You know, the film made $600 million, and nobody saw Titanic more than once? Boggles the mind!
Anyway, for films in theaters, the above film is the record-holder for me. Saw it about 6 times back in 1997-98.
I also have seen Disney’s Beauty and the Beast about 4 times in the theaters, once at an IMAX showing. Same thing with Pulp Fiction (but not the IMAX - damn, that would be cool!)
I won’t go into films on TV/Video/DVD. Those are too many to count. If I had to name one… Jaws on TNT? Godfather on every channel (including VH-1)? One of those types of films.
Oh, yeah! A Christmas Story. That movie played for 10 continuous hours at my home this past Christmas. Watched it maybe once, used it as background noise for the festivities.
Not counting Christmas movies (Scrooged, The Christmas Story etc) the movie I’ve seen the most is ** Empire Records** I’ve probably seen it between 15 and 20 times, and I’m thrilled that I was given the dvd a while back. Next would be If Lucy Fell which I’ve seen about 10 times, followed by ** The X-Files: Fight The Future** which I’ve seen around eight times. However, the last one there, I only saw it for the first time in July of 2001, so…
I actually may have seen The Haunting(of Hill House) and ** MP’s Search For The Holy Grail** more than 10x each, but I’ve never really kept track.
Now, my brother has most of you all beat. When he was four he watched Flight of the Naviagator twice a day. For an entire year. I can still recall being amazed that he’d sit through the movie, then rewind it and watch it again, then complain that our parents declared twice a day to be the limit. The funny thing is that he can’t remember more than the basic plot of the movie now! I think he remembers Short Ciricut (his obsession the following year) better although he only watched it half as often.
For me it was 13 times in the theatre that summer/fall/winter. LOL My brother and I would sneak off while my parents were out.
Oh yes, I remember it well. We must be about the same age.
There are several movies my kids own that I’ve seen more than that LOL But I don’t count that as it was not my idea.
I agree with you about the Special Editions. It was cool bringing my young son to see the Trilogy in the theatre though, despite the problems. Of course my kids are more into LoTR and Harry Potter. (After AoTC so am I.)
Fishgoat (LoTR fan when it was still a BOOK, darnit! LOL)
I don’t have a count for these, but even though I’ve seen them multiple times already I still like to see them now and again:
(in no particular order)
The Secret of Roan Innish
Velvet Goldmine
Spaceballs
Stargate
SW original Trilogy
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Princess Bride
LoTR (FoTR and TTT)
Fifth Element
MIB
Terminator (1&2)
Galaxy Quest
The Wicker Man (the 102 min version)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
When it came out, I watched Groundhog Day on a Friday night and went back to see it on the Saturday. There was something rather fitting about the deja vu I got seeing that film the next day. [sub]I’d lost interest by the Sunday.[/sub]
I’ve seen Star Wars well over 500 times. My parents owned a small one-screen movie theater when I was little, and when SW came out (I was 7) I watched it every day after school (before they opened) and two or three times on the weekends for its duration. My older brother recorded it once in the empty theater and I watched the tape of it more or less every day for several years. I know every line, every musical cue, every special effect beep and blip, every alien creature’s lines, etc.
When they started showing it on TV, I noticed immediately that certain sounds were missing / different. (Ex: When Aunt Beru is loading veggies into that blender thing, she says “I think so” in a totally different way than on my tape, and the noise of the veggies being processed was missing. Ditto with the “Open the blast doors” line).
Strangely enough, after prooving once to my friends that I can recite the entire movie, they generally don’t bring it up anymore. I’ll bet Legomancer and I could clear out a party in record time.
Well, yeah, but a LOT of that was teenage girls who lusted after Leonardio diCaprio. My niece saw it a half dozen times and had diCaprio’s picture plastered all over her wall (for reasons which totally escape me.)* She seemed oblivious to the fact that it was based on a real event and real people actually drowned or froze to death that night. “He’s sooooo cute!”
FTR, I’ve only seen it once (in the theatres, never on video) because I found myself in a pit of depression for days afterwards thinking about those poor bastards, even though they’ve been dead almost 100 years.
*I shouldn’t criticize because I saw Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band twice…just to see Barry Gibb. That made me personally responsible for 10% of its entire gross revenue.
At least Titanic had a discernible plot.
Back when I was a kid I was OBSESSED with Christmas Vacation and Little Shop of Horrors, and I’ve seen both of them at least 150 times. Come to think of it, with all the times it’s aired, I’ve probably seen A Christmas Story 100 times too.
I almost never watch a movie more than once. However…
The Highlander ~ 10x
The Matrix ~ 20x
Tombstone - every day, whether I need it or not. My roommate wore out 2 VHS copies of it before he bought the DVD.
It was cool bringing my young son to see the Trilogy in the theatre though, despite the problems. Of course my kids are more into LoTR and Harry Potter. (After AoTC so am I.)