Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Download
Faster access than browser!
 

Sleeper hit

Index Sleeper hit

In the entertainment industry, a sleeper hit is a title (such as a book, film, song or game) that becomes successful, gradually, often with little promotion. [1]

65 relations: A Nightmare on Elm Street, All I Want Is You (album), Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Billboard (magazine), Billboard 200, Billboard Hot 100, Box Office Mojo, Cam'ron, Cleveland, Consequence (rapper), Cover version, Easy Rider, Entertainment Weekly, Film industry, Film screening, Forrest Gump, Gone (Kanye West song), Hal Leonard Corporation, Halloween (1978 film), Independent film, Just Dance (song), Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Larry Hooper, Late Registration, Lawrence Welk, Look at Me (XXXTentacion song), Mad Max, Marketing strategy, Miguel (singer), My Best Friend's Wedding, Oh Happy Day (1952 song), Outline of entertainment, Ozploitation, Paranormal Activity, Penguin Books, Poker Face (Lady Gaga song), Pop music, Prometheus Global Media, Raphael Saadiq, Rock music, Romantic comedy, Saw (2004 film), Scream (1996 film), Shopping mall, Single (music), Slasher film, Sleepless in Seattle, Soul music, Soul Train, ..., Suburb, The A.V. Club, The Blair Witch Project, The Daily News (Texas), The New Yorker, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Romantics, The Sixth Sense, The Way I See It, There's Something About Mary, Time Out (magazine), War Room (film), What I Like About You (song), Word-of-mouth marketing, XXXTentacion. Expand index (15 more) »

A Nightmare on Elm Street

A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American supernatural fantasy slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven, and the first film of the ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' franchise.

New!!: Sleeper hit and A Nightmare on Elm Street · See more »

All I Want Is You (album)

All I Want Is You is the debut studio album by American R&B recording artist Miguel.

New!!: Sleeper hit and All I Want Is You (album) · See more »

Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction

Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of science fiction, science fantasy or horror in which the Earth's technological civilization is collapsing or has collapsed.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction · See more »

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Billboard (magazine) · See more »

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Billboard 200 · See more »

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Billboard Hot 100 · See more »

Box Office Mojo

Founded in 1999, Box Office Mojo tracks box office revenue in a systematic, algorithmic way, and publishes the data on its website.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Box Office Mojo · See more »

Cam'ron

Cameron Ezike Giles (born February 4, 1976), better known by his stage name Cam'ron (formerly Killa Cam), is an American rapper, actor and entrepreneur from Harlem, New York.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Cam'ron · See more »

Cleveland

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the county seat of Cuyahoga County.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Cleveland · See more »

Consequence (rapper)

Dexter Raymond Mills Jr., better known by his stage name Consequence, is an American hip hop recording artist from Queens, New York City, New York.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Consequence (rapper) · See more »

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording by someone other than the original artist or composer of a previously recorded, commercially released song.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Cover version · See more »

Easy Rider

Easy Rider is a 1969 American independent road drama film written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda, and directed by Hopper.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Easy Rider · See more »

Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is an American magazine, published by Meredith Corporation, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books and popular culture.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Entertainment Weekly · See more »

Film industry

The film industry or motion picture industry comprises the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking, i.e., film production companies, film studios, cinematography, animation, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post production, film festivals, distribution; and actors, film directors, and other film crew personnel.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Film industry · See more »

Film screening

A film screening is the displaying of a motion picture or film, generally referring to a special showing as part of a film's production and release cycle.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Film screening · See more »

Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump is a 1994 American romantic drama film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Forrest Gump · See more »

Gone (Kanye West song)

"Gone" is a song by American hip hop artist Kanye West from his second studio album Late Registration (2005).

New!!: Sleeper hit and Gone (Kanye West song) · See more »

Hal Leonard Corporation

Hal Leonard Corporation is a United States music publishing and distribution company founded in Winona, Minnesota, by Harold "Hal" Edstrom, his brother, Everett "Leonard" Edstrom, and fellow musician Roger Busdicker.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Hal Leonard Corporation · See more »

Halloween (1978 film)

Halloween is a 1978 American slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, co-written with producer Debra Hill, and starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis in her film debut.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Halloween (1978 film) · See more »

Independent film

An independent film, independent movie, indie film or indie movie is a feature film that is produced outside the major film studio system, in addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Independent film · See more »

Just Dance (song)

"Just Dance" is the debut single by American singer Lady Gaga.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Just Dance (song) · See more »

Kanye West

Kanye Omari West (born June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur and fashion designer.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Kanye West · See more »

Lady Gaga

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Lady Gaga · See more »

Larry Hooper

Larry "Bullfrog" Hooper (July 22, 1917 in Independence, Missouri – June 10, 1983 in Los Angeles, California) was an American musician and vocalist.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Larry Hooper · See more »

Late Registration

Late Registration is the second studio album by American hip hop producer and rapper Kanye West.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Late Registration · See more »

Lawrence Welk

Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992) was an American musician, accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted the television program The Lawrence Welk Show from 1951 to 1982.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Lawrence Welk · See more »

Look at Me (XXXTentacion song)

"Look at Me" (stylized as "Look at Me!") is the debut single by American rapper XXXTentacion.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Look at Me (XXXTentacion song) · See more »

Mad Max

Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller, produced by Byron Kennedy, and starring Mel Gibson as "Mad" Max Rockatansky, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns, and Roger Ward.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Mad Max · See more »

Marketing strategy

Marketing strategy is a long-term, forward-looking approach to planning with the fundamental goal achieving a sustainable competitive advantage.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Marketing strategy · See more »

Miguel (singer)

Miguel Jontel Pimentel (born October 23, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, actor and record producer.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Miguel (singer) · See more »

My Best Friend's Wedding

My Best Friend's Wedding is a 1997 American romantic comedy film directed by P.J. Hogan from a screenplay by Ronald Bass.

New!!: Sleeper hit and My Best Friend's Wedding · See more »

Oh Happy Day (1952 song)

"Oh Happy Day" was a 1952 surprise hit song, one of the first whose initial popularity was driven by teenagers rather than support from the music industry.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Oh Happy Day (1952 song) · See more »

Outline of entertainment

The following outline provides an overview of and topical guide to entertainment and the entertainment industry: Entertainment is any activity which provides a diversion or permits people to amuse themselves in their leisure time, and may also provide fun, enjoyment and laughter.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Outline of entertainment · See more »

Ozploitation

Ozploitation (a portmanteau of Australia and exploitation) films are exploitation films – a category of low-budget horror, comedy, and action films – made in Australia after the introduction of the R rating in 1971.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Ozploitation · See more »

Paranormal Activity

Paranormal Activity is a 2007 American found footage supernatural horror film written, co-produced, photographed, edited, and directed by Oren Peli.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Paranormal Activity · See more »

Penguin Books

Penguin Books is a British publishing house.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Penguin Books · See more »

Poker Face (Lady Gaga song)

"Poker Face" is a song by American singer Lady Gaga from her debut studio album, The Fame (2008).

New!!: Sleeper hit and Poker Face (Lady Gaga song) · See more »

Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Pop music · See more »

Prometheus Global Media

Prometheus Global Media was a New York City-based B2B media company.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Prometheus Global Media · See more »

Raphael Saadiq

Raphael Saadiq (born May 14, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Raphael Saadiq · See more »

Rock music

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Rock music · See more »

Romantic comedy

Romantic comedy (also known as the portmanteaus romedy or romcom) is a genre with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Romantic comedy · See more »

Saw (2004 film)

Saw is a 2004 American horror film directed by James Wan.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Saw (2004 film) · See more »

Scream (1996 film)

Scream is a 1996 American slasher film directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Scream (1996 film) · See more »

Shopping mall

A shopping mall is a modern, chiefly North American, term for a form of shopping precinct or shopping center, in which one or more buildings form a complex of shops representing merchandisers with interconnecting walkways that enable customers to walk from unit to unit.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Shopping mall · See more »

Single (music)

In music, a single, record single or music single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Single (music) · See more »

Slasher film

A slasher film is a film in the sub-genre of horror films involving a violent psychopath stalking and murdering a group of people, usually by use of bladed tools.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Slasher film · See more »

Sleepless in Seattle

Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 American romantic comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Nora Ephron, based on a story by Jeff Arch.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Sleepless in Seattle · See more »

Soul music

Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Soul music · See more »

Soul Train

Soul Train is an American music-dance television program which aired in syndication from October 2, 1971 to March 27, 2006.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Soul Train · See more »

Suburb

A suburb is a mixed-use or residential area, existing either as part of a city or urban area or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Suburb · See more »

The A.V. Club

The A.V. Club is an entertainment website featuring reviews, interviews, and other articles that examine films, music, television, books, games, and other elements of pop culture media.

New!!: Sleeper hit and The A.V. Club · See more »

The Blair Witch Project

The Blair Witch Project is a 1999 American supernatural horror film written, directed and edited by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez.

New!!: Sleeper hit and The Blair Witch Project · See more »

The Daily News (Texas)

The Daily News, formerly the Galveston County Daily News and Galveston Daily News, is a newspaper published in Galveston, Texas, United States.

New!!: Sleeper hit and The Daily News (Texas) · See more »

The New Yorker

The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.

New!!: Sleeper hit and The New Yorker · See more »

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 musical science-fiction horror-comedy film by 20th Century Fox produced by Lou Adler and Michael White and directed by Jim Sharman.

New!!: Sleeper hit and The Rocky Horror Picture Show · See more »

The Romantics

The Romantics are an American rock band often put under the banner of power pop and new wave from Detroit, Michigan, United States, formed in 1977.

New!!: Sleeper hit and The Romantics · See more »

The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense is a 1999 American supernatural horror film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.

New!!: Sleeper hit and The Sixth Sense · See more »

The Way I See It

The Way I See It is the 2008 third studio album by American R&B singer, songwriter, and producer Raphael Saadiq.

New!!: Sleeper hit and The Way I See It · See more »

There's Something About Mary

There's Something About Mary is a 1998 American romantic comedy film directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly.

New!!: Sleeper hit and There's Something About Mary · See more »

Time Out (magazine)

Time Out is a British travel magazine published by Time Out Group.

New!!: Sleeper hit and Time Out (magazine) · See more »

War Room (film)

War Room is a 2015 American Christian drama film directed by Alex Kendrick and co-written and produced by Stephen Kendrick.

New!!: Sleeper hit and War Room (film) · See more »

What I Like About You (song)

"What I Like About You" is a song by American rock band The Romantics.

New!!: Sleeper hit and What I Like About You (song) · See more »

Word-of-mouth marketing

Word-of-mouth marketing (WOMM, WOM marketing), also called word of mouth advertising, differs from naturally occurring word of mouth, in that it is actively influenced or encouraged by organizations (e.g. 'seeding' a message in a networks rewarding regular consumers to engage in WOM, employing WOM 'agents').

New!!: Sleeper hit and Word-of-mouth marketing · See more »

XXXTentacion

Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy (January 23, 1998 – June 18, 2018), known professionally as XXXTentacion, was an American rapper, singer, and songwriter.

New!!: Sleeper hit and XXXTentacion · See more »

Redirects here:

Accidental classic, Sleeper film, Surprise hit.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeper_hit

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »