“Misplaced in Area” opened on simply over 3,300 screens, with that quantity representing a file on the time. That is to say, expectations have been sky-high. New Line launched the film within the pre-summer window on April 3, 1998, greater than three months after “Titanic” initially hit theaters in December of ’97. And but, for that whole time, it remained the highest movie on the field workplace, whereas massive films like “As Good because it Will get,” “U.S. Marshals,” “The Man within the Iron Masks,” “The Marriage ceremony Singer,” and plenty of others did not take the crown away. However come Monday, April 6, 1998, the streak would lastly, formally come to an finish.

In its opening weekend, “Misplaced in Area” made $20.1 million, which was greater than sufficient to sink “Titanic,” which fell to $11.5 million in its sixteenth weekend. No one was crying for James Cameron although, as his movie earned greater than $1.8 billion in its unique run, and has since topped $2.19 billion by means of its numerous re-releases. Even so, in opposition to very poor opinions from critics on the time, Stephen Hopkins’ tackle this traditional sequence generated sufficient curiosity from moviegoers to grow to be the primary new no. 1 film within the U.S. in almost 4 months.

Sadly, these detrimental opinions and poor phrase of mouth would doom the movie within the coming weeks. It topped out at $69.1 million domestically, with an equally poor $67 million internationally for $136.1 million worldwide. That was not almost sufficient to justify the finances and, furthermore, wasn’t sufficient to warrant all of the toys, books, and every part else the studio had deliberate. The horse by no means caught as much as the cart, and this grew to become a dead-in-the-water, one-and-done. Albeit, one which has its place within the historical past books.