James Cameron created Titanic, one of the most successful films of all time. For almost four months, no one could ignore the shipwreck starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio in US cinema releases. First the science fiction film Lost in Space was able to regain number 1 at the box office after Titanic in 1998. Today, the space adventure would be almost forgotten if Netflix hadn’t re-released it as a series.
Only a sci-fi film was able to finally sink the Titanic
As the New York Times reported at the time, Titanic was the undisputed box office winner for 15 weeks. No film was seen by more people and only when the crowds began to dwindle did Lost in Space surpass the $11.6 million for James Cameron’s film in its 16th week with revenues of $20 million.
In the sci-fi adventure Lost in Space by Stephen Hopkins (Highlander), which was widely advertised at the time The Robinson family was sent into space by the government in 2058. After the earth’s resources have almost been used up, they should establish a colony and thus ensure humanity a chance of survival. But On their interstellar journey their spaceship veers off course and have to try to find their way home from an alien planet.
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Lost in Space (1998)
The main characters of the Robinson family with the two parents and their three children were star-studded at the time. For example, William Hurt played the father in Lost in Space and Heather Graham played his daughter. It also starred Matt LeBlanc as a pilot and Gary Oldman as a doctor. The At the time, the sci-fi film followed on from the Star Wars hype and used the visual effects of Industrial Light & Magic and Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, points out Sensacine.
With a budget of $80 million, Lost in Space grossed a total of $136 million worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo. In retrospect, he couldn’t come close to Titanic’s over $2 billion. Besides that Lost in Space failed with critics and audiences: the 27 percent and 24 percent respectively on Rotten Tomatoes speak for themselves. It was only the Netflix remake five years ago that revived the sci-fi story.
The remake of a remake: Lost in Space has been re-released by Netflix
This started on Netflix in 2018 Series remake Lost in Space – Lost between strange worlds and retold the story of the Robinson family after their crash landing on an alien planet. The Netflix series, which had a total of 3 seasons, was based on the Titanic usurper 20 years later. The film Lost in Space itself was a remake of a sci-fi series from the 1960s: Lost between strange worlds.
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