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Bill Murray’s Top Grossing 80s Films

The 1980s were a wild time for cinema, but if there’s one face that defined the decade’s comedy landscape, it’s Bill Murray.

With his signature deadpan delivery, chaotic charm, and effortless cool, he went from an SNL breakout to one of the biggest box office draws on the planet.

But which of his classic ’80s flicks actually brought in the most cash?

From cult-classic box office flops to record-breaking blockbusters, let’s look at the numbers and rank Bill Murray’s top-grossing films of the 1980s.

Here is a list of Bill Murray’s top grossing films for the decade of the 1980s.

10. Nothing Lasts Forever (1984) – Unknown (IMDB)

9. The Razor’s Edge (1984) – Gross worldwide: $6,551,987 (IMDB)

8. Where the Buffalo Roam (1980) – Gross worldwide: $6,659,377 (IMDB)

7. Little Shop of Horrors (1986) – Gross worldwide: $39,067,762 (IMDB)

6. Caddyshack (1980) – Gross worldwide: $39,918,650 (IMDB)

5. Scrooged (1988) – Gross worldwide: $60,329,560 (IMDB)

4. Stripes (1981) – Gross worldwide: $85,297,000 (IMDB)

3. Tootsie (1982) – Gross worldwide: $177,200,285 (IMDB)

2. Ghostbusters II (1989) – Gross worldwide: $215,394,738 (IMDB)

1. Ghostbusters (1984) – Gross worldwide: $296,640,120 (IMDB)

Looking back at this list, it’s clear that the 1980s belonged to Bill Murray.

Whether he was playing a cynical television executive, an accidental soldier, or a parapsychologist fighting the paranormal, audiences were more than willing to show up with their wallets open. It’s a box office run that cemented him as an absolute Hollywood legend.

Which of these ’80s hits is your personal favourite? Drop your thoughts in the comments below! 

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USA Up All Night Movies

USA Up All Night is only something I recently discovered and missed out on watching as it is (obviously) an American thing – something we would never have gotten here in the land of Australia, especially back in 1989, when it started.

If you are like me, you may not know what this show was.

Then again, if you were lucky, you may have fond memories of watching movie late at night when this show aired.

Either way, it’s time to dive into this classic piece of TV and film history.

USA Up All Night

USA Up All Night was basically a show with segments where the host would introduce the movies – usually a B-grade or cult classics – and then make silly comments before and after the commercials.

The video below shows typical commentary from one the hosts, the late, Gilbert Gottfried (the other hosts through the decade this show was on the air were Caroline Schlitt (for a short time), and Rhonda Shear.

There were two versions of this show that ran simultaneously – one on Friday nights (hosted first by Caroline Schlitt, briefly, and then by Rhonda Shear), and one on Saturday nights (hosted by Gilbert Gottfried from New York City).

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USA Up All Night aired from 11pm at night until the early mornings and would show two or three B-grade or cult classics back-to-back (depending on which year you were tuning in – they changed the formatting a bit throughout the years).

So, what movies aired during the show’s run?

List of Movies Shown

Well, luckily two guys – Letterboxd users Vahan_Nisanian and jeffrouk – managed to put together a pretty close to exhaustive list of movies that the show aired throughout the years.

Letterbox’d a visual list of them, but you can check out the PDF of the original list, as well, which includes the years and episodes each of the movies were aired. I also have a download of that list you can just grab.

You can head over to YouTube and see over 100 videos of Rhonda Sheer introducing the movies on that particular night. Not sure I could sit through that many in a row, but you could always have a movie night and show her introductions before watching them yourself.

In fact, I might try that myself.

In the meantime, here is Gilbert Gotfried on USA Up All Night when showing Roddy Piper’s Hell Come to Frogtown.

And just to wet your appetite, here is a promo video for the show itself, featuring Gilbert Gotfried.

I am not sure I would have been up all night watching these movies when I was younger, but it would have been treat to fall asleep watching some of these – and then waking up half-way through another.

Over to You

Did you ever watch USA Up All Night? Let me know down in the comments below.

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The Internet Underground Magazine Of The 90s

Internet Underground magazine covers

It’s amazing where web surfing takes you.

This is a lost art of discovery that didn’t always take you some place safe, but it definitely took you on a journey.

Back in the 90s and 2000s – before the internet consisted of 6 main social media sites for the majority of people – people jumped from website to website (which were all wonderfully and horribly unique) making discoveries along the way.

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