Ben Stilleris looking back atZoolander 2and still doesnt understand why it didnt match the first films success.

Its very hard to analyze why critics like something or dont.

But maybe Im wrong.

Ben Stiller

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I thought everybody wanted this, Stiller said on David Duchovnys podcastFail Better(viaPeople).

And then its like, Wow, I must have really f***ed this up.

Everybody didnt go to it.

Ben Stiller talks ‘Tropic Thunder’

And its gotten these horrible reviews.

He continued, It really freaked me out because I was like, I didnt know was that bad?

And it definitely affected me for a long time.

It was released in 2016 andopened to $15.9M over a Valentines weekend.

The film grossed domestically $29M with a $50M budget.

Watch Stillers full appearance onHot Onesin the video below.