Movie meme
from LJer
marydell:
IMDb's top 25 all-time box office hits. Bold the ones you saw in the theater, italicize the ones you saw some other way instead, and leave the unseen ones alone.
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/Philosopher'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 (Note to self: This is not Iron Giant, which I have seen.)
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
So I've seen 15 out of the 25, but only three of them were seen in the theater.
And several of them I saw ONLY because it was one of the duties of parenthood.
Interesting how many of these are parts of series (I count only 8 stand-alones of the 25. And it's probably safe to assume that Transformers II is on the way. It won't be long before EVERY top-grossing film is part of a series.)
It's mildly interesting that Shrek , Star Wars: the Empire Strikes Back, and the first Pirates of the C... movies have all already fallen off the list of top-grossing movies.
Only two of these 25 movies pre-date my Parenthood years; fully 17 of the 25 are from the 21st century, so at least part of this meme is asking "How many movies have you seen lately?"
Now that my kids are into two digits of age, my familiarity with kid movies is waning: I didn't even know that there WAS a Shrek 3.
marydell:
IMDb's top 25 all-time box office hits. Bold the ones you saw in the theater, italicize the ones you saw some other way instead, and leave the unseen ones alone.
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/Philosopher'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 (Note to self: This is not Iron Giant, which I have seen.)
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
So I've seen 15 out of the 25, but only three of them were seen in the theater.
And several of them I saw ONLY because it was one of the duties of parenthood.
Interesting how many of these are parts of series (I count only 8 stand-alones of the 25. And it's probably safe to assume that Transformers II is on the way. It won't be long before EVERY top-grossing film is part of a series.)
It's mildly interesting that Shrek , Star Wars: the Empire Strikes Back, and the first Pirates of the C... movies have all already fallen off the list of top-grossing movies.
Only two of these 25 movies pre-date my Parenthood years; fully 17 of the 25 are from the 21st century, so at least part of this meme is asking "How many movies have you seen lately?"
Now that my kids are into two digits of age, my familiarity with kid movies is waning: I didn't even know that there WAS a Shrek 3.