Hey guys, movie people did something smart: no other wide-release film was scheduled against The Dark Knight Rises this weekend! (Sorry, The Queen of Versailles and The Well Digger’s Daughter.) Because really, what’s the point? All anyone’s talking about is THE BATMAN, and even a kid-friendly flick would have a comically low box-office total when compared Rises. The Powers That Be, non-Wolfram & Hart division, hasn’t always been so wise, though. Here are 10 blockbusters, all of which finished as the top or second highest grossing film of their respective year, and the tiny, teeny (relatively speaking) wide-release movies that “competed” against them.
May 21-23, 1980
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The Gong Show Movie
July 3, 1985
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Red Sonja
July 11-13, 1990
Ghost
vs.
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
July 3, 1991
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
vs.
Problem Child 2
May 19, 1995
Die Hard with a Vengeance
vs.
Forget Paris
May 24-26, 1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
vs.
Pink Cadillac
May 19, 1999
Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace
vs.
The Love Letter
November 16, 2001
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
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The Wash
December 17-19, 2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
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Mona Lisa Smile
July 18, 2008
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Space Chimps