21 Box Office Hits That Have Been Seemingly Forgotten

Opening up at #1 on the field workplace and quickly establishing the field workplace viability of movement seize animated movies, Robert Zemeckis’ star-studded adaptation of the epic poem Beowulf has develop into a cinematic afterthought.

This action-thriller was meant handy over the Bourne franchise to Jeremy Renner, who was concurrently being courted as a serious participant within the Mission: Not possible films and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, however its monetary success was thought of modest compared to its predecessors, main Common handy the franchise proper again to Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass a couple of years later with Legacy by no means to be acknowledged once more.

No, this film wasn’t as memorable as Skyscraper or Rampage, however this catastrophe flick starring The Rock nonetheless raked in plenty of money in large-format theaters solely to in the end discover its future on countless late-night cable displays.

Over the previous close to decade, nobody has been significantly clamoring to revisit Sam Raimi’s misguided Wizard of Oz reboot that tried to capitalize on the CGI-drenched fantasy wave triggered by Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland.

Grossing $174 million worldwide, Id Thief was one other entry in Melissa McCarthy’s spectacular hit streak that included Bridesmaids, Spy, The Warmth, and Tammy, but nobody ever appears to say, reference, or fondly recall this crude street journey comedy.

J.J. Abrams’ hoped that Tremendous 8 would resonate with audiences in the identical vogue of traditional Steven Spielberg movies like E.T. and Shut Encounters of the Third Type, however in the end registered nearer to Spielberg’s extra forgettable fare like The Terminal and The BFG, regardless of accruing $260 million worldwide on a $50 million funds.

This tense motion thriller was successful with audiences, scoring $208 million worldwide, however its in any other case unremarkable nature has it borderline indistinguishable from Denzel’s different shoot-’em-up flick from the next yr, 2 Weapons.

Regardless of following the pretty reviled Da Vinci Code adaptation from 2006, Angels & Demons nonetheless practically amassed $485 million worldwide, although it stays a barely vivid spot in a forgettable franchise that hardly made an impression on its audience.

A large hit with audiences and critics alike, Lee Daniels’ The Butler hasn’t actually permeated the higher cultural dialog within the close to decade that has adopted, with the movie’s stunt casting and dramatic heft by no means actually being revered as a lot as its contemporaries (although this criticism could be levied in opposition to lots of The Weinstein Firm’s different profitable Oscar hopefuls, equivalent to The Artist and The King’s Speech).

Having garnered $336 million worldwide in opposition to a funds of $80 million, Dreamworks’ caricature adaptation had an all-star solid and a heat reception from audiences, however the truth that it by no means spawned a sequel or any type of substantial spin-off has relegated this animated flick to the depths of obscurity.

This romantic comedy headlined by the odd-couple duo of Queen Latifah and Steve Martin used its treasure trove of allure to amass practically $165 million within the spring of 2004, however has hardly ever develop into a subject of debate relating to probably the most memorable comedies of its time.

A shock hit for Common again in 2013, Lone Survivor is certainly thrilling and action-packed, however its dour true story and lack of significantly memorable performances have allowed its cinematic legacy to have been overshadowed by the likes of 2014’s American Sniper and 2016’s Hacksaw Ridge.

Nonetheless holding the distinctions of being the best grossing documentary of all time and the one documentary to exceed over $100 million on the field workplace, Fahrenheit 9/11 is, in fact, a product of its time, and the evolving political and media climates, paired with Michael Moore’s relative inactivity since 2018’s far much less profitable Fahrenheit 11/9, hasn’t helped the movie age significantly properly amongst subsequent generations.

Although stars Adam Sandler and Kevin James teaming with Wedding ceremony Crashers director Dennis Dugan bore fruit on the field workplace (greater than $187 million, to be precise), the movie’s considerably problematic material and the gargantuan success of the Grown Ups films have since cemented this flick amongst Sandler’s much less esteemed and revisited titles.

Although the solo Wolverine movies have been outlined by status (Logan) and catastrophe (X-Males Origins: Wolverine), the good-but-not-great center baby of the saga, the Japan-set The Wolverine, grossed greater than $400 million but stays chief among the many least-discussed movies of the 13-film X-Males franchise.

In the event you’re among the many thousands and thousands who confirmed up for Jurassic World: Dominion with the mindset of “wait, who’s that?” or “wait, why is there a human clone?,” you are in all probability not alone, because the second movie within the Jurassic World banner would not fairly provide a lot in the way in which of rewatch worth despite its astounding $1.3 billion field workplace haul, along with the truth that it has been notoriously laborious to search out on the favored streaming providers.

With a formidable solid led by Sam Worthington recent off of his main function in Avatar, Conflict of the Titans earned simply shy of $500 million from the worldwide field workplace, however as viewers’s curiosity in fantasy content material developed within the years that adopted due the immense recognition of Sport of Thrones, this movie and its less-successful sequel have struggled to stay culturally important.

Paramount and Skydance’s big-budget third Star Trek movie accrued greater than $340 million globally, which was largely on par if barely beneath its predecessors, however the franchise pissed off a big contingency of its viewers with public deceptions about Star Trek Into Darkness and the departure of J.J. Abrams from the director’s chair, which led to this movie turning into the black sheep of the trilogy.

The fourth movie of the Transformers franchise might have had a flashy new lead in Mark Wahlberg, the addition of the Dinobots and a worldwide gross of greater than a billion {dollars} on the field workplace, Age of Extinction had neither the cool issue of its predecessors nor the camp issue of its sequel, resulting in its standing as probably the most mediocre of the Transformers films.

Discovering Dory might have been the third most profitable movie of 2016 with a field workplace complete of $1.028 billion, however even the later direct-to-streaming Pixar movies appear to be extra celebrated and mentioned amongst Disney die-hards, which is much more baffling contemplating how revered Discovering Nemo stays throughout the Home of Mouse to today.

With Kristen Stewart carrying the shine of the Twilight franchise and Chris Hemsworth skyrocketing to fame with Thor, this epic reimagining of the Snow White mythos struck a chord with audiences in 2011 and amassed practically $400 million on the field workplace, however the movie has slowly pale into “who cares?” territory over the previous decade, particularly after the underwhelming response to the Stewart-less sequel left few impressed to rediscover it.