old Movies that wouldnt be successful in today's era
 

as in if they came out today , which ones wouldnt do so well

for some reason i dont think Shawshank would do as well.

The Shawshank Redemption did well on this forum, this forum recently voted it their favourite film, and the members come from this era.

So I beg to differ.

Probably something like Grease or Dirty Dancing.

I'm not saying that they're bad Films, but Musicals as a genre has changed quite a bit from those Films imo.

Anything which is an original story, and isn't a part of a successful franchise, or not a recognisable property, wouldn't be a hit at the cinema nowadays - with the exception of childrens' animations and (at a lower level) horror.

So basically any hit film from the 80s and 90s that wasn't a sequel.

ET, Back to the Future, Ghostbusters, Home Alone etc. wouldn't do well now.

Actually Shawshank Redemption didn't do all that well when it came first out, only getting more recognised when people watched it at home later.

I can't imagine The Birth of a Nation would break the box office like it did in 1915

Shawshank was a box office flop until home release. Critics loved it but no one actually went to see it... it got a tonne of Oscar nods and that triggered a very successful VHS release and TV networks across the world buying the broadcast rights, and those channels gave it prime movie slots for years, back in the 90's when a lot of people didn't have many channels to choose from and there was no streaming etc., and THAT is why "everyone has seen it" and it became a cult classic.

So Shawshank isn't the best example but yeah... things have changed, beyond that. Franchises are where the big money is, or new conversions of books with an established fan base, etc.

Family Films like "Home Alone" and "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids" are great examples of something that wouldn't happen now, actually. Box office takings of $300 million+ on budgets of < $20 million.

A big part of the reason for that is the internet, as always. A huge part of marketing a movie release these days is "hype" and word of mouth - and if you already have a fan base (of a book, or a comic, or any other IP) then you have a small army ready to deliver that hype to a wider audience.

If you don't have a hype-able IP you have to rely on other aspects of advertising to get the "hype ball" rolling... it CAN be done... an example I can think of is "Interstellar" - it's an original IP but it had Nolan attached to it, and some very dramatic set pieces for trailers, that got people interested.

"Star Power" also still works to a certain extent. For example, I think something like Back To The Future COULD still do well, but they'd have to cast big names.

Dirty Dancing wasn't really a musical. However as much as I love Dirty Dancing, nowadays the age thing would be an issue I think, Baby was only supposed to be 16 in it and Johnny 25ish? bit borderline really :laugh:

Indeed.

Watching Dirty Dancing as a teenager:

"Wow, that dad is so strict, let her live, they love each other!"


*15 years later*

Watching Dirty Dancing as a parent:

"I'd be packing up the damn car! CALL THE POLICE!"

:joker:

hahaha in a nutshell. My son is 15 and he's still my baby boy, there would be blood if some 25 year old came anywhere near him :laugh:

American Pie and pretty much all the teen comedies from the early 00's would never get a pass these days . Even Mean Girls would probably get "cancelled" for being problematic.

Exorcist.

If I wanted to watch someone sick up everywhere and masturbate with a crucifix, I'd go out in Manchester.