The Weekly Substandard Expanded Universe
Aug 3, 2026 · 30 min · 11 segments
"The boys are back in town"......is the title or a least some of the lyrics to a semi popular song from an indeterminate period of time ago and really has nothing to do with this episode or the…
Why do you say that? Is there something that happened at that time?
I don't know.
You were just arguing over every single fucking movie.
Because that
was the point of the quiz.
What do you mean? You forced us to argue about it, and then you're like, why are you arguing about what...
Sure.
Perfect.
Anyway, the prestige stars Wolverine, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Christian Bale, Christian Bale's brother.
It had a budget of 40 million, made 109 million at the box office, which sounds ridiculous.
Yeah, I mean, I don't.
don't know if it's that big at the time it came out it's like one of those movies that's become very popular after but i don't know i don't remember maybe it was i don't know if i saw this in the theater i don't think i did
i don't i don't think it registered with me that it was released in theaters uh we are talking oh six
oh six
Domestic gross was $53 million.
Not huge, huge, but pretty big for an original script that's not based on any kind of known idea.
How did he
get $40 million to make this in the early 2000s? Well,
no, I guess that's when
it was.
Yeah, and it was just a different era.
Well, and also it is based on a novel, right? But you said not well known.
But
Why do you say that? Is there something that happened at that time?
I don't know.
You were just arguing over every single fucking movie.
Because that
was the point of the quiz.
What do you mean? You forced us to argue about it, and then you're like, why are you arguing about what...
Sure.
Perfect.
Anyway, the prestige stars Wolverine, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Christian Bale, Christian Bale's brother.
It had a budget of 40 million, made 109 million at the box office, which sounds ridiculous.
Yeah, I mean, I don't.
don't know if it's that big at the time it came out it's like one of those movies that's become very popular after but i don't know i don't remember maybe it was i don't know if i saw this in the theater i don't think i did
i don't i don't think it registered with me that it was released in theaters uh we are talking oh six
oh six
Domestic gross was $53 million.
Not huge, huge, but pretty big for an original script that's not based on any kind of known idea.
How did he
get $40 million to make this in the early 2000s? Well,
no, I guess that's when
it was.
Yeah, and it was just a different era.
Well, and also it is based on a novel, right? But you said not well known.
But
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