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	Hernando: Bomb squad neutralizes box left at post office
		The box had no visible address label, and the tape on the bottom of the package seemed to have been tampered with.
		A bomb squad was called in and found more worrying evidence: An X-ray of the package revealed that it contained electronic equipment, batteries and wires, suggesting it could be a homemade bomb, said Lt. Joe Paez, spokesman for the Sheriff's Office.
		The Sheriff's Office said the process is secret because authorities do not want prospective bomb makers to know how it is done.
	sptimes.com /2002/05/25/news_pf/Hernando/Bomb_squad_neutralize.shtml (373 words)

	Box office bomb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cleopatra is the biggest box-office bomb of all time.
		The phrase box office bomb refers to a film for which the production and marketing costs greatly exceeded the revenue retained by the movie studio.
		Typically, the most notorious flops are summer blockbusters, which often entail huge costs to produce and face a highly competitive market.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Box_office_bomb (527 words)

	Whedonesque : Comments on 8955 : IGN reviews the "Serenity" DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		I agree that it didn't bomb at the cinema.
		Maybe I wouldn't use the word "bombed" but there's no question the box office didn't meet the expectations of the studio or Joss or most of the fans.
		Serenity is sat at $38m from the box office (which will likely remain the final figure - the international run is basically finished), of a reported budget of $39m so it's actually very, very marginally a 'box office flop'.
	whedonesque.com /comments/8955 (1704 words)

	Box office figures: pure Hollywood spin Los Angeles Business Journal - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		But generating the biggest box office take doesn't always mean generating the biggest profits.
		Box office performance can determine how a film is booked on the studio's balance sheet -- and that can influence the pay-out for other venues, such as videocassette and DVD sales, broadcast and cable rights and sequel opportunities.
		To be sure, a box office bomb doesn't always doom a film's bottom-line chances, but a blockbuster can translate to a strong home video/DVD release -- as well as providing the leverage to charge cable outlets more for a particular film.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m5072/is_2_25/ai_97615940 (879 words)

	News Release - World's top bomb disablers at 'Operation Riverside'
		Operation Riverside, as the event is called, focuses on the science and methodology of bomb disablement, with emphasis on emerging technologies that keep "bomb techs" out of harm's way as they protect the public from criminals and terrorists whose devices grow more sophisticated and dangerous every day.
		Only members of the most advanced bomb squads are invited to participate in the event, scheduled for Aug. 10-17.
		The National Institute of Justice and the U.S. Navy's Office of Special Technology are sponsoring the event, with logistical support from the City of Riverside, the FBI's Bomb Data Center, and the FBI/U.S. Army Hazardous Devices School (Huntsville, Ala.).
	www.sandia.gov /media/NewsRel/NR1999/bombtech.htm (760 words)

	Zap2it.com - Movies - BOX OFFICE
		10:12 PM PT Nicolas Cage is box office gold again after dominating the box office for three weeks with his patriotic thriller "National Treasure." It looks like it will win the box office again this weekend, and bring in a total of $100 million, becoming the 18th film of the year to do so.
		The film hasn't had too much competition and Thanksgiving box office attendance was lackluster at best, with few epics doing well.
		Few other big box office films this holiday season could be box office blockbusters, but "Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events," "The Aviator" and "The Phantom of the Opera" will try.
	movies.zap2it.com /movies/go?path=/movies/boxoffice/story&general_id=23825 (326 words)

	Superman is not a box office faliure/bomb...future is bright comic movies!!CBR News!! - The Superhero Hype! Boards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		I hate how people keep on saying that Superman Returns is doing bad in the box office or that the end of the DC movies is up on us.
		The big challenge for "Superman Returns" will be retaining legs at the box office as the summer continues.
		It wasn't a bomb but it was also a disappointment because the WB was expecting Spider-Man like numbers yet only to get numbers that are slightly better than Batman Begins.
	www.superherohype.com /forums/showthread.php?t=241001 (3279 words)

	Box Office Bomb - Dramarama - Song Listings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Tongue firmly in cheek regarding the title, Box Office Bomb still lived up to its name as it didn't create as much of a buzz as Dramarama's debut, keeping the group's West Coast following more than happy while unfortunately never doing much elsewhere in the world.
		Regrettably so, for Box Office Bomb is another strong blast of energetic classic rock-via-punk treats that shows the band still in outrageously good form.
		Lyrically reflecting the group's transplantation to Hollywood's environs in more ways than one, including the album's slamming lead single "It's Still Warm," an unsure, uneasy reflection on their new locale and the cost it incurred, musically Box Office Bomb otherwise stayed true to its roots.
	www.mp3.com /albums/5107/summary.html (657 words)

	Pearl Harbor set to bomb box office - Minnesota Daily (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Somewhere in between the tears and the heartbreak, the bombing at Pearl Harbor takes place and heroes are made as well as lost.
		However, as tolerable as the bombing sequence is in regards to the whole of the film, it remains merely entertainment, offering nothing more on life, death or war.
		Bound to an unoriginal screenplay, the lack of connection between characters provokes a severe predictability (aside from the predictability of Pearl Harbor being bombed, you smart-asses).
	www.mndaily.com /articles/2001/05/25/20770 (866 words)

	kyw.com - Disney's 'Alamo' A Box Office Bomb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		"The Alamo" is unlikely to recoup its costs, even at the international box office and in DVD release, some analysts said Monday.
		The company might also wait until the third quarter to take a writedown, hoping for a box office recovery during the next few weeks.
		It was also up against "The Passion of the Christ," which led the weekend's box office returns with $17.1 million in revenue.
	cbs3.com /entertainment/entertainment_story_104114517.html (523 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Post office 'bomb' just a forgotten box
		PROVO — A bomb scare that forced the closure of the East Bay Post Office in Provo on Friday morning turned out to be a false alarm.
		A bomb squad used a robot to open the package, which contained some women's clothing and a Pilates workout video.
		Police found some letters in the box that led them to a woman in northeast Provo, who said she had entered the post office lobby earlier Wednesday to mail the package, but became distracted and forgot about it, leaving the package on the lobby floor when she left.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,635203916,00.html (130 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Incendiary 'Fahrenheit' Is No Box Office Bomb
		"This is one of the events of the summer," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations, an independent company that tracks box office returns.
		Bob Zich of the Avalon Theatre said he wasn't sure of the politics of the moviegoers but guessed that "most of them probably knew about the notoriety of the film" and that they were "probably mostly Democratic partisans."
		Bush-Cheney campaign spokesman Scott Stanzel had no comment on the box office numbers, but suggested that those wanting another view visit www.GeorgeWBush.com and see a compilation of clips titled "Kerry Coalition of the Wild-Eyed." In general, the campaign has said it did not want to take on Moore because it would lend him credibility.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A10772-2004Jun27?language=printer (1249 words)

	Serendipity Listing at Box Office Prophets
		IK, maybe that's not being completely fair to this romantic comedy starring the ever-so-busy John Cusak and Kate Beckinsale, who is fresh off her performance in Pearl Harbor.
		For the purposes of forecasting box office, the name of the director is rarely important and is almost always a non-factor.
		Don't expect Serendipity to do much at the box office, and this will vary depending on what other options viewers have.
	www.boxofficeprophets.com /tickermaster/listing.cfm?tmID=256 (208 words)

	Moovees.com - Movie Reviews, Trailers & News
		Gigli a Box Office Bomb for the Ages
		Aside from the media trashing its stars, the more interesting story about Gigli is how poorly it performed in its opening weekend, even with the barrage of negativity and bad reviews.
		Bad Boys II landed in the fifth spot with 12.7 million and appears to be falling fast, while Tomb Raider II held up nicely with 11.4 million after a hugely disappointing first weekend.
	www.moovees.com /2003/08/gigli-box-office-bomb-for-ages.html (351 words)

	Catwoman (xbx: 2004): Reviews
		While the development team has done a better-than-average job of heaping sparkles and gloss over these broken bones of a game, the end result is that Catwoman is a overly simplistic combat game.
		But however pleasant that perspective may be, the unnecessarily complicated controls, the crappy fighting system and the inability to change perspective before jumping from place to place grinds to a halt whatever potential this game had for a bounce off of an atomic box-office bomb.
		The sultry character may offer a mesmerising, hip-swaying walk and spectacular feline acrobatics, but the game is frustrating, thanks to imprecise, unintuitive controls and a dreadfully wayward camera over which the players have no control.
	www.metacritic.com /games/platforms/xbox/catwoman (1431 words)

	Mission: aborted -- Cruise bruised at box office - Boston.com
		LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Mission: Impossible III," the first big action film of the summer, opened disappointingly at the weekend box office in North American, despite a whirlwind publicity tour by its pricey star, Tom Cruise.
		The movie did bomb in Germany, where Cruise has historically had a tough time, the studio said.
		While there were some reports that the youthful 43-year-old was losing his female fan base, Paramount said the demographics were exactly the same for all three "Mission" movies: 64 percent of viewers were aged 25 and older, and 56 percent were male.
	www.boston.com /ae/movies/articles/2006/05/07/mission_aborted____cruise_bruised_at_box_office?mode=PF (721 words)

	Michelle Malkin: "Death of a President:" Box-office bomb
		The provocative film "Death of a President," which imagines the assassination of George W. Bush, bombed at the North American box office with a meager $282,000 grossed from 143 theaters in its first weekend.
		The pseudo-documentary played at 91 U.S. theaters and 52 Canadian cinemas during its first three days of release, averaging an estimated $1,970 per screen, according to distributor Newmarket Films, which reportedly paid $1 million for U.S. rights to the picture.
		Looks like left-wing assassination chic could be headed in the same direction as Air America: down the tubes.
	michellemalkin.com /archives/006236.htm?print=1 (317 words)

	Shanghai Surprise \| Plot \| MTV Movies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Madonna and Sean Penn, who were husband and wife at the time, starred in this notorious box-office bomb that one critic termed "Flop Suey." The film takes place in 1937, during the Japanese occupation of China.
		Drug runner Walter Faraday (Paul Freeman) is trying to leave the country with a large stash of opium but he is chased by armed guards and killed.
		George Harrison, one of the film's producers, wrote the songs and appears in a cameo role as a nightclub singer.
	www.mtv.com /movies/movie/31229/plot.jhtml (474 words)

	Theron's latest film flops at box office - Film - Entertainment - smh.com.au
		Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron has dropped her second box office bomb in two months as her superhero saga Aeon Flux earned just $US13.1 million ($A17.6 million) during its first weekend, opening at No. 2.
		Following are the top 10 movies at the North American box office during the December 2-4 weekend, according to studio estimates collected on Sunday by Reuters.
		Just two months after North Country bombed, Charlize Theron's new film Aeon Flux has flopped at the US box office.
	www.smh.com.au /news/film/therons-latest-film-flops-at-box-office/2005/12/05/1133631180075.html (390 words)

	List of movies generating losses biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This is a list of movies for which the revenue retained by the movie studio from international total box office and/or DVD gross sales did not cover production and/or marketing costs.
		The retained revenue from box office sales are ~50% and from DVD sales perhaps ~50% to.
		Typically, the most notorious flops are summer blockbusters, which often entail huge costs to produce and face a highly competitive market, circumstances that can lead to enormous success or disastrous failure.
	www.biography.ms /Box_office_bomb.html (709 words)

	ABS-CBN Interactive
		LOS ANGELES - Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron dropped her second box office bomb in two months on Sunday as her superhero saga "Aeon Flux" earned just $13.1 million during its first weekend, opening at No. 2.
		The opening for "Aeon Flux" was "respectable," given that "Harry Potter" is dominating the marketplace, said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box office tracking firm Exhibitor Relations.
		With regard to Theron, he said she has had a tough time at the box office, but her career should be safe.
	www.abs-cbnnews.com /storypage.aspx?StoryId=23963 (1379 words)

	Eye Weekly - NEWS: Bob Rae's box-office bomb - 01.28.93
		If you've been watching the news the past couple of days, you can't help but notice the "new" Bob Rae.
		It was a side of Rae I'd recognized years ago at Queen's Park -- he's charitable only if he's getting his way, otherwise he sulks or throws a tantrum.
		Is it any wonder the Queen's Park media pack has formally complained to the Premier's office about his growing irritability, nastiness and hermit-like behavior?
	www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_01.28.93/NEWS/cit0128.php (936 words)

	Analyzing this: What made these summer flicks fizzle
		The bombs of summer have been dropped, dissed and dismissed to the dustbin of movie box-office history.
		By contrast, "Gigli" opened Aug. 4 to scathing reviews and a scant $3.8 million at the box office.
		According to one source familiar with the situation, Affleck has changed enormously in the past year since meeting Lopez on the set of "Gigli." "There seems to be a collective glee going on nationwide," he says.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /movies/136275_bombs23.html (998 words)

	The Screenwriting Life » Blog Archive » Box Office Booms and … Busts? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		According to Box Office Mojo, Brokeback Mountain, in super-limited release, has managed to wrangle the highest grossing per-theater average ever for a live-action release (when not adjusted for inflation).
		This, just one day after news reports pronounced the film possibly “the biggest movie of all time.” Of course, one day’s take does not a box office bomb make.
		But Wednesday’s box office certainly proves that on any given day in Hollywood, nothing’s a sure thing.
	www.screenwritinglife.com /box-office-booms-and-busts (1023 words)

	Boston.com / A&E / Movies / 'Scary Movie 3' Thrills at Box Office
		With Halloween around the corner, the North American box office served up some hair-raising surprises over the weekend.
		LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - With Halloween around the corner, the North American box office served up some hair-raising surprises over the weekend.
		It marks the actress' second bomb this year after the "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" sequel.
	www.boston.com /ae/movies/articles/2003/10/26/scary_movie_3_thrills_at_box_office (683 words)

	USATODAY.com - 'Polly' comes to knock 'Rings' from No. 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The only other film opening in wide release, the cartoon Disney's Teacher's Pet, was a bomb that didn't come close to cracking the Top 10.
		The animated feature, about a talking dog who disguises himself as a schoolboy, was based on a TV show from the Disney Channel.
		The overall box office was down slightly, with the top 12 movies taking in $95.6 million, down 4% from the same weekend last year, when Kangaroo Jack, National Security and Just Married were at the top of the box office.
	www.usatoday.com /life/movies/news/2004-01-18-box-office-wire_x.htm (662 words)

	Is Scarlett Johansson the Kiss of Box Office Death? - Cinematical
		Queenan moves on from eviscerating Johansson to bring up other stars with the stench of box office bomb hovering about them like an invisible, omnipresent cloud: Robert Downey, Jr.
		Is it a case of bad box office mojo, or bad scripts, or some other secret combination of ingredients that add up to a formula for Hollywood failure?
		Scarlett's role choices may not bank at the box office, but I credit that to the lack of intellect in the general movie going audience.
	www.cinematical.com /2006/11/12/is-scarlett-johansson-the-kiss-of-box-office-death (2009 words)

	Drunken Jackasses: The Quest Listing at Box Office Prophets
		As if the University of Colorado didn't have enough problems what with the "sex scandals" involving their football team, now Universal Pictures will release this documentary about what happens to seven guys from the school when they are selected to go on a craaaaazy spring break in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
		The Real Cancun performed dismally at the box office, earning a grand total of $3.8 million.
		It was definitely savvy for Universal to set themselves as far apart from that film as possible; however, movie-goers probably aren't dumb enough to be fooled.
	www.boxofficeprophets.com /tickermaster/listing.cfm?TMID=909 (320 words)

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