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| Movies that you saw in theater....and basically nobody else did. (Posted on 5/9/12 at 2:34 pm)
I've done this thread before, but it's been a while..
What are some movies that you saw that almost nobody else you knew did (or nobody else in general because the movie made no money at the box office)?
Freddy Got Fingered was mentioned in the "worst movies you own" thread and I saw that one in theaters. It fricking blew and I ended up just taking a nap during some of it.
Starship Troopers made a good bit of money, but I'm one of the only people I know who saw it in theaters. And I actually saw it twice. Me and my buddy from class skipped out one day and saw it, and we liked it so much we skipped class the next day and saw it again.  What's weird is that for a while after that movie, most people I knew had never even heard of the movie, let alone seen it (or seen it in theaters).
Celtic Pride is another one, although that one barely made any money at all. Went with a couple friends of mine and we all thought it was hilarious.
BASEketball made even less than Celtic Pride, and I saw that one in theaters. I didn't like it at first (mainly because of the dude on dude makeout session at the end), but I really like the movie now.
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| re: Movies that you saw in theater....and basically nobody else did. (Posted on 5/9/12 at 2:35 pm to CocomoLSU)
district 9.
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| re: Movies that you saw in theater....and basically nobody else did. (Posted on 5/9/12 at 2:37 pm to CocomoLSU)
When I was in grad school I drove to Canal Place to see Synechdoche, NY.
I saw Blindness in the theater.
Most of the other movies I've seen my friends heard about when they came out on video.
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| re: Movies that you saw in theater....and basically nobody else did. (Posted on 5/9/12 at 2:39 pm to CocomoLSU)
I was in the 6th grade at the time when me and a friend of mine went to see Poltergeist 2 at our local theater. There MAY have been 1 other person in the entire theater. When we left towards the very end of the movie the 1 other person in the theater had already left. Our theater at the time only had 2 screens so it was the most empty I've ever seen a relatively large theater ever.
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| re: Movies that you saw in theater....and basically nobody else did. (Posted on 5/9/12 at 2:40 pm to CocomoLSU)
I saw Freddy Got Fingered and Starship Troopers in the theater.
I saw Rushmore in the theater. The only person that I know that saw that was my cousin and he went with me.
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| re: Movies that you saw in theater....and basically nobody else did. (Posted on 5/9/12 at 2:42 pm to CocomoLSU)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Battleship Earth
I am pretty much a sucker for any sci fi movie, these both blew really hard.
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| re: Movies that you saw in theater....and basically nobody else did. (Posted on 5/9/12 at 2:42 pm to CocomoLSU)
Stay Tuned
The cleaning crew was literally sitting in there watching the movie with us. Not a single other person in there, on debut weekend.
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| re: Movies that you saw in theater....and basically nobody else did. (Posted on 5/9/12 at 2:43 pm to Geauxld Finger)
scott pilgrim, opening day. i honestly thought the theatre would be pretty full.
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| re: Movies that you saw in theater....and basically nobody else did. (Posted on 5/9/12 at 2:44 pm to CocomoLSU)
Gods and Generals.
Me and this old dude were in there and that was it. Of course I went on a Friday night and that movie wasn't over till Sunday.
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| re: Movies that you saw in theater....and basically nobody else did. (Posted on 5/9/12 at 2:44 pm to CocomoLSU)
Joe Versus the Volcano
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| re: Movies that you saw in theater....and basically nobody else did. (Posted on 5/9/12 at 2:48 pm to CocomoLSU)
I saw Office Space in theaters when I was like in 8th grade
I saw Starship Trooper with my dad in theaters
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| re: Movies that you saw in theater....and basically nobody else did. (Posted on 5/9/12 at 2:49 pm to CocomoLSU)
Breaking 2 - The Electric Boogaloo (1984)
Last Action Hero (1993)
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) - I didn't pay to see this; my movie was over and I just walked in bored. So...I don't know if this counts.
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| re: Movies that you saw in theater....and basically nobody else did. (Posted on 5/9/12 at 2:51 pm to constant cough)
A lot of these aren't great examples, some of them like District 9 did pretty well at the BO.
I saw Memento at Canal Place 3 times when it came out. Took 3 different sets of people and they were all blown away.
Moon.
Sexy Beast.
Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels, and Snatch.
Office Space (which actually did pretty terrible at the BO but has become, like Idiocracy, a big hit after the fact. I think it only made like 15mill).
Chasing Amy.
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| re: Movies that you saw in theater....and basically nobody else did. (Posted on 5/9/12 at 2:51 pm to CocomoLSU)
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Starship Troopers
I WISH I had seen that in the theaters.
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| re: Movies that you saw in theater....and basically nobody else did. (Posted on 5/9/12 at 2:52 pm to CocomoLSU)
Where the Buffalo Roam. Horrible movie.
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| re: Movies that you saw in theater....and basically nobody else did. (Posted on 5/9/12 at 2:54 pm to Carson123987)
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| re: Movies that you saw in theater....and basically nobody else did. (Posted on 5/9/12 at 2:55 pm to CocomoLSU)
did a lot of people see Napoleon Dynamite in theaters?
We had a hard time finding a theater with it, I think just one in baton rouge, and the theater wasn't packed or anything. We thought it was fricking hilarious (and it is) but shortly after that it blew up and the ensuing popularity, merchandise, and movie quoting was pretty unbearable.
I also saw Mortal Kombat in theaters.
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| re: Movies that you saw in theater....and basically nobody else did. (Posted on 5/9/12 at 2:56 pm to CocomoLSU)
I feel like this is the thread I've been waiting for to brag about the foreign and indie films that I watched at the Seattle International Film Fest.
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| re: Movies that you saw in theater....and basically nobody else did. (Posted on 5/9/12 at 2:58 pm to TulaneTigerFan)
Almost forgot - A Serious Man
(I feel like you have to see a Coen film in the theater but apparently nobody else did)
Gross: $9,190,525 (USA)
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| re: Movies that you saw in theater....and basically nobody else did. (Posted on 5/9/12 at 3:01 pm to Cdawg)
quote:
Gods and Generals.
I freaking love this movie! and Gettysburg
They were supposed to have a third movie, it fell through.
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