Competing Identical Movies (White House Down/Olympus Has Fallen, etc)

[cinemaphile]

With the release of White House Down, a lot of conversations lately bring up past occurrences where two very similar films were released around the same time. Here's a breakdown and comparison of all the ones I could think of. Let me know if I missed any (theatrical releases only, not those rushed direct-to-video ripoffs; and only those released very close to each other - not like years apart)
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Olympus Has Fallen - 3/22/13
$98.7M
RT score (critics/audience): 47/73

White House Down - 6/28/13
$TBD
RT score (critics/audience): 50/73

First Released: Olympus Has Fallen
Box Office Winner: TBD
Better Movie: close race, I would say Olympus Has Fallen
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Mirror, Mirror - 3/30/12
$64.9M
RT score (critics/audience): 49/45

Snow White & the Huntsman - 6/1/12
$155.3M
RT score (critics/audience): 47/54

First Released: Mirror, Mirror
Box Office Winner: Snow White & the Huntsman
Better Movie: Snow White & the Huntsman
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No Strings Attached - 1/21/11
$70.7M
RT score (critics/audience): 49/54

Friends with Benefits - 7/22/11
$55.8M
RT score (critics/audience): 71/66

First Released: No Strings Attached
Box Office Winner: No Strings Attached
Better Movie: Friends With Benefits
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Happy Feet - 11/17/06
$198M
RT score (critics/audience): 75/75

Surf's Up - 6/8/07
$58.9M
RT score (critics/audience): 78/64

First Released: Happy Feet
Box Office Winner: Happy Feet
Better Movie: Surf's Up (though neither is especially good)
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The Prestige - 9/1/06
$53M
RT score (critics/audience): 76/90

The Illusionist - 10/20/06
$39.8M
RT score (critics/audience): 74/83

First Released: The Prestige
Box Office Winner: The Prestige
Better Movie: The Prestige
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Capote - 9/30/05
$28.7M
RT score (critics/audience): 90/73

Infamous - 10/3/06
$1.1M

RT score (critics/audience): 72/60
First Released: Capote
Box Office Winner: Capote
Better Movie: Capote
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Madagascar - 5/27/05
$193.6M
RT score (critics/audience): 55/70

The Wild - 4/14/06
$37.4M
RT score (critics/audience): 19/53

First Released: The Wild
Box Office Winner: Madagascar
Better Movie: Madagascar (though The Wild is not bad)
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Chasing Liberty - 1/9/04
$12.2M
RT score (critics/audience): 19/61

First Daughter - 9/24/04
$9.1M
RT score (critics/audience): 8/49

First Released: Chasing Liberty
Box Office Winner: Chasing Liberty
Better Movie: Chasing Liberty
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Finding Nemo - 5/30/03
$339.7M
RT score (critics/audience): 99/82

Shark Tale - 10/1/04
$160.8M
RT score (critics/audience): 36/59

First Released: Finding Nemo
Box Office Winner: Finding Nemo
Better Movie: Finding Nemo
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Mission to Mars - 3/10/00
$60.8M
RT score (critics/audience): 25/33

Red Planet - 11/10/00
$17.5M
RT score (critics/audience): 14/31

First Released: Mission to Mars
Box Office Winner: Mission to Mars
Better Movie: RT scores say Mission, I say Red Planet
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Truman Show - 6/5/98
$125.6M
RT score (critics/audience): 95/82

EdTV - 3/26/99
$22.4M
RT score (critics/audience): 64/31

First Released: Truman Show
Box Office Winner: Truman Show
Better Movie: Truman Show
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Saving Private Ryan - 7/24/98
$216.1M
RT score (critics/audience): 93/92

Thin Red Line - 1/15/99
$36.4M
RT score (critics/audience): 78/75

First Released: Saving Private Ryan
Box Office Winner: Saving Private Ryan
Better Movie: Saving Private Ryan
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Antz - 10/2/98
$90.6M
RT score (critics/audience): 95/47

A Bug's Life - 11/25/98
$162.8M
RT score (critics/audience): 92/61

First Released: Antz
Box Office Winner: A Bug's Life
Better Movie: A Bug's Life
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Deep Impact - 5/8/98
$140.4M
RT score (critics/audience): 47/51

Armageddon - 7/1/98
$201.5M
RT score (critics/audience): 39/77

First Released: Deep Impact
Box Office Winner: Armageddon
Better Movie: Armageddon did worse with critics, but rated higher with audiences. For me - tough call, but I guess I'd go with Armageddon
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Prefontaine - 1/24/97
$589,300
RT score (critics/audience): 59/77

Without Limits - 9/11/98
$777,423
RT score (critics/audience): 79/87

First Released: Prefontaine
Box Office Winner: Without Limits
Better Movie: Without Limits rates higher - I haven't seen either myself
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Dante's Peak - 2/7/97
$67.2M
RT score (critics/audience): 27/45

Volcano - 4/25/97
$47.5M
RT score (critics/audience): 44/43

First Released: Dante's Peak
Box Office Winner: Dante's Peak
Better Movie: another close call, but I'd say Dante's Peak
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Terminal Velocity - 9/23/94
$16.5
RT score (critics/audience): 14/25

Drop Zone - 12/9/94
$28.7M
RT score (critics/audience): 35/38

First Released: Terminal Velocity
Box Office Winner: Drop Zone
Better Movie: Drop Zone
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Tombstone - 12/25/93
$56.5M
RT score (critics/audience): 73/93

Wyatt Earp - 6/24/94
$25.1M
RT score (critics/audience): 42/61

First Released: Tombstone
Box Office Winner: Tombstone
Better Movie: Tombstone has the higher scores. I know most of you will disagree with me, but I prefer Wyatt Earp
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Christopher Columbus: The Discovery - 8/21/92
$8.2M
RT score (critics/audience): 7/18

1492: Conquest of Paradise - 10/9/92
$7.2M
RT score (critics/audience): 39/45

First Released: Christopher Columbus
Box Office Winner: Christopher Columbus
Better Movie: 1492 rates higher - I haven't seen either one
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K-9 - 4/28/89
$43.2M
RT score (critics/audience): 22/45

Turner & Hooch - 7/28/89
$71M
RT score (critics/audience): 62/53

First Released: K-9
Box Office Winner: Turner & Hooch
Better Movie: Turner & Hooch
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Deep Star Six - 1/13/89
$8M
RT score (critics/audience): 0/26

Leviathan - 3/17/89
$15.7M
RT score (critics/audience): 11/30

The Abyss - 8/9/89
$54.2M
RT score (critics/audience): 88/79

First Released: Deep Star Six
Box Office Winner: The Abyss
Better Movie: The Abyss
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Like Father, Like Son - 10/2/87
$34.4M
RT score (critics/audience): NA/36

Vice Versa - 3/11/88
$13.7M
RT score (critics/audience): 43/40

18 Again - 4/8/88
$2.6M
RT score (critics/audience): 29/44

Big - 6/3/88
$115M
RT score (critics/audience): 96/73

First Released: Like Father, Like Son
Box Office Winner: Big
Better Movie: Big
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Iron Eagle - 1/17/86
$24M
RT score (critics/audience): NA/50

Top Gun - 5/16/86
$176M
RT score (critics/audience): 55/80

First Released: Iron Eagle
Box Office Winner: Top Gun
Better Movie: Top Gun

[Buddy Ackerman]

Don't forget Finding Nemo (2003) and Shark Tale (2004).

There was also Robin Hood: Price of Thieves and Robin Hood (both 1991). I believe the latter was a TV movie in the states but it got a worldwide theatrical release to try and rival the Costner version.

United 93 and World Trade Center both came out in 2006 but were different enough and concentrated on different aspects of the disaster. Also it wasn't a coincidence both came out the same year, both were timed to the fifth anniversary.

Also, The Wild really is that bad. It's just garbage.

[cinemaphile]

Originally Posted by Buddy Ackerman

Don't forget Finding Nemo (2003) and Shark Tale (2004).

There was also Robin Hood: Price of Thieves and Robin Hood (both 1991). I believe the latter was a TV movie in the states but it got a worldwide theatrical release to try and rival the Costner version.

United 93 and World Trade Center both came out in 2006 but were different enough and concentrated on different aspects of the disaster. Also it wasn't a coincidence both came out the same year, both were timed to the fifth anniversary.

Also, The Wild really is that bad. It's just garbage.

Oh yeah! Thanks! Added Nemo/Shark Tale to the list. I'm going to leave off Robin Hood for now, since I'm using US Box Office to compare and that one has none. SO I'll stick with US theaterical releases.

[The Nice Guy]

Drop Zone and Terminal Velocity both dealt with sky diving and were both released in 1994

[Show spoiler]and they both flopped

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[chris_sc77]

How could you forget Shakespeare in Love vs. Elizabeth (both 1998) .


Also (on a much smaller scale) recently there were 2 Countess Bathory films made (The Countess / Bathory)

[Blu Titan]

From 2010/2011 (six months apart):

[remake]

Olympus Has Fallen - 3/22/12
$98.7M
RT score (critics/audience): 47/73

That movie came out 15 months ago and it's still not on blu?

[Mandalorian]

I didn't know Olympus Has Fallen was also Sony. They also released WHD. Why would they compete with themselves? I smell a badass double feature BD set down the road.

[toddly6666]

Flight 93 vs World Trade Center in 2006

Never Say Never Again vs Octopussy in 1983

[chris_sc77]

Originally Posted by RJ Smoove

I didn't know Olympus Has Fallen was also Sony. They also released WHD. Why would they compete with themselves? I smell a badass double feature BD set down the road.

I think Sony bought the video rights but it was something like filmdistrict that released it theatrically

[GreenGaijin]

Originally Posted by toddly6666

Never Say Never Again vs Octopussy in 1983

Oh buddy, you took mine!

Well how about these movies that came out in 1987/88

Big
18 Again!
Like Father Like Son
Vice Versa

[cinemaphile]

How could I forget the body-switching movies? (and some of these others!)

[Zen_Amako]

[Zen_Amako]

[GreenGaijin]

Good one on Dredd and The Raid. I can't believe I forgot that one!

This is a cool thread, funny how you don't realise how many movies had similar rivals until you list them.

[W0m6at]

[DragonOfTheBlackPool]

edit* - both released in 1989

[blu-ray_girl_fan]

You know what's funny about White House Down? Sony paid $3 million for a spec script b/c it was the best script that they'd come across in a while.

And then someone else released Olympus Has Fallen before them.

[cinemaphile]

Originally Posted by DragonOfTheBlackPool

[Show spoiler]

edit* - both released in 1989

another pair I can't believe I forgot!

[rodie]

Cool post. The funny thing is that I immediately thought of Observe and Report vs. Paul Blart: Mall Cop.