ET movie which led to the creation of the Atari 2600 game ET and brought about the video game crash of 1983 so I’d say that was a massive price to pay.

It happens pretty often with cars.

Fast and the Furious made the Toyota Supra skyrocket in value.
Back to the Future completely skyrocketed the value of DeLoreans.
Also the 80s Toyota AE86 Trueno is worth A TON (relatively speaking) due to Initial D (not a movie but a manga/anime). It basically costs as much as a new 2025 car.

Originally posted by Alamort:

ET movie which led to the creation of the Atari 2600 game ET and brought about the video game crash of 1983 so I’d say that was a massive price to pay. :yazdhdwink:

A common misconception. ET was quite damaging to Atari, but the disastrous port of Pac Man was even moreso. Ultimately, market saturation and shovelware were the biggest causes of the 1983 crash. Nowadays, mobile app stores are in much the same position.

Nintendo's lockout chips and legal battles over strict publishing rights were the direct result of them learning from Atari's mistakes in allowing anyone to write a quick and dirty low-effort game (including quite a few notorious porno games) and manufacture Atari cartridges of them without any approval from Atari.

Star Wars.

It might be an urban legend, but I read Han's DL-44 blaster created a surge in demand for Mauser broomhandle pistols among collectors.

Why the same wasn't true for the E-11 blaster and hair dryers, I'm not sure.

Action Figures, yes. All the time.
Probably books too for like The Hunger Games.
Tater Tots after Napolean Dynamite.
Harley Quinn costumes after Suicide Squad.
Impalas after Supernatural show.
Syrup after Super Troopers
Hair Gel after Something About Mary.
Leather Jackets after Sons of Anarchy show.
White Castle after Harold and Kumar.

Originally posted by Sit With Me:

Action Figures, yes. All the time.
Probably books too for like The Hunger Games.
Tater Tots after Napolean Dynamite.
Harley Quinn costumes after Suicide Squad.
Impalas after Supernatural show.
Syrup after Super Troopers
Hair Gel after Something About Mary.
Leather Jackets after Sons of Anarchy show.
White Castle after Harold and Kumar.

Reese's Pieces after E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Originally posted by Rio:

Beside Jurassic park, creating a craze for Amber with fossilized animals/bugs in it?

find nemo

people tried to buy clown fish

101 Dalmatians people bought dalmatians

Dunkin' Donuts' "Munchkins" doughnut holes were named after the little people in the film, "The Wizard of Oz".

Originally posted by Alamort:

ET movie which led to the creation of the Atari 2600 game ET and brought about the video game crash of 1983 so I’d say that was a massive price to pay. :yazdhdwink:

but it lead to an increase in the sale of reeses pieces... one might even say it let to them being an established product.

sucks to be M&Ms :P

All the peripherals & toys because of Fifty Shades of Grey (2015). I was shocked my invoice was so high.

Originally posted by Affronter:

All the peripherals & toys because of Fifty Shades of Grey (2015). I was shocked my invoice was so high.

"peripherals"?

I remember my hiphop dance class was packed after Step Up 2 got released. It wasn't a price increase but it just made d the dance style popular which only lasted half a year before it went back to normal.

oh ya, and this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DmChQu5B9A

pretty sure it's still driving sales.

edit: ya, it's been re-done it seems...

Originally posted by Rio:

Rio 12 hours ago
    
Was there any movie that caused a massive price increase on something irl?

Beside Jurassic park, creating a craze for Amber with fossilized animals/bugs in it?

Godzilla movies increased sneaker sales, for running away and..nope that's not true

"We've recently noticed an increase in customers reporting fake emails about A***** prime membership subscriptions," the email reads. "We want to help you stay protected by sharing important information about these scams."

Would say the streaming services themselves? Yet at the cost of really was it a movie or
AI and taxes at work to restore whose to say.

Maybe the movie "AI" then could be the culprit and why these tariffs on such mechanical men are justified.

Finding Nemo supposedly increased the demand for clownfish in pet stores, completely going against the intended message of the film.