Movie Meme

[theoriginalblurker]

From tryslora (because she mentioned RPI in her post) :)

IMDb’s top 25 all-time box office hits. Bold the ones you saw in theater, italicize the ones you saw some other way instead, and leave the unseen ones alone. (I also underlined the ones I've seen "bits and pieces" of on TV.)



1. Titanic (1997) $600,779,824
2. Star Wars (1977) $460,935,665
3. Shrek 2 (2004) $436,471,036
4. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) $434,949,459
5. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) $431,065,444
6. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) $423,032,628
7. Spider-Man (2002) $403,706,375
8. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) $380,262,555
9. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) $377,019,252
10. Spider-Man 2 (2004) $373,377,893
11. The Passion of the Christ (2004) $370,270,943
12. Jurassic Park (1993) $356,784,000
13. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) $340,478,898
14. Finding Nemo (2003) $339,714,367
15. Spider-Man 3 (2007) $336,530,303
16. Forrest Gump (1994) $329,691,196
17. The Lion King (1994) $328,423,001
18. Shrek the Third (2007) $320,706,665
19. Transformers (2007) $318,759,914
20. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001) $317,557,891
21. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) $313,837,577
22. Iron Man (2008) $311,708,133
23. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) $310,675,583
24. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007) $309,404,152
25. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) $309,125,40

Comments

[gentlyepigrams]

I want adjusted dollar figures for all this based on year of release.

[tryslora]

Hey, for several years, UPAC was one of my best movie viewing sources! Especially since I worked it and was friends with all the projectionists... I don't think I paid to see many movies there between oh 1990 and 1998!

Man, I miss that friendly hanging around in the projection booth life. *sighs, wistful for childhood*

[greeneyes-rpi.livejournal.com]

I feel the same way about hanging out at Players, or WRPI. In fact, I met my hubby, drangelo, at the Playhouse. *sigh* I miss RPI so much.

[greeneyes-rpi.livejournal.com]

Wow, you're a demanding little vixen, aren't you?

I have no idea how to comply. :(

[gentlyepigrams]

Oh, not from you. I just would be really interested in seeing what the top-dollar movies (under whatever IMDB conditions are) adjusted for inflation. A lot of these movies are recent, and I'd love to see how the adjusted dollar figures compare.

In particular, I wonder where Gone With the Wind would be on this list. Hard to compare grosses for a time when tickets average close to $10 vs a time when a first run movie cost about $0.10.

[tryslora]

I keep in touch with a lot of RPI folks, which is good... I met my husband at Genericon, before I went to RPI, and then again at gaming, and I kept him. *grins*

[greeneyes-rpi.livejournal.com]

In my (vast) experience, gamers make the best husbands. :)

[tryslora]

Oh, I'm in complete agreement!! Never would have made it this far with someone who didn't "get" the hobby. Besides, we're never lacking for gifts... board games abound!! *giggles*