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Sunday, August 17th, 2025

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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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6 days ago

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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6 days ago

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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4 days 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.