The millennial urge to revisit one’s youth is being satisfied in recent months, with a string of theatrical re-releases designed to facilitate just that. This weekend, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith delivered a haul so massive that it could put new releases to shame. In fact, the film’s 20th anniversary re-release outperformed Ben Affleck‘s The Accountant 2, which made $38 million worldwide as compared to Revenge of the Sith‘s $42 million haul. But a week before that, Focus Features re-released Pride & Prejudice in celebration of its 20th anniversary, generating about as much as the movie did in its original opening weekend back in 2005.
After 10 days in theaters, Pride & Prejudice has grossed over $5 million at the domestic box office, taking its domestic haul past the $40 million mark, and its global haul past the $130 million milestone. Directed by Joe Wright, the movie made stars of Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen, who played Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy, respectively. It received critical acclaim upon release, and has only grown in prominence in the years since. Pride & Prejudice holds an 87% Rotten Tomatoes score, and an even better 89% audience score on the aggregator website, based on more than 250,000 ratings.
Pride & Prejudice also served as an early vehicle for Rosamund Pike and a young Carey Mulligan. Based on the book by Jane Austen, the movie was produced on a reported budget of under $30 million, and was acclaimed for its central performances and Wright’s fresh take on the classic material. Pride & Prejudice generated a little over $600,000 this weekend at the domestic box office, dropping out of the top 10 thanks to a host of new releases. It is, however, still playing in over 600 locations nationwide.
What Have Knightley, Macfadyen, and Wright Been Up To?
Knightley was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in the film; she went on, of course, to star in three Pirates of the Caribbean movies. More recently, she headlined her first Netflix series, the well-liked Black Doves. Macfadyen, on the other hand, has cultivated a niche for himself as a villain. He gained an entirely new fan-base thanks to his leading role in HBO’s Succession, and more recently, he played a scheming middle-manager in Marvel’s Deadpool & Wolverine. Wright’s last feature film was the musical drama Cyrano, but he has been busy helming episodes of the television series The Agency, and Mussolini: Son of the Century. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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