Originally Posted by
Krandor
How can you say they weren't blockbusters on release?
Raiders of the Lost Ark was one of the highest grossing movies of all time at release and was nominated for 8 Academy Awards that year including Best Picture. If that doesn't denote a blockbuster movie I can't really see what does.
Temple of Doom and Last Crusade weren't all that far behind either (hell, Temple of Doom is the movie that's responsible for the existence of the PG-13 movie rating, because they couldn't figure out if it was PG or R until finally coming up with a new rating), and all 3 of them were either the highest grossing movie of the year or in the top 3.