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Rahul Malhotra is a Weekend News Writer for Collider. From Francois Ozon to David Fincher, he'll watch anything once.
He has been writing for Collider for over two years, and has covered everything from Marvel to the Oscars, and Marvel at the Oscars. He also writes obsessively about the box office, charting the many hits and misses that are released weekly, and how their commercial performance shapes public perception. In his time at Collider, he has also helped drive diversity by writing stories about the multiple Indian film industries, with a goal to introduce audiences to a whole new world of cinema.
Swing and a miss > measured victory. Also, #JusticeForHan. (He/Him). Sign in to your Collider account follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recapAs director Guillermo del Toro celebrates the success of his latest film, the sprawling science-fiction melodrama Frankenstein, his magnum opus has made a return to the streaming charts as well. Del Toro broke out globally nearly two decades ago with Pan's Labyrinth, which is still widely considered to be his best work. The Spanish-language film was heavily inspired by the classic Spirit of the Beehive's political commentary, and further fleshed out the filmmaker's fascination for the fantastical following The Devil's Backbone, which was released five years prior. It also provided the first real signs of a visual style that would become del Toro's signature in future fantasy films.
According to FlixPatrol, Pan's Labyrinth broke into the domestic iTunes charts on November 17, while Frankenstein remained the number one movie on Netflix worldwide. Pan's Labyrinth jumped by five spots on November 18, overtaking Christopher Nolan's Interstellar, the first Now You See Me, and Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. The leader board was topped, for the second day in a row, by Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another, which recently hit the $200 million mark at the global box office on the eve of its PVOD debut.
The streaming success of Pan's Labyrinth comes not only in the wake of Frankenstein's release, but also immediately after it was announced that the movie would be given a special 20th anniversary theatrical re-release next year. Widely regarded as one of the best fantasy movies of all time, Pan's Labyrinth was released in the immediate aftermath of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, which moved mountains to earn mainstream legitimacy for the genre. The movie made around $90 million worldwide, and remains one of the highest-grossing foreign-language hits at the domestic box office.
'Frankenstein' Also Opened to Excellent Reviews
Pan's Labyrinth holds a "certified fresh" 95% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the critics' consensus reads, "Pan's Labyrinth is Alice in Wonderland for grown-ups, with the horrors of both reality and fantasy blended together into an extraordinary, spellbinding fable." Del Toro went on to win a Best Picture and Best Director Oscar for The Shape of Water, which further exemplified his love for the fantasy genre. Frankenstein is one of his most expensive movies, with a reported price tag of $120 million. Odds are that it does very well in the technical categories at the upcoming Oscars.
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Pan's Labyrinth
Like R War Drama Fantasy Release Date January 19, 2007 Runtime 118 minutes Director Guillermo del Toro Writers Guillermo del ToroCast
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In the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.
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