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Box Office Mojo errors - "re-releases"

I have noticed some films being listed in the annual box office charts at boxofficemojo.com as "re-releases" when those films had not previously been released. One of the more egregious examples is Knight and Day (2010) starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz (https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1013743/). The film is listed by BOM as having its original release in South Korea in 2008, then a major re-release in 2010. However, the movie was not even filmed until 2009. (See https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1013743/locations/ .) Another example is Footloose (2011), the version starring Kenny Wormald and Julianne Hough (not the 1984 film starring Kevin Bacon of which it is a remake), at https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1068242/. The film supposedly had its original release in Europe/Middle East/Africa starting April 9, 2010, followed by a re-release in 2011. But the movie wasn't even filmed until September 2010 (see https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1068242/locations/ ). The 2023 "re-release" of Spirited Away designated as "Live on Stage" (https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl284984065/) should not be listed as a re-release of the 2001 film by that name; it was actually a broadcast to theaters of the live stage production based on the film. See https://www.fathomentertainment.com/releases/spirited-away-live-on-stage-studio-ghibli-fest-2023/ for details and https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26678995/ for the IMDb title page for the relevant title page. I would also say that if, for example, a foreign film opened in its home country in 2024, but did not premiere in the U.S. until 2025, that 2025 release in the U.S. should not be considered a "re-release", just part of the original release, which, as with some movies, stretched out over a year or more. I see an unusual example with Water (2005), a Hindi-language Canadian film (https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0240200/). The original release began on Nov. 4, 2005 in Canada, and continued in several other markets until its debut in Switzerland on April 27, 2006. Then the alleged re-release began in the U.S. the very next day, April 28, 2006. It doesn't make sense to say that a release on April 27, 2006 was part of the original release and a release on April 28, 2006 was part of a re-release. (This may have been the result of confusion because Canada is usually considered part of the domestic market for the U.S., but in this case the film was a Canadian production and released there before it came to the U.S.) I would appreciate it if the staff would check the lists of re-releases to make sure that they are legitimate re-releases rather than errors.

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Hi gromit82, Thank you for reporting this. I have filed a ticket (ref. #D290812422) with the relevant team to look into this issue. Once we receive an update from them, I will let you know via this thread. Cheers!

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Ozzy: I have a couple of other examples. Taxi (2004) at https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0316732/ Dark Water (2005) at https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0382628/ Both of these films are American remakes of films made in other countries (France and Japan, respectively). In both cases, the supposed "re-release" was actually the original release of these American films, while the "original release" was actually a release of the original French or Japanese film.

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Hi gromit82 - Thanks for these additional examples, I have added them to the ticket for the team to review!

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6 months ago

Another example: Wildfire: Feel the Heat (1999): https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0194544/ This IMAX-formatted film apparently opened in March 1999 and continued to report box office grosses at least until October 1999 as it went around the country, but it is mistakenly listed as having a re-release in the midst of its original run in June 1999.

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A few more examples: Himalaya (1999): https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2891548161/weekend/ The 2001 re-release appears to be actually a film released in 1999 in a few European countries and slowly making its way to the U.S., either in 2000 or 2001 -- it's not clear to me which. Divided We Fall (2000): https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3813639681/weekend/ This is a Czech film which opened in its home country in 2000, played at film festivals in the U.S. starting in the fall of 2000, and received a commercial release in the U.S. in 2001 after being nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. That's not a re-release, just one long release pattern in different countries. Talk to Her (2002): https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1148552705/ This film was released in its home country of Spain on March 15, 2002. It had its first release in the U.S. that same year -- Nov. 22, 2002. That's not a re-release -- it's a release in the same year in a different country.

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Hello gromit82, The changes prior to "Wildfire: Feel the Heat (1999)" have been made. I've reported the last four examples and they are under review.

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I'm writing to follow up with regard to more of these supposed re-releases.

Please take into consideration that while some movies open day-and-date in many countries, plenty of other movies do not -- especially non-English language movies from the rest of the world which may take months between opening in their home countries and opening in the U.S. 

Enigma (2001) -- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0157583/

This film was released in the UK on August 31, 2001. Then it supposedly got a re-release, which began just four weeks later -- September 28, 2001 -- and also in the UK. How could that qualify as a re-release? It seems like this was just one continuous release which started in the UK in 2001 and eventually made it to various other European countries and the USA in 2002, followed by Taiwan in 2003.

Intacto (2001) -- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0220580/

A Spanish movie, released in Spain in 2001, but not in the U.S. until 2002. See my comment in the second paragraph above.

The Experiment (2001) -- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0250258/

German movie, released in Germany, Austria, and France in 2001, but not in the U.S. until 2002. Again, see above.

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Hello @gromit82​,

Thank you for reporting this.

I've forwarded this information to our technical team for further investigation, ticket reference V2046069968.  As soon as there's an update, I'll circle back.

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Here's one where a re-release was incorrectly treated as part of the original release:

Citizen Kane (1941) -- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0033467/

The film is credited with having five re-releases in various countries between 1991 and 2021. However, according to https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2883867141/ , the release in Italy in 2024 is credited as being part of the film's original release from 1941 rather than being a re-release. 

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Hello gromit82,

Thank you! I've reported this as well. Once there's an update, I'll let you know.

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