HesAPooka Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=crocodiledundee.htm Made 174m domestically which would be something like 400m today. Was the second highest grossing movie that year behind Top Gun which made 179m. Incredible considering it's a comedy without any big name stars and the unique plot. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 And it was only last year that Finding Dory knocked it out of the top 10 all time in Australia. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 (edited) Also, the "shrimp on the barbie" tourism ads actually predate Crocodile Dundee. Americans would have only known Paul Hogan from those ads. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrimp_on_the_barbie In Australia he was well known from the very popular Paul Hogan Show. Edited February 8, 2017 by DeeCee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75Live Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 yeah I think it was a lot of people's first taste of all things Australian, even if it wasn't all accurate It just seemed to hit people and made Australian stuff almost a fad. Plus this part always got everyone laughing 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franfar Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 The legs on this were insane (ik, films generally had better legs back then). 9 weekends at #1, then didn't leave the top 10 until it's 25th week the following year, in March. A true phenomenon. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HesAPooka Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 On 2017-02-08 at 3:34 PM, franfar said: The legs on this were insane (ik, films generally had better legs back then). 9 weekends at #1, then didn't leave the top 10 until it's 25th week the following year, in March. A true phenomenon. That's pretty crazy, I didn't look into the specifics I always just remembered how this movie made slightly less than Top Gun which is considered a massive box office success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 I just noticed that it was finally knocked off #1 by Star Trek:The Voyage Home. Another fish out of water story. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb007 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 One of the best pure entertainers. I watched it with no prior information. I loved it. Paul Hogan was perfect. This has tremendous repeat value. Must have watched it over 50 times in the last 30 years. A true classic in its own right. Its run was spectacular to say the least. Agree with others that this was a true phenomenon. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aabattery Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Was looking up some other stuff and came across the fact that this had a 23.5% market share in it's year of release in Australia. If something did that in the US today it would make like $2.5 billion. Pretty insane box office run from whatever way you look at it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rambo Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 20 hours ago, aabattery said: Was looking up some other stuff and came across the fact that this had a 23.5% market share in it's year of release in Australia. If something did that in the US today it would make like $2.5 billion. Pretty insane box office run from whatever way you look at it. So you mean in AUS majority of the population watched crocodile dundee? Considering its low population and 40M+ in the 80s is Mindblowinggg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
