I saw this movie twelve times in the theater when it came out. It had been two years since my hero Indiana Jones rode off into the sunset, and I was starving for a big screen adventure. They'd kind of sold PRINCE OF THIEVES as an heir to the Indy-style swashbuckler, and it had all the action and humor I wanted in a movie at that point. I also saw TERMINATOR 2 twelve times, that summer. I think the only movies I've seen in theaters more times than that were JURASSIC PARK and PULP FICTION. The early '90s were definitely a peak time for me for movie-going.

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As a 12 or 13 year old girl at the time this came out, I can say with authority that it was the beep according to the majority of my middle school.

I saw it four times with different people. We all loved it. The theater was packed. It remains my fave KC movie. KC is the best Robin Hood ever too.

I was 13 when it came out so I can only speak from a teenager's point of view but my friends and I really liked it. My friends all crushed on Christian Slater but I preferred that wicked sheriff. (RIP Alan Rickman.) There were action figures I had and the soundtrack was very good, and the Bryan Adams song DOMINATED the radio that summer. It was pretty close to a summer blockbuster that people soon forgot about, but to some of us it is still a favorite movie. Hope this helps.

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Yeah, as I recall, that arrow POV shot (done specially for the trailer) got such a strong reaction that they inserted it into the movie.

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It had a really great teaser trailer that just showed an arrow being fired from the arrows point of view. I remember that getting everyone excited. I saw it opening night in a sold out show. The audience loved it.

It was the 2nd highest grossing film of the year in North America (after
Terminator 2
), but I believe it might have had more pop culture heat thanks in no small part to "(Everything I do) I do it for you", which
dominated
the charts that Summer.
This was a time before the internet had fractured pop culture, and a movie like this could dominate the landscape of a Summer rather than being white hot one minute and forgotten the next. It was definitely
the
popcorn movie that year. Lots of buzz about Alan Rickman's performance. The audience I saw it with the first time were delighted, laughing and cheering at all the right moments.

A journey into the realm of the obscure:
http://saturdayshowcase.blogspot.com/