TLDR
10 The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Budget: £19.3m. Worldwide gross: £22m
9 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Budget: £2.3m**. Worldwide gross:** £3.2m
8 Strange Days (1995)
Budget: £32.3m. Worldwide gross: £13.1m
7. The Thing (1982)
Budget: £12m**. Worldwide gross: £15.9m**
6. Donnie Darko (2001)
Budget: £3.5m**. Initial US gross: £398,386**
5. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
Budget: £2.45m**. Worldwide gross (approx): £2.54m**
4. Blade Runner (1982)
Budget: £21.6m**. Worldwide gross: £32.2****m**
3. Citizen Kane (1941)
Budget: £646,602**.**Recorded loss: £123,202
2. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Budget: £2.1m**. Initial gross (approx): £2.3m**
1. Vertigo (1958)
Budget: £1.9m**.** North American gross: £2.5m
“struggled to compete with Pulp Fiction” is certainly a phrase that shouldn’t count against a film!
Gonna go see The Thing in the theater tonight
Strange Days is a classic?
I thought of it as a bit too clunky in its execution. But I’ll admit Juliette Lewis has always been a distractingly terrible actor in my eyes. And she can’t sing either.
I will admit it’s good enough to deserve a better reception than it’s theatrical release though.
When I was 18, I was slinging tapes as a Blockbuster assistant manager, and my go-to recommendation for customers was Strange Days. Then at age 40, I finally realized I was trans, and somewhere down the line it occurred to me that my love of this film should have been a clue.
Some interesting context about Citizen Kane.
