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Independence Day (1996)Box Office Gross: $306,169,268 Adjusted: $549,996,377
Looking back on the mid-1990s its easy to forget how much a phenomenon ID4 (as it was dubbed in press materials) turned out to be. It spawned a wave of Roland Emmerich directed blockbusters like Godzilla, The Day After Tomorrow and 2012. It also confirmed the undeniably charismatic Smith was a big screen star and not just a Television actor. Durning the summer of 1996 this was he movie to see, it outgrossed heavy-hitters with established star in Mission Impossible, Eraser, and Twister. Time and the home video format haven’t been kind to this one. The Special effects hold up reasonably well but the cardboard characters and rudimentary storyline are huge detriments. Undoubtedly this film played much better in the theatrical experience. I saw it four times during that summer 16 years ago and I remember thinking ,”ID4 is so good the next Star Wars movies are going to be awesome!”. If only I knew what horrors and disappointment awaited me.
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James Cameron has recently revealed his plans to re-release Titanic in 3-D. This version won’t hit the silver screen until 2012, commemorating 100 years since the ship sank. The sad thing is this re-release means Titanic will probably be the only real contender for Avatar’s high domestic box office gross. That is if the Avatar director’s cut being released in theaters later this year doesn’t make the film cross the $1 billion domestic mark.