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What films that flopped when they came out but you saw in the theater and loved, that are now universally acclaimed or cult classics? (kbin.social)

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Films that may have flopped but not because of you, because you did your part and bought a ticket.

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[–] SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don’t think The Emperor’s New Groove did well in the theaters, but it is one of the best Disney movies of its time.

[–] Ganondorf@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Emperor's New Groove and Lilo & Stitch were also two of the last few times Disney put out something original. The last two decades of Disney releases have mostly been franchises they've bought from others or remakes of older Disney films that weren't even their original stories to begin with, e.g. Star Wars, MCU, 20th Century Fox, Pixar, a majority of Disney classics.

[–] geoffervescent@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Funnily enough it did fine at the box office but because it was positioned at the end of Disney's "golden age" and made noticeably less than any other Disney movie of the era, they pivoted away from it to the point where many people assume it's a DreamWorks or Universal animated flick.