Top 10 Highest Grossing Films..quite sad reading..

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..in my opinion. No films pre-1977 are included in this list from Wiki.

10. The Dark Knight - $1,001,921,825 - Only film I've ever paid to see twice at the cinema, can't wait for Dark Knight Rises

9. Alice in Wonderland - $1,024,299,904 - Burton hasn't made a decent, original film in ages. Mildly entertaining.

8. Pirates of the Caribebean: On Stranger Tides - $1,043,871,802 - Not seen it, don't intend to, learnt my lesson from the first three.

7. Toy Story 3 - $1,063,171,911 - That rare and wonderful thing; a near perfect trilogy.

6. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - $1,066,179,725 - No amount of 'Keith Richards' antics could make this tedious fluff worth watching.

5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - $1,119,110,941 - Passable, but had one of the longest 'get on with it!' endings ever.

4. Transformers: Dark of the Moon - $1,123,196,189 - ....*heavy sigh*

3. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 - $1.328.111.219 - OK I guess, a bit of an anti-climax

2. Titanic - $1,843,201,268 - Ugh...yaaaaawn

1. Avatar - $2,782,275,172 - Very nice to look at...pretty predictable story, not worth the hype.

Your thoughts comrades? (try not to slag me off too much, these are just my opinions on these movies, it's not a Stalin vs Trotsky thread)

[Pirate Utopian]

Avatar sucks. Most of these movies are whatever to me. I like Toy Story 3 and The Dark Knight.

[Princess Luna]

10:Loved it!
9: Despised it's very,celluloid, soul
8: Never saw, saw the other movies and didn't care for them
7: Didn't see it, heard it was good
6: See #8
5: Loved it!
4: Didn't see it, heard it was shit
3: Never saw it, I thought the books were good, but never cared for the movies.
2: Its a guilty pleasure, but I actually like it
1: the very definition of over-rated

[Smyg]

Shut up, Titantic was awesome. I almost cried. :sneaky:

[Aloysius]

Haven't seen Deathly Hallows part 2 yet. Part 1 almost made made me cry.

The only movie up there I cried during is Toy Story 3.

[The Dark Side of the Moon]

10. The Dark Knight - $1,001,921,825 - never seen it

9. Alice in Wonderland - $1,024,299,904 - never seen it

8. Pirates of the Caribebean: On Stranger Tides - $1,043,871,802 - loved the first three movies

7. Toy Story 3 - $1,063,171,911 - was a bit of a disappointment compared to the first two. still good

6. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - $1,066,179,725 - terrific movie

5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - $1,119,110,941 - never seen it

4. Transformers: Dark of the Moon - $1,123,196,189 - loved it. was even better after watching Apollo 18

3. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 - $1.328.111.219 - never liked these movies

2. Titanic - $1,843,201,268 - seen it once. was not really impressed with it

1. Avatar - $2,782,275,172 - very pretty, thats about it

[Tim Finnegan]

..in my opinion. No films pre-1977 are included in this list from Wiki.
Is it adjusted for inflation? That would go at least some way to explaining the omission.

Anyway, I wouldn't read too much into it- "highest grossing" and "most popular" are only very loosely related categories. These are all films that a lot of people would want to see in the cinema, rather than just wait for DVD or TV, so all it really tells you is what films people most want to see on a thirty-food wide screen, not how much the actually liked it.

[Leonid Brozhnev]

I've only seen 5,6,7 on that list. I only went to the Cinema to see 6 but I kept seeing barnacles in my Pizza afterwards.

[thefinalmarch]

why the fuck isn't the entire lotr triology on that list?

i am disappointed with society.

[Leonid Brozhnev]

I can never remember much from LotR:RotK... despite watching it 4-5 times. Two Towers was the best imo, kept me engaged throughout.

[thriller]

If it was adjusted for inflation, I'm sure Star Wars IV, V and VI would be on there (since back then no one in their right mind would pay over $8 to see a movie [I hope]). I liked Toy Story 3 and The Dark Knight all the others (expect for LOTR) were pretty much diarrhea splattered on film rolls.

[x359594]

...I wouldn't read too much into it- "highest grossing" and "most popular" are only very loosely related categories. These are all films that a lot of people would want to see in the cinema, rather than just wait for DVD or TV, so all it really tells you is what films people most want to see on a thirty-foot wide screen, not how much the actually liked it.

A cogent observation. In the US ticket prices for movies during the oughts and the teens averaged $0.10, in the 1920s $0.15, in the 1930s $0.20, and in the 1940s $0.35.

During my lifetime there was three tier pricing for movie tickets: children under 12, "juniors" (13 to 18,) and adults. From the mid-1960s theater chains offered a student discount card as a replacement for the junior category, and it wasn't until the late 1970s that ticket prices were standardized into adults and children.

Up until the advent of home video in the 1980s it was possible to compute popularity by ticket sales but no longer for reasons that Tim Finnegan has stated.

[ColonelCossack]

10. The Dark Knight - Brilliant Film.

9. Alice in Wonderland - I didn't really enjoy it.

8. Pirates of the Caribebean: On Stranger Tides - Heard it was shit, much like the second and third ones.

7. Toy Story 3 - -Not bad, good if you like that sort of thing (which I don't particularly)

6. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest -See 8, though i did see this one- I thought it was rubbish.

5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - I liked this, I'm surprised the other two aren't on the list.

4. Transformers: Dark of the Moon - No. Just... no.

3. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 - I thought the last three films were terrible. They had very thin plots, and in no shape or form did they match up to the books at all.

2. Titanic - Why do people like this boring film?

1. Avatar - I thought it wasn't bad- it looked very good, but it was quite predictable.

[Comrade Samuel]

Ahhh avatar, dances with wolves exept with space smurfs. It was a really cool innovation in effects and what not but the story really bugged me.

[thefinalmarch]

I only enjoyed watching Avatar at the cinema because it was a break from an otherwise generally shitty holiday in bumfuck nowhere, Tasmania.

Fuck Tasmania.

[GiantMonkeyMan]

Adjusted for inflation:

1. Gone With The Wind
2. Star Wars
3. The Sound of Music
4. E.T.
5. The Ten Commandments
6. Titanic
7. Jaws
8. Dr Zhivago
9. The Exorcist
10. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Little known fact: the porno Deep Throat recieved such high revenue that, adjusted, it too could be in the top 10 box office films. Estimated between $100 and $600 million (the mafia was highly involved in distribution and liked to hike up ticket prices so no-one is really sure of the total revenue).

It's also quite sad that I've watched all of these (adjusted and unadjusted). :blushing:

[Apoi_Viitor]

Out of the list, I've only seen LOTR, Avatar, and Harry Potter. And the last two I only saw because my friends were going to see it.

And I've only seen Star Wars on the adjusted for inflation list.

[Decolonize The Left]

I can never remember much from LotR:RotK... despite watching it 4-5 times. Two Towers was the best imo, kept me engaged throughout.

Two Towers was by far the worst of the three. It was a constant ebb and flow between Frodo/Sam/Gollum boringness and everything else that's awesome.

In fact, when I watched all three extended versions in a row in one day, I took my nap (it's a twelve hour marathon) through most of Two Towers before the battle of Helms Deep. That part's ridiculously sweet.

The first movie is by far the most well done and interesting, the third the most epic and badass, and the second a whole lot of Aragon/Legolas/Gimli running across a plain and then stopping to deliver one line. Meh.

- August

[x359594]

The presence of Gone With the Wind, The Ten Commandments, The Sound of Music and Star Wars would have to factor in re-releases. For example, Gone With the Wind (originally released in 1939 and in circulation throughout 1940) was released in 1944, 1956, 1961, 1971, 1989 and 1999 (the last two releases overlapped the home video market but were commemorative releases in limited engagements, with the 1999 release coming from a restored Technicolor negative.) Still, all those re-releases testify to its popularity.

[GiantMonkeyMan]

To be honest the whole concept of the Box Office as a quantitative standard is flawed. Take The Lion King for example, a worldwide take of $900 million is nothing to laugh at but ignores the main revenue for Disney came not from the cinema but in merchandising and later VHS sales where 4.5 million tapes were sold on the first day alone.

[Tablo]

10. The Dark Knight - $1,001,921,825 - Certainly one of the better batman films.

9. Alice in Wonderland - $1,024,299,904 - Complete shit.

8. Pirates of the Caribebean: On Stranger Tides - $1,043,871,802 - Enjoyed it. Just a fun movie to watch, nothing amazing.

7. Toy Story 3 - $1,063,171,911 - Not seen it.

6. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - $1,066,179,725 - Saw it and was not impressed.

5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - $1,119,110,941 - Tolkien fan so I enjoyed it.

4. Transformers: Dark of the Moon - $1,123,196,189 - Never saw it. Don't give a shit about Transformers.

3. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 - $1.328.111.219 - Not seen it and won't see it until I finish the book.

2. Titanic - $1,843,201,268 - meh

1. Avatar - $2,782,275,172 - Not seen it and I never plan to.

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

The Dark Knight - $1,001,921,825 - One of the best superhero films ever made, with Heath Ledger delivering a performance for the ages.

Alice in Wonderland - $1,024,299,904 - One of Burton's weakest films. Really surprised it was his most successful, but Johnny Depp can sell even a weak film.

Pirates of the Caribebean: On Stranger Tides - $1,043,871,802 - Haven't seen it, but will eventually because Depp is sexy.

Toy Story 3 - $1,063,171,911 - Haven't seen it.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - $1,066,179,725 - Disappointing sequel, but sold by Depp's star power.

The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - $1,119,110,941 - Easily the best fantasy film ever made.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon - $1,123,196,189 - Haven't seen it.

Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 - $1.328.111.219 - Haven't seen it yet, but I definitely will because I'm a Potter fan.

Titanic - $1,843,201,268 - Haven't seen it.

Avatar - $2,782,275,172 - Revolutionary film as far as filmmaking methods and visual effects go. Most predictable story ever, and did we need another "white man saves the Noble Savages" film? Not surprised it's #1, though.

[GiantMonkeyMan]

Avatar - $2,782,275,172 - Revolutionary film as far as filmmaking methods and visual effects go.

Well... not really. The same visual effects methods to create the characters was used in I Robot, Lord of the Rings and King Kong and the techniques to create a virtual world have been used in as far back as Mary Poppins as well as the fact that 3D has been around since the inception of cinema, some believe, and Creature of the Black Lagoon (1954) was released in 3D. Avatar just took it to the logical extreme and trumped it all up as being entirely new as an advertising gimmick.

The problem with Hollywood, ever since Spielberg and Jaws, has been the need for the huge spectacle blockbuster that each time promises the audience will be wowed by something they've seen already.

[x359594]

...The problem with Hollywood, ever since Spielberg and Jaws, has been the need for the huge spectacle blockbuster that each time promises the audience will be wowed by something they've seen already.

Right on the mark.

The mid-70s saw the transition from the old Hollywood to the Hollywood of the spectacle. Jaws, Star Wars, and Close Encounters of Third Kind came with ancillary merchandising, now standard for big budget releases.

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1982) is the symptomatic movie here because it's an adventure story that would have been made by a poverty studio like Monogram in the 1930s or possibly given somewhat better treatment by a second echelon major like Universal or RKO (I'm thinking of Green Hell from Universal in 1939.) This slight material is inflated with huge production values and special effects and marketed as the ultimate Saturday matinee feature for all time, and the standard is set for mining old genres and re-packaging them as must see movies.

[Chambered Word]

I only enjoyed watching Avatar at the cinema because it was a break from an otherwise generally shitty holiday in bumfuck nowhere, Tasmania.

Fuck Tasmania.

Why the fuck were you in Tasmania? What even exists there?



10. The Dark Knight

Don't care.


9. Alice in Wonderland

I like Tim Burton and it was pretty good, saw that shit in 3D. Book's probably better though, my mum used to read that to me. I have this copy somewhere that's all illustrated and everything. So I'm kind of a fanboy of the whole story anyway, and I like Burton's films. :o


8. Pirates of the Caribebean: On Stranger Tides

Don't care, neither do I give a fuck about the rest of the series.


7. Toy Story 3

Wouldn't mind seeing it so that my childhood feels resolved once and for all but whatever, couldn't have been that great.


6. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Couldn't give a shit either.


5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

Eh, looks like a cool series.


4. Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Don't give a fuck.


3. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2

Haven't seen it, will when I can actually be bothered.


2. Titanic

Load of horse shit.


1. Avatar

Was pretty cool, not the best movie out there though, way overrated.


Honestly, there are so many better movies than these.
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[Sputnik_1]

..in my opinion. No films pre-1977 are included in this list from Wiki.

10. The Dark Knight - $1,001,921,825 - Only film I've ever paid to see twice at the cinema, can't wait for Dark Knight Rises

9. Alice in Wonderland - $1,024,299,904 - Burton hasn't made a decent, original film in ages. Mildly entertaining.

8. Pirates of the Caribebean: On Stranger Tides - $1,043,871,802 - Not seen it, don't intend to, learnt my lesson from the first three.

7. Toy Story 3 - $1,063,171,911 - That rare and wonderful thing; a near perfect trilogy.

6. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - $1,066,179,725 - No amount of 'Keith Richards' antics could make this tedious fluff worth watching.

5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - $1,119,110,941 - Passable, but had one of the longest 'get on with it!' endings ever.

4. Transformers: Dark of the Moon - $1,123,196,189 - ....*heavy sigh*

3. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 - $1.328.111.219 - OK I guess, a bit of an anti-climax

2. Titanic - $1,843,201,268 - Ugh...yaaaaawn

1. Avatar - $2,782,275,172 - Very nice to look at...pretty predictable story, not worth the hype.

Your thoughts comrades? (try not to slag me off too much, these are just my opinions on these movies, it's not a Stalin vs Trotsky thread)

They all suck... Well, maybe The Lord of the Rings sucks the least from that list.

[Ocean Seal]

10. The Dark Knight - Awesome

9. Alice in Wonderland - Eh

8. Pirates of the Caribebean: On Stranger Tides - I didn't like three so something convinces me that I won't like this one.

7. Toy Story 3 - $1,063,171,911 - Toy Story was my childhood, so yes, I loved it.

6. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Is this the second one? I think it was alright, certainly not as bad as the third.

5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - This shit is too long for me to watch.

4. Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Shit

3. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 - Absolutely no content, shit.

2. Titanic - $1,843,201,268 - Boring.

1. Avatar - $2,782,275,172 - Absolute shit, I can't believe that its no.1 there is something very wrong here.

[TheGodlessUtopian]

Dark Knight-awesome
Lord of the Rings-awesome
Pirates of the Caribbean movies-super awesome
Harry Potter movies-decent but nothing special
Titanic-meh

[thefinalmarch]

Why the fuck were you in Tasmania? What even exists there?
Back in 2009, mum wanted to go on a holiday (they're pretty rare happenings for us), so she decided a visit to the Hobart area would be a riveting experience or something.

As for what actually exists there: not much.

It's as if the entire city was designed with tourist retirees in mind, so we went to a few places such as some 19th C. women's factory prison, Hobart botanical fucking gardens, Port Arthur prison, some wildlife sanctuary/zoo/whatisthisIdon'teven thing, and probably others. We also went on some bus scenic trip or whatever around Hobart, and then another one which took us around the surrounding region.

I look back on that now and I feel pretty bad for not approaching the whole thing positively and then not enjoying it as a result. It set mum back several grand and she was in a pretty depressed state for the rest of trip after she noticed my apparent disinterest.

[Fawkes]

I don't know how much I agree with the notion of Jaws turning film into a spectacle. Yes, it introduced ancillary merchandising which marked a major transformation in how movies are marketed, but the "Hollywood of the spectacle" existed long before Spielberg came along. What about the overly produced Hollywood musicals of the 40s and 50s? Or the "mind-blowing" special effects of King Kong (matte shots having been introduced almost 50 years prior)? And also the consistent marketing of archetypical "stars" going back to the 1910s?

Anyway,

10. The Dark Knight - I hate Batman. Aesthetically speaking, alright movie though.

9. Alice in Wonderland - Very aesthetically pleasing, but nothing else.

8. Pirates of the Caribebean: On Stranger Tides - Never saw this one, though the only thing I appreciated in the others was Johnny Depp's acting.

7. Toy Story 3 - Never saw it.

6. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Same as 8

5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - I actually can't remember this one too well. Never got into Lord of the Rings, nor did I ever understand all of the hype surrounding the movies.

4. Transformers: Dark of the Moon - :lol:

3. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 - Never saw it, but based off the rest of the series, I don't have the highest expectations.

2. Titanic - Wait, this story sounds familiar....

1. Avatar - Never saw it. Not too high on my must-see list given that I've never seen a good movie by Cameron.

[Pirate Utopian]

Terminator 2? Aliens? the epic masterpiece known as Piranha 2?

Anyway, what's up with people not having seen Toy Story 3 and/or even dismissing it? Toy Story 3 rules.

[PC LOAD LETTER]

10. The Dark Knight - Good

9. Alice in Wonderland - It sucked

8. Pirates of the Caribebean: On Stranger Tides - didn't see it

7. Toy Story 3 - $1,063,171,911 - didn't see it

6. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - didn't see it

5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - Awesome

4. Transformers: Dark of the Moon - didn't see it

3. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 - didn't see it

2. Titanic - $1,843,201,268 - It sucked

1. Avatar - $2,782,275,172 - It was okay


Back in 2009, mum wanted to go on a holiday (they're pretty rare happenings for us), so she decided a visit to the Hobart area would be a riveting experience or something.

As for what actually exists there: not much.

It's as if the entire city was designed with tourist retirees in mind, so we went to a few places such as some 19th C. women's factory prison, Hobart botanical fucking gardens, Port Arthur prison, some wildlife sanctuary/zoo/whatisthisIdon'teven thing, and probably others. We also went on some bus scenic trip or whatever around Hobart, and then another one which took us around the surrounding region.

I look back on that now and I feel pretty bad for not approaching the whole thing positively and then not enjoying it as a result. It set mum back several grand and she was in a pretty depressed state for the rest of trip after she noticed my apparent disinterest.
I went to Melbourne a few years back. My uncle lived there for a while. Went along the Great Ocean Road. It was fucking beautiful. Although a couple of the towns seemed like tourist traps.

But then I'm a sucker for being out in nature

[ColonelCossack]

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SO MUCH WIN! :ohmy:

[thefinalmarch]

I went to Melbourne a few years back. My uncle lived there for a while. Went along the Great Ocean Road. It was fucking beautiful. Although a couple of the towns seemed like tourist traps.

But then I'm a sucker for being out in nature
I haven't actually been along the road myself with the exception of a school camp several years ago where we stayed at a town called Anglesea. Although apparently the good views only start to come in to view once you pass that town, so I kinda missed out.

[Aloysius]

Since everyone else is doing it:



10. The Dark Knight - $1,001,921,825 - Really enjoyed it, and Ledger was amazing.

9. Alice in Wonderland - $1,024,299,904 - Watched the end and decided it wasn't worth my time.

8. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - $1,043,871,802 - Haven't seen it. Hell, I didn't know it was released.

7. Toy Story 3 - $1,063,171,911 - I cried.

6. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - $1,066,179,725 - I kind of enjoyed this one, but it wasn't nearly as good as the first.

5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - $1,119,110,941 - I always really enjoy watching the Battle of Pelennor Fields. Or really, any scene with the trio (Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli).

4. Transformers: Dark of the Moon - $1,123,196,189 - Haven't seen, it don't intend to.

3. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 - $1.328.111.219 - I'm really excited for this, but that's because I'm a Potter fanboy.

2. Titanic - $1,843,201,268 - *falls asleep, wakes up at the end and starts crying*

1. Avatar - $2,782,275,172 - Looked pretty cool, but certainly wasn't worht the $5 my mom paid for me to see it at the discount theater.

[Zbigniew]

10. The Dark Knight - $1,001,921,825 - Haven't seen it.

9. Alice in Wonderland - $1,024,299,904 - Haven't seen it.

8. Pirates of the Caribebean: On Stranger Tides - $1,043,871,802 - Good movie, if there weren't for Johnny Depp it would suck.

7. Toy Story 3 - $1,063,171,911 - Haven't seen it.

6. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - $1,066,179,725 - Ok, if there weren't for Johnny Depp it would suck.

5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - $1,119,110,941 - Love it, big fan of Tolkien.

4. Transformers: Dark of the Moon - $1,123,196,189 - Haven't seen it, and don't plan to.

3. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 - $1.328.111.219 - Haven't seen it, and don't plan to.

2. Titanic - $1,843,201,268 - Boring. :bored:

1. Avatar - $2,782,275,172 - Haven't seen it.