Disaster Movie

• The Simpsons Movie (2007) (Film poster)[5]
• Cloverfield (2008) (Main plot)[6][7][8]
• Twister (1996)[9][10]
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)[11][10]
• 10,000 BC (2008)[12][8]
• American Gladiators (2008)[13][14]
• My Super Sweet 16 (2005–2008)[14][9]
• Juno (2007)[8][13]
• Enchanted (2007)[8][12]
• High School Musical (2006)[12][8][15]
• Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)[12]
• Kung Fu Panda (2008)[12][6]
• The Dark Knight (2008)[7]
• The Incredible Hulk (2008)[6]
• Step Up 2: The Streets[10][9]
• Iron Man (2008)[6]
• Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)[10]
• Sex and the City (2008)[6][10]
• Hancock (2008)[15][6]
• Superbad (2007)[11][16]
• Night at the Museum (2006)[12][10]
• The Love Guru (2008)[10]
• Hannah Montana (2006–2008)[6]
• Beowulf (2007)[12][15][10]
• Speed Racer (2008)[12][10]
• Brokeback Mountain (2005)[7]
• I Am Legend (2007)[14]
• The Day After Tomorrow (2004)[14]
• Jumper (2008)[14][12]
• No Country for Old Men (2007)[11]
• Wanted (2008)[17]
• The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)[17]
• Get Smart (2008)[17][10]

• Miley Cyrus[8][15]
• Amy Winehouse[12][13]
• Michael Jackson[12][15]
• Flavor Flav[16]
• Dr. Phil[15][11]
• Jonas Brothers[9]
• Jessica Simpson[15][11][10]
• Sarah Silverman[8]
• Matt Damon[14]
• Justin Timberlake[11][9]

Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer wrote the film as a parody of Superbad, but similar to the duo's previous films, it parodies some of the big blockbusters and popular celebrities from 2007 and 2008. Since many of the films being spoofed were not released at the time that the script was being written, Friedberg and Seltzer used trailer footage to get the basic idea of the films.

On April 28, Matt Lanter, Vanessa Minnillo, Gary “G Thang” Johnson and Carmen Electra signed up to be the main cast members.[19]

Filming took place in the state of Louisiana from April 28 to June 6.[18] Oscar-nominated production designer William Elliott (who has done production design on the duo films since Date Movie), did the production design for the sets.[20] The Chamber of commerce building in Shreveport was used for filming the natural history museum scenes in the film.[21]

After the filming had ended, Friedberg and Seltzer renamed the film as Disaster Movie.

On Rotten Tomatoes, Disaster Movie has an approval rating of 1% based on 73 reviews with an average rating of 1.76/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Returning to their seemingly bottomless well of flatulence humor, racial stereotypes, and stale pop culture gags, Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer have produced what is arguably their worst Movie yet."[22] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 15 out of 100 based on reviews from 12 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike".[23] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of "F" on an A+ to F scale.[3]

Jason Solomons of The Guardian wrote that "Nothing can convey the grimness of Disaster Movie, which would be the Worst Movie Ever Made were it actually a movie at all."[6] Adam Tobias of the Watertown Daily Times opined, "I just don't see how anyone could not find Disaster Movie one of the worst films of all time," further adding that the title of the film was appropriate, because the movie is "a disaster."[24] The Times newspaper named the film the worst of 2008.[25]

The only positive review posted on Rotten Tomatoes was by Jim Schembri from Australian newspaper The Age. Schembri called it "dumb but also undeniably funny in more spots than a right-thinking mature person feels comfortable admitting", the film was given 3½ stars out of five.[26]

The most positive major critic review listed on either Metacritic or Rotten Tomatoes was by Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly, who gave the film a C+ and remarked: "The movie is merciless sending up Juno's self-satisfied hipster gobbledygook, and it's quite funny to see Hannah Montana still promoting her tie-in products as she lies crushed and dying under a meteor."[27] Gleiberman previously contributed the only positive review listed on either site (out of 17 at Metacritic and 57 at Rotten Tomatoes) of Friedberg and Seltzer's earlier effort Epic Movie.[28][29]

In a 2017 episode of the ABC show Big Fan, Kim Kardashian revealed that she is mortified by her character's death scene in the film and she "can't watch" [it].[30]

On its domestic theatrical debut, Disaster Movie grossed $2,023,130 on its opening day, $5,836,973 over the three-day weekend, and $6,945,535 over the four-day weekend (including Labor Day).[31] It ranked #7 for both the three- and four-day weekends. The film's takings for the weekend fell far short of the $17 million predicted by the Dallas Morning News.[32] The film was not as commercially successful as previous Friedberg/Seltzer releases. On a $20 million budget, it grossed $14,190,901 domestically and $17,492,474 internationally for a worldwide total of $31,683,375,[2] less than half the gross of Meet the Spartans.

It was featured in Empire's 50 Worst Movies Ever poll, in 14th place.[33] In 2012 it was included in Total Film's 66 Worst Movies Ever list.[34] The MRQE's included it on its 50 Worst Movies list, where it has a score of 19, one of the lowest scores on the site.[35] Disaster Movie became the lowest ranked film on IMDb's Bottom 100 list days after its premiere.[36][37]

On January 21, 2009, the film received six nominations for the 29th Golden Raspberry Awards.[38] The nominations were for Worst Picture, Worst Supporting Actress (Electra), Worst Supporting Actress (Kardashian), Worst Director, Worst Screenplay, and Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel. Kardashian acknowledged her nomination on her blog, where she commented, "It's an honor just being nominated!"[39]