What a crappy weekend for anniversaries. This is the 25th anniversary for Little Monsters, the 1989 family flick starring Fred Savage and Howie Mandel. Props for maintaining a 6.0 on IMDB, but it has no Rotten Tomatoes score, and made less than a million dollars at the domestic box office.
It’s the 20th Anniversary for Color Of Night, the Bruce Willis flop that made 19M at the box office, has a 5.0 on IMDB, and a 22% on Rotten Tomatoes. It opened against Blankman and Andre, with both faring worse. Blankman didn’t even crack the top 10, and Andre finished 10th. Blankman has a 13% RT and Andre has 47%, faring the best of the trio.
15 Years Ago, Hugh Grant dropped Mickey Blue Eyes upon the world, and it opened in 3rd with 10.1M. It went on to do an alright 33.8M. A 5.8 on IMDB and a 45% on Rotten Tomatoes suggest it is not a timeless classic.
This is the 10th Anniversary of Exorcist: The Beginning, which opened in 1st with 18M. It eventually made 78M worldwide. Also opening was Without A Paddle, which opened to 13.5 in 2nd place, and finished with 58.1M domestically. This week is more notable for indie hit Mean Creek, which started with a 7K per screen average, and made 600K in its run. Mean Creek has a 7.3 on IMDB, and a 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s also currently on Netflix Streaming, if you feel like celebrating an anniversary.
Finally, five years ago, a memorable movie opened. Academy Award Winning Inglourious Basterds turns five this weekend. It opened in 1st with 38M, eventually making 120M domestic, and 321M worldwide. An 8.3 on IMDB gives it the #101 slot on IMDB’s Top 250, and an 89% on Rotten Tomatoes helps. The film won an Oscar for Christoph Waltz for Best Supporting Actor, and was nominated for 8 total Oscars, including Best Picture.
Also turning five this weekend is the late Robin Williams’s masterpiece Worlds Greatest Dad, which opened in very limited release during this frame. It only made 221K domestically, but a lot of people have found it since release. The film has a 7.0 on IMDB, and an 89% on Rotten Tomatoes.
