# Two Or More Successful Films With The Same Title **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 10, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612 "2009-09-10T21:41:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/41 "2009-09-14T01:45:57Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Have you actually seen these two films? Their title and the fact that the two lead characters are married are the only things they have in common. The basic premise of the film is the same, though. Two secret agents married to each other. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/42 "2009-09-14T02:32:40Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > The basic premise of the film is the same, though. Two secret agents married to each other. No, the two leads in the Hitchcock film aren’t secret agents at all. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/43 "2009-09-14T03:06:39Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > The basic premise of the film is the same, though. Two secret agents married to each other. What AG said. Two entirely unrelated movies. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/44 "2009-09-14T03:16:15Z")
[The Great Train Robbery](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000439/) – one of the first films with a story, and a massive success. [The Great Train Robbery](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079240/) – Victorian caper film with Sean Connery and Donald Sutherland. It was called **The First Great Train Robbery** in some releases, but the first US release did not include “first” in the title. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/45 "2009-09-14T06:10:35Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > In addition to the [Clint Eastwood/Hilary Swank](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405159/)film, there have been two other \*Million Dollar Baby \*films, including a [1941](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033910/) title with Ronald Reagan that supposedly is pretty good… It was just on TCM a few days ago, and it _was_ pretty good. Much funnier than the later one. This might be slightly outside the OP’s conditions, but ten years before the blockbuster [_Speed_](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0111257/) with Keanu and Sandra, there was a popular IMAX film by the [same name](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0088159/). ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/46 "2009-09-14T06:22:23Z")
Before Pixar’s hit, there was an Oscar-winning aerial photography film that also was called _ **Up** _. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/47 "2009-09-14T06:37:04Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > Successful in terms that at the time the movie was out, most people would know it. > > I guess when I started the thread I was thinking, if you have a movie out and you have a title, does one change the title if there is already a successful film by the same name? **Gladiator** (1992) only grossed about $9 million domestically according to Box Office Mojo, but it seems to have been a low budget film (no big stars, exotic locations, or expensive effects) so I’m not sure how to judge its success financially. I’m not a fan of boxing movies in general, but for some reason I knew about it enough that when **Gladiator** (2000) came out I thought, didn’t they use that title a few years ago? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612.md?page=2)