It was everywhere in a way that just can't be done in today's highly fractal internet of everything. A vulcanologist arrives at a countryside town recently named the second most desirable place to live in America, and discovers that the long dormant volcano, Dante's Peak, may wake up at any moment.
)It was only missing 3d... Oh wait... not anymore (but that dosen't count)New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castWhat movie had absolutely nothing going for it in theory but became a huge hit?A place to talk about the box office and the movie business, both domestically and internationally.Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser. Nobody had 4K TVs or Blu-Ray players, very few people had surround sound, and DVD players were brand new at that time.Basically if you wanted to get the full experience of a blockbuster movie, you had to go to the theater. Feature Film, Released between 1997-01-01 and 1997-12-31 (Sorted by US Box Office Descending) A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards. Twists follow. Episode 1 was still on film, Attack of the Clones, Episode 2, was the digital one. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts Dipped about 0-1% each weekend and actually earned more in weekend #7 than #1.I've been following box office figures for almost 24 years now, so I can speak to this with some authority. A 1960s secret agent is brought out of cryofreeze to oppose his greatest enemy in the 1990s, where his social attitudes are glaringly out of place. Titanic was #1 until Lost in Space came out in April.This guy gets it. It grossed $19,738,749 that opening weekend, ranking it second behind Air Force One. Avengers releasing in April would have never happened back then - if not December then wait until May. It would have to play at capacity for a while to make it's money back.Sure enough, it played like the Energizer Bunny. There was also a lot less competition from streaming services or even premium cable, which hadn't really started producing high quality original content yet. A man raised in the jungle by apes falls in love with a wealthy American heiress. Worldwide, domestic and overseas box office totals for 17409 movies. Yes, Aquaman topped $1 billion worldwide yesterday with a current $1.02b global cume, becoming the 37th such title to do so since 1997, and the 17th to do so just in … None of this should be taken to discount just how incredible Titanic's box office achievements were. Two years after the first series of murders, as Sydney acclimates to college life, someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string of killings. A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. The last surviving child of the Russian Royal Family joins two con men to reunite with her grandmother, the Dowager Empress, while the undead Rasputin seeks her death. In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr. Zorg at bay. The big-screen sequel to HBO’s groundbreaking sitcom attracted hordes of Carrie & co.’s stiletto-wearing fans, taking in $152.6 million at the box office. Octogenarians that see 1 movie a year came out to see this. Spawn was released on August 1, 1997. Shortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a Presidential sex scandal. An exceptionally adept Florida lawyer is offered a job at a high-end New York City law firm with a high-end boss - the biggest opportunity of his career to date. A man searches for his missing wife after his car breaks down in the middle of the desert.

It cleaned up during awards season with 4 Golden Globes as well as a record-tying 14 Oscar nominations and 11 wins - including the coveted Best Picture from both.It had an A+ Cinemascore and Paramount did a study and found an insane re-watch rate of around 20% - basically 1 in 5 people that saw Titanic went back to see it again at least once, and it's likely they brought their friends/family with them.