he did it he's right in the sun
welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
movies you forgot were big hits
all right happy wife happy life hi kids
for this list we'll be looking at films
that the general public may not remember
were big
box office successes these flicks don't
need to have been critically well
received or well liked by the public
as long as they made at least double
their budget they'll be considered
what movie did you forget was kind of a
big deal let us know in the comments
below
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number 10 stuart little and that's
george
your brother look he's already happy to
see me
many a 90s kid will remember this
adaptation of the eb
white book of the same name but do they
remember it raking in the dough to the
tune of 300 million dollars
say they're really putting some wild
prizes in there huh monty
since we've gotten plenty of live-action
cgi hybrids since it's easy to forget
when the combination was nothing to
scoff at
the script was also co-written by m
night shyamalan
yes you heard that right and came out
hot on the heels of his even bigger hit
the sixth sense
released in december of that year stuart
little essentially had a choke hold on
the family market during the holiday
season
you believe this i'm locked in the
washer can you help me
can you turn this thing off why would i
turn it off
it's my favorite show it's success
ensured that we'd get a sequel
although that one was not nearly as much
of a hit
number nine safehouse
this ain't a test this is the real thing
much like liam neeson
denzel washington has built himself up
as quite the bankable middle-aged action
star
between projects like deja vu and the
equalizer movies
washington starred in the surprisingly
successful and yet forgettable
safe house in 2012. though it received
mixed reviews the film managed to amass
over 200 million dollars at the global
box office have a job
it managed to succeed in the face of
stiff competition like chronicle and
journey to the mysterious island since
the film paired washington with ryan
reynolds
just think what kind of business it
would have had if it came out after the
first
deadpool movie number eight vantage
point
vantagepoint overcame negative reviews
to become a neat little earner for sony
this never should have happened except
that it did released in 2008 the film
took in 152 million dollars against a 40
million dollar budget
it managed to do this even though a
bigger action flick jumper came out a
week before
crap i didn't expect that
i didn't know chronicling the many
perspectives of a political
assassination
vantage point employed a host of veteran
actors dennis quaid forest whitaker
sigourney weaver and
others likely drew in the crowds on
their star power alone
that said the film's time-shifting
gimmick made for a frustrating viewing
experience
its storytelling approach probably kept
audiences from remembering it at all
years later
number seven the rescuers while there
are plenty of classic titles in the
disney animation library
it can be easy to forget about the solid
stories that were released in the bronze
age between 1970 and 1988.
of these films the most successful one
overall was arguably the rescuers
released in 1977 the family adventure
about talking mice initially grossed 29
million dollars domestically
but that's not why we're talking about
it the rescuers was actually re-released
twice
once in 1983 and once in 1989.
when all three release box office
numbers are combined the movie
accumulated 169 million dollars over its
lifetime
oh but just look at these beauties that
she brought up from the cave oh they'll
sell for a lot of cold cash
its success likely incentivized the
release of the first disney animated
film sequel to come out in theaters the
rescuers down under in 1990
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number six we're the millers we doubt
warner brothers had any regrets about
making this warped crime comedy
what is this one what's the one right
there oh this uh-huh
that's my credo no regrets
how about that released in 2013 where
the millers was the surprise comedy hit
of the summer
it raked in 270 million dollars
worldwide
that's over seven times its budget you
are making
500 000 and you were only gonna pay me
30.
you're getting 30 grand i'm getting a
thousand
you guys are getting paid since it
boasts just 48
on rotten tomatoes it wasn't exactly a
critical darling
but audiences clearly seems to enjoy it
just fine
quite a rig you got there amigo that is
quite a
a rig you guys have there too with an
affable cast that included jason sedakis
jennifer aniston will poulter and emma
roberts
it's honestly not hard to see why people
loved it all right happy wife happy
life hi kids although a sequel
tentatively titled we're still the
millers was announced six months later
we're still waiting for it number five
father of the bride okay please come
with me and we'll talk all about your
big day
for the prize steve martin family
comedies have always been
fairly bankable over the years general
audiences may remember that parenthood
and cheaper by the dozen did well
ah that was money well spent but they
may forget that
father of the bride co-written and
co-produced by nancy meyers was a hit
too
the comedy earned 129 million dollars
against a 20 million dollar budget
with that kind of money we doubt
martin's george banks would be worried
about how much the wedding is costing
him
i want to buy eight hot dogs and eight
hot dog buns to go with them
but no one sells eight hot dog buns they
only sell 12 hot dog buns
so i end up paying for four buns i don't
need so
i am removing the superfluous buns the
movie also proved popular enough with
audiences to spawn apart too
but that one wasn't quite as successful
george
don't george me you two-timing mata hari
audiences might also forget that both
films were remakes of spencer tracy
elizabeth taylor comedies from the 1950s
just in case you were curious the
original films turned prophets too
number four the pacifier between tooth
fairy starring dwayne johnson and my spy
starring dave bautista
we've gotten enough muscular action
stars babysit children movies to make a
whole film genre
what do you do for a living a kgb
agent posing as a fourth grader but
before those two films came along we got
vin diesel in the pacifier
the crowbar and my personal favorite
the pacifier despite being critically
panned the film managed to rake in
nearly 200 million dollars back in 2005.
sure it's not the kind of film that's
warranted re-watches over the years but
it did make an impact in its time
i think it went well oh it's so dramatic
it just goes to show that family
comedies can do some serious business
when the right people are involved
now if only there was some way we could
see diesel's furious pacifier character
go up against the rocks
fast tooth fairy you're going down
toretto i'm right here
number three need for speed i have no
idea where this is going i just know i
like it i like it a lot
once the fast and furious franchise
really started to hit the gas
we had a feeling that studios would want
to clone the idea for their own
but since most studios don't have the
luxury to rev the engines five times on
an original concept before it finds its
stride
they rely on intellectual properties
enter need for speed
this aaron paul action vehicle is based
on the racing video game
series of the same name although it
didn't do fast and furious numbers
the movie did manage to hit the 200
million dollar mark thanks
largely to international markets life
can be full of surprises
there were originally rumblings of a
sequel but poor critical reception and
the lack of a fan
following put that prospect in doubt
sorry aaron
number two hansel and gretel witch
hunters
there have been so many dark updates to
fairy tales over the years that it's
seriously difficult to keep track
although many try to scale back the
darkness a little to appeal to mass
audiences like snow white and the
huntsman others take big risks and go
all out
like hansel and gretel witch hunters
starring jeremy renner and gemma
arterton as the titular brother-sister
duo
this film took no prisoners hansel and
gretel witch hunters had absolutely
bloody action sequences and a grim sense
of humor
while it was critically panned in the
theaters it paid off in the company's
bank accounts
human senses
thanks largely to a great international
run this dark fantasy earned 226 million
dollars when it was all said and done
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
the forgotten kind of appropriate that
this would get forgotten
no there are worse things than
forgetting
no there aren't george of the jungle
george george george of the jungle watch
out for that paycheck
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willow big things really do come in
small packages
these was very close
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the full monty kind of like the british
magic mike of its time
beethoven this saint bernard slobbered
up
box office it's not even dollars
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number one real steel let's make some
money come on we're honestly surprised
that this boxing robot movie starring
hugh jackman didn't make even more money
granted hugh jackman isn't playing one
of the robot boxers but we digress
real steel drummed up quite a bit of
excitement for something that wasn't
already based on a major film property
it nearly managed to bring in 300
million dollars worldwide
that was due for some good luck you're
welcome thank you
bailey help me put him in the truck i am
going to go and get you money a partial
reason for jackman's robot success might
have been the fact that its competition
was the three musketeers
the swashbuckling movie tanked so hard
that it earned less money in its opening
week
than real steel did in its third weekend
it was an off day
that's my musketeers for you although
jackman's movie received modest reviews
from critics
the general audience's wallets made sure
the movie stuck around
can you say people's champion people's
champion
sounds pretty good to me do you agree
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