Cobra (Collector’s Edition) – Blu-ray Review (1 Viewer)

[t1g3r5fan]

In the 1980’s, Sylvester Stallone was arguably one of the biggest stars in Hollywood; the emergence of the Rambo franchise as well as the continued success of the Rocky sequels (III and IV to be precise) played a big part in that. Also, during that decade, Cannon Films – under the leadership of Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus – consistently turned out a high volume of movies that have gone on to become cult favorites. The union of these two produced Cobra, a vehicle that played to Stallone’s strengths as well as befitting of the company’s style of entertainment. Previously released by Warner Bros. on both DVD and Blu-ray, Shout Factory – via the Scream sub-label – has licensed the film and given it the Collector’s Edition treatment.



Cobra (1986)...

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[Colin Jacobson]

I don't think "Cobra" was a "huge hit". According to BOM, it made $49 million, which was good but not great back in 1986.

It was 15th on the year-end box office chart...

 

[t1g3r5fan]

Domestic wise, yes, you do have a point; I went by the worldwide gross, which is about $160 million.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

Domestic wise, yes, you do have a point; I went by the worldwide gross, which is about $160 million.

I consulted Box Office Mojo when I wrote my review, and they didn't list the film's non-US gross, so I didn't have that information.

I'll say this: I remembered "Cobra" as a bigger hit than it was. Lotsa hype coming off Stallone's massive 1985, and in my memory, I thought it was a smash in the US.

Nope!

Interesting that Stallone didn't bother with a sequel if the film really did make $160m WW. I think back then studios paid much more attention to domestic and weren't as likely to make sequels if the movie didn't sell in the US...