Box Office Flashback: 1995

[claws]

DOMESTIC GROSSES #1–20

01. $191,796,233 - Toy Story
02. $184,031,112 - Batman Forever
03. $172,071,312 - Apollo 13
04. $141,579,773 - Pocahontas
05. $108,385,533 - Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
06. $106,429,941 - GoldenEye
07. $100,475,249 - Jumanji
08. $100,125,643 - Seven
09. $100,328,194 - Casper
10. $100,125,643 - Die Hard: With A Vengeance

11. $091,387,195 - Crimson Tide
12. $088,246,220 - Waterworld
13. $084,919,401 - Dangerous Minds
14. $082,569,971 - Mr. Holland's Opus
15. $081,057,016 - While You Were Sleeping
16. $081,022,101 - Congo
17. $076,594,107 - Father of the Bride Part II
18. $075,609,945 - Braveheart
19. $072,101,622 - Get Shorty
20. $071,518,503 - Grumpier Old Men

Kinda meh about 1995. Quite a few I have never seen, lots of faves that didn't make the top 20.

[Flick James]

I kinda like this one. Interesting in that it contains both Toy Story and Pocahontas, the first of the Pixar lot as well as the beginning of the end for the tradtional Disney animation features.

Others of note for me personally:

Jumanji: I still like this one
Seven: I know there are mixed feelings on this one, but I liked it
Crimson Tide: but I'm ex-Navy so I'm biased
Waterworld and Congo: come on, bad movie fans, two "so-bad-it's-good" movies in the top 20 gross? That's awesome.

[Doggett]

Dangerous Minds was one of my favourite films, I ended up bying the book and loving it.

I actually like most of those films.
I even have a little nostalga for Ave Ventura 2 becuase it was promted on Live and Kicking (I know none of you know what that is).

For me, Congo is the only real dud anoungst the films. Well, maybe Grumpier Old Men too.

[Psycho Circus]

I thought Waterworld was great.

[The Burgomaster]

Hmm . . . CASPER.  One of those movies that was probably pretty popular at the time but has become irrelevant over the years.  I admit I had a VHS copy.  But has anyone watched this movie or even thought about it in, say, the past 10 years?  I think not!

[InformationGeek]

Hmm . . . CASPER.  One of those movies that was probably pretty popular at the time but has become irrelevant over the years.  I admit I had a VHS copy.  But has anyone watched this movie or even thought about it in, say, the past 10 years?  I think not!

Me, but that's only because the Nostalgia Critic reviewed it 2 years back. Other than that...

Seems like a pretty good list and can't aruge with any of the top 10.  Like that Jumanji is pretty high up there.

[Mr. DS]

I actually graduated high school the summer of that year.  Went to college right after in the fall.  It was a fun year where I began to find an identity.

Toy Story - I believe I saw opening day, still love it.
Jumanji - I saw in a second run theater, great and underrated film.
Batman Forever - Heh, I actually recall seeing this one way after the fact.  I kind of put it off and rightfully so.
Goldeneye  - I saw that film with my father in theater.  I owe all my Bond interest to him. 

[Rev. Powell]

Notable 1995 movies not in the top 20:

12 MONKEYS
THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN (probably my favorite movie of the year)
DEAD MAN
SHOWGIRLS (!)

Nice to see GET SHORTY did well, though.

[Leah]

I have: Toy Story, Pocahontas,Golden Eye, Jumanji, and Casper. and seeing I was probably 0-1 something year old.....

[Jack]

Congo was the 16th highest grossing film that year?  Good grief, I always assumed that was some direct-to-video Sci-Fi Channel thing.

[Leah]

Congo was the 16th highest grossing film that year?  Good grief, I always assumed that was some direct-to-video Sci-Fi Channel thing.

Bruce Cambell's cameo made it happen.

[claws]

Congo was the 16th highest grossing film that year?  Good grief, I always assumed that was some direct-to-video Sci-Fi Channel thing.

Bruce Cambell's cameo made it happen.

That was the only thing I enjoyed about Congo. The rest didn't do much for me.

[JaseSF]

DOMESTIC GROSSES #1–20

01. $191,796,233 - Toy Story (Terrific!)
02. $184,031,112 - Batman Forever (Honestly I kind of like it)
03. $172,071,312 - Apollo 13 (Yep, liked this one too although it drags a bit)
04. $141,579,773 - Pocahontas (Haven't seen)
05. $108,385,533 - Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (Dumb but also funny)
06. $106,429,941 - GoldenEye (Dumb but I did kind of like it)
07. $100,475,249 - Jumanji (Half decent escapist fantasy fun)
08. $100,125,643 - Seven (arguably a modern classic)
09. $100,328,194 - Casper (Haven't seen)
10. $100,125,643 - Die Hard: With A Vengeance (Haven't seen)

11. $091,387,195 - Crimson Tide (Haven't seen)
12. $088,246,220 - Waterworld (Couldn't finish)
13. $084,919,401 - Dangerous Minds (Pretty good)
14. $082,569,971 - Mr. Holland's Opus (Pretty good too)
15. $081,057,016 - While You Were Sleeping (Not half bad)
16. $081,022,101 - Congo (Terrible IMO)
17. $076,594,107 - Father of the Bride Part II (Has its funny moments)
18. $075,609,945 - Braveheart (haven't seen believe it or not)
19. $072,101,622 - Get Shorty (Haven't seen)
20. $071,518,503 - Grumpier Old Men (I liked it)

[HappyGilmore]

Hmm . . . CASPER.  One of those movies that was probably pretty popular at the time but has become irrelevant over the years.  I admit I had a VHS copy.  But has anyone watched this movie or even thought about it in, say, the past 10 years?  I think not!

I watched it not so long ago.  ABC Family sometimes shows it on the weekend.  Happened to catch it on a rare Sunday where I had no work.

[akiratubo]

01. $191,796,233 - Toy Story
Pretty good.

02. $184,031,112 - Batman Forever
s**t

03. $172,071,312 - Apollo 13
Had this been done documentary style, instead of suspense-style, it would have gone down much more easily.  Look, I already know they made it - it's historical fact.  So why in hell are you trying to hold me in suspense?

04. $141,579,773 - Pocahontas
s**t

05. $108,385,533 - Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Never saw.

06. $106,429,941 - GoldenEye
My favorite Bond movie, and my favorite Bond.

07. $100,475,249 - Jumanji
Never saw.

08. $100,125,643 - Seven
No wonder the killer gets away with it, the cops can't even find him when he's standing in the middle of the police station drenched in blood!

09. $100,328,194 - Casper
Never saw.

10. $100,125,643 - Die Hard: With A Vengeance
Should have been called "Die Hardest", damn it!  Nowhere near as good as the first two.

11. $091,387,195 - Crimson Tide
Never saw.

12. $088,246,220 - Waterworld
AWESOME post-apoc flick!

13. $084,919,401 - Dangerous Minds
Generic troubled youth movie.

14. $082,569,971 - Mr. Holland's Opus
Never saw.

15. $081,057,016 - While You Were Sleeping
???

16. $081,022,101 - Congo
This movie had a serious case of the "who cares".  As in, "Who cares if nothing makes sense?  It's just an action movie about killer apes."  Well, I care, you jerks.

17. $076,594,107 - Father of the Bride Part II
???

18. $075,609,945 - Braveheart
Never saw.

19. $072,101,622 - Get Shorty
Dennis Farina was good.

20. $071,518,503 - Grumpier Old Men
Never saw.