Movie Mash-Up

[Raf]

You have the right general idea, but no, this did not do as well as Eurotrip.

It IS a known movie, not Traxx territory. Not a household name (in fact, part of its name specifically prevents households). But Traxx might have made more money, if there was a theatrical release at all. 

[Raf]

The title refers to a legendary event that, at best, MAY have some kernel of actual historical basis. But it's mostly known as legend.

The movie has absolutely nothing to do with that event. 

A movie about that event was released in 2004. It got mixed reviews but made almost $500 million at the box office, about three times its budget.

Put the clues together and you get the event, which is the title of the $309 movie whether you remember it or not.

[WordWolf]

On 1/10/2025 at 3:48 PM, Raf said:

Here's a tough one. 

If you saw this 1997 movie in theaters, congratulations. You are one of the approximately 40 or so people who did. Maybe closer to 30, Depends on ticket prices, I think. Point is, not a lot. It cost $15 million to make. It played in exactly two movie theaters for one week and collected $309 at the box office [at one showing, the only people in attendance were the star and his good friend]. There are no missing zeroes in that figure, unless you want to count the two after the decimal point after the 9.

Its stars at the time were better known for their television work, one (male) as a supporting character in a sitcom, the other (female) as a supporting character in a drama. The latter went on to star that same year in a horror movie that did quite well. Granted, not as well as the horror movie that premiered a year earlier and starred one of her co-stars from the same TV drama, but enough to spawn a sequel, a third movie with a new cast, a TV series adaptation on Amazon Prime, and, coming soon, a legacy sequel sure to make you wonder why, and possibly make you swear off a brand of seafood once and for all.

Anyway, none of that helped THIS movie, a by-the-numbers teen-in-hunt-of-sex comedy that has a brief appearance by Lee Majors as Officer Austin (that's an Easter Egg).

If you go on the Rotten Tomatoes website, you'll find no professional reviews, but perhaps surprisingly, 40 percent of audiences actually liked it.

There is some similarity with another 1997 movie involving the same kind of quest that drives the plot. That movie had an all Black cast. This one was much whiter. The Black one also did much better, though neither was what you call critically acclaimed. Not complaining. Just stating facts.

Ok, putting all the clues on one page.

I don't have the answer to the other set of clues.

The drama and 2 stars that went on to do 2 different horror franchises...

the drama was "PARTY OF FIVE."  Neve Campbell went on to do "Scream" and Jennifer Love Hewitt went on to do "Time of Your Life" for about 5 minutes before the "I Know What You Did Last Summer" series.  I don't know about Amazon, but "Scream" had more than 3 movies already, and the other movies had a villain who resembled the Gorton Fisherman. So, we're talking about JLH  and "I Know...." 

I know JLH did "Can't Hardly Wait".  (She was also in the music video for Smash Mouth's cover from the movie of "I Can't Get Enough of You Baby".)    Just to say I asked, I'll throw out "CAN'T HARDLY WAIT" as a guess.  I'm hoping another clue will give me the other movie that came out, the one with the relevant name but irrelevant plot.

[Raf]

Ok, you dud great with the first set of clues.

However, "Can't Hardly Wait" is not the name of a legendary event that was itself the subject of a 2004 movie that made almost $500 million, so no.

You also missed [maybe] a huge clue that part of the title prevents households.

Emphasis on prevents.

 

[WordWolf]

I had to throw that one out because I couldn't clear my mind of it otherwise.

 

How do you prevent a household?  You could prevent marriages or families from forming, or....

OK,  I might have it this time.

If the other movie was "TROY",  then this one with a related name but unrelated plot might be

"THE TROJAN WAR????"

 

Or it might not.

[Raf]

The Trojan War

Starring WIll Friedle (Boy Meets World, the brother) and Jennifer oh would you just LOVE Hewitt, is one of the lowest grossing theatrical releases of all time.

Frighteningly, it's not THE lowest.

It is, however, the answer. You're up.

[Raf]

Oh, the similar movie with the all Black cast was Booty Call.