Sleeper hit

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In the entertainment industry, a sleeper hit refers to a film, television series, music release, video game, or other entertainment product that was unpromising on release but eventually became a surprise success. A sleeper hit may have little promotion or lack a successful launch but gradually develops a fandom following media (including social media) attention, which in turn increases its public exposure and public interest in the product. [1] As Variety puts it, "A 'sleeper hit' can be defined as the kind of show that catches us by surprise—programs whose popularity grows over time and can ultimately outshine the preordained hits." [2] A sleeper hit often lacks star performers or high production values, but prevails, at times against its own makers' expectations, on the strength of such qualities as narrative, approach, or novelty, as well as market accidents. [3] Sleeper hit films benefit theater owners because the owners keep a larger percentage of money from ticket sales. [4]

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In film

Some sleeper hits in the film industry are strategically marketed for audiences subtly, such as with sneak previews a couple of weeks prior to release, without making them feel obliged to see a heavily promoted film. This alternative form of marketing strategy has been used in sleeper hits such as Sleepless in Seattle (1993), the Oscar winner Forrest Gump (1994), My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), There's Something About Mary (1998), The Blair Witch Project (1999), and The Sixth Sense (1999). [1]

Screenings for these films are held in an area conducive to the film's demographic. In the case of Sleepless in Seattle, a romantic comedy, screenings were held at suburban shopping malls where romantic couples in their mid-20s to early 30s spent Saturday afternoons before seeing a new film. In theory, a successful screening leads to word-of-mouth marketing, as it compels viewers to discuss an interesting, low-key film with co-workers when they return to work after their weekend. [1]

Easy Rider (1969), which was created on a budget of less than $400,000 (equivalent to $3,323,000in 2023) [5] , became a sleeper hit by earning $50 million and garnering attention from younger audiences with its combination of drugs, violence, motorcycles, counter-culture stance, and rock music. [6] It was also one of the successful films during the beginnings of the American New Wave of cinema. [7]

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) was considered a failure [8] for the first 6 months of its release until it found popularity in midnight screenings afterwards. [9]

A Christmas Story (1983) was initially a modest success with little promotion, [10] but after Ted Turner purchased the MGM back-catalog a few years later and began rerunning the film on his cable networks every December, it became an iconic Christmas classic. [11]

The 1979 Australian film Mad Max , which sprung from the Ozploitation movement and helped to popularize the post-apocalyptic dystopia genre, held the record for the biggest profit-to-cost ratio for several years until it was broken in 1999 by The Blair Witch Project , also a sleeper hit. [4] [12]

The independent film Halloween , which played over the course of fall 1978 through fall 1979 and relied almost completely on word-of-mouth as marketing, was also a sleeper hit, having a box office take of $70 million on a budget of only $325,000. Its success caused other slasher films to try the same approach, although few fared as well since horror films heavily rely on opening weekend box office and quickly fall from theaters. Other notable examples of horror sleeper-hits to follow in Halloween's wake include A Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984, Scream in 1996, The Blair Witch Project in 1999, Saw in 2004, and Paranormal Activity in 2007. [13]

Hocus Pocus (1993) underperformed at the box office but eventually became a sleeper hit through television airings on the 13 Nights of Halloween block on what is now Freeform. [14]

The Iron Giant (1999) was a box-office failure due to lack of marketing from distributor Warner Bros., who did not have faith in the film. However, it received universal acclaim and earned a cult following once it arrived on home video and television, and is now considered a modern animation classic and one of the greatest animated films ever made. [15] [16] [17]

Napoleon Dynamite made back its $500,000 budget and became a phenomenon in 2004, grossing almost $45 million within a year of its release, and became the basis for a short-lived animated series featuring the film’s entire cast. [18] [19]

The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019) also went on to become a sleeper hit, [20] expanding the following weekend to 1,249 theaters and earning $3 million, as well as $1.1 million on Labor Day. [21]

Elemental (2023) originally opened below projections, earning $29.5 million in its opening weekend. However, positive word-of-mouth led the movie to become a sleeper hit by managing to make a drastic turnaround, with many news outlets praising Pixar Animation Studios' unprecedented box office comeback upon the film crossing $400 million worldwide by early August 2023, which ultimately became Disney's biggest animated success during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also performed well internationally, particularly in South Korea, which became the film's third-largest market. This was attributed to director Peter Sohn's Korean-American background and the incorporation of elements that resonated with Korean audiences. Upon hearing this news, Sohn stated "I think my heart burst with joy." [22] By August 20, 2023, Elemental had surpassed Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 's international box office total and in January 2024, the film received an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature. [a]

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023) was a box-office bomb, grossing $46 million against a $70 million budget, losing projections of up to $80 million. However, it became a success on Netflix, beating out the competition, and caught on with the target audience, which was teens and young adults. Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken would reach the top of Netflix's Top 10 and was seen by 12,300,000 viewers over the course of three weeks. [36] [37]

The romantic comedy Anyone but You (2023) [38] also opened below projections. It was projected to gross around $7 million during its opening weekend, [39] but opened to $6.3 million instead. [40] However, the film experienced a gradual increase in weekend gross and stayed within the top five. [41] [42] The film led the box office from January 8, 2024 to January 11, [43] which saw the debut of new films. [44]

In music

Don Howard's 1952 recording of "Oh Happy Day" was one of the earliest sleeper hits. Featuring only Howard's baritone vocals and his acoustic guitar played at an amateur level, it was initially released regionally and was never expected to become a hit. A massive groundswell of support from teenagers in Howard's home base of Cleveland, Ohio, led to the song rapidly rising in popularity, [45] despite music industry scorn; [46] cover versions (including one by Larry Hooper and the Lawrence Welk orchestra) were quickly rushed into production, and by 1953, there were no fewer than four hit recordings of the same song circulating, including Howard's original.

The Romantics' 1980 single "What I Like About You" was a minor hit upon its release, charting at number 49 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, while not charting at all in the United Kingdom. It eventually became one of the most popular songs of the 1980s thanks to its use in various advertising campaigns. [47]

The Waterboys 1985 single "The Whole of the Moon" charted initially in several countries on the lower end of charts including No. 26 in the UK. The song was re-released in 1991 to much acclaim peaking at No. 3 in the UK and No. 3 in Europe, and becoming certified platinum in the UK. [48] The song became one of their most successful songs and well known. [49]

The 1987 single "Welcome to the Jungle" by American rock band Guns N' Roses performed poorly in both the United States and the United Kingdom when first released in September of that year. As the band's popularity grew steadily in 1988, it became a sleeper hit in the US and reached the top 10 of the Billboard charts. It was then re-released in the UK, charting within the top 40 there. [50]

The 1990 single "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole became a sleeper hit after being featured in numerous film and TV soundtracks throughout the 2000s and 2010s, the song eventually charted across Europe in 2010 and 2011, finishing 16th on Germany's decade-end charts for the 2010s. [51]

Nirvana's second album Nevermind was released in September 1991 with low expectations, hoping to sell 500,000 copies. The album entered the Billboard 200 at number 144, but slowly climbed up the charts over the following months, entering the top 40 in November. The album was selling 300,000 copies a week by December, before in January 1992, it even replaced Michael Jackson's Dangerous at number 1 on the Billboard charts. [52] The album went on to sell over 30 million copies worldwide, and has since become one of the world's best-selling albums of all time. [53]

"Thank You" by Dido was first featured in the movie Sliding Doors in 1998 and released as a single in September of 2000 but did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 until Eminem sampled the track for his hit single "Stan", which helped propel "Thank You" and Dido's debut album No Angel, which was released in 1999, to mainstream success. The single debuted on the chart at No. 80 in January 2001, [54] and eventually peaked at number three in April 2001. [55] [56] No Angel entered the Billboard 200 at No. 144, [57] where it eventually reached its peak position of No. 4 on the chart. [58]

Maroon 5's debut studio album, Songs About Jane , was originally released in June 2002 but did not enter the chart until 11 months later in May 2003, where it underperformed on the chart, debuting at just No. 170, and staying beneath the top 40 for 8 months. However, with their popular hit single, "This Love," released in 2004, and the equally popular follow-up, "She Will Be Loved," both peaking at No. 5, with the former spending 14 weeks in the top ten and 43 weeks on the chart, it gave new hype for the album at the beginning of 2004, being certified platinum in February, and finally making the top 10 a month later. [59] [60]

The R&B singer Raphael Saadiq's classic soul-inspired album The Way I See It was a sleeper hit. [61] Overlooked upon its release in 2008, [62] it ended up charting for 41 weeks on the US Billboard 200. [63]

"Just Dance" and "Poker Face" by pop singer Lady Gaga were both released in 2008 but did not become popular hits until the end of that year and the start of the next in some countries, including the USA and the UK, eventually becoming No. 1 hits in those countries. "Poker Face", in particular, went on to become the world's best-selling single of 2009 overall. [64]

R&B singer Miguel's 2010 debut album All I Want Is You performed poorly at first, debuting at number 109 on the Billboard 200 with sales of 11,000 copies, [65] while underpromoted by his record label. [66] As its singles achieved radio airplay and Miguel toured in the record's promotion, [65] All I Want Is You became a sleeper hit [67] and reached 404,000 copies sold by 2012. [65] As of November 2017, the album has been certified platinum in the US. [68]

"Truth Hurts" by Lizzo was released in September 2017, and did not chart until its appearance in the 2019 romantic comedy film Someone Great led to the single debuting at the number 50 position on the Billboard Hot 100. As the song became a sleeper hit on the chart, the music video—featuring the singer in a "wedding-gone-wild" concept—went viral. By September 2019, the single had reached number one on the chart. The music video has been viewed over 290 million times as of August 2022. The single also benefited from its use in TikTok videos by users who lip-synced or referenced the lyric "I just took a DNA test, turns out, I'm 100 percent that bitch". [69] During its chart run, Gary Trust, the senior director of charts at Billboard, noted the rarity of a song topping the Hot 100 almost two years after its release, but explained that, "in the digital era, it's much easier than ever before for music fans to be exposed to older songs that might've been overlooked the first time around." [70] According to Paper magazine's Michael Love Michael, Lizzo's sleeper hit can also be explained by a more inclusive popular media since the song's original release: "Black women are more visible than ever on magazine covers; fashion is having broader conversations about size, racial, and ethnic diversity. Lizzo's presence in these spaces signals a future of greater inclusion." [69]

Chappell Roan's debut studio album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess was not an immediate commercial success upon its release in September 2023, however, it began to garner a cult following due to Roan's supporting act on Olivia Rodrigo's Guts World Tour, her performances at music festivals like Coachella and Governors Ball, and the success of her follow-up single, "Good Luck, Babe!". By June 2024, the album had peaked within the top ten on the Billboard 200. [71] Subsequently, several of its singles ("Femininomenon", "Casual", "Pink Pony Club", "Red Wine Supernova", and "Hot to Go!") entered the Billboard Global 200 and the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time since their release.

By the mid-2020s, Lostwave wave was becoming a popular phenomenon on the internet, songs which have their origins discovered are likely to increase in popularity, most notably, "Ulterior Motives" by the Booth brothers and "Subways of Your Mind" by FEX (the later formerly known as "The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet"), [72] [73] [74] whose careers were relaunched as a result of the discovery of their songs.

TikTok

The COVID-19 pandemic played a significant role in audiences' rediscovery of previously-released media, including music, primarily through video sharing service TikTok and other social media platforms. Songs which were released up to several years prior but failed to make an immediate impression commercially have gained renewed popularity and chart success. [75] [76] In September of 2023, Billboard introduced the new TikTok Billboard Top 50, which keeps track of songs from how many plays they get on TikTok. [77] Examples of TikTok sleeper hits since 2020 include:

In video games

Pocket Monster Red and Green were released in 1996 in Japan, and later released as Pokémon Red and Blue in 1998. They followed several years of development and became sleeper hits. [104] [105] Believing it to be a one-time product, Nintendo initially shipped 200,000 copies, a relatively low amount. Most media ignored the games, but largely by word-of-mouth stemming from the hidden character Mew's introduction, [104] their popularity gradually spread throughout Japan, selling a million units by the end of 1996. [106] They eventually became the best-selling video games ever in Japan, with 7.8 million copies sold, [107] and 45 million sold worldwide. [108] After becoming a national sensation in Japan, the franchise was introduced to the United States in September 1998, [109] going on to start a worldwide craze dubbed "Pokémania". [110]

Portal was released in 2007 with little fanfare as part of the game compilation The Orange Box , but eventually became a "phenomenon". [111]

SteamWorld Dig (2013) was released on the 3DS by little-known developer Image & Form. It became one of the first indie games mentioned in a Nintendo Direct, and ultimately sold over a million copies on all platforms. If the game had not succeeded, the studio would have been forced to close. [112]

Among Us was released in June 2018 and received little mainstream attention at first, with the game only averaging at around 30 to 50 concurrent players. It received a sudden and significant jump in popularity in mid-2020 after being popularized by streamers on Twitch and YouTube. In November 2020, SuperData Research reported that the game had over half a billion users, proclaiming it to be "by far the most popular game ever in terms of monthly players." [113] [114]

Helldivers 2 , the sequel to Helldivers by developer Arrowhead Game Studios, began to have server issues because it was not designed to have a player base exceeding 250,000; at the time, the player base reached over 450,000. [115] Because of its unforeseen success, Helldivers 2 became one of the biggest sleeper hits of all time. [116] [117]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Attributed to multiple references. [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35]

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