37 Retro Facts and Figures That Make Us Yearn for the Good Old Days

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37 Retro Facts and Figures That Make Us Yearn for the Good Old Days

Movies. Music. Video games. Those things all existed back then, okay you youthful little Gen Zers?! They may have been primitive and strange forms of what you love today, but dang it, they happened. Luckily for us, some early humans from the 1980s and 1990s made some pretty elaborate cave drawings for us to look back on today.

Box Office Returns

Classic movies crushed at the box office Batman swept Ghostbusters II away. Batman, released on June 23 1989, grossed $251,188,924 from 2201 theaters in the U.S. Columbia Pictures' Ghostbusters II came in eighth that year, with $112,494,738 from 2,410 theaters. CRACKED

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Raiders of the Lost Ark

Classic movies crushed at the box office Escape From New York was melted by Raiders of the Lost Ark. John Carpenter's 1981 film was released to 600 theaters and wasn't as successful as Raiders of the Lost Ark and other films of that year. Despite this, the movie developed a cult following over time. CRACKED

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The Matrix Reloaded

Classic movies crushed at the box office Spider-Man 2 swung over The Matrix Reloaded. Spider-Man 2 grossed $115.8 million over the four-day holiday weekend, bringing its six-day total to $180.1 million. This beat The Matrix Reloaded's previous record of $146.7 million by a large margin. CRACKED

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Sonic the Hedgehog

TO From the beginning, Sonic was a somewhat cynical attempt to create a brand ambassador to rival Mario. SONIC THE HEDGEHOG SEGA They wanted a character that kids felt like they already knew, so they combined Felix the Cat and Mickey Mouse, then painted him blue to match the Sega logo. And they almost called him Mr. Needlemouse. GRACKED.COM

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The Virgin Suicides

INDIE MOVIES OF THE '90s THE VIRGIN SUICIDES THE NOVEL DROVE SOFIA COPPOLA TO BECOME A DIRECTOR. I really didn't know I wanted to be a director until I read The Virgin Suicides and saw so clearly how it had to be done, Coppola said-and indeed, the adaptation was one of her first movies. CRACKED.COM

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Jonathan Taylor Thomas

JTT won the first-ever Kids Choice Lifetime Achievement Award Jonathan Taylor Thomas won the award at age 18, which maaay have been premature. CRACKED.COM

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Malcolm in the Middle

Producers didn't let Aaron Paul audition for the role of Francis. MALC THe IN LM MIDDLE On Malcom in the Middle, Bryan Cranston and Paul could have been coworkers a lot sooner, but they rejected him even though he desperately wanted it. CRACKED.COM

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