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Movies That Tanked At The Box Office But Are Now Loved
Posted on 9/24/15 at 6:00 pm
Posted on 9/24/15 at 6:00 pm
I know It's A Wonderful Life is one of them. How do you explain this outside of terrible marketing?
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Posted on 9/24/15 at 6:01 pm to JabarkusRussell
Dredd
Posted on 9/24/15 at 6:06 pm to JabarkusRussell
Office Space, Blade Runner, Vertigo, The Princess Bride, Fight Club, The Wizard of Oz, and The Shawshank Redemption. Just to name a few.
Posted on 9/24/15 at 6:13 pm to JabarkusRussell
John Carter!
Posted on 9/24/15 at 6:28 pm to JabarkusRussell
American psycho... Eta, I guess it didn't tank but it definitely wasn't the quotable movie it now is until after it came out on videotape.
This post was edited on 9/24/15 at 6:30 pm
Posted on 9/24/15 at 6:29 pm to JabarkusRussell
Idiocracy seems the ultimate example (if it ever even made it to the theaters, that is.)
Posted on 9/24/15 at 6:55 pm to JabarkusRussell
Dredd is a good one.
It's A Wonderful Life is only universally loved now because it was the only movie they showed during Christmas for years and it became synonymous with the holiday season.
Had that not happened, it probably wouldn't be known.
It's A Wonderful Life is only universally loved now because it was the only movie they showed during Christmas for years and it became synonymous with the holiday season.
Had that not happened, it probably wouldn't be known.
Posted on 9/24/15 at 6:55 pm to JabarkusRussell
Scarface
Posted on 9/24/15 at 7:00 pm to wutangfinancial
Scarface is still a shitty movie.
Posted on 9/24/15 at 7:31 pm to JabarkusRussell
Christmas Story
Posted on 9/24/15 at 7:35 pm to JabarkusRussell
Grandma's Boy
Posted on 9/24/15 at 7:37 pm to hg
Drive
Posted on 9/24/15 at 7:43 pm to JabarkusRussell
John mother fricking Carter
Posted on 9/24/15 at 7:45 pm to udtiger
Wet Hot American Summer.
Posted on 9/24/15 at 7:50 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
Joe Dirt
Posted on 9/24/15 at 8:14 pm to RonBurgundy
Clerks
Super troopers
Super troopers
Posted on 9/24/15 at 8:28 pm to JabarkusRussell
Children of Men only made $35 million at the box office compared to its $75 million budget, but was well received by critics.
Posted on 9/24/15 at 8:28 pm to JabarkusRussell
The Big Lebowski
Posted on 9/24/15 at 8:28 pm to JabarkusRussell
Fight Club
Posted on 9/24/15 at 8:45 pm to JabarkusRussell
quote:IAWL did not "tank". IIRC it actually made a small profit -- it just wasn't as big as its makers expected.
I know It's A Wonderful Life is one of them
A better example is The Princess Bride, which was indeed a box office flop. I recall an interview at the time where Rob Reiner complained that "kids" were not interested in the seeing the film because they thought it looked "soft".
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