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To: pillut48
became an instant holiday classic

Seeing how it bombed at the box office, I don't think it qualifies as an instant holiday classic.

2 posted on 12/08/2008 10:16:55 PM PST by Darkwolf377 (Atheist Pro-Lifer)
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To: Darkwolf377

? Production budget of $3.25M; opened at #3; second week at #1: US gross at $20M.


5 posted on 12/08/2008 10:24:27 PM PST by stormer
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To: Darkwolf377

And not to mention that Jean Shepherd was one of the funniest writers I’ve ever read.


6 posted on 12/08/2008 10:27:09 PM PST by stormer
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i remember seeing this back in 1983, and i don’t remember it being a bomb at the box office...


11 posted on 12/08/2008 10:49:10 PM PST by latina4dubya ( self-proclaimed tequila snob)
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To: Darkwolf377
Seeing how it bombed at the box office, I don't think it qualifies as an instant holiday classic.

"It's a Wonderful Life" was not a boxoffice hit either.

17 posted on 12/08/2008 10:55:57 PM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Just because I am an Oogedy-Boogedy kind of guy!)
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To: Darkwolf377

bm for later


24 posted on 12/08/2008 11:38:36 PM PST by downwdims (The Borrower is Slave to the Lender)
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