Mango Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 One of the most revolutionary films of the 20th century, The Matrix release on Wednesday, March 31st 1999 where it made a solid opening weekend of over $27 million. The glowing word word of mouth and an intense public interest after opening weekend gave the film incredibly strong legs throughout the rest of the spring season, where it even managed to stay in the mix for the first half of the summer (in my opinion, one of its greatest feats is managing a 36.8% drop against the direct and massive competition that was The Phantom Menace, then making a total rebound anyway with an increase going into Memorial Day weekend. The Matrix held steady throughout its run and ended up with a $171.5M domestic total, good for 5th place at the North American box office that year. It really clicked with international audiences as well, making a $292M gross for a worldwide cume of $463.5 million. After revolutionizing action films and the way action is looked at in the world of cinematography in theaters, The Matrix would also become the first DVD to sell over a million copies, something that surely assisted the medium into properly overtaking VHS. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 32 minutes ago, Mango said: One of the most revolutionary films of the 20th century, The Matrix release on Wednesday, March 31st 1999 where it made a solid opening weekend of over $27 million. The glowing word word of mouth and an intense public interest after opening weekend gave the film incredibly strong legs throughout the rest of the spring season, where it even managed to stay in the mix for the first half of the summer (in my opinion, one of its greatest feats is managing a 36.8% drop against the direct and massive competition that was The Phantom Menace, then making a total rebound anyway with an increase going into Memorial Day weekend. The Matrix held steady throughout its run and ended up with a $171.5M domestic total, good for 5th place at the North American box office that year. It really clicked with international audiences as well, making a $292M gross for a worldwide cume of $463.5 million. After revolutionizing action films and the way action is looked at in the world of cinematography in theaters, The Matrix would also become the first DVD to sell over a million copies, something that surely assisted the medium into properly overtaking VHS. a friend told me about a guy who bought the film on DVD and stared at the menu screen for ten minutes because he was so enamored at the quality. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiffy Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 (edited) A shame about the sequels... although I must say in retrospect The Matrix Reloaded kinda represents the peak of CGI innovation as far as I'm concerned. They still hold up really well to this day (and I would daresay even put most effects these days to shame). Edited February 10, 2017 by Jiffy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grim22 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 On 2/4/2017 at 4:21 PM, John Marston said: a friend told me about a guy who bought the film on DVD and stared at the menu screen for ten minutes because he was so enamored at the quality. The Matrix 5 disc bluray was the first one I bought, it looked so awesome and was really well designed. I got my movie forum start as the webmaster of a Matrix fan site. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 The Matrix was the first DVD I got when I received a DVD player for Christmas in 2000. Remember those stupid snap cases WB would make? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webslinger Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, filmlover said: The Matrix was the first DVD I got when I received a DVD player for Christmas in 2000. Remember those stupid snap cases WB would make? And it took them until the mid-2000s to drop it, with the occasional exception of two-disc sets. I remember being pleasantly surprised when the sequels were released with proper packaging. That being said, I think I preferred the snap cases to the multiple folds slipcases of the first two Harry Potter movies; at least they were just one piece. I also had a snap case edition of The Matrix, but I ended up losing the disc itself when I lent it to a friend in college and never ended up getting it back. I didn't mind that much (I was super-close with the friend in question, and I had forgotten that I even lent it to her until I wanted to watch it at random one day during the summer after graduation), save for the fact that the Blu-Ray edition has a green tint to match the sequels. It just looks weird. Edited February 13, 2017 by Webslinger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Wang Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 I remember I used to always like to go to a movie on my birthday. Well, here it comes and I decide to go see The Matrix because I saw a brief clip on TV which was Keanu shooting two guns at once and I knew I had to see it. I hadn't even seen a full trailer! I saw it that night by myself and then over the next three days, took 3 different friends to go see it. So 4 times in the first week for me! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 I pretty much know every external location for The Matrix as around the time it opened I started working in the area where many of them were shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Saw it opening day, baby. I came out of it so ramped and ready for summer, what with a new Star Wars coming and everything. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Remember when they tried to blame Columbine on this movie? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlborn Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 3 hours ago, filmlover said: Remember when they tried to blame Columbine on this movie? What a load of stupidity that was. This movie is the pure definition of classic, it's still heavily influential. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 In my opinion The Matrix is easily one of the 25 best movies ever made. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronJimbo Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 2 hours ago, baumer said: In my opinion The Matrix is easily one of the 25 best movies ever made. such a great concept and executed so well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 4 hours ago, baumer said: In my opinion The Matrix is easily one of the 25 best movies ever made. No lies in this post. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFanaticGuy34 Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Very fun, interesting & groundbreaking movie. ? Who wouldn't like this movie outside the "Box Office Theory"-site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 On 2/13/2017 at 0:39 AM, Webslinger said: And it took them until the mid-2000s to drop it, with the occasional exception of two-disc sets. I remember being pleasantly surprised when the sequels were released with proper packaging. That being said, I think I preferred the snap cases to the multiple folds slipcases of the first two Harry Potter movies; at least they were just one piece. I also had a snap case edition of The Matrix, but I ended up losing the disc itself when I lent it to a friend in college and never ended up getting it back. I didn't mind that much (I was super-close with the friend in question, and I had forgotten that I even lent it to her until I wanted to watch it at random one day during the summer after graduation), save for the fact that the Blu-Ray edition has a green tint to match the sequels. It just looks weird. the special edition DVD released in 2004 also has the green tint. The only way to see the original theatrical version is the old 1999 DVD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 the marketing was good and set up the mystery of "What is the Matrix?" Releasing it in Spring before the summer movies was a good idea as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 I just realized I don't own any of the Matrix movies any more. (Used to have the DVDs for MATRIX and RELOADED, but I think I dumped them during a move.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grey ghost Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 1999 was the perfect year to release The Matrix. "Did you know that the first Matrix was designed to be a perfect human world? Where none suffered, where everyone would be happy. It was a disaster. No one would accept the program. Entire crops were lost. Some believed we lacked the programming language to describe your perfect world. But I believe that, as a species, human beings define their reality through suffering and misery. The perfect world was a dream that your primitive cerebrum kept trying to wake up from. Which is why the Matrix was redesigned to this: the peak of your civilization." In fact, everything about the movie was perfect. I wouldn't change a second of it. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franfar Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Saw this movie for the first time in like....2013. Still holds up well. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
