Back in the 90s I remember the “twin movie” phenomenon with Volcano & Dantes Peak, Armageddon & Deep Impact, Braveheart & Rob Roy. Competing studios capitalized on the same concept for box office hits.
Trying to think if there were other movies that followed the same pattern. Same plot in the same year or so.
It is common enough there is a Wikipedia page for it
Antz and Bug’s Life
Despicable Me and Megamind
A recent one is The Substance, by Demi Moore, is being ‘twinned’ by Ashton Kutcher (her ex, makes it juicier) as a TV show - The Beauty.
But then I wouldn’t enjoy the thoughtful banter that is the warehouse formerly known as Lavender Room.
Ohh yea good call there. Completely forgot about those.
Ones an alien. Close enough though.
In that case I give you 2 classics from 1990.
Lambada and The Forbidden Dance
I always thought it was one movie, Lambada: The Forbidden Dance.
Saving Private Ryan and Thin Red Line
The Prestige and The Illusionist
The Towering Inferno (1974) and The Poseidon Adventure (1972).
Top Gun and Iron Eagle.
Although, to be fair, I think Iron Eagle was released later to try to capitalize on Top Gun’s popularity, rather than competitive studio releases?
Yea. I can’t decide between Iron Eagle 1 or 17 lol
I just checked and they were both released in 86.
That’s also the first I thought of.
K-9 and Turner & Hooch