Barry Sonnenfeld, who had just come off of the mega-budget fiasco <a href=\"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/yearly-breakdowns\/1999-2\/wild-wild-west\/\"><em>Wild Wild West<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 The mouse house financed <em>Big Trouble<\/em> for $40 million.\u00a0 <em>Big Trouble<\/em> was scheduled for release on September 21, 2001 and $6 million of marketing expenses were already spent, when Disney yanked the picture after the September 11th attacks, as the broad comedy had a terrorist subplot.\u00a0 In December, Disney rescheduled <em>Big Trouble<\/em> for April 5, 2002. \u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/yearly-breakdowns\/2002-2\/bad-company\/\">Bad Company<\/a><\/em> was another Disney release removed from the calendar and pushed into 2002 after the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>With the new date approaching, Disney decided to dump the movie, giving <em>Big Trouble<\/em> a very small marketing campaign and the delayed pic had no buzz going into release.\u00a0 Reviews were mixed, leaning negative and it bowed against <a href=\"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/yearly-breakdowns\/2002-2\/high-crimes\/\"><em>High Crimes<\/em><\/a> and <em>National Lampoon&#8217;s Van Wilder.\u00a0 Big Trouble<\/em> was dead on arrival with $3,545,204 &#8212; placing #9 for the weekend led by the holdover <em>Panic Room<\/em>. \u00a0Audiences gave the movie a poor C+ cinemascore and it\u00a0sank 53.5% in its second frame to\u00a0$1,647,057 and promptly lost most of its theater count.\u00a0 The domestic run closed with just $7,267,307. \u00a0The mouse house would see returned\u00a0about $3.9 million after theaters take their percentage of the gross, which just about covers the cost of striking release prints for theaters and leaves the ad spend in the red and the budget at a loss.<\/p>\n<p>Disney did not do much in the way of releasing <em>Big Trouble<\/em> overseas, where it grossed a mere $1,226,583 in a handful of markets and went straight to video in most countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genre(s): Comedy Directed By:\u00a0Barry Sonnenfeld Written By:\u00a0Robert Ramsey, Matthew Stone Release Date: April 5, 2002 Domestic Distributor: Disney (Touchstone) Cast:\u00a0Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Stanley Tucci, Johnny Knoxville Box Office Info: Budget: $40 million Financed by: Disney Domestic Gross: $7,267,307 Overseas Gross: $1,226,583 Humorist Dave Barry&#8217;s Big Trouble novel was published in 1999 and quickly optioned [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link 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