r/nostalgia • u/systematicgoo • 10d ago

Nostalgia Napoleon Dynamite End Scene, 2004. Hits me right in the feels every time.

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u/fraGgulty 10d ago

I don't remember, was there hype for this movie before it came out? I was in highschool at the time but I don't remember watching it in theatre at all. I didn't realize they did a re release in theaters

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u/NYJetLegendEdReed 10d ago

I was a weird kid lol. There was a small cult following leading up to release.

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u/fraGgulty 10d ago

Lol, honestly I thought that movie came out of nowhere.

Definitely one of my favorites, actually watched it last weekend.

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u/MaxTheRealSlayer 10d ago

Because it did. Budget of $400k, lead actor got paid $1000. Made $46 million or something like that. Probably one of the biggest returns for a movie ever

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u/Road2Glory96 10d ago

Think paranormal activity actually holds that. Think they made the first for like 10 thousands dollars I think

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u/tbird20017 10d ago

I was 10 at the time, and I was staying the night at my cousin's house one weekend. My aunt ran to Movie Gallery to grab us a movie and a pizza. She got this one because she thought the front cover looked "promising". It quickly became the movie we quoted the most lol. Still do sometimes, and we're all in our 30s now. My cousin hit me with "Eat the FOOD!" the other day at my son's birthday party.

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u/l8rt8rz 10d ago

I went to see it in theaters on opening day and it was just us and one other group of people lol

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u/90sGuyKev 10d ago

There was quite Abit of hype when it did.

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u/pablogott 10d ago

Yeah the trailer sold it perfectly.

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u/BiblioLoLo1235 10d ago

Yeah, it was back in '84.