Megaforce (1982)

Why the Box Office Bomb?: Films of 1980s: 1982 (22 movies items)

" Megaforce is historically recorded as one of the most significant box office disasters of 1982. According to tracking data on Box Office Mojo and IMDb, the definitive financial numbers for the film's theatrical run are: Production Budget: $20,000,000 (estimated) Opening Weekend Gross: $2,350,021 (US & Canada, across 1,193 screens) Total Domestic Gross: $5,675,599 Total Worldwide Gross: $5,675,599 (international distribution evaporated after the US failure) The 1982 sci-fi action movie Me"

Needle Drop Count: 1980’s: 1980-1983 (137 movies items)

" 16 mega ones Composed by Jerrold Immel and Craig Huxley Megaforce theme performed by 707. Music by Kevin Russell, Tod Howarth and Jonathan Cain and Lyrics by James McClarty Running time: 99 mins Number of cues: 16 Length of score: 42 minutes and 28 seconds Cues per average: Roughly 2.65 minutes (2 minutes, 39 seconds) Music per average: Roughly 1 cue every 6 minutes of screen time (0.16 cues per minute) Song per average: 3 minutes and 46 seconds Song per minute: 1 song for every 99 minutes"

The future kind of sucks. (442 movies items)

"Reason for the future sucking: The world looks like a really big toy/video game commercial, thanks to a battle between G.I. Joe and Cobra, I mean Republic of Sardun and Megaforce, and Gamibia. And remember, "The good guys always win, even in the eighties." Year it takes place: Futuristic 1982ish "

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 80’s (1542 movies items)

" Ace Hunter is the leader of Megaforce, an elite group of American soldiers who travel the world to fight Evil. In this case, Evil is represented by a third rate dictator who they must blow to bits. It’s all you need to know, about this totally 80’s movie. The film was released during the summer of 1982 amid much competition. Early box office tracking was poor and it was felt the film would be overshadowed by Mad Max 2 (aka The Road Warrior). It was also the basis for Team America: World"

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 80’s (1542 movies items)

" Ace Hunter is the leader of Megaforce, an elite group of American soldiers who travel the world to fight Evil. In this case, Evil is represented by a third rate dictator who they must blow to bits. It’s all you need to know, about this totally 80’s movie. The film was released during the summer of 1982 amid much competition. Early box office tracking was poor and it was felt the film would be overshadowed by Mad Max 2 (aka The Road Warrior). It was also the basis for Team America: World"

Random Moments, Random Films: Vol.1 (107 movies items)

"Directed by: Hal Needham Cinematography: Michael C. Butler "

Why It’s Rated (615 movies items)

"Rated: PG Why it’s rated: Megaforce, contains mega violence and mega adult language."

Tier Ranking: The Worst Films of 1982 - 1983 (44 movies items)

"Critics felt it was too cheesy, to be taken seriously and ludicrous as well. My thoughts? It was like one really big commercial to sell action figures, and not a very good one at that."

Lost in translation - Hungarian titles (208 movies items)

"VilágrendőrségWorld Police "