Also another thing people don’t take in to account. And batman is a great example of this
The original film is 33 years old now. Which had a lot of fans and clearly still does. However, like words and meanings of words or the use of certain words change over time so can the status of a film. Just like Some films don’t age well and some do. Batman in movies since this film has had 8 other films over those 33 years. More younger people growing up with a new age of batman will prefer bale or Affleck and whilst the Keaton/ burton batman film will also gain new fans every day/ week or year it will be far less than the newer Batman’s. Plus it’s so old now that it won’t appear entertaining to newer fans or younger audiences with the way it looks, limited action, awkward practical effects, slight cheese in places etc. Ergo it turns into a classic with a cult old school following making it a cult classic. Regardless of how big it was 33 years ago. The same arguments can be made for stuff like Star Wars and maybe even stuff like Indiana Jones.
I’d love to hear what people think of the matrix. Whilst it was a huge blockbuster, made sh!tloads and loved by a lot, there’s still millions of people who can’t stand it. I mean it’s one of my favourite films but pretty much 80% of my friends hate it. I’d consider matrix a cult movie with a cult following regardless of how big and mainstream it is now (the first one, not the sequels)
Well In the same wiki page it explains that it was noticed as a cult movie 2 years later in 2000 and then confirmed cult status in 2002 which is an incredibly small amount of time for a film to hit a cult status in the way we are speaking here. A following ok, but a cult film within 2-4 years of release. Again, I consider it a cult movie, but it’s contradicting everything that the guys who explaining why movies like this are not cult whilst also not understating why the odd film like this sips through and can still be a cult movie.