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re: Movies That Tanked At The Box Office But Are Now Loved
Posted on 9/24/15 at 8:58 pm to Scruffy
Posted on 9/24/15 at 8:58 pm to Scruffy
quote:It would still be known to film buffs
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.
The reason it was shown so often is that it had gone into public domain in 1974. This meant TV stations could show it as many times as they wanted, leading to the Cheers bit:
Norm: What's on TV?
Woody: It's A Wonderful Life.
Carla: That moldy oldie again? It's already been on five times this week.
Woody: Yep. On Channel 37 from now until New Year's, it's a wonderful month.
However in the '90s due to various copyright laws I won't pretend to understand, IAWL somehow was taken out of PD, so it only shows up once a year now.
FWIW TV is what made a classic out of The Wizard Of Oz. It had sold a lot of tickets on first release, just not enough to cover its huge production cost. Then in 1956 it was shown once a year on TV, and this became a tradition for many families.
Ted Turner would later try to manufacture a "classic" by constantly showing A Christmas Story during the holiday season, and he seems to have at least partially succeeded.
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Posted on 9/24/15 at 9:24 pm to St Augustine
I recently read an article about how Don't Tell Mom The Baby-Sitter's Dead bombed at the theaters but became a cult-classic due to constantly being replayed on HBO.
Posted on 9/24/15 at 9:29 pm to St Augustine
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American psycho...
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fter it came out on videotape.
Posted on 9/24/15 at 9:54 pm to Hester Carries
Zoolander. Came out right after 9/11 I believe
Posted on 9/24/15 at 9:54 pm to bulldog95
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Clerks
Clerks was produced for $30,000 and made millions at the box office.
Posted on 9/24/15 at 9:56 pm to JabarkusRussell
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Movies That Tanked At The Box Office But Are Now Loved
Donnie Darko made $500,000 at the US box office. It became popular once on DVD.
This post was edited on 9/24/15 at 9:58 pm
Posted on 9/24/15 at 10:08 pm to Kafka
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Ted Turner would later try to manufacture a "classic" by constantly showing A Christmas Story during the holiday season, and he seems to have at least partially succeeded.
I've never particularly like this movie, but I just expect to see it at Christmas time.
Posted on 9/24/15 at 10:10 pm to DrVinnyBoombatz
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Children of Men only made $35 million at the box office compared to its $75 million budget, but was well received by critics.
This may be the biggest one mentioned so far. The fact that Cuaron wasn't nominated that year for best director may be the biggest snub I can think of in Oscar history. It was perfectly directed, shot, and told. You would be very hard pressed to find a film that was better directed. Granted, I think the Academy eventually saw it and apologized once Gravity came out, but it's ridiculous he wasn't really nominated for his true masterpiece.
Posted on 9/24/15 at 10:12 pm to Scruffy
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Scarface is still a shitty movie.
Never said I thought it was good but for some reason people like fake accents and blow
Posted on 9/24/15 at 10:37 pm to JabarkusRussell
Big Trouble in Little China was a box office failure. That movie is a freaking legend now.
Posted on 9/24/15 at 11:35 pm to Peazey
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I've never particularly like this movie, but I just expect to see it at Christmas time.
I don't understand why a cable channel doesn't loop the original Halloween for 24 hours on the holiday.
Posted on 9/24/15 at 11:38 pm to JabarkusRussell
The Replacements
It did awful at the theaters, but I laughed my arse off the first time I saw it on DVD.
It did awful at the theaters, but I laughed my arse off the first time I saw it on DVD.
Posted on 9/25/15 at 12:13 am to Kafka
well A Christmas Story is bad arse so Ted Turner gets a high five from me for that.
Posted on 9/25/15 at 12:17 am to JabarkusRussell
Office Space-- Tanked but admittedly was put out to pasture without much of a chance by its studio.
Posted on 9/25/15 at 12:20 am to RonBurgundy
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Drive
I'm sorry but Drive sucked huge balls
Posted on 9/25/15 at 4:44 am to JabarkusRussell
The Princess Bride was a flop? What were people thinking? I fricking love that movie.
Posted on 9/25/15 at 6:12 am to JabarkusRussell
Waterworld.... 
Posted on 9/25/15 at 7:27 am to JabarkusRussell
The Thing
frick E.T.
frick E.T.
Posted on 9/25/15 at 7:58 am to Peazey
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The Big Lebowski
Did that tank at the box office? We went and saw it 3 or 4 times, and seems the theater was always relatively crowded.
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