# Is the E.T. Revival Tanking?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 22, 2002, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-e-t-revival-tanking/104990 "2002-04-22T14:51:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-e-t-revival-tanking/104990/21 "2002-04-25T18:12:04Z")

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I doubt that either the timing or the changes hurt the box office much. After all, the STAR WARS trilogy was re-released in January, February and March – with major changes – and it did extremely well.

One interesting point of comparison: the STAR WARS films were re-appraised much more harshly by critics during their re-release, yet they still did well with audiences. E.T., on the other hand, has received nothing but a chorus of praise from the nation’s mainstream critics. No one has come out to say what several of you have said in this thread: that maybe the film was okay in its time, but doesn’t stand up so well two decades later.

steve biodrowski  
[www.thescriptanalyst.com](http://www.thescriptanalyst.com)

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