About the Rifftrax movie choices, and related stuff.

[RVR II]

WOW NICE List BxT!!!
But.. no DUNE

It couldn't've been too much further down the 1984 list 

[Pak-Man]

I just want to re-ask a question that's been asked several times before but I don't think has been addressed.

At this point in the game, is the Suggest-A-Trax forum worth having?

I would say it is, for the few times it brings something to the surface that hadn't been considered.

Of course the Suggest-A-Trax forum is also the List-Every-Movie-Ever-Made forum. Seriously. Try to find a movie that hasn't been brought up in that forum. It's HARD. And if you can't find it, it's probably rediculous. :^)

All feedback is good. It doesn't mean they have to do what we say, but they need the feedback. Even the feedback we're giving here.

And who knows. Maybe Rifftrax 3 will allow for more of our suggestions to become reality. :^)

[Conor]

Can you ever give us a top ten list of the best selling RT? Don't need actual sales figures or anything like that but it would satisfy a lot of curiosity for a lot of people.  Speaking from a retail point of view (18 years of experience) when your average customer sees a "popular" or "best-seller" list they are more prone to buy. They usually operate on the "if this is selling so well, it must be good" mentality.

I asked about this, i'll see what I can track down.

[BEERxTaco]

1984 IN DETAIL:

Release Date Movie Distributor Budget Total US Gross Worldwide Gross

January, 1984
January, 13   Hot Dog... The Movie  MGM/UA - $17,540,166 -
January, 13   Angel  New World - $17,488,564 -
January, 20   Scandalous  Orion - $526,805 -
January, 20   The Buddy System  20th Century Fox - $1,820,049 -
January, 25   Entre Nous  MGM/UA Classics - - -
January, 27   Broadway Danny Rose  Orion - $10,600,497 -
January, 27   The Lonely Guy  Universal - $4,800,000 -
January, 27   Slayground  Universal - $108,128 -

February, 1984
February, 1   Strangers Kiss  Orion Classics - - -
February, 1   Scrubbers  Orion Classics - - -
February, 3   Weekend Pass  Crown - $21,058,033 -
February, 3   Reckless  MGM/UA - $6,731,602 -
February, 10   Unfaithfully Yours  20th Century Fox - $19,928,200 -
February, 17   Crackers  Universal - $58,689 -
February, 17   Lassiter  Warner Bros. - $17,513,452 -
February, 17   Blame it on Rio  20th Century Fox - $18,600,000 -
February, 17   Footloose  Paramount Pictures $8,200,000 $80,000,000 -

March, 1984
March, 2   Sahara  MGM/UA - $1,025,015 -
March, 2   Against All Odds  Sony - $25,100,000 -
March, 2   This is Spinal Tap  Avco Embassy - $4,671,000 -
March, 2   Harry & Son  Orion - $4,900,000 -
March, 2   Repo Man  Universal $1,500,000 $2,300,000 -
March, 2   Over the Brooklyn Bridge  MGM/UA - $592,448 -
March, 9   Splash  Buena Vista $8,000,000 $62,599,495 -
March, 9   Children of the Corn  New World - $14,600,000 -
March, 9   The Hotel New Hampshire  Orion - $5,142,858 -
March, 9   Mike's Murder  Warner Bros. - $1,100,000 -
March, 16   Tank  Universal - $11,131,530 -
March, 16   The Ice Pirates  MGM/UA $9,000,000 $13,075,390 -
March, 23   Police Academy  Warner Bros. $4,500,000 $81,198,894 -
March, 23   Le bal  ALMI - - -
March, 23   Racing with the Moon  Paramount Pictures - $5,400,000 -
March, 30   Romancing the Stone  20th Century Fox - $75,078,260 $115,078,260
March, 30   Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes  Warner Bros. - $45,900,000 -
March, 30   Misunderstood  MGM/UA - $1,500,000 -
March, 30   Purple Hearts  Warner Bros. - $952,478 -

April, 1984
April, 6   Hard To Hold  Universal - $8,853,155 -
April, 6   Moscow on the Hudson  Columbia - $25,100,000 -
April, 6   The Stone Boy  TLC Films - - -
April, 6   Where the Boys Are '84  TriStar Pictures - $10,530,000 -
April, 6   Up the Creek  Orion - $11,708,269 -
April, 13   Iceman  Universal - $7,343,032 -
April, 13   Privates on Parade  Orion Classics - - -
April, 13   Sugar Cane Alley  Orion Classics - - -
April, 13   Phar Lap  20th Century Fox - - -
April, 13   Kidco  20th Century Fox - - -
April, 13   Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter  Paramount Pictures $2,600,000 $32,980,880 -
April, 13   Swing Shift  Warner Bros. - $6,700,000 -
April, 20   Champions  Avco Embassy - $200,000 -
April, 20   Kipperbang  MGM/UA Classics - - -
April, 27   Love Letters  New World $550,000 $5,269,990 -
April, 27   Young Lust  Paramount Pictures - - -

May, 1984
May, 4   Hardbodies  Columbia - $7,121,000 -
May, 4   The Bounty  Orion - $8,613,462 -
May, 4   Sixteen Candles  MCA/Universal - $23,686,027 -
May, 4   Alphabet City  Atlantic - $7,000,000 -
May, 4   Breakin'  MGM/UA - $36,100,000 -
May, 11   Firestarter  Universal - $15,136,870 -
May, 11   The Natural  TriStar Pictures - $47,951,979 -
May, 11   Gabriela (1984)  MGM/UA Classics - - -
May, 18   Finders Keepers  Warner Bros. - $1,500,000 -
May, 18   Making the Grade  MGM/UA - $4,561,000 -
May, 23   Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom  Paramount Pictures $28,000,000 $179,880,271 $333,080,271

June, 1984
June, 1   Streets of Fire  RKO - $5,600,000 -
June, 1   Once Upon a Time in America  Warner Bros. - $5,321,508 -
June, 1   Star Trek III: The Search for Spock  Paramount Pictures $18,000,000 $76,471,046 $87,000,000
June, 8   Beat Street  Orion - $16,595,791 -
June, 8   Ghost Busters  Columbia $30,000,000 $238,632,124 $291,632,124
June, 8   Gremlins  Warner Bros. $11,000,000 $148,168,459 -
June, 13   Under the Volcano  Universal - $2,428,653 -
June, 15   Careful, He Might Hear You  TLC Films - - -
June, 16   Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets  IMAX - $52,800,000 $239,000,000
June, 22   Rhinestone  20th Century Fox - $21,400,000 -
June, 22   The Pope of Greenwich Village  MGM/UA - $6,139,896 -
June, 22   Top Secret!  Paramount Pictures - $21,100,000 -
June, 22   The Karate Kid  Columbia - $90,815,558 -
June, 29   Another Country  Orion Classics - - -
June, 29   Bachelor Party  20th Century Fox - $38,435,947 -
June, 29   Cannonball Run II  Warner Bros. - $28,100,000 -
June, 29   Conan the Destroyer  Universal $18,000,000 $26,400,000 -

July, 1984
July, 9   The Gods Must Be Crazy  20th Century Fox - $30,031,783 $34,331,783
July, 13   The Muppets Take Manhattan  TriStar Pictures - $25,534,703 -
July, 13   The Last Starfighter  Universal - $22,200,789 -
July, 20   Electric Dreams  MGM/UA - $1,932,663 $2,467,664
July, 20   Die Unendliche Geschichte  Warner Bros. $27,000,000 $21,300,000 -
July, 20   One Deadly Summer  Universal - - -
July, 20   The Bostonians  ALMI - $312,566 -
July, 20   Best Defense  Paramount Pictures - $19,265,302 -
July, 20   Revenge of the Nerds  20th Century Fox - $40,874,452 -
July, 27   Purple Rain  Warner Bros. - $68,392,977 -
July, 27   Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers  Orion - $3,772,785 -
July, 27   Meatballs II  TriStar Pictures - $5,410,972 -

August, 1984
August, 3   The Philadelphia Experiment  New World - $8,103,330 -
August, 3   Joy of Sex  Warner Bros. - $4,463,000 -
August, 3   Grandview, U.S.A.  Warner Bros. - $4,743,119 -
August, 10   Cloak & Dagger  Universal - $9,719,952 -
August, 10   Red Dawn  MGM/UA - $38,900,000 -
August, 10   The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension  20th Century Fox - $6,300,000
August, 15   The Woman in Red  Orion - $25,308,147 -
August, 17   Tightrope  Warner Bros. - $48,100,000 -
August, 17   Dreamscape  20th Century Fox - $12,116,365 -
August, 17   Sheena  Columbia $25,000,000 $5,778,353 -
August, 17   Old Enough  Orion Classics - - -
August, 24   Oxford Blues  MGM/UA - $8,793,000 -
August, 24   Cal  Warner Bros. - - -
August, 29   Choose Me  Island/Alive - $2,490,233 -
August, 31   Bolero  Cannon - $9,000,000 -
August, 31   C.H.U.D.  New World $1,250,000 $4,700,000 -
August, 31   Flashpoint  TriStar Pictures - $3,854,833 -

September, 1984
September, 7   The Brother from Another Planet  Cinecom - $3,700,000 -
September, 7   The Warrior and the Sorceress  New World - $2,886,225 -
September, 14   A Soldier's Story  Columbia - $22,100,000 -
September, 14   Exterminator 2  Cannon - $3,739,406 -
September, 14   Ninja III: The Domination  Cannon - $7,610,785 -
September, 14   Un amour de Swann  Orion Classics - $223,327 -
September, 19   Amadeus  Warner Bros. $18,000,000 $51,973,029 -
September, 21   The Evil That Men Do  TriStar Pictures - $13,102,025 -
September, 21   Places in the Heart  TriStar Pictures - $34,900,814 -
September, 21   Until September  MGM/UA - $4,097,094 -
September, 21   Windy City  Warner Bros. - $343,890 -
September, 21   All of Me  Universal - $35,243,581 -
September, 21   The River Rat  Paramount Pictures - $790,254 -
September, 28   The Bear  Avco Embassy - $2,687,148 -
September, 28   Impulse  20th Century Fox - $2,766,716 -
September, 28   Irreconcilable Differences  Warner Bros. - $12,400,000 -
September, 28   Body Rock  New World - $1,639,127 -
September, 28   The Wild Life  Universal - $9,500,000 -
September, 28   Heartbreakers  Orion - $104,125 -
September, 29   Country  Buena Vista - $8,400,000 -

October, 1984
October, 5   Teachers  MGM/UA - $27,700,000 -
October, 5   Stranger Than Paradise  Goldwyn - - -
October, 5   The Perils of Gwendoline  Goldwyn - - -
October, 5   Eureka (1984)  MGM/UA Classics - - -
October, 12   Songwriter  TriStar Pictures - $865,915 -
October, 12   Garbo Talks  MGM/UA - $1,427,108 -
October, 12   Comfort and Joy  Universal - - -
October, 19   Crimes of Passion  New World - $2,912,945 -
October, 19   Stop Making Sense  Cinecom - $5,020,659 -
October, 19   Thief of Hearts  Paramount Pictures - $10,400,000 -
October, 19   The Razor's Edge  Columbia - $6,600,000 -
October, 19   The Little Drummer Girl  Warner Bros. - $7,828,841 -
October, 26   The Terminator  Orion $6,400,000 $38,019,031 $78,019,031
October, 26   Firstborn  Paramount Pictures - $6,200,000 -
October, 26   Body Double  Columbia $10,000,000 $8,801,940 -
October, 26   Terror in the Aisles  Universal - $8,316,206 -
October, 26   Give My Regards to Broad Street  20th Century Fox - $1,387,440 -
October, 26   American Dreamer  Warner Bros. - $5,021,751 -

November, 1984
November, 2   The Killing Fields  Warner Bros. - $34,609,720 -
November, 2   Lovelines  TriStar Pictures - $225,570 -
November, 2   Blame it on the Night  TriStar Pictures - $201,096 -
November, 9   Silent Night, Deadly Night  TriStar Pictures - $2,491,460 -
November, 9   A Nightmare on Elm Street  New Line $1,800,000 $25,504,513 -
November, 9   No Small Affair  Columbia - $4,994,094 -
November, 9   Oh God, You Devil!  Warner Bros. - $21,538,000 -
November, 9   Paris, Texas  TLC Films - $2,164,507 -
November, 16   Razorback  Warner Bros. - $138,643 -
November, 16   Gimme an F  20th Century Fox - - -
November, 16   Un dimanche à la campagne  MGM/UA Classics - $2,153,717 -
November, 16   Missing in Action  Cannon - $22,812,411 -
November, 16   Night of the Comet  Atlantic - $14,600,000 -
November, 16   Just the Way You Are  MGM/UA - $7,517,699 -
November, 21   Falling in Love  Paramount Pictures - $10,600,000 -
November, 21   Supergirl  TriStar Pictures - $14,296,438 -

December, 1984
December, 5   Beverly Hills Cop  Paramount Pictures $15,000,000 $234,760,478 $316,300,000
December, 7   2010  MGM/UA - $41,000,000 -
December, 7   City Heat  Warner Bros. - $38,348,988 -
December, 14   The Cotton Club  Orion $48,000,000 $25,928,721 -
December, 14   Nineteen Eighty-Four  Atlantic - $8,368,371 -
December, 14   Runaway  TriStar Pictures - $6,800,000 -
December, 14   Starman  Columbia - $28,700,000 -
December, 14   A Passage to India  Columbia - $27,187,653 -
December, 14   Mass Appeal  Universal - $1,900,000 -
December, 14   Dune  Universal $45,000,000 $27,447,471 -
December, 17   The River  Universal - $8,818,672 -
December, 19   Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo  TriStar Pictures - $15,000,000 -
December, 21   Johnny Dangerously  20th Century Fox - $17,124,395 -
December, 21   Birdy  TriStar Pictures - $1,400,000 -
December, 21   Micki + Maude  Columbia - $26,200,000 -
December, 21   Protocol  Warner Bros. - $26,300,000 -
December, 21   The Flamingo Kid  20th Century Fox - $23,859,382 -
December, 26   Mrs. Soffel  MGM/UA - $4,012,827 -


Total Movies Released: 181
Total Combined Gross: $3,298,799,980

[Conor]

Love the Shorts (Heck, love the 'trax new and old) but there's a wonderful zone between public domain and hot off the shelf that I also have a craving for. :^)

Of course that's just my little personal realm of desire. I'm also not under the delusional opinion that "Well if I think it's a good idea, everyone must think it's a good idea, and since I buy Rifftrax and frequent the forums, I have every right to try to pigeonhole the crew of Rifftrax into making financially horrible decisions. How dare they try to do things to keep the company running!"

Essentially this entire discussion boils down to one point:  We're trying to do what will make the most people happy.

I'm also hearing, here, that the new releases are meeting the demands of the current Rifftrax structure, but that there will be changes to the structure in the future. I don't think they've said never yet, and I don't think they ever will.. At least until we drive them to bankruptcy. :^)

We have some neat stuff lined up.  Looking at what the immediate future holds release wise, I think people from all walks will have something to be satisfied with in the next few months.

[RVR II]

Nice In-depth Investigating again there BxT!

[Conor]

All feedback is good.

Unfortunately, this has proven to be quite false.

[MontyServo]

Well then, let me finish up with a clip, dedicated to Mr. Bill Corbett.

Riff Billy Jack!!!!

That is all.

[esoobaC .T bocaJ]

All feedback is good.

Unfortunately, this has proven to be quite false.

what?

since when?

[BEERxTaco]

I remember as a kid, MAD magazine did a parody of Billy Jack, and when he took his boots off his stinky feet knocked them all down, lol...

[Conor]

For MrTorso, and others who asked.  Here's a list of some of the best and worse performing titles, straight from the guy who signs my checks (hint: not Erik)

Some of the most popular titles, in no particular order:

Jurassic Park
300
Transformers
Star Wars anything
Harry Potter

Some of the least popular, in no particular order:

Greys Anatomy
Glitter
Crossroads
Over the Top
Missile to the Moon
Island of Dr Moreau

Take from that what you will. 

[Conor]

All feedback is good.

Unfortunately, this has proven to be quite false.

what?

since when?

roughly 24 hours ago

[BEERxTaco]

I can't argue with any of those lol...

[esoobaC .T bocaJ]

Since you're a SELLOUT!

what did I do?

other than ask for a rifftrax to the best motion picture of '06

[ImOscardotcom]

Sooo...why the Hanna-Barbara 'hiiting the ground' sound effect at the end?