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Post by Noel on May 3, 2006 15:20:06 GMT -5
This is a thread for random werewolf movie trivia!
Basically I just went on quest to find the most financially successful movie ever made to feature a werewolf. After a bit of searching, the answer was pretty obvious - "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" ($789,458,727 worldwide, 16th highest grossing movie ever).
That is, unless you count the talking wolf man from "Shrek 2" ($880,871,036 worldwide, 8th highest grossing).
It seems hard to find a successful one that isn't already part of a franchise, though. Werewolves generally don't make for big box-office.
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Post by Werewolf on May 3, 2006 17:53:18 GMT -5
Bound to be Harry Potter, i mean it was a movie featuring a werewolf that you could take the kids to see! Plus loads of adults are also potter fans.
I'd never considered the wolf in Shrek as a werewolf, i'm not sure why. Even thinking about it now i still don't.
I wonder what would happen if you did a search on the highest grossing DVD sale from a werewolf movie? Would it still be Potter or might AAWIL beat it?
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Post by Noel on May 4, 2006 6:35:59 GMT -5
I think it would still be Prisoner of Azkaban, by quite a way. Can't keep up with ol' Harry I'm afraid!
More random trivia -- the highest-budget movie to feature a werewolf? I'm pretty sure it's "Van Helsing", with a ridiculous budget of $160,000,000.
Incidentally, I always thought Van Helsing was a flop, but it turns out it actually made over $300 million worldwide. 60% of that was from non-US countries, though, since Universal cleverly opened it in 41 countries simultaneously.
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Post by Werewolf on May 4, 2006 11:29:33 GMT -5
Your probably right. Harry does seem to monopolise doesn't he. I just wondered because i thought AAWIL had been released twice on DVD. Once normally and once for the 25th Anniversary, i thought that might help tip the scales but people do just love that wizard! Or perhaps like me they prefer Lupin!
I know critics really slated Van Hesling but judging by those figures no one took any notice of them! In fact i'm surprised there hasn't been a sequel before now.....
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Post by weredog on Oct 3, 2006 10:25:40 GMT -5
So what is the highest grossing movie that is actually about a werewolf(s).
Non of the movies mentioned so far was actually about the werewolf.
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