Highest Grossing Movies Unreleased by Studio

[Bk_Tan]

Going to update/make a new thread for the New Year. The previous one is 4 years old now I think. I'm getting old. AND YET, a lot of the previous list still has been left unreleased. So without further ado:

Films Grossing More Than $100m
Warner Bros.
1. Rush Hour 2 (2001)

Buena Vista
1. Aladdin (1992)
2. Three Men and a Baby (1987)
3. 101 Dalmatians (1961) 10/Feb/2015
4. 101 Dalmatians (1996)
5. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
6. the Village (2004)
7. the Pacifier (2005)
8. Freaky Friday (2003)
9. George of the Jungle (1997)

Paramount
1. What Women Want (1992) Warner Bros.
2. Shark Tale (2004) Dreamworks/Fox
3. the Longest Yard (2005) Warner Bros.
4. What Lies Beneath (2000) Warner Bros.
5. Over the Hedge (2006) Dreamworks/Fox
6. Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
7. Double Jeopardy (1999) Warner Bros.
8. Chicken Run (2000) Dreamworks/Fox
9. the First Wives Club (1996) Warner Bros.
10. the General's Daughter (1999) Warner Bros.
11. the Prince of Egypt (1998) Dreamworks/Fox
12. Vanilla Sky (2001) Warner Bros. 26/May/2015
13. the Rugrats Movie (1998)

20th Century Fox
1. True Lies (1994)
2. Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
3. Borat (2006)
4. Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
5. 9 to 5 (1980)

Sony
1. Look Who's Talking (1989)
2. Bad Boys II (2003)
3. My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) 3/Feb/2015
4. Something's Gotta Give (2003)
5. Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
6. Daddy Day Care (2003)
7. Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)

Universal
1. Patch Adams (1998)
2. the Nutty Professor II: the Klumps (2000)
3. On Golden Pond (1981) 20/Jan/2015
4. Twins (1988)

Lionsgate
1. Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

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Films Grossing More Than $60m
Warner Bros.
1. Michael (1996)
2. Starsky and Hutch (2004)
3. Pokemon: the First Movie (1999)
4. Monster-in-Law (2005)
5. Police Academy (1984)
6. the Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
7. Hooper (1978) 7/Apr/2015
8. Free Willy (1993)
9. Private Benjamin (1980)
10. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
11. Kangaroo Jack (2003)
12. About Schmidt (2002) 3/Feb/2015
13. the Cell (2000)

Buena Vista
1. Inspector Gadget (1999)
2. Flubber (1997)
3. Dangerous Minds (1995)
4. Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
5. Snow Dogs (2002)
6. While You Were Sleeping (1995)
7. Six Days, Seven Nights (1998)
8. Ruthless People (1986)
9. Three Men and a Little Lady (1990)
10. Turner & Hooch (1989)
11. Splash (1984)
12. Disney's the Kid (2000)
13. Cool Runnings (1993)
14. Holes (2003)
15. 102 Dalmatians (2000)
16. the Parent Trap (1998)
17. Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)
18. Stakeout (1987)
19. Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)
20. What About Bob? (1991)
21. Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
22. the Shaggy Dog (2006)
23. Mission to Mars (2000)

Paramount
1. the Haunting (1999) Warner Bros.
2. Save the Last Dance (2001) Warner Bros.
3. Antz (1998) Dreamworks/Fox
4. the Naked Gun 2 1/2: the Smell of Fear (1991)
5. Heaven Can Wait (1978) Warner Bros.
6. Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)
7. Another 48 Hrs. (1990) Warner Bros.
8. the Golden Child (1986) Warner Bros.
9. the Rugrats in Paris: the Movie (2000)
10. the Ring Two (2005) Warner Bros.
11. Along Came a Spider (2001) Warner Bros.
12. Jackass Number Two (2006)
13. Barnyard (2006)
14. Boomerang (1992) Warner Bros.
15. Witness (1985) Warner Bros.
16. the Mexican (2001) Warner Bros.
17. Staying Alive (1983) Warner Bros.
18. Flushed Away (2006) Dreamworks/Fox
19. Jackass: the Movie (2002)
20. Down to Earth (2001) Warner Bros.
21. In & Out (1997) Warner Bros.
22. Beavis and Butthead Do America (1996) Warner Bros.
23. Mouse Hunt (1997) Warner Bros.
24. the Saint (1997) Warner Bros.
25. Rules of Engagement (2000) Warner Bros.
26. Harlem Nights (1989) Warner Bros.
27. Kiss the Girl (1997) Warner Bros.
28. Snow Day (2000) Warner Bros.

20th Century Fox
1. Hot Shots! (1991)
2. Waiting to Exhale (1995)
3. Mr. Mom (1983)
4. Working Girl (1988) 6/Jan/2015
5. the Family Stone (2005)

Sony
1. America's Sweethearts (2001)
2. Stepmom (1998)
3. Are We There Yet? (2005)
4. the Prince of Tides (1991)
5. Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
6. White Chicks (2004)
7. Guess Who (2005)
8. the Forgotten (2004)
9. Bewitched (2005)
10. the Electric Horseman (1979)
11. the Wedding Planner (2001)

Universal
1. Along Came Polly (2004)
2. Jaws 2 (1978)
3. the Interpreter (2005)
4. Bird on a Wire (1990)
5. the Best Little *****house in Texas (1982)
6. the Secret of My Success (1987)
7. Charlie Wilson's War (2007) 6/Jan/2015
8. Bowfinger (1999)
9. Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)

MGM
1. Barbershop (2002)
2. Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)

MFF
1. Everest (1998)

Miramax
1. the Crying Game (1992)

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Reserved 3

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Observations

I compiled the list awhile ago so I cannot really recall if it's because Fox/Sony/Universal have few movies that made between $60-$100m or that they have been very good at releasing titles from that band, but if it is the latter, the former two have been exceptional and so too have Universal, having joined the band late on.

Warner have more releases than anyone, so having just a couple to go is great work too. As expected, Disney, which hardly released anything, especially live action catalogue and Paramount, which was so poor they eventually leased out their library to Warner, bring out the rear.

Across studios though, it is a wonder that they hardly took advantage of tie-ins to release old catalogue when they could (Are We There Yet?, Jackass, Rush Hour 2, Dreamworks movies). Yeah, Alien, Bourne, Transformers etc all get re-released every sequel, but even without those movies they would sell. You'd expect them to chuck out Are We There Yet? because how else would it sell. Also there seems to be some weird reason why sequels remain unreleased (Jaws 2, Rush Hour 2, Bad Boys 2, Ring 2, Smokey and the Bandit II, the Nutty Professor II, Beverly Hills Cop 2, Dr. Dolittle 2, Charlie's Angels 2), once again, wouldn't they sell better being released with their predecessors? Most of these went downhill on the second installment too, making it more reason to release them together.

The list was based off data from Box Office Mojo which has only data up to 1980 plus select pre-1980 films that did very well (most of which has been released on Blu-Ray). However, it is still strange to see a number of films from the post-DVD era that remain unreleased for mystifying reasons.

I will not be going below $60m simply because the band between $50-$60m is huge and the fact is that there are still 133 films that you would assume would sell more (due to initial popularity/box office) having still not been released and give the slothlike pace of releases, this list won't be complete for at least another 4-5 years, if not longer. Of course, with the Sony leak as huge evidence, it is not necessary that the highest grossing films are the most popular years later, but as we have no other barometer, and my time and effort, this will do for now. Even the Warner Bros. 7 release announcement has only 1 film above $60m and yet they have 14 titles to go plus Paramount's huge backlog, so clearly other factors are taken into account too, but this is my contribution.

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Originally Posted by Bk_Tan

Wishlist Lemony Snicket's (Paramount)

Somewhat on topic, but more of an FYI. This came out in September.