I wish that film wasn't dying a slow death but it is.
The shock-therapy scene appeared in the 1990 film Die Hard 2.
I'd just as soon let my own films die than have to go out and sell them on a circuit.
Both films received strong reviews but died at the box office.
The film died at the box office.
Aldrich spent $75,000 battling the rating, but his lawsuit was dismissed, and the film died at the box office.
There is an old argument in film circles, which contends that film as high art died with the advent of sound.
His first film with New Line, Mothership died in development.
The 1988 film Die Hard was particularly influential on the development of the genre in the subsequent decade.
But audiences didn't care if the film died.