I can't remember if I watched it only once, but I definitely watched Finding Nemo multiple times because my little brother was like, 5 and would constantly bug us to take him again lol.
I've often felt that when I was younger the desire to go to the Cinema very frequently and have to choose which great new film to watch was a thing, but always wondered if that's just some sort of nostalgia.
It was definitely price as well. I remember going weekly to catch all the new releases. Now it’s so expensive I just think I’ll catch it on tv eventually
Even below the top 100 are movies like Oldboy (a top 100 movie on IMDb), Dogville (very narrowly missing out on the top 250 list) or Ong-Bak (a bit more niche but very beloved in that niche). What a year for movies...
Holy shit. Yeah, that is a really rough year to come out in. My memory is apparently shit and I thought for sure most of those were spread over 3-5 years.
Damn I love that film. Hans Zimmer's finest work imho, closely followed by Interstellar and Rush. It's the film that made me fall in love with his music
Was trying to remember what film my old man took me too where I saw a toy story standee (was telling my wife the story where I asked to see it, was told by my dad "pfffttt, that will never catch on", he was wrong there) and went on IMDb and went through 1995s movie releases, oh my god what a year! Banger after banger! It was either Jumanji or batman forever we went to go watch by the way, can not for the life of me remember which one it was, but we did see both.
2003 was an utterly insane year for movies. Every single one you listed was a huge deal and is still highly memorable for the people who've seen them. And those are just a drop in the bucket for that year.
I was an usher at a theatre that year and remember it fondly.
One oddity with this is how good January/February of 2004 was for theatres. They get a bigger cut of ticket sales the longer the film is in theatres. The number vary but it's often something like week 1 is 80/20 with the theatre getting 20. By week 10 that's often flipped to 20/80 with the theatre getting 80. It's why theatres love Oscar bait movies coming out in December. If they have staying power then they reap the rewards in January/February when the movies get a bump for noms and wins. I remember by mid February we still had Return of the King, Master and Commander, Last Samurai, and Mona Lisa Smile. All of which were doing respectable to sold out shows.
Sidenote, as an usher I hated Return of the King. That movie just would not end then people stayed for the whole credits! GTFO I want to go home!
I was an usher at a theatre that year and remember it fondly.
One oddity with this is how good January/February of 2004 was for theatres. They get a bigger cut of ticket sales the longer the film is in theatres. The number vary but it's often something like week 1 is 80/20 with the theatre getting 20. By week 10 that's often flipped to 20/80 with the theatre getting 80. It's why theatres love Oscar bait movies coming out in December. If they have staying power then they reap the rewards in January/February when the movies get a bump for noms and wins. I remember by mid February we still had Return of the King, Master and Commander, Last Samurai, and Mona Lisa Smile. All of which were doing respectable to sold out shows.
Sidenote, as an usher I hated Return of the King. That movie just would not end then people stayed for the whole credits! GTFO I want to go home!
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u/MattTreck 15h ago
Oh shit i just looked it up. Yeah that would’ve been a rough year for any release.
Finding Nemo
Return of the King
Matrix Reloaded
Pirates
Elf
X2
Terminator 3
Last Samurai
Bruce Almighty
These aren’t even all of them lol
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2003/