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"Wyatt Earp": $25 million
"Tombstone": $56.5 million
Neither film did overwhelmingly great at the box office. "Tombstone," starring Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer, edged out the Kevin Costner and Dennis Quaid film from Warner Bros.
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Dante's Peak": $178 million
"Volcano": $122.8 million
Fox got a little excited with its over-the-top posters for "Volcano." The film did nowhere near as well as Pierce Brosnan's volcano epic in the states; however, the Los Angeles centered movie picked up overseas.
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Armageddon": $553.7 million
"Deep Impact": $349.5 million
Bruce Willis saves the world from an asteroid in the first film, while Robert Duvall tries to stop a massive comet from colliding with the planet.
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"Antz": $171.8 million
"A Bug's Life": $363.4 million
Even animated distributors can't avoid releasing similar films. Disney and Pixar's bug film went up against Sylvester Stallone's ant crew and took him down.
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"The Truman Show": $264 million
"EDtv": $35.2 million
Both films revolve around reality shows. The main difference is that Ed (Matthew McConaughey) agrees to have his life filmed while Jim Carrey's character, Truman, doesn't know he's being filmed on "The Truman Show."
"The Truman Show" was nominated for several Academy Awards including best director.
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"Mission to Mars": $111 million
"Red Planet": $33.5 million
Even the marketing for both films looked indistinguishable. However, Val Kilmer's film tanked compared to the Mars film with Gary Sinise and Tim Robbins.
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"Phone Booth": $97.8 million
"Liberty Stands Still": $595,000*
Colin Farrell locked himself in a phone booth for the duration of the first film while being held at gunpoint. In the latter, Linda Florentino locks herself to a hot dog vendor's cart filled with explosives for the movie. Both must stay on phones or they'll die.
*The film was released in the US on DVD.
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"Finding Nemo": $921.7 million
"Shark Tale": $367.3 million
"Nemo" made more than double the DreamWorks Animation picture and will receive a sequel this June.
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"Chasing Liberty": $12.3 million
"First Daughter": $10.6 million
Neither film starring Mandy Moore or Katie Holmes did well at theaters.
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"The Cave": $33.3 million
"The Descent": $57 million
Both horror films follow caving expeditions that go horribly wrong. They each debuted in August of 2005 and 2006.
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"The Wild": $102.3 million
"Madagascar": $532.7 million
The addition of the lovable, misguided penguins helped "Madagascar" soar at theaters. You may not even recall Disney's film which debuted nearly a year later.
The "Madagascar" franchise has grossed over $2.2 billion worldwide and spawned a spin-off TV series.
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"Capote": $49.2 million
"Infamous": $2.6 million (only released in 179 theaters)
Both films explore Truman Capote's life while researching the book "In Cold Blood" and his ensuing relationship with Perry Smith.
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"The Prestige": $109.7 million
"The Illusionist": $87.9 million
Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman's film about the competition between two magicians narrowly edged out Edward Norton's about using magic solely for love at theaters.
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"World Trade Center": $163 million
"United 93": $76.3 million
"Flight 93" was a similar TV film to "United 93" that also aired the same year.
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"The Black Dahlia": $49.3 million
"Hollywoodland": $16.8 million
Josh Hartnett's film about the murder of Elizabeth Short did better in theaters than Ben Affleck's on the death of "Superman" actor George Reeves.
for love at theaters.
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"Happy Feet": $384.3 million
"Surf's Up": $149 million
"Happy Feet" did well enough in theaters to warrant a sequel in 2011.
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"Paul Blart: Mall Cop": $183.3 million
"Observe and Report": $27 million
Kevin James's take on a security cop fared much better than Seth Rogen's try at theaters. A sequel to the film was released in 2015 which didn't perform as well at theaters.
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"2012": $769.7 million
"Knowing": $183.6 million
In "2012", we see the Earth crumble before our eyes alongside Jackson Curtis (John Cusack). "Knowing" sees John Koestler (Nicolas Cage) trying to prevent the end of the world from happening.
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"The Fighter": $129.2 million
"Warrior": $23 million
Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg starred in David O. Russell's film about boxer Micky Ward in December 2010. Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton played brothers less than a year later who sign up for a mixed martial arts tournament.
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"Friends with Benefits": $149.5 million
"No Strings Attached": $147.8 million
"No Strings Attached" was originally going to be called "Friends With Benefits" after its original working title "F--- Buddies" wasn't ever going to get cleared by the Motion Picture Association of America. However, Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis' film already had that title.
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"Snow White and the Huntsman": $396.6 million
"Mirror, Mirror": $166.2 million
"Snow White and the Huntsman" had the star power of Kristen Stewart coming off of the "Twilight" films, giving her film the advantage with the younger demographic. "Mirror, Mirror" depended too heavily on marketing the familiar face of Julia Roberts and not its younger stars Lily Collins and Armie Hammer.
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"Captain Phillips": $218 million
"A Hijacking": $60,180
Foreign language film "A Hijacking" showed a Danish cargo ship being hijacked. "Captain Phillips," starring Tom Hanks, follows an American ship overrun by Somali pirates.
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"Olympus Has Fallen": $161 million
"White House Down": $205 million
The big difference here is that Film District only paid an estimated $70 million for Gerard Butler's thriller, while Sony and Columbia Pictures launched the Tatum flick at an estimated cost of $150 million. Butler's film ended up being more cost effective in the end, warranting a sequel.
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"Jobs": $35.9 million
"Steve Jobs": $34 million
Ashton Kutcher's take on Steve Jobs was critically panned in 2013. Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet both earned Academy Award nominations for their roles in Danny Boyle's 2015 film. Neither film was a big box-office smash.
Not only are the posters for both superhero films similar — the "Civil War" poster looks like a giant zoom in of the "Batman v Superman" one — but the marketing campaigns for both superhero showdowns feel remarkedly the same.
Warner Bros.' has been using the hashtag #WhoWillWin to get fans to root for Batman or Superman while Marvel has been asking fans to align with #TeamCap or #TeamIronMan ahead of the film's May 6 release.
Both films will have huge casts. Disney's "The Jungle Book" — out in April 2016 — will star Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, and Christopher Walken. Warner Bros.' live-action adaptation, "Jungle Book: Origins," will star the voice talents of Christian Bale, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cate Blanchett, and motion capture king Andy Serkis.
This will kick off the start of several back-to-back live-action fairytale showdowns between the two studios. Both also plan to release "Beauty and the Beast" films.
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