Top 11 Highest Grossing Films of All Time

jaykhunter · 24-06-2011 06:09PM #1

Get ready for your blood to boil with some of these entries!
Source : Box Office Mojo. afaik this doesn't account for inflation.

1. AVATAR : $2.78 billion
2. Titanic : $1.84 billion
3. LOTR 3 : $1.12 billion
4. Pirates 2 : $1.07 billion
5. Toy Story 3 : $1.06 billion
6. Alice in Wonderland (2010) : $1.02 billion
7. The Dark Knight : $1 billion
8. Harry Potter 1 : $975 million
9. Pirates 4 : $966 million
10 Pirates 3 : $963 million
11 Harry Potter 7A : $955 million

A couple of questions spring to mind :
1) How many of these films did YOU see in the Cinema? Did you see any of them more than once?

2) How did Alice in Wonderland gross over a billion?

and

3) Are you ready for Pirates 5 & 6?

jaykhunter · 24-06-2011 06:12PM

1) I've seen 7/11 of these films in the cinema. Not Toy Story 3, Alice in Wonderland or the Potters. Besides Dark Knight and Pirates 2 I've only seen these films in the cinema once.

2) How did Alice in Wonderland gross over a billion?
Maybe.......maybe older generations wanted to compare this to the ones they grew up with?

3) Are you ready for Pirates 5 & 6?

Oh hell yeah!

The Mad Hatter · 24-06-2011 06:18PM

1) Five out of eleven.

2) 3-D Johnny Depp did it a lot of favours.

3) Just as ready as I was to ignore 1-4.

mike65 · 24-06-2011 06:22PM

I have not seen any of them on any type of screen. I prefer to look at the inflation adjusted list.

http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm

Slightly less depressing

missingtime · 24-06-2011 06:23PM

No Jurassic Park makes me sad...

krudler · 24-06-2011 06:26PM

10/11 for me, Alice didnt appeal to me at all, oh look its Johnny Depp being kooky, is that a mangled tree? oooh, some stripy things, how does Burton keep things so fresh?

callaway92 · 24-06-2011 06:30PM

yup 10/11 for me too, not seeing Alice in Wonderland.

Didn't particularly enjoy Avatar funnily enough. Gave it a watch recently on Blu Ray and it just proves how bad the film actually is.

Glico Man · 24-06-2011 06:30PM

1/ I've seen 3/11. Saw TDK about 3 times. Once on opening night (buddy who worked in the cinema got me in for free), another with a group of friends and the third was with the girl I was seeing.

2/ I've absolutely no idea. It was truly awful.

3/ Dear god no...

tricky D · 24-06-2011 06:33PM

1. 5

2. Alice 3D came soon after Avatar so may have ridden on its wave a bit.

3. nope

Also these box office takes haven't been adjusted for inflation:
http://financialedge.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0610/The-Actual-Top-Grossing-US-Movies.aspx
which gives a top 5 as:
1. "Gone With the Wind" (1939) $1.6 billion
2. "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" (1977) $1.4 billion
3. "The Sound of Music" (1965) $1.1 billion
4. "E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial" (1982) $1.1 billion
5. "The Ten Commandments" (1956) $1.0 billion

Top 100 list is at: http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm (edit: beaten to it by Mike)

jaykhunter · 24-06-2011 06:33PM

That's just the US though

Worldwide is a far better scope. TBH I'd prefer it if they could just list the # of cinema tickets sold based on the average price of a ticket that year...

missingtime wrote: »

No Jurassic Park makes me sad...

Yeah. It's #17 with $915 million, nothing to sneeze at! Shocked they haven't made a reboot/sequel/prequel etc since JP3

qz · 24-06-2011 07:00PM

1) Saw 9 of those on the big screen I think, I gave up on Pirates after the second one.

2) It did look very pretty in 3D, but otherwise it was pretty forgettable

and

3) God they aren't making Pirates 5 and 6 are they

24-06-2011 07:08PM

11/11 (I worked in a cinema for 5 years, I tended to see a lot of movies)

Genuinely can't understand how Alice in Wonderland is one of the highest grossing movies of all time. It honestly bored the bejesus out of me!

irish_stevo815 · 24-06-2011 07:08PM

1) Seen 7 of the 11 in cinema, only once tho. Havent seen any of Pirates in the cinema, or Potter 1.

2) Guess it was just due to the whole 3d thing still being new.

3) It's all gone a bit "Meh" for me

Mickeroo · 24-06-2011 07:23PM

Saw all of those in the cinema apart from Pirates 4 which I haven't watched at all. Saw Avatar, LOTR 3, TDK twice, everything else once. Pretty shocked Pirates 4 and ALice in WOnderland are on that list tbh!

irishh_bob · 24-06-2011 07:40PM

jaykhunter wrote: »

Get ready for your blood to boil with some of these entries!
Source : Box Office Mojo. afaik this doesn't account for inflation.

1. AVATAR : $2.78 billion
2. Titanic : $1.84 billion
3. LOTR 3 : $1.12 billion
4. Pirates 2 : $1.07 billion
5. Toy Story 3 : $1.06 billion
6. Alice in Wonderland (2010) : $1.02 billion
7. The Dark Knight : $1 billion
8. Harry Potter 1 : $975 million
9. Pirates 4 : $966 million
10 Pirates 3 : $963 million
11 Harry Potter 7A : $955 million

A couple of questions spring to mind :
1) How many of these films did YOU see in the Cinema? Did you see any of them more than once?

2) How did Alice in Wonderland gross over a billion?

and

3) Are you ready for Pirates 5 & 6?

only one im surprised by is alice in wonderland

btw , when you allow for inflation , avatar isnt even in the top ten and is behind titanic , gone with the win took double in the states what avatar did

the top three biggest draws in ticket sales

gone with the wind 1939
star wars 1977
the sound of music 1965

24-06-2011 07:51PM

Jesus H Christ, I just checked the first Pirates movie and that grossed over €600 million, so those four films have made 3.5 BILLION! That is an insane figure.

WTF that is some crazy **** right there. 5 films on this list feature Johnny Depp hamming it up big time.

delbertgrady · 24-06-2011 08:02PM

I saw them all in the cinema except Avatar and the Pirates of the Carribean sequels (so that's seven out of eleven), and I saw the first Harry Potter film twice.
While not an absolute certainty, established stories, be they based on historical events (Titanic), or well-known and beloved stories (Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter) always pull the crowds.
And Anne Hathaway is hot as the White Queen.
No, but some hamburger franchise are probably working on the tie-in toys as we speak.

latenia · 24-06-2011 08:04PM

The best measurement to use would be 'bums on seats.' Everbody knows that Thriller has sold 20 million+ copies but couldn't care less about its gross revenue which is really only of interest to studio executives; I don't see why films should be different.
Counting each individual viewing would also obviate messy inflation calculations and variance in ticket pricing in various markets.

jaykhunter · 24-06-2011 08:08PM

irishh_bob if u have worldwide gross allowing for inflation or even better, worldwide ticket sales please post!

astrofool · 24-06-2011 08:10PM

tricky D wrote: »

1. 5

2. Alice 3D came soon after Avatar so may have ridden on its wave a bit.

3. nope

Also these box office takes haven't been adjusted for inflation:
http://financialedge.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0610/The-Actual-Top-Grossing-US-Movies.aspx
which gives a top 5 as:
1. "Gone With the Wind" (1939) $1.6 billion
2. "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" (1977) $1.4 billion
3. "The Sound of Music" (1965) $1.1 billion
4. "E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial" (1982) $1.1 billion
5. "The Ten Commandments" (1956) $1.0 billion

Top 100 list is at: http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm (edit: beaten to it by Mike)

Avatar starts as €2.78b in the first list, but it's "unadjusted gross" in that list is only €700m.

paddydriver · 24-06-2011 08:18PM

Must have seen ET about 10 times in the cinema if that counts..

Was on for so long that every single birthday party that year included trip to cinema to see it!

Ridley · 24-06-2011 08:36PM

I've seen four or five: PotC 3/4, Dark Knight, Return of the King. Can't remember if I saw PotC 2 in the cinema...

Haven't seen Alice and I choose to hope that PotC 5 or 6 will be as good as Black Pearl but I'm a sucker for swordfights. I still want Prince of Persia to have another go, goshdarnit.

It's Avatar 2 and 3 that I'm skeptical about. Avatar was a big meh for me anyway and the sequels are essentially taking place after the happily-ever-after like the cheap animated Disney films. I'm looking at Aliens and T2 as an indication that Cameron at least knows what he's doing.

Galvasean · 24-06-2011 09:53PM

In the cinema I saw (bolded)

1. AVATAR : $2.78 billion - once
2. Titanic : $1.84 billion
3. LOTR 3 : $1.12 billion - twice
4. Pirates 2 : $1.07 billion - once
5. Toy Story 3 : $1.06 billion - twice
6. Alice in Wonderland (2010) : $1.02 billion
7. The Dark Knight : $1 billion - thrice

8. Harry Potter 1 : $975 million
9. Pirates 4 : $966 million
10 Pirates 3 : $963 million - once
11 Harry Potter 7A : $955 million

Sadly, i didn't even like either of the Pirates movies I saw in the cinema. The only Pirates movie I liked was #1 which I saw on DVD.

Curiously 5 of the top ten were released in 3D. I guess it aint going anywhere any time soon. I'd say transformers 3D will be joining the list soon.

Does Avatar's gross include both releases/versions of the film?

Renn · 24-06-2011 11:09PM

Does it take the extra cost of 3D into account?

quickbeam · 25-06-2011 12:09AM

Only two, Harry Potter 1 (I had no interest in it, but was dragged along), and LotR3, which I saw I think 7 times.

A few of the others I saw on DVD or TV but most I had no interest in: POTC sequels, Avatar, Alice in Wonderland.

Bums on seats is a better indicator though.

Beruthiel · 25-06-2011 02:04PM

Avatar - saw in cinema.
Titanic - saw on TV. Muck.
LotR 3 - Saw in cinema, and watched many times on dvd.
Pirates 1/2 - Saw on dvd.
Pirates3/ 4 - Nope.
Harry Potter 1 - Nope.
Harry Potter 7A - Nope.
Toy Story 3 - Nope.
The Dark Knight - Saw on dvd.
Alice in Wonderland - Nope.

Can't believe that list. One wonders about the cinema going public....

Soby · 25-06-2011 02:20PM

Seen em all.Well bar LOTR.Seen it just not in Cinema. Surprised as well with Alice being there.Im easy to please but it wasnt great.Also surprised POTC 4 > 3 tbh

phasers · 25-06-2011 04:14PM

James Cameron must be bleedin' loaded.

1) I've seen 8/11, all only once in the cinema. Edit: oh wait, I saw TDK twice.

2) Teenagers

3) No. Johnny Depp is dead to me.

Cionád · 25-06-2011 04:20PM

1)

1. AVATAR : $2.78 billion - in cinema, once
2. Titanic : $1.84 billion - three times cinema

It's great.
3. LOTR 3 : $1.12 billion - in cinema, twice
4. Pirates 2 : $1.07 billion - haven't seen
5. Toy Story 3 : $1.06 billion - dvd
6. Alice in Wonderland (2010) : $1.02 billion - cinema, once
7. The Dark Knight : $1 billion - cinema, once
8. Harry Potter 1 : $975 million - haven't seen
9. Pirates 4 : $966 million - haven't seen
10 Pirates 3 : $963 million - haven't seen
11 Harry Potter 7A : $955 million - haven't seen

2)
3D got in the crowds, I didn't like it.

3)
Nope.

don ramo · 25-06-2011 04:39PM

irishh_bob wrote: »

only one im surprised by is alice in wonderland

btw , when you allow for inflation , avatar isnt even in the top ten and is behind titanic , gone with the win took double in the states what avatar did

the top three biggest draws in ticket sales

gone with the wind 1939
star wars 1977
the sound of music 1965

are they infalted from the original release or do they count the multiple releases theyve had down the years??

going by average prices for tickets here being E11 (converting currently at $15) for a 3D ticket, with us probably being one of the most expensive in europe (speculating here) that would mean avatar drew 180 million people to the cinemas (worldwide) on its first release that has to be a record or close, american prices are i think around $10 (E7.20) for 3D which if it was an average would mean 270 million people went to see it,

http://www.natoonline.org/statisticstickets.htm

2.78 billion worldwide gross for starwars if the figures are just the '77 release grosses, with average tickets prices back then being $2.23 and now being $8, on par with avatar

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=starwars4.htm

ziedth · 25-06-2011 09:30PM

1. 6/11 didn't see any of potters, toy Story, wonderland or last pirates.

2. I literally have no idea. I'd imagine 3-D was still fairly new and Depp always draws in a crowd. I'd imagine it's poor though.

3. I gave up on the Pirates franchise after the third one. Which is a real pity because I thought the first one was a great film.

Top 11 Highest Grossing Films of All Time

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