Top Grossing Films of All Time

Author: motti_soL
Time: 10-May-2004 9:55 AM
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i know...

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Author: Bossk
Time: 11-May-2004 7:34 AM
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We're good like that.

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Author: Bossk
Time: 3-Aug-2004 5:34 AM
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Hey guys, just wanted to note that Shrek 2 has now officially passed TPM to become the fourth highest grossing movie of all time.

1 Titanic $600,788,188
2 Star Wars $460,998,007
3 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial $434,949,459
4 Shrek 2 $432,493,392
5 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace $431,088,295

While it isn't grossing nearly as much as it was a few weeks back, in a week or two, it should pass E.T. for the #3 spot.

Think Spielberg will rerelease E.T. again to bring it's total gross up enough to reclaim #3? Or was his humbling at the last theatrical release of E.T. enough to discourage him from doing it again?

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Author: motti_soL
Time: 3-Aug-2004 6:35 AM
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you never know with them directors.

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Author: GundarkHunter
Time: 3-Aug-2004 3:58 PM
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I doubt if Spielberg will rerelease E.T., although The Terminal bombed so spectacularly, he may have to do something.

It might've done better if he'd cast Schwarzenegger and called it The Terminal-nator.

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Author: sean wookie
Time: 3-Aug-2004 5:42 PM
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i'd see it

Author: motti_soL
Time: 4-Aug-2004 1:21 AM
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so it isnt any good?

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Author: Bossk
Time: 4-Aug-2004 5:03 AM
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I enjoyed The Terminal. I thought it was a pretty good film. Not spectacular, by any stretch. But Tom Hanks, as would be expected, does a great job. And it's such a far cry better than Catch Me If You Can, IMHO. That movie disappointed me so much.

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Author: GundarkHunter
Time: 7-Aug-2004 7:20 AM
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Tom Hanks is 0 for 2 so far this year @ the boxoffice. I think The Polar Express may make him 0 for 3.

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Author: sean wookie
Time: 7-Aug-2004 8:44 AM
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poor tom he used to do so well

Author: Warbler
Time: 8-Aug-2004 5:19 PM
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I thought the Terminal was good. It did have too many plot holes though.

Author: Jedi Master
Time: 8-Aug-2004 11:10 PM
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Originally posted by: Bossk
Hey guys, just wanted to note that Shrek 2 has now officially passed TPM to become the fourth highest grossing movie of all time.

1 Titanic $600,788,188
2 Star Wars $460,998,007
3 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial $434,949,459
4 Shrek 2 $432,493,392
5 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace $431,088,295

While it isn't grossing nearly as much as it was a few weeks back, in a week or two, it should pass E.T. for the #3 spot.

Think Spielberg will rerelease E.T. again to bring it's total gross up enough to reclaim #3? Or was his humbling at the last theatrical release of E.T. enough to discourage him from doing it again?

Instead of basing the popularity of a movie on the amount of money it made, they should have based it on the number of tickets sold. That way, you wouldn't have to try and second guess a movie's poularity compared to something that's two or three decades newer/older. You wouldn't have to figure the inflation/deflation rates for their times when comparing. But alas, it's too late to do that now without confusing most people. I don't think they count the number of tickets sold for a particular movie, do they?

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Author: Bossk
Time: 9-Aug-2004 6:13 AM
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Yeah, but even that becomes difficult when you take into account inflation population. Plus the boom in the number of theaters making it easier to see movies. If all these theaters had existed back then, how would viewing patterns change? Also, you must consider the number of younger adults and teens these days with disposable income that they can now use to see movies as opposed to teens of the past. No matter how you look at it, it's very difficult to truly gauge an old movie against a new one. There are just too many factors that have changed. Even the number of tickets sold isn't a good indicator.

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