I don't think cult is always 100% definied solely by success at the box office...but I still must agree that neither of those is 'cult" in terms of the film itself. A cult group of fans dedicated to some particular thing within/of those film worlds, perhaps. But not the films.
And the only movies I've seen recently are very bad ones on Sci-Fi's weekend movie marathon run.
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Now you guys are just being stubborn... You say Star Wars and The Matrix don't have a cult following? Because that's all it takes for a film to gain the "cult" status, to actually have a cult following!
Also, I saw Casino Royale yesterday(Bond films have a cult following!) and although I expected to be impressed, my expectations were underrestimating this film.
It's just fantastic! (w00t)