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Jul. 10th, 2008 12:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
clo_againThis is 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.
1. Titanic (1997) $600,779,824
2. Star Wars (1977) $460,935,665 (so not born for another eight years)
3. Shrek 2 (2004) $436,471,036
4. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) $434,949,459 (also with the not-born issue)
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 (sorry, this made more money than Jurassic Park and FotR? Really? Wow. No comment.)
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 (my ninth birthday party was going to see this. Ah nostalgia)
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) $309,125,409
You know what this doesn't reflect? Just how little I've been to the cinema in the last few years. I've missed Spiderwick Chronicles, Iron Man, My Blueberry Nights, Juno, everything that I meant to see. Partly because we only have an Odeon within easy distance which I think is the most expensive and least comfortable of cinemas, but also partly because I am useless at getting to a cinema while it's still showing something I want to see. Indiana Jones IV? Yeah. Not seen it. I'm contemplating taking a day off work to make sure I actually get there to see The Dark Knight.
But I am going to see Caspian this weekend. Fire, flood, apocalypse, I will be in a cinema, sitting on a seat, with popcorn and a sock to stuff inmy mother's mouth if she tries to do her usual running commentary. I will be there dammit.
1. Titanic (1997) $600,779,824
2. Star Wars (1977) $460,935,665 (so not born for another eight years)
3. Shrek 2 (2004) $436,471,036
4. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) $434,949,459 (also with the not-born issue)
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 (sorry, this made more money than Jurassic Park and FotR? Really? Wow. No comment.)
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 (my ninth birthday party was going to see this. Ah nostalgia)
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) $309,125,409
You know what this doesn't reflect? Just how little I've been to the cinema in the last few years. I've missed Spiderwick Chronicles, Iron Man, My Blueberry Nights, Juno, everything that I meant to see. Partly because we only have an Odeon within easy distance which I think is the most expensive and least comfortable of cinemas, but also partly because I am useless at getting to a cinema while it's still showing something I want to see. Indiana Jones IV? Yeah. Not seen it. I'm contemplating taking a day off work to make sure I actually get there to see The Dark Knight.
But I am going to see Caspian this weekend. Fire, flood, apocalypse, I will be in a cinema, sitting on a seat, with popcorn and a sock to stuff inmy mother's mouth if she tries to do her usual running commentary. I will be there dammit.
