28 nearly identical pairs of movies that came out around the same time
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Remember when "Finding Nemo" and "Shark Tale" were released around the same time? Or when "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" and "Captain America: Civil War" came out just months apart?
This month, there are two animated movies about garden gnomes coming to theaters.
"Gnome Alone," in theaters March 2, is an adaptation of a book that follows a high school student who discovers her garden gnomes are alive and helps them fight an enemy. That film was delayed from an October release. Just three weeks later, we're getting "Sherlock Gnomes," a sequel to a 2011 movie where the spin on the classic detective will go on the hunt of some missing gnomes.
If you're confused by why there are two gnome movies coming out in theaters in the same month, it's not the first time two movies with similar themes have come out around the same time.
This phenomenon of "twin" movies is actually somewhat common. Forbes contributor Mark Hughes explained in a 2011 Quora post that while sometimes the release of two similar films is just coincidence, it could be to piggyback off a competitor's potentially successful — or already successful — project.
Read the rest of his explanation here, and keep scrolling to see more "twin" films that have come out months apart in theaters over the years.
1993/1994: "Tombstone" and "Wyatt Earp" are both centered around Western lawman Wyatt Earp.
Warner Bros./Buena Vista
Box Office
"Wyatt Earp": $25 million
"Tombstone": $56.5 million
Neither film did overwhelmingly great at the box office. "Tombstone," starring Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer, edged out the Kevin Costner and Dennis Quaid film from Warner Bros.
1997: "Dante's Peak" and "Volcano" both revolve around the cast outrunning erupting volcanoes.
Universal / Fox
Box Office
Dante's Peak": $178 million
"Volcano": $122.8 million
Fox got a little excited with its over-the-top posters for "Volcano." The film did nowhere near as well as Pierce Brosnan's volcano epic in the states; however, the Los Angeles centered movie picked up overseas.
1998: The Earth was nearly destroyed in both "Armageddon" and "Deep Impact."
Buena Vista/Paramount
Box Office
Armageddon": $553.7 million
"Deep Impact": $349.5 million
Bruce Willis saves the world from an asteroid in the first film, while Robert Duvall tries to stop a massive comet from colliding with the planet.
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