A fact from Scorched (2003 film) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 December 2008, and was viewed approximately 7,065 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the 2003 film Scorched cost US$7 million to make but only earned US$8,000 at the box office, approximately 0.1% of its initial cost?
The article currently contains two paragraphs starting with the phrase "The film was notable as a major box office bomb." This is not a conclusion supported by Box Office Mojo as claimed by Big Bird since that site merely reports raw numbers, it did not call the movie a bomb or similar term, and there is no commonly accepted definition of "box office bomb" from which to draw such a conclusion. To claim something is notable you must provide a reference showing that someone made note of it, in other words find a reliable source describing the movie as a bomb. Given the lack of evidence of notability, this passage does not bear repeating in the lead section and I'm removing it from there and adding a {{fact}} tag to the other section where it occurs. I have no objection to removing the tag and putting the passage back in the lead once proper references for the statement are found.--RDBury (talk) 15:27, 25 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I've removed both instances of the phrase "Box office bomb" and refrained from using the term "notable". The blurb about the performance should be included in the lead paragraph per WP:LEAD and beacuse it was this fact that caused the article to be featured in the WP:DYK section of the main page. Big Bird (talk • contribs) 15:44, 25 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm satisfied, thanks.--RDBury (talk) 16:50, 25 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
