How do you rate the highest-grossing films of all time?
I don't equate box office with success. Samuel L Jackson once *****ed about losing a supporting actor Oscar to because hardly anyone watched God and Monsters. Is he seriously suggesting by proxy that The Phantom Menace was a better film than Pulp Fiction?
Anyway, here's the list of the top ten:
1 Avatar $2,782,275,172
2 Titanic $2,186,772,302
3 The Avengers $1,518,594,910
4 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ***8211; Part 2 $1,341,511,219 2011
5 Iron Man 3 $1,215,439,994
6 Transformers: Dark of the Moon $1,123,794,079
7 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $1,119,929,521
8 Skyfall $1,108,561,013
9 Frozen film currently playing $1,097,338,890
10 The Dark Knight Rises $1,084,439,099
And, out of interest (cos I'm sure Skyfall isn't the most commercially successful James Bond film in relative terms) here's a top ten adjusted for inflation:
1 Gone with the Wind $3,301,400,000 1939
2 Avatar $2,782,300,000 2009
3 Star Wars $2,710,800,000 1977
4 Titanic $2,413,800,000T 1997
5 The Sound of Music $2,269,800,000 1965
6 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial $2,216,800,000 1982
7 The Ten Commandments $2,098,600,000 1956
8 Doctor Zhivago $1,988,600,000 1965
9 Jaws $1,945,100,000 1975
10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs $1,746,100,000
In the first list, I had no idea that some of those films did so well... last time I looked, The Dark Knight was one of the five most successful movies... now its pushed almost out of the top 20, with its follow-up - the one where Batman's broken back is healed by someone punching it back into place - earning more. Sequels seem to do well these days... look at Iron Man 3 there, and Spider-Man 3 (currently #31) was the most successful of that franchise too.
I had no idea stuff like Skyfall and Frozen caned so much at the box office. I haven't seen Frozen, or Harry Wanker, or Lord of the Rings. The rest I have. Other than Transformers - which is watchable but **** - these films are just okay. They're entertainments, but nothing more. Skyfall might be the best, actually.
I've only seen seven of the bottom list, but they're much better films IMO.
Anyway, here's the list of the top ten:
1 Avatar $2,782,275,172
2 Titanic $2,186,772,302
3 The Avengers $1,518,594,910
4 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ***8211; Part 2 $1,341,511,219 2011
5 Iron Man 3 $1,215,439,994
6 Transformers: Dark of the Moon $1,123,794,079
7 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $1,119,929,521
8 Skyfall $1,108,561,013
9 Frozen film currently playing $1,097,338,890
10 The Dark Knight Rises $1,084,439,099
And, out of interest (cos I'm sure Skyfall isn't the most commercially successful James Bond film in relative terms) here's a top ten adjusted for inflation:
1 Gone with the Wind $3,301,400,000 1939
2 Avatar $2,782,300,000 2009
3 Star Wars $2,710,800,000 1977
4 Titanic $2,413,800,000T 1997
5 The Sound of Music $2,269,800,000 1965
6 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial $2,216,800,000 1982
7 The Ten Commandments $2,098,600,000 1956
8 Doctor Zhivago $1,988,600,000 1965
9 Jaws $1,945,100,000 1975
10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs $1,746,100,000
In the first list, I had no idea that some of those films did so well... last time I looked, The Dark Knight was one of the five most successful movies... now its pushed almost out of the top 20, with its follow-up - the one where Batman's broken back is healed by someone punching it back into place - earning more. Sequels seem to do well these days... look at Iron Man 3 there, and Spider-Man 3 (currently #31) was the most successful of that franchise too.
I had no idea stuff like Skyfall and Frozen caned so much at the box office. I haven't seen Frozen, or Harry Wanker, or Lord of the Rings. The rest I have. Other than Transformers - which is watchable but **** - these films are just okay. They're entertainments, but nothing more. Skyfall might be the best, actually.
I've only seen seven of the bottom list, but they're much better films IMO.
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