Miss Congeniality – US Box Office: USD$106,807,667millions

Famous quotes:

Gracie Hart: “Well, I would have to say – I used to be one of them. And then I came here and I realized that these women are smart, terrific people who are just trying to make a difference in the world. And we’ve become really good friends. I mean, I know we all secretly hope the other one will trip and fall on her face, and – wait a minute, I’ve already done that! And for me, this experience has been one of the most rewarding and liberating experiences of my life.”

Gracie Hart: “And if anyone, anyone – tries to hurt one of my new friends, I would take them out. I would make them suffer so much that they’d wish they were never born. And if they ran, I would hunt them down. Thank you, Kathy.”

Victor Melling: “A brief shining moment, and then that mouth!”

Eric Matthews: “Because you’re smart. Because you don’t take any crap from people. You’re funny. You’re easy to talk to when you’re not armed. Look, give yourself a break. Cut Vic and the other pageant ladies some slack ’cause if they ever get a chance to see what I see then… they’re gonna love you.”

Sequel: Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

Fun Facts about Miss Congeniality:

• After the mission in the restaurant, the scene with Gracie returning home was only partially scripted: “Gracie arrives home and starts boxing.” The other parts (tripping, kicking the bed, and using the microwave oven) were spontaneous.
• Sandra Bullock purposefully skipped the first dance scene’s rehearsals in order to make her character’s inability to follow the choreography seem more realistic.
• When Sandra Bullock arrived at the movie’s premiere, she literally tripped and fell to the ground, much like her character does a couple of times in the film. Many audience members believed Bullock manufactured her trip out of her automobile after seeing the movie.

The Rookie – US Box Office: USD$75,600,072millions

Famous quotes:

Jim Morris Sr.: “Your grandfather once told me it was ok to think about what you want to do until it was time to start doing what you were meant to do.”

Lorri: “Jim Morris, I’m a Texas woman, which means I don’t need the help of a man to keep things running.”

Dave Patterson: “Jimmy, I’ve been a scout for a long time, and the number one rule is, arms slow down when they get old. Now, if I call the office and tell ’em I got a guy here almost twice these kids’ age, I’m gonna get laughed at. But, if I don’t call in a 98-mile-an-hour fastball, I’m gonna get fired! I’m just saying there’s a chance you might get a call on this.

Durham Manager Mac: “He respects you, and I think you ought to be the one to tell him. Being that you’re going, too…”

Jimmy: “You quit. You quit out there. You quit on me and, worse, you quit on yourselves. Now, what is it? You think we don’t care about baseball around here? Think the school’s gonna drop the program? You’re just making it easy for ’em. Sad part is, I see it and you don’t.”

Fun Fact about The Rookie:

• The seventh-inning stretch of an actual Texas Rangers game served as the backdrop for the scene as Jimmy makes his first trip to the mound at The Ballpark in Arlington. After the game, all of the pitching shots were completed.
• The majority of Dennis Quaid’s pitches were his own, although Jeff Dowdy, a former minor league pitcher, doubled for him on pitches that needed to be extremely rapid. The pitches weren’t sped up with special effects, but Quaid’s own pitches appeared to be sped up with camera gimmicks like “whip pans.”

Friday the 13th – US Box Office: USD$65,002,019 millions

Famous quotes:

Richie: “Do you know how many lakes are probably called Crystal Lake? It’s like Crystal Geyser, Crystal Water. Go to a supermarket. Every single bottled water is named “Crystal” or something.”

Chewie: “Hi, my name is Trent. My daddy bent me over this chair and beat me when I was little, so you need to fix it.”

Old Lady: “People go missing around here, they’re gone for good. Outsiders come, they don’t know where to walk. They bring trouble. We just want to be left alone. And so does he.”

Sequel: Friday the 13th (Part 2)

Fun Fact about Friday the 13th:

• Twelve hours before the start of the filming of Sheriff Bracke’s sequences, Richard Burgi was only cast in the role.
• It has one of the longest prologues for a horror movie ever. The title card of the movie isn’t revealed until the end of the introductory portion, almost 25 minutes into the movie.
• Producers Andrew Form and Brad Fuller approached Adrienne King, the star of the original 1980 movie, about making a cameo appearance during preproduction. A few days later, the filmmakers phoned her again and told her they wouldn’t use any original cast members in the remake.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre – US Box Office: USD$30,859,000millions

Famous quotes:

Franklin: “Hey man, you ever go in that slaughter room or whatever they call it? The place where they shoot cattle in the head with that big air gun?”

Old Man: “Sorry to keep you waiting, young lady. I had to lock up the shop and turn the lights off. The cost of electricity these days is enough to drive a man like me out of business.”

Franklin: “Yeah, it’s an old two-story rock house that sitting up on a hill. I thought it might be back on that road someplace, but I’m not really sure.”

Drunk: “Things happen here about, they don’t tell about. I see things. You see, they say that it’s just an old man talking. You laugh at an old man. There’s them that laughs and knows better.”

Pam: “Travel in the country, long-range plans, and upsetting persons around you, could make this a disturbing and unpredictable day. The events in the world are not doing much either to cheer one up.”

Sequel: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

Fun Fact about The Texas Chain Saw Massacre:

• John Larroquette claimed that he received a joint of marijuana as payment for providing the introductory narration.
• Most of the blood on Marilyn Burns’ body and clothing is real; after all, she wounded herself fairly seriously on the branches while being pursued by Leatherface through the vegetation.

My Boyfriend’s Back – US Box Office: USD$3,335,984millions

Famous quotes:

Dr. Bronson: “Okay, well, you’re dead. Which is unusual, because we don’t normally see this much activity in a dead person.”

Johnny: “Look. You pretend to kill her, I save her life, she thinks I’m a hero, ditches Buck and goes to the prom with me. How sweet is that?”

Johnny: “I heard someone my age is supposed to be comfortable with the way their body changes, but given the circumstances, this was too much.”

Dr. Bronson: “I’m afraid I have some bad news. Your boy is very sick. He’s lost a massive amount of blood, and his pulse and retinal response are poor, and as you can see there’s an axe sticking out of his head.”

Mr. Dingle: “You know son… your mother and me, and the ambulance driver, and the coroner, and the embalmer, were all pretty much convinced that you were dead.”

Fun Fact about My Boyfriend’s Back:

• The movie’s original title, “Johnny Zombie,” is displayed on the marquee of the cinema that Johnny and Missy visit.
• Adam Marcus was initially slated to helm Touchstone Pictures’ 1993 film My Boyfriend’s Back, but Walt Disney Studios, the studio’s parent company, refused to work with a first-time director. Bob Balaban was hired as the project’s director in place of Marcus. Producer Sean S. Cunningham allowed Marcus to direct Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) even though he was still a young man of 23.