Still technically newlyweds, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez have competing action thrillers opening this week – Affleck’s Robert Rodriguez-directed “Hypnotic” and J-Lo’s Netflix assassin drama “The Mother” (appropriately titled for Mother’s Day weekend).
But Bennifer isn’t the only married or nearly married couple to ever have movies out at the same time. Take our quiz about other Tinseltown twosomes/box office rivals.
1. Midway through their marriage, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman starred in year-end 1996 releases that competed at the box office – “Jerry Maguire” and “The Portrait of a Lady,” respectively. True or false: They both were up for lead acting Oscars the next year for the films.
2. When Robin Wright’s critically derided romance “Message in a Bottle” came out in February 1999, her then-husband Sean Penn’s best picture Academy Award nominee war epic was still in theaters. What was it?
3. In December 2021, Will Smith was on screens in “King Richard,” when “The Matrix Resurrections,” co-starring his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, was released. How many of the four “Matrix” films featured Pinkett Smith as the character Niobe? …
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