Huffington Magazine Issue 8 | Page 76

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: WARNER BROS; EVERETT COLLECTION; WARNER BROS/EVERETT COLLECTION; EVERETT COLLECTION; WALT DISNEY CO./EVERETT COLLECTION Exit OCEAN’S ELEVEN (2001) TKTK HUFFINGTON 08.05.12 HIT! YEARS BETWEEN: 41 YEARS REBOOT/REMAKE WORLDWIDE GROSS: $584.3 MILLION The rare remake that actually improves on the original — both in gross and content. Steven Soderbergh turned Frank Sinatra’s Rat Pack classic into a playground for George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Julia Roberts. It worked. GET CARTER (2000) F LO P ! YEARS BETWEEN: 29 YEARS REBOOT/REMAKE WORLDWIDE GROSS: $25.8 MILLION The revenge thriller flopped at the box office, pushing star Sylvester Stallone back to what he does best: Playing Rocky and Rambo. F LO P ! FRIGHT NIGHT (2011) YEARS BETWEEN: 26 YEARS REBOOT/REMAKE W