skyjedi2005 said:
The one exception would be the smash hit in 1989 for Last Crusade. Temple of doom was a missed opportunity and a dissapointment despite being a hit in terms of gross box office receipts.

i'm curious as to why you think 'last crusade' was a 'smash hit'..

it barely made more than 'temple of doom' (ok $20mil) .. (and yes it was #2 that year,

behind 'batman')....it did well, but not that well compared to the rest of the

movies in the series..

1 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Par. $317,023,851 4,264
2 Raiders of the Lost Ark Par. $209,562,121
3 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Par. $197,171,806
4 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Par. $179,870,271

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=indianajones.htm

temple of doom was also 3rd for the year it came out also..behind

'beverly hills cop' #1, and 'ghostbusters' #2..

of course 'raiders of the lost ark' was #1 for 1981, beating out

'on golden pond' #2, and 'superman 2" #3 for that year..

later

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