John Marston Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 the ultimate forgotten box office hit? it made $165,493,908 and $390,493,908 worldwide on a budget of 48 million. That domestic gross adjusts to $340,029,100. It was the second highest grossing film of 1991 after Terminator 2. Guess it was a combination of Costner being on a high after Dances With Wolves and that Bryan Adams song. It kind of left the consciousness of the public and it even shocks some people it made that much. Seems to have gotten a mild resurgence recently though after Alan Rickman passed away. Costner and the director Kevin Reynolds would later team up for Waterworld which of course didn't turn out as well as they probably hoped. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 The money shot of the trailer 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcaballero Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Men in Tights is better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Yep, Costner was at his peak and that song was everywhere. It had a really good trailer too. I remember getting really excited about it. Too bad the movie itself was fairly crappy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Kevin Costner was the definitely THE male star of the time. Had a great run between the late 80s and early 90s (Dances with Wolves, Robin Hood, and The Bodyguard were all megahits and a handful of other solid performers). Revenge (lol Madeleine Stowe would later go on to star on the hit ABC show of the same name) was the only one you could really call a flop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiffy Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 15 hours ago, elcaballero said: Men in Tights is better. Yep. This movie and the associated song both suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franfar Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 This came out when a movie could ride off it's star power, mostly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 On 16/02/2017 at 9:05 PM, Telemachos said: Yep, Costner was at his peak and that song was everywhere. It had a really good trailer too. I remember getting really excited about it. Too bad the movie itself was fairly crappy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 On 17/02/2017 at 5:05 AM, Telemachos said: Yep, Costner was at his peak and that song was everywhere. It had a really good trailer too. I remember getting really excited about it. Too bad the movie itself was fairly crappy. The song spent 16 weeks at number 1 in the UK, 16 weeks! Only Love is all Around covered by Wet Wet Wet from Four Weddings and a Funeral did 15 weeks at number 1 in the UK and the band took the decision to delete it from records as everyone was fed up of hearing it on the radio 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnack Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 On 2/16/2017 at 0:24 PM, John Marston said: the ultimate forgotten box office hit? If we talk only about recent time, Three men and a baby is an other good candidate for that, it was number one of the year domestic and a big sequel, when looking at that list: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/ That title is certainly not like the others in term of today recognition. Adjusted box office of 360.73 million a bit higher than Robin Hood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiffy Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 12 hours ago, Barnack said: If we talk only about recent time, Three men and a baby is an other good candidate for that, it was number one of the year domestic and a big sequel, when looking at that list: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/ That title is certainly not like the others in term of today recognition. Adjusted box office of 360.73 million a bit higher than Robin Hood. Yeah, the late 80s were a bit rough going until Batman arrived in '89 to kick things back into over-drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudalb Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Yeah, pretty much forgotten despite it being a big hit. Not a very good movie;Alan Rickman as the Sheriff of Notthingham easily stole the film. Needless to say, it did not come close to pushing the 1938 Errol Flynn film as the quintenssial screen version of Robin Hood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rambo Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 On 3/4/2017 at 7:43 AM, franfar said: This came out when a movie could ride off it's star power, mostly. Just asking, but wasn't Robin Hood character quite popular all over? This must have been added advantage to its success rather than Star Power mostly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...