Which movie holds the BIGGEST BOX OFFICE record CURRENTLY?

[LOLyourFace]

I have no idea.. is it Spiderman?

How did Terminator 2 do back in early 90s? That movie was hella popular back in Korea when I saw it as an 11 yr old..

 

[fatbaby]

titanic

 

[LOLyourFace]

Can I get some numbers? better yet, links?

 

[ohtwell]

All Time Top 20 Movies at the US Box Office Released Film Name Total Box Office

1 Titanic $600,788,188
2 Star Wars $460,998,007
3 ET: The Extra-Terrestrial $431,197,000
4 Star Wars: Phantom Menace $431,088,297
5 Spider-Man $403,706,375
6 Jurassic Park $357,067,947
7 Forrest Gump $329,693,974
8 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone $317,557,891
9 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring $313,364,114
10 Lion King, The $312,855,561
11 Return of the Jedi $309,205,079
12 Independence Day $306,169,255
13 Star Wars: Attack of the Clones $299,916,304
14 Sixth Sense, The $293,501,675
15 The Empire Strikes Back $290,271,960
16 Home Alone $285,761,243
17 Shrek $267,652,016
18 How the Grinch Stole Christmas $260,031,035
19 Jaws $260,000,000
20 Monsters, Inc. $255,745,941

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[1967mustangman]

Adjusted for inflation it is Gone with the Wind with a cool 1.15 bil check out this site BOX OFFICE MOJO

 

[Viper GTS]

Titanic is correct

However, it is not adjusted for inflation - Hence it is fatally flawed.

Viper GTS

 

[Supermercado]

Top 5:

1. Titanic $600,788,188
2. Star Wars $460,998,007
3. E.T. $434,949,459
4. The Phantom Menace $431,088,295
5. Spider-Man $403,706,375

Terminator 2 is 38th with $204,843,344

Both Star Wars (episode IV) and E.T.'s totals count their re-releases.

 

[fatbaby]

i myself don't really know why everyone liked titanic so much

I only liked one 2 minute scene out of the entire movie (guess )

 

[Draco]

Gone With The Wind should be #1, it's still up there in the ranking, and when it was in theaters, tickets were like .50 (hell, maybe less)

 

[Dedpuhl]

Originally posted by: fatbaby
i myself don't really know why everyone liked titanic so much

I only liked one 2 minute scene out of the entire movie (guess )

Teen girls were going 4 or 5 times to see the mushy love story...

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: fatbaby
i myself don't really know why everyone liked titanic so much

I only liked one 2 minute scene out of the entire movie (guess )

I personally liked 2 scenes... The naked chick one, and the Leo dies one (almost got my arse kicked 'cause I was barely able to hold in the laughter).

I don't think there were a LOT of people who liked titanic; it's just that there were about 20 people who each saw it 5 times a day for 2 years straight...

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: Draco
Gone With The Wind should be #1, it's still up there in the ranking, and when it was in theaters, tickets were like .50 (hell, maybe less)

But if you want to be really fair, you have to adjust it's earnings back down because if you wanted to see it back then, it HAD to be in theatres. You couldn't wait for it to come out on video because there was no video (VCR/DVD). So, if you wanted to see it, you saw it in the theatres.

I guess you could just add the rental/purchase earnings of the other movies in to their box office scores, and then adjust that back down for the population increase, then take into effect for the differences in the economy (more disposable income = more movie watchings), and then....


Yada yada yada yada... Titanic has the largest box office earnings, plain and simple.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Dedpuhl

Originally posted by: fatbaby
i myself don't really know why everyone liked titanic so much

I only liked one 2 minute scene out of the entire movie (guess )

Teen girls were going 4 or 5 times to see the mushy love story...

That's so true. I'll bet the average teenage girl saw the movie 3.4 times.

 

[LOLyourFace]

I am so God damn sick of that stupid ass Celine Dion's Song..

Every time I hear that flute intro, I wanna shoot the speakers.

 

[pulse8]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: Draco
Gone With The Wind should be #1, it's still up there in the ranking, and when it was in theaters, tickets were like .50 (hell, maybe less)

But if you want to be really fair, you have to adjust it's earnings back down because if you wanted to see it back then, it HAD to be in theatres. You couldn't wait for it to come out on video because there was no video (VCR/DVD). So, if you wanted to see it, you saw it in the theatres.

I guess you could just add the rental/purchase earnings of the other movies in to their box office scores, and then adjust that back down for the population increase, then take into effect for the differences in the economy (more disposable income = more movie watchings), and then....


Yada yada yada yada... Titanic has the largest box office earnings, plain and simple.

Rentals have NOTHING to do with box office earnings.

As for Titanic...I thought it was a good movie. Most people I know who hated it are macho guys with no interest in the love story or they hate it because most of their friends did.

 

[randomboy]

Titanic = verrrrrry bad movie. Cept for the naked chick of course

Jeff

 

[bonk102]

titanic, google does wonders eh

 

[dolph]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: Draco Gone With The Wind should be #1, it's still up there in the ranking, and when it was in theaters, tickets were like .50 (hell, maybe less)

But if you want to be really fair, you have to adjust it's earnings back down because if you wanted to see it back then, it HAD to be in theatres. You couldn't wait for it to come out on video because there was no video (VCR/DVD). So, if you wanted to see it, you saw it in the theatres. I guess you could just add the rental/purchase earnings of the other movies in to their box office scores, and then ajust that back down for the population increase, then take into effect for the differences in the economy (more disposable income = more movie watchings), and then.... Yada yada yada yada... Titanic has the largest box office earnings, plain and simple.

no, it is gone with the wind, because all we're calculating here is box office (at a movie theater), not rentals, and you MUST include inflation. otherwise, that's like saying "wow, stuff was incredibly cheap 100 years ago, a steak cost $.05!" or some other nonsense. box office record is really a poor way to measure popularity of a movie, because of examples like titanic where people (ok, 13 year old girls ) would see it every day for a year. i would rather find out what movie has been seen by most people.

 

[pulse8]

box office record is really a poor way to measure popularity of a movie, because of examples like titanic where people (ok, 13 year old girls ) would see it every day for a year. i would rather find out what movie has been seen by most people.

Actually, it's a fine way to measure the popularity of a film. Does anyone here know anyone who actually saw Titanic 3 or 4 times in the theaters? I sure don't.

But if you're not satisifed with that measure it's popularity or quality of film, would it winning 11 Oscars help?

 

[Spoooon]

Originally posted by: dolph

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: Draco Gone With The Wind should be #1, it's still up there in the ranking, and when it was in theaters, tickets were like .50 (hell, maybe less)

But if you want to be really fair, you have to adjust it's earnings back down because if you wanted to see it back then, it HAD to be in theatres. You couldn't wait for it to come out on video because there was no video (VCR/DVD). So, if you wanted to see it, you saw it in the theatres. I guess you could just add the rental/purchase earnings of the other movies in to their box office scores, and then ajust that back down for the population increase, then take into effect for the differences in the economy (more disposable income = more movie watchings), and then.... Yada yada yada yada... Titanic has the largest box office earnings, plain and simple.

no, it is gone with the wind, because all we're calculating here is box office (at a movie theater), not rentals, and you MUST include inflation. otherwise, that's like saying "wow, stuff was incredibly cheap 100 years ago, a steak cost $.05!" or some other nonsense. box office record is really a poor way to measure popularity of a movie, because of examples like titanic where people (ok, 13 year old girls ) would see it every day for a year. i would rather find out what movie has been seen by most people.

What he's trying to say is that because we have the option of waiting to see a movie on video cassette/DVD, we may choose not to see it in the theater. I'm sure that has a pretty big influence on box office earnings for a number of movies, thought I'm not sure how much impact it would have on a "must see" type movie like Star Wars or Spiderman. I think that's digging too deep. Adjusting for inflation seems adequate enough in my book.

Titanic wasn't too bad. I thought the ending was uber cheesy though. Everyone else that was dead in the ocean was frozen into a rictus, with clawed hands and gaping mouth. Leo just sort of drifted peacefully into the deep.

 

[StattlichPassat]

Originally posted by: Draco
Gone With The Wind should be #1, it's still up there in the ranking, and when it was in theaters, tickets were like .50 (hell, maybe less)

Yeah, I just now remembered inflation... there should be a counter-inflation list made up. Ben Hur is missing too.

 

[res1bhmg]

Try looking at the worldwide box office numbers, and you'll see Titanic will hold the record for a good long time.

 

[imported_vr6]

Originally posted by: pulse8

box office record is really a poor way to measure popularity of a movie, because of examples like titanic where people (ok, 13 year old girls ) would see it every day for a year. i would rather find out what movie has been seen by most people.

Actually, it's a fine way to measure the popularity of a film. Does anyone here know anyone who actually saw Titanic 3 or 4 times in the theaters? I sure don't.

But if you're not satisifed with that measure it's popularity or quality of film, would it winning 11 Oscars help?

i do, my sister saw it a good 3 times

 

[silverpig]

Rentals have NOTHING to do with box office earnings.

Sure they do. If you couldn't ever rent any movies, I'm sure you'd be seeing a lot more in theatres, thus driving up the box office takings for every movie.

 

[pulse8]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Rentals have NOTHING to do with box office earnings.

Sure they do. If you couldn't ever rent any movies, I'm sure you'd be seeing a lot more in theatres, thus driving up the box office takings for every movie.

I doubt that it has much of an impact. If people really wanted to see a movie, they'd see it in theaters regardless of whether or not it came out on DVD or VHS.

Also, before DVD or VHS came around, there were probably a lot less movies coming out so there were less movies to see anyway.