Posted on 04/22/2019 1:40:32 PM PDT by EdnaMode
“Captain Marvel” has made more than $1 billion worldwide, and one man can lay claim to contributing more to that box-office haul than anyone else in the world: Steve Ruppel of Wisconsin. After setting a Guinness World Record by seeing Brie Larson’s superhero drama 104 times at the Marcus Cedar Creek Cinema in Rothschild 104 times, the apparent super fan went back 12 more times for good measure.
“I thought it was the most insane thing ever, I thought it was impossible,” Ruppel told local news station WSAW of his feat. “I wasn’t even sure why it was even a record, but I thought after a while ‘I should probably do that.'”
If you’re wondering whether he has a job, the answer is yes. If you’re wondering whether spending 242 hours in a movie theater over the last month or so made that job difficult, the answer is also yes. “The amount of time that it takes, I’ve had to take time off work, I would take long lunch breaks to accommodate watching an entire movie in that particular time frame,” said Ruppel. “And then just time on the weekends where I’m not doing other things.” He once saw the film seven times in a single day, preventing boredom by zeroing in on specific details while rewatching it.
Guinness didn’t just take his word for it, of course. “To be official, I have to have certain pictures taken, like in front of a movie poster, and I need to have two written witness statements saying that I was actually there,” he said. “So I’m trying to think, if anyone wanted to break this, I really don’t want to re-break it. Cause this has been pretty tough. It’s been a finite amount of time, but I don’t think I’m going to try this one again.”
“Captain Marvel” is no longer playing at Ruppel’s preferred movie theater, meaning his record is likely to stand at 116 viewings. The highly anticipated “Avengers: Endgame” arrives in theaters next week, however, meaning he could feasibly best himself — though, at three hours long, that film will be even more difficult to see multiple times.
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Record? Horse puckey! There are people who have seen The Rocky Horror Picture Show thousands THOUSANDS of times.
Yeah, I’m familiar that Billy Batson is Captain Marvel, but was given to DC as part of a settlement, but DC forgot about the trademark and Marvel jumped on it.
I thought something was wrong at the beginning as well. I wasn’t expecting people to be eaten in a movie that was supposed to be a light hearted movie.
Star Wars IV hundreds od times as well.
Hes beyond hope. Some guys just like living that way.
...AND NEVER GOT LAID.
Belive it or not!!!
The Big Red She’s
Turnabout is fair play. Decades earlier DC had sued Fawcett considering Captain Marvel to be a Superman ripoff because ‘super powers’.
My brothers and I watched all 5 of the Planet of the Apes in one sitting. It took about the same amount of time as this man’s feat, leaving about the same effect on our brains.
I had to look her up as I have not seen Supergirl. Based strictly on photos and in no way on her personality, she’s cute.
This dork must be proud! “Wow! I don’t have a Job and somehow spent $600-$700 on a movie with no topless action!” Living in moms basement and I love bet this moron thinks OAC is Wonder Woman!
That is one useful idiot.
JoMa
Sounds like stalker potential.
Good point!
Well, this fellow’s now had his 15 seconds of fame.
Big deal! I bet my husband has watched the Godfather 1&2, at LEAST that many times!
No.
These copy and paste shallow news stories never give details or background about the people who like to engage in these types of stupid human tricks, and as a result readers can jump to a lot crazy and funny conclusions. So for those like myself wanting to know more about Dr. Steve Ruppel here you go:
Ruppel Rehabilitation Center:
https://bit.ly/2IyW6gh
Dr. Ruppel’s Other Attempts At Guinness World Records (with video):
https://bit.ly/2IAwkbx
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