Movies

Twister was a thing of box office beauty. 41M OW and ends up have a 6.0 multiplier through its whole run. lobogotti Jan 28, 16:59

Twister has a great score (one of my favorites) RazorHawk Jan 28, 17:04

Yes, many songs I love in that film {nm} lobogotti Jan 28, 17:12

Music Trivia: The movie Twister is why Sammy Hagar quit Van Halen RazorHawk Jan 28, 18:00

wow, that's crazy. hadnt a clue. there's a tidbit of van halen at the end scene that I love. cant listen this very second, but lobogotti Jan 28, 18:31

yes.. when they are argueing about who will run the lab... that is "Humans Being" by Van Halen RazorHawk Jan 28, 18:54

i did the same kind of research with films back in the 80s - Gremlins opened with $12mil, then had an 18week run to $144m adrenalin112 Jan 28, 17:11

my best guess on those "event" films is that there just wasn't near the amount of competition. exciting, new films were popping up lobogotti Jan 28, 17:16

yeah movies like gremlins & back to the future ran for 3-9 months. in that time frame a movie can go from theater to HBO now {nm} adrenalin112 Jan 28, 17:34

This Is the End is on Starz... That's not even 8 months! {nm} lobogotti Jan 28, 18:00

the summer of 1984 had Gremlins, Karate Kid, Ghostbusters, Star Trek III, Beverly Hills Cop, Temple of Doom, Revenge of the Nerds charlie Jan 28, 17:44

good info. yeah, just scrolled through all of 1984. not near as many films opening as a 2013, but there certainly was some beastly movies. lobogotti Jan 28, 17:59

The second time I saw it in theatres, late in the run, there were four of us in the theatre. And sometime near the drive-in sequence. . . second gary Jan 28, 19:28

Post-HSX, the Sixth Sense's run was 11x its OW, My Big Fat Greet Wedding 80x(!) its wide OW (both per BOM). {nm} KalElFan Jan 28, 21:08

At least Greek Wedding was. :-) {nm} KalElFan Jan 28, 21:08

How about Titanic and Avatar, respectively.. ? {nm} Facto Jan 29, 03:03

Yep, Titanic about 23x its OW, Avatar just under 10x. {nm} KalElFan Jan 29, 05:37