# Movie Marathon (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 26, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801 "2021-03-26T22:06:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 207
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4123 "2022-02-10T15:49:02Z")
**Movies that made hundreds, no, THOUSANDS of dollars** 1. Star Wars: A New Hope 2. Marvel’s The Avengers 3. Gone with the Wind 4. Avatar Has a $2.8 billion lifetime gross ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4124 "2022-02-10T17:07:41Z")
**Movies that made hundreds, no, THOUSANDS of dollars** 1. Star Wars: A New Hope 2. Marvel’s The Avengers 3. Gone with the Wind 4. Avatar 5. Titanic Somehow, I missed this one. All these years. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4125 "2022-02-10T17:47:22Z")
**Movies that made hundreds, no, THOUSANDS of dollars** 1. Star Wars: A New Hope 2. Marvel’s The Avengers 3. Gone with the Wind 4. Avatar 5. Titanic 6. Frozen ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4126 "2022-02-10T19:42:49Z")
**Movies that made hundreds, no, THOUSANDS of dollars** 1. Star Wars: A New Hope 2. Marvel’s The Avengers 3. Gone with the Wind 4. Avatar 5. Titanic 6. Frozen 7. Raiders of the Lost Ark ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4127 "2022-02-10T23:40:39Z")
**Movies that made hundreds, no, THOUSANDS of dollars** 1. Star Wars: A New Hope 2. Marvel’s The Avengers 3. Gone with the Wind 4. Avatar 5. Titanic 6. Frozen 7. Raiders of the Lost Ark 8. The Blair Witch Project A $248M gross vs a ~$200-500K Budget (according to the Hollywood Reporter and Box Office Mojo). One of the most profitable movies ever in terms of ROI. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4128 "2022-02-11T07:31:31Z")
**Movies that made hundreds, no, THOUSANDS of dollars** 1. Star Wars: A New Hope 2. Marvel’s The Avengers 3. Gone with the Wind 4. Avatar 5. Titanic 6. Frozen 7. Raiders of the Lost Ark 8. The Blair Witch Project 9. This Is Spinal Tap ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4129 "2022-02-11T17:16:46Z")
**Movies that made hundreds, no, THOUSANDS of dollars** 1. Star Wars: A New Hope 2. Marvel’s The Avengers 3. Gone with the Wind 4. Avatar 5. Titanic 6. Frozen 7. Raiders of the Lost Ark 8. The Blair Witch Project 9. This Is Spinal Tap 10. It’s a Wonderful Life Pass. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4130 "2022-02-11T17:18:20Z")
**Harry/Hal/Harold in Film** 1. The Trouble with Harry. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4131 "2022-02-11T17:19:06Z")
**Harry/Hal/Harold in Film** 1. The Trouble with Harry. 2. Harold and Maude ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4132 "2022-02-11T17:27:10Z")
**Harry/Hal/Harold in Film** 1. The Trouble with Harry. 2. Harold and Maude 3. Harry and the Hendersons ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4133 "2022-02-11T17:30:58Z")
**Harry/Hal/Harold in Film** 1. The Trouble with Harry. 2. Harold and Maude 3. Harry and the Hendersons 4. The King Prince Hal, the future King Henry V, is the title character. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4134 "2022-02-11T18:02:47Z")
**Harry/Hal/Harold in Film** 1. The Trouble with Harry. 2. Harold and Maude 3. Harry and the Hendersons 4. The King 5. Safety Last! Harold Lloyd’s signature film, featuring the famous clock scene. [![](https://silentfilm.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Safety-Last.1_Lib.jpeg) ](https://silentfilm.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Safety-Last.1_Lib.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4135 "2022-02-11T18:07:55Z")
Loved that movie! What surprised me more than anything is that Harold Lloyd could really _act_ - a skilled physical comedian, but in his closeups he was convincingly happy, or sad, or thoughtful, or romantic, or whatever, unlike a lot of movie stars of that era. **Harry/Hal/Harold in Film** 1. The Trouble with Harry. 2. Harold and Maude 3. Harry and the Hendersons 4. The King 5. Safety Last! 6. What’s Up, Doc? Ryan O’Neal’s character is named Harold, and his bossy girlfriend (a hilarious Madeline Kahn) says his name a _lot_. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4136 "2022-02-11T19:32:35Z")
**Harry/Hal/Harold in Film** 1. The Trouble with Harry. 2. Harold and Maude 3. Harry and the Hendersons 4. The King 5. Safety Last! 6. What’s Up, Doc? 7. Dirty Harry ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4137 "2022-02-11T19:41:32Z")
**Harry/Hal/Harold in Film** 1. The Trouble with Harry. 2. Harold and Maude 3. Harry and the Hendersons 4. The King 5. Safety Last! 6. What’s Up, Doc? 7. Dirty Harry 8. Shallow Hal ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4138 "2022-02-11T20:38:28Z")
**Harry/Hal/Harold in Film** 1. The Trouble with Harry. 2. Harold and Maude 3. Harry and the Hendersons 4. The King 5. Safety Last! 6. What’s Up, Doc? 7. Dirty Harry 8. Shallow Hal 9. The Sin of Harold Diddlebock Another Harold Lloyd movie, it was the sequel to his 1925 hit _The Freshman_. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4139 "2022-02-11T20:49:46Z")
**Harry/Hal/Harold in Film** 1. The Trouble with Harry. 2. Harold and Maude 3. Harry and the Hendersons 4. The King 5. Safety Last! 6. What’s Up, Doc? 7. Dirty Harry 8. Shallow Hal 9. The Sin of Harold Diddlebock 10. When Harry Met Sally **Actors who starred in more than 1 film together (not a team)** 1. Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans - _The Last Boy Scout_ and _Look Who’s Talking Too_ ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4140 "2022-02-11T21:13:39Z")
**Actors who starred in more than 1 film together (not a team)** 1. Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans - _The Last Boy Scout_ and _Look Who’s Talking Too_ 2. Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn - Nine movies over twenty-five years ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4141 "2022-02-11T22:23:10Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Harold Lloyd’s signature film, featuring the famous clock scene. [![](https://silentfilm.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Safety-Last.1_Lib.jpeg) ](https://silentfilm.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Safety-Last.1_Lib.jpeg) Apropos of nothing in particular — note the painting on the window to his immediate left, indicating the business occupying that particular office in the multi-story building. This window is supposed to be, I would assume, a minimum of five or six stories up. Who is going to be able to read that from street level?? in play: **Actors who starred in more than 1 film together (not a team)** 1. Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans - _The Last Boy Scout_ and _Look Who’s Talking Too_ 2. Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn - Nine movies over twenty-five years 3. Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder – _Silver Streak_ and _Stir Crazy_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4142 "2022-02-11T22:46:54Z")
**Actors who starred in more than 1 film together (not a team)** 1. Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans - _The Last Boy Scout_ and _Look Who’s Talking Too_ 2. Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn - Nine movies over twenty-five years 3. Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder – _Silver Streak_ and _Stir Crazy_ 4. Robert Redford and Paul Newman - _Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid_ and _The Sting_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=206) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=208)