Why did it bombed at the box-office?
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darkness_surroundz — 10 years ago(April 28, 2015 11:09 PM)
Don't forget that this came out with a HQ (for the time) first-time correct AR of 2.35x1 WIDESCREEN transfer on Laserdisc in 1992; It was a 2 disc collectors edition, supervised by Henson himself. He chose to use a very dark transfer of the film.
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MaximumMadness — 16 years ago(December 12, 2009 07:22 PM)
I have a dream that someday, people who use the words "it bombed", will actually learn what "bomb" means.
This film made more than 2x its budget- $40 million gross VS a $15 million budget in the US alone
NOT
a bomb at all not a huge hit, but not a bomb.
Bomb = Making less than production costs back at the box office
Aka, this didn't bomb.
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RolandF1 — 14 years ago(February 08, 2012 04:09 PM)
Not sure if there is a correlation but I grew up in the 80s, and the first I heard of this film was on a VHS tape of He-Man cartoons my parents had bought me. It contained a trailer of the film that scared the beep out of me everytime I saw it! However, I found the preview intriguing enough to hire the film later on. I thought it was quite a good film and remember being thankful it wasn't as scary as the trailer made it out to be!
I'm wondering if the preview was on many kid VHS tapes hence the popularity after the cinema release. -
SpaceMonkey-Mafioso — 14 years ago(February 19, 2012 11:29 AM)
40 million in domestic box office in 1982 = over 100 million in 2012 dollars.
It was the #14 movie of the year- box office wise.
So, not even close to a bomb. It was a hit.
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mikeyflatley — 14 years ago(February 20, 2012 12:13 AM)
very simple - niche audience. dis is like anime. no anime film is ever a big hit bec its a done in a medium 4 kidz wid adult themez. very niche.
adult audience generally need real actorz 2 take film seriously, otherwize they will not watch it or take it seriously.
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SyzyDamo — 10 years ago(May 20, 2015 09:23 AM)
There were a lot of HUGE films happening all through 1982 - which in my opinion has been one of, if not THE most important year for cinema since its inception.
Another cult classic, The Thing, was also released the same year, but was totally eclipsed by ET - as were a lot of good movies.
Its likely there were simply more attractive films to be seen by moviegoers, and it wasnt until the home video explosion that people got to experience just how good some of the other films of that year were. -
Woodyanders — 10 years ago(September 24, 2015 01:06 PM)
This film wasn't a box office bomb during its original theatrical release. It cost fifteen million and made forty million altogether at the box office, so it made back over twice what it cost to produce and thus didn't bomb at the box office.
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