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Welcome to another edition of Marquee History, the column that takes you back to a time when you - or your parents - were younger. Prepare to become nostalgic (and shocked) at how much time has passed when you recall what was new in theaters 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 years ago.

This edition features the 10th anniversary of the award-winning hit Little Miss Sunshine, and sadly, anniversaries of the last roles for Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, and Gilda Radner.

Here are the movies that premiered on theater marquees this week...

10 years ago

Miami Vice - July 28, 2006
Following his first $100 million hit Collateral, director Michael Mann adapted the 1980s television series he served on as producer. Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx (who starred in Collateral) play Miami detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs investigating a case involving a Colombian drug cartel. Miami Vice took over the #1 box office spot which had been held by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest for the past three weeks, with $25.7 million from 3,021 theaters. It earned only $63 million in the U.S. - less than half its budget - but did bring in another $100 million from foreign markets.

John Tucker Must Die - July 28, 2006
This high school comedy stars Brittany Snow and Arielle Kebbel, Sophia Bush, and Ashanti as girls out to get even for being lied to by their (unknown) mutual boyfriend, played by Jesse Metcalf. John Tucker took the #3 spot with $14.2 million and finished with a total of $41 million.

The Ant Bully - July 28, 2006
Based on the 1999 children’s book, this animated adventure from the producers of Jimmy Neutron tells the tale of an ant colony that shrinks a human down to size to teach him a lesson. Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage, and Meryl Streep provide voices to some of the ant characters. This was the last film role for Ricardo Montalban. The Ant Bully fell short of Jimmy Neutron’s success, opening at #5 with $8.4 million and closing with a gross of $28.1 million.

Scoop - July 28, 2006
Woody Allen experienced a box office resurgence from 2005 to 2008, and it probably isn’t a coincidence that Scarlett Johansson starred in three of his successes during that time. Following Match Point, she returned to work with Allen again for this investigative news comedy with Hugh Jackman. Opening in limited release at 538 theaters, Scoop eventually grossed $10.5 million - not as strong as Match Point or Vicky Cristina Barcelona, but still stronger than his films since 2000’s Small Time Crooks.

Little Miss Sunshine - July 28, 2006
This ensemble comedy centers around a family headed by Greg Kinnear and Toni Collette, and features Abigail Breslin as their daughter Olive and her quest to be part of the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant. Their cross-country road trip also makes their malfunctioning yellow Volkswagen Type 2 van a character itself. After its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January, Fox Searchlight paid a festival record amount of $10.5 million to purchase distribution rights, and the gamble paid off. Opening at just seven theaters this weekend, excellent reviews and high theater averages led to expansion up to a peak of 1,602 theaters over Labor Day weekend, where it appeared in the top five in box office results. By December it had earned $59 million and began receiving multiple award nominations: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress (Breslin), Best Writing (Michael Arndt), and Best Supporting Actor (Alan Arkin) at the Oscars, Outstanding Cast at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, and nominations from the Directors Guild and Writers Guild. Arndt won both the WGA and Oscar for his first produced screenplay. Arkin won his Oscar, his first win 40 years after being first nominated for The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming.

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