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Post by dwightmachinehead on Oct 2, 2020 19:28:56 GMT
I remember Kickass (2010) being a bit of a surprise and being popular
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Post by thisguy4000 on Oct 2, 2020 19:45:07 GMT
Now that I think about it, would the first Iron Man film count? I don’t think anyone was expecting that movie to have the second biggest opening weekend for a non-sequel, or that it would pass $300 million domestically. At the very least, Iron Man most definitely was not a household name at the time, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe wasn’t even a thing yet.
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Post by theravenking on Oct 2, 2020 21:33:45 GMT
The Matrix
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Post by moviemouth on Oct 2, 2020 21:48:25 GMT
Many of the movies mentioned had heavy marketing and great word of mouth, especially The Sixth Sense, Titanic and The Matrix.
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Post by petrolino on Oct 2, 2020 23:47:33 GMT
When I saw this thread title I thought of imdb2 user Popeye Doyle, except I read it as, "Huge tits that came out of no where?'
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Post by politicidal on Oct 3, 2020 21:39:44 GMT
When I saw this thread title I thought of IMDB2 user Popeye Doyle, except I read it as, "Huge tits that came out of no where?'That’s easy. Airplane (1980). |
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Post by mortsahlfan on Oct 4, 2020 15:51:01 GMT
Easy Rider
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Post by Archelaus on Oct 4, 2020 22:19:48 GMT
Many of the movies mentioned had heavy marketing and great word of mouth, especially The Sixth Sense, Titanic and The Matrix. was not expected to be the commercial hit that it was. $40 million at the time was a high production budget for a psychological thriller film that was not based on a pre-existing short story or novel. M. Night Shyamalan was an unknown director at the time. In the book DisneyWar, Disney tried to cut costs by selling off some of the production rights to Spyglass Entertainment, but they still retained the distribution rights. All the movie had going for it was Bruce Willis, who was an A-list box office star. When it was released, positive word-of-mouth began to spread.
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Post by moviemouth on Oct 4, 2020 22:51:14 GMT
Many of the movies mentioned had heavy marketing and great word of mouth, especially The Sixth Sense, Titanic and The Matrix. was not expected to be the commercial hit that it was. $40 million at the time was a high production budget for a psychological thriller film that was not based on a pre-existing short story or novel. M. Night Shyamalan was an unknown director at the time. In the book DisneyWar, Disney tried to cut costs by selling off some of the production rights to Spyglass Entertainment, but they still retained the distribution rights. All the movie had going for it was Bruce Willis, who was an A-list box office star. When it was released, positive word-of-mouth began to spread. I remember the marketing. I think that the trailers do a lot and I believe that was the case with The Sixth Sense. The trailer was great. I guess I still don't understand what "huge hits that came out of nowhere" means exactly. Like someone mentioned American Beauty as well. Word of mouth and critic reception is what does it in these cases. Memento became an almost instant classic due to the same stuff. I was extremely excited to see The Sixth Sense just based on the trailers and TV spots. I assume many other people had the same reaction as me. That brings me back to what I said originally, good marketing and great word of mouth. The closest I can think of to answering the question is something like District 9. Anyone claiming Pirates of the Caribbean as coming out of nowhere wasn't paying attention when the movie was released. Massive marketing, produced by Disney based on a famous Disneyland ride, starring Johnny Depp and Legolas in between LOTR movies at a time when fantasy movies where at their peak. I would have been surprised if the movie wasn't a hit.
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Post by azzajones on Oct 5, 2020 3:32:05 GMT
The Lord of the Rings films, the books had existed for nearly 50 years but back on 2001 fantasy films weren't popular and Peter Jackson wasn't well known
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