![]() ![]() Paramount/Getty Images) Getty Imagesĭespite a strong showing in November and December of 1991, it can be presumed that audiences weren’t that much more into it than critics were. It was as different from Batman as, many years later, (yellow highlight alert) Hunger Games was from Twilight was from Harry Potter.Ĭhristina Ricci dangling meat in a scene from the film 'Addams Family Values', 1993. While too many of the post- Batman cash-ins were pulp adventure stories set in the 1930s or 1940s, Addams Family was inspired by the success of Batman but not remotely predicated on it. It had an easy-to-explain premise (it’s about a ghoulish family who essentially treats every day like Halloween), had a dead sexy cast (the Addams’ marriage has become a prime example of a healthy romantic partnership in modern tentpole cinema) and was unlike anything else in the marketplace. So, yeah, maybe Orion should have kept the movie.Īs for why it did so well, it was a movie based on a property that was beloved by parents who grew up with the 1964 TV show but was also always around in syndication. It earned $113.5 million domestic and $78 million overseas for a $191 million global cume. So, yes, the film clearly clicked with general audiences, either because they liked it more than critics or they were merely curious to sample what was the season’s biggest movie. (Photo by Paramount/Getty Images) Getty Images ![]() Joan Cusack holding shovel next to a smiling Christopher Lloyd in a scene from the film 'Addams. ![]()
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