These massively successful films have given us all a case of pop culture amnesia...
For as long as this writer can remember, a box office success usually translated to cultural relevance with some staying power, whether it be in the form of iconic imagery, quotable scenes or even parodies on the big and small screen.However, a film can trend closer to a fad in some occasions, having hit the jackpot before descending just as quickly into cinematic obscurity. As such, I've assembled 21 box office hits that have somehow slipped through the cracks of our collective memory.
Opening up at #1 at the box office and temporarily establishing the box office viability of motion capture animated films, Robert Zemeckis' star-studded adaptation of the epic poemThis action-thriller was meant to hand over the Bourne franchise to Jeremy Renner, who was simultaneously being courted as a major player in thelms and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but its financial success was considered modest in comparison to its predecessors, leading Universal to hand the franchise right...
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