Snakes on a Plane Broke the Internet 20 Years Ago. It Barely Broke Even at the Box Office

A Meme Disappointed In Theaters 20 Years Ago, But It's Still A Great Romp

Sometimes, when the internet inserts itself into the filmmaking process, the results are decent — like when irate fans forced a redesign of Sonic the Hedgehog. More often, though, having a vocal online minority of people dictate the direction of a movie is a mistake. One of the early instances of the World Wide Web forcing itself in the director's chair came in 2006, when Snakes on a Plane became a viral sensation. With a silly concept and wonde…

20 Years Later, the Fan-Fiction Ethos of ‘Snakes on a Plane’ Has Swallowed the Culture Whole

Many amazing, enduring works of art were released in 2006. It was the year of Guillermo del Toro’s Pan's Labyrinth and Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige. Of Back to Black by Amy Winehouse and Modern Times by Bob Dylan. It was the year Cormac McCarthy put out The Road, and Nintendo released The Legend of Zelda:…

Meme 不會買票：從Snakes on a Plane二十週年看數位熱度與真實收入的裂縫 – DIR HONGKONG

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Snakes on a Plane Broke the Internet 20 Years Ago. It Barely Broke Even at the Box Office

New Line spent millions chasing the internet's biggest meme — then watched it flop at the box office anyway. Snakes on a Plane Broke the Internet 20 Years Ago. It Barely Broke Even at the Box Office Written by Casey Chong for Fortress of Solitude