While Hocus Pocus remains a beloved Halloween staple today, the Disney movie was an infamous box office bomb back in 1993. Hocus Pocus is a headliner for Disney’s Halloween movie slate every year, but it didn’t always have the nostalgia-filled popularity that it enjoys 30 years later. When Hocus Pocus premiered in 1993, it only made $40 million against an estimated $28 million budget (via Box Office Mojo). Considering the typical rule of thumb for a movie to break even is to double its initial budget, Hocus Pocus initially lost several million dollars for Disney.
Author Agatha Christie 's Miss Marple is one of the most iconic and celebrated literary sleuths of all time. The amateur investigator was first introduced in the 1930 novel Murder at the Vicarage , appearing in 11 subsequent novels up until 1976. The character has been portrayed on the stage, on radio, and for our purposes, on the big and small screen several times since the character's screen debut in 1961. Over the past 60 years, Miss Marple has been portrayed by several actresses, many of whom hail from different parts of the world. To see who did Miss Marple the most justice on screen, scroll below. Updated July 21st, 2022 by George Chrysostomou: Agatha Christie's works are still influencing the industry today and Miss Marple is among her most famous creations. With the Knives Out sequel, Glass Onion , taking the audience back to the genre, it's well worth checking out these classic portrayals of one of the best detectives out there featuring some fantastic Mis...
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