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Wednesday, June 23, 2004

The Top 100 Movies

Ed Brayton posted one of those meme things, so I'll go along. It's a list of the top 100 grossing films of all time, and I've put in bold the ones I've seen in the theater, and in italics the ones I've seen on video. Ed made a few comments on his list, but I've just put the bottom ten, the ones that I thought really sucked, in red, and I tried to put my personal top 10 in blue, but I could only muster enough enthusiasm for 9.

1. Titanic (1997) $600,779,824
2. Star Wars (1977) $460,935,665
3. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) $434,949,459
4. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) $431,065,444
5. Spider-Man (2002) $403,706,375
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) $377,019,252
7. The Passion of the Christ (2004) $370,025,697
8. Jurassic Park (1993) $356,784,000
9. Shrek 2 (2004) $356,211,000
10. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) $340,478,898
11. Finding Nemo (2003) $339,714,367
12. Forrest Gump (1994) $329,691,196
13. The Lion King (1994) $328,423,001
14. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
15. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) $313,837,577
16. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) $310,675,588
17. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) $309,125,409
18. Independence Day (1996) $306,124,059
19. Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) $305,411,224
20. The Sixth Sense (1999) $293,501,675
21. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) $290,158,751
22. Home Alone (1990) $285,761,243
23. The Matrix Reloaded (2003) $281,492,479
24. Shrek (2001) $267,652,016
25. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) $261,970,615
26. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) $260,031,035
27. Jaws (1975) $260,000,000
28. Monsters, Inc. (2001) $255,870,172
29. Batman (1989) $251,188,924
30. Men in Black (1997) $250,147,615
31. Toy Story 2 (1999) $245,823,397
32. Bruce Almighty (2003) $242,589,580
33. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) $242,374,454
34. Twister (1996) $241,700,000
35. My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) $241,437,427
36. Ghost Busters (1984) $238,600,000
37. Beverly Hills Cop (1984) $234,760,500
38. Cast Away (2000) $233,630,478
39. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) $229,074,524
40. Signs (2002) $227,965,690
41. Rush Hour 2 (2001) $226,138,454
42. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) $219,200,000
43. Ghost (1990) $217,631,306
44. Aladdin (1992) $217,350,219
45. Saving Private Ryan (1998) $216,119,491
46. Mission: Impossible II (2000) $215,397,307
47. X2 (2003) $214,948,780
48. Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) $213,079,163
49. Back to the Future (1985) $210,609,762
50. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) $205,399,422
51. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) $204,843,350
52. The Exorcist (1973) $204,565,000
53. The Mummy Returns (2001) $202,007,640
54. Armageddon (1998) $201,573,391
55. Gone with the Wind (1939) $198,655,278
56. Pearl Harbor (2001) $198,539,855
57. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) $197,171,806
58. Toy Story (1995) $191,800,000
59. Men in Black II (2002) $190,418,803
60. Gladiator (2000) $187,670,866
61. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) $184,925,485
62. Dances with Wolves (1990) $184,208,848
63. Batman Forever (1995) $184,031,112
64. The Fugitive (1993) $183,875,760
65. Ocean's Eleven (2001) $183,405,771
66. What Women Want (2000) $182,805,123
67. The Perfect Storm (2000) $182,618,434
68. Liar Liar (1997) $181,395,380
69. Grease (1978) $181,360,000
70. Jurassic Park III (2001) $181,166,115
71. Mission: Impossible (1996) $180,965,237
72. Planet of the Apes (2001) $180,011,740
73. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) $179,870,271
74. Pretty Woman (1990) $178,406,268
75. Tootsie (1982) $177,200,000
76. Top Gun (1986) $176,781,728
77. There’s Something About Mary (1998) $176,483,808
78. Ice Age (2002) $176,387,405
79. Crocodile Dundee (1986) $174,635,000
80. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) $173,585,516
81. Elf (2003) $173,381,405
82. Air Force One (1997) $172,888,050
83. Rain Man (1988) $172,825,435
84. Apollo 13 (1995) $172,071,312
85. The Matrix (1999) $171,383,253
86. Beauty and the Beast (1991) $171,301,428
87. Tarzan (1999) $171,085,177
88. A Beautiful Mind (2001) $170,708,996
89. Chicago (2002) $170,684,505
90. Three Men and a Baby (1987) $167,780,960
91. Meet the Parents (2000) $166,225,040
92. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)$165,500,000
93. Hannibal (2001) $165,091,464
94. Catch Me If You Can (2002) $164,435,221
95. Big Daddy (1999) $163,479,795
96. The Sound of Music (1965) $163,214,286
97. Batman Returns (1992) $162,831,698
98. A Bug’s Life (1998) $162,792,677
99. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) $161,963,000
100. The Waterboy (1998) $161,487,252

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Comments:
#3711: Mark — 06/23  at  05:29 PM
Science-wise, Signs was about the equivalent of Plan Nine from Outer Space but I thought it was mildly enjoyable. Other than that, we're in complete agreement.



's avatar #3716: Ben — 06/23  at  07:04 PM
You haven't seen Titanic or The Bashin'? I envy you. (I assume plain font means you haven't seen it, or else they'd both be emblazoned in bright crimson). And yes! Finally I've found someone else who thought Hannibal blew. I know it's cliched, but READ THE BOOK INSTEAD.

"The great trouble is that the preachers get the children from six to seven years of age and then it is almost impossible to do anything with them." --Thomas Edison.



#3719: Carey — 06/23  at  09:49 PM
You've never seen Titanic? Congratulations. Neither have I.

Maybe one day 48 years from now, when I've forgotten all the hype, I'll sit down and watch that movie.

Maybe.



#3721: Andrew Reeves — 06/23  at  10:15 PM
What I found most annoying about Signs was fairly middling. First off, assuming a species has figured out the technology to harness the energy necessary for interstellar travel with all of the expense and ability that entails, would they really communicate on fucking single-channel, unencrypted VHF? The other annoying thing was that said aliens are also apparently defenseless against a guy with a baseball bad.

Perhaps, though, I am expecting too much in the way of versimilitude.



#3723: James — 06/24  at  06:00 AM
Surely not as bad as the aliens in Independence Day failing to install Norton AntiVirus before they went on their interstellar rampage - schoolboy error!



#3724: — 06/24  at  06:24 AM
Are these returns adjusted for inflation?



#3738: — 06/24  at  01:55 PM
No, the results are not inflation-adjusted. Naturally the movied industry prefers it that way, since it allows them to keep breaking records year after year.

Adjusting for inflation would be complicated, since you would need to keep track of how much each movie earned in each country and adjust using that country's economic data. But I would think they could easily just report the *total number of tickets sold*. There would still be an underlying upward trend due to increasing world population (total, and movie-going) but it wouldn't be as extreme a bias towards recently-produced movies.



's avatar #3740: AndyS — 06/24  at  02:14 PM
I got carried away and did the inflation adjusting (hey, something to push me to use Python). See here

http://www.centeredwork.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/33/

Or look at here

http://www.the-movie-times.com/thrsdir/alltime.mv?adjusted+ByAG

When asked about Western civilization Ghandi said, ‘I think it would be a good idea.’



's avatar #3741: PZ Myers — 06/24  at  02:58 PM
Very cool—it was worth it just to see Titanic bumped out of the top spot.

PZ Myers
Division of Science and Math
University of Minnesota, Morris



's avatar #3743: AndyS — 06/24  at  04:25 PM
Yeah, and The Passion of Christ falls from 7 to 23 on when the original list is adjusted for inflation and to 43 on the actual all time adusted list.

Also nice to see the 3 original Star Wars movies rank above the newer ones; they are much better films.

When asked about Western civilization Ghandi said, ‘I think it would be a good idea.’



#3745: — 06/24  at  06:31 PM
I loved The Sixth Sense (but Signs sucked and blew). And Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkhaban is an excellent and scary film - better than the book IMO.

The virus in Independence Day is, like all viruses, created by the antivirus software manufacturers, which is why their virus checkers failed to spot it. Jeff Goldblum is a shill for them, to be sure.



Trackback: Frankly, Scarlett, I Never Gave a Damn Tracked on: Pepper of the Earth - The Home Office Record & Mostly Daily Gazette (208.187.29.121) at 2004 06 25 00:57:45
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#3756: — 06/25  at  06:24 AM
How could you not love Toy Story.

Curmudgeon.



's avatar #3757: PZ Myers — 06/25  at  06:27 AM
I liked Toy Story, and the sequel. Just not that much.

PZ Myers
Division of Science and Math
University of Minnesota, Morris



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