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Gremlins was released into North American theaters on June 8, 1984, the same day as Ivan Reitman's Ghostbusters. Gremlins ranked second, with $12.5 million in its first weekend, $1.1 million less than Ghostbusters. By the end of its American screenings on November 29, it had grossed $148,168,459 domestically.
Gremlins is an American comedy horror media franchise produced and owned by Warner Bros. and Amblin Entertainment.The franchise centers on a species of creatures known as mogwai (Cantonese: 魔怪, 'devil'), which mutate into the eponymous creatures if the three rules regarding their care are violated; in particular, the franchise focuses on the conflict between the friendly Gizmo and the ...
Gremlin depicted in nose art of a Rockwell B-1 Lancer aircraft of the 28th Bomb Wing.. Although their origin is found in myths among airmen claiming that gremlins were responsible for sabotaging aircraft, the folklorist John W. Hazen states that some people derive the name from the Old English word gremian, "to vex", [5] while Carol Rose, in her book Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins ...
At the end of Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai‘s penultimate episode, Claw was about to Godzilla her way through Shanghai, destroying everything — and everyone! — in her path. If Nuwa was ...
The original Gremlins was a financial success, and Warner Bros. asked its director Joe Dante to make a sequel straight away. Dante declined, because he saw Gremlins as having a proper ending, and thus a sequel would only be meant to be profitable. Moreover, the original film was a taxing experience for Dante, and he wanted to move on.
The film—simply under its name, Blair Witch—was released on September 16, 2016, with polarizing reactions from critics and audiences, and was a disappointment at the box office. [citation needed] The Bob and Larry Movie: A film adaptation based on the Christian cartoon series VeggieTales was in development since the early 2000s. This would ...
Gremlin (comics), a series of characters in the Marvel Universe; Gremlin Industries, an early arcade game manufacturer "Gremlin", a song by Danny Brown from his 2013 album Old "Gremlin D.Va", an artistic drawing of a character named D.Va in the video game Overwatch; Gremlins (franchise), a franchise based on 1984 film. Gremlins, a film released ...
Articles relating to the comedy horror film Gremlins (1984), its sequels, and its adaptations. The initial film draws on legends of folkloric mischievous creatures that cause malfunctions—"gremlins"—in the British Royal Air Force, going back to World War II.