Hollywood’s Most Successful Movies – Top 10 All Time Domestic Grossers
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Hollywood is the grandest and biggest Entertainment Industry. Here Movies create and shatter records and forever imprint themselves on peoples mind and also movies go bust and are easily forgotten. Ever wondered which are the most successful movies of hollywood? Is it Avatar, titanic, star wars or the latest phenomenon Avengers? Read this article to find out about greatest Hollywood Blockbusters.
- 1O. The Lion King
- 9. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- 8. E.T: The Extra Terrestrial
- 7. Shrek 2
- 6. Star Wars
- 5. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
- 4. Marvel's The Avengers
- 3. The Dark Knight
- 2. Titanic
- 1. Avatar
1O. The Lion King
The Lion King $422,783,777
At 10th position is The Famous Animated flick of the 90s – The Lion king.
It is the story of a lion prince, Simba, who is born in Africa and lives with his father, King Mufasa. The story unfolds with Sccar’s Character. Simba’s Uncle Scar would have been king after Musafa had Mufasa not had a child. Fuelled by rage, Scar plots to kill Mufasa and Simba so he is able to take over the throne.The Movie features the now very famous characters – Timone the Meerkat, and Pummba the Warthog, and the trio become fast friends. The Movie is one of the Greatest Animation movies of all times. The animation is just beautiful, the story is powerful and moving, the characters are terrific, the villain is one of Disney's most monstrous and the songs are out of this world incredible!
9. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $423,315,812
Well, when we are talking about biggest grossers who can leave out Captain Jack Sparrow. This Second Movie is the highest grosser of the franchise and at $135,634,554 domestically in its opening weekend, it was the motion picture to reach $100 million the fastest, accomplishing the feat in just two days. With a Budget of over 225 Million dollars, this movie also made more than a Billion dollars world wide. The Movie stars Johny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow who is reminded he owes a debt to Davy Jones, who captains the flying Dutchman, a ghostly ship, with a crew from hell. Acting is brilliant. Johnny Depp once again proves why he's the only man alive who can play the role of Captain Jack Sparrow.
8. E.T: The Extra Terrestrial
E.T: The Extra Terrestrial $435,110,554
This 1982 movie is one of the Steven Speilberg's Epic Movies. Made with a budget of about 10 Million dollars, it earned more than 435 million dollars worldwide. It tells the story of a little boy who finds a stranded extraterrestrial. He has to find the courage to defy the authorities to help the alien return to its home planet. The movie centers on the relationship between the boy and the alien and is beautifully Portrayed. It recites a story adults often forget, and a powerful remembrance of a childhood friendship during difficult periods of development This film is a truly timeless film, and will always be remembered. This is one of the best Steven Spielberg films and a film experience that is indefeasible.
7. Shrek 2
Shrek 2 $441,226,247
Shrek the famous animated movie that appealed both to kids and their parents. It is a 2004 animated film produced by Dreamworks animation and sequel to oscar winning shrek. It opened to great success with scoring second largest 3 day opening weekend at th time and largest for an animated movie. Story moves ahead from first movie where Shrek had rescued Princess Fiona and got married. Now it is the time to meet the parents. Shrek, Fiona and Donkey set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona's mother and father. Far, Far Away is a clear knockoff of Hollywood itself (complete with the sign on the mountain), and the journey includes a pass through what looks like Beverly Hills. The attention to detail is marvelous, as always. However not everything goes right. Shrek 2 is a beautifully done movie, perhaps even more entertaining than the original
6. Star Wars
Star Wars $460,998,007
The Epic is Right here. It is first movie of the Epic series created by George Lucas and entire franchise has made close to 5 Bn dollars worldwide. Produced with a budget of $11 million and released on May 25, 1977, the film earned $460 million in the United States which was highest at the time. An unparalleled film in its class, it is easy to see why it remains the sixth all time grossing film 35 years after the release and has the maximum loyalty and fan following for a hollywood film. The Movie stars spirited farm boy, Luke Skywalker who joins rebel forces to save the Princess from the evil Darth Vader, and the galaxy from the Empire's planet-destroying Death Star. The movie won 7 Oscars and created a franchise which became one of the biggest ever.
5. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace $474,544,677
Another Star Wars film. It is the fourth film to be released in the Star Wars saga, as the first of a three-part prequel to the original Star Wars trilogy, as well as the first film in the saga in terms of story chronology.The Story revolves around two Jedi Knights who escape a hostile blockade to find allies and come across a young boy who may bring balance to the Force. This film had a tough time as not only did this film had to live up to memories of the originals, it also had to compete in an entertainment world that had caught up. Also, It is impossible to create the original spectacle but it definitely lived up to the hype atleast to a certain extent. The Movie was also a huge Success worldwide with earning over a Billion dollars at Worldwide box office.
4. Marvel's The Avengers
Marvel's The Avengers $527,173,955
Next on the List is this season's Blockbusters Avengers. The superhero team-up got off to an unprecedented $207.4 million start in in initial weekend, which obliterates the previous all-time weekend record set by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 last Summer ($169.2 million). It was a result of massive campaign and also the fact that it is a sequel of 5 different movies! It has broken all records and is fastest movie to reach 300 mn, 350 , 400 and 500 million dollars. It reached 500 ms is just 23 days breaking the record of Dark knight. It is all set to pass Dark knight in a day or two and might reach even 600 bn dollars. World wide also it has made a solid 1.3 bn dollars.
3. The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight $533,345,358
One of the greatest movies of all time with the role of Joker regarded as best ever, The movie back batman to the front row of superheros. Directed by Christopher Nolan, It is a sequel to 2005's movie Batman Begins. It stars Christian Bale as Batman and Heath Ledger as Joker. This film recieved many Awards and nomination including 2 Academy awards with 8 Nominations. Most notable among the nominations were Heath Ledger's almost complete sweep of over twenty awards for acting, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture, and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. The Film made over a Billion dollars at world wide box office and is currently highest grossing superhero movie ever.
2. Titanic
Titanic $658,546,990
The Movie which remained the highest groosing movie for more than 10 years with a differene of over 100 million over second placed movie. The Movie Revolves around a boy and a girl from differing social backgrounds meet during the ill-fated maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic and fall in love.It was released on December 19, 1997 and achieved critical and commercial success. It was Nominated for fourteen Academy Awards and it won eleven of them including the awards for Best Picture and Best Director, tying Ben Hur (1959) for most Oscars won by a single film. With a worldwide gross of over $2 billion, it was the first film to reach the billion dollar mark, remaining the highest-grossing film of all time for twelve years. It is known for its unpreccendented success with running on 3000 Screens even after 10 weeks of release.
1. Avatar
Avatar $760,507,625
Another Cameroon film after Titanic. This movie shattered all the box office records and is the most successful movie at the box office with over 2.75 billion worldwide revenue. Development of Avatar began in 1994, when Cameron wrote an 80-page treatment for the film. Filming was supposed to began soon after titanic but according to Cameron, the necessary technology was not yet available to achieve his vision of the film. Work on the language of the film's extraterrestrial beings began in summer 2005, and Cameron began developing the screenplay and fictional universe in early 2006. Film was finally released in December 2010 to massive critical success. The level of realism achieved is remarkable, and although the film is relatively long in real time, it retains it's excitement and holds the audience's attention to the end. This is a 'Must see' movie, innovative, and extraordinary. I think it will be regarded by most cinema goers as another milestone in the history of the cinema.
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1st Jun 2012 (#)
These are indeed some impressive movies, and I've seen them all! Thanks for a great write-up!
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1st Jun 2012 (#)
Nice list of Movies.
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1st Jun 2012 (#)
Nice list of Movies and very beautifully presented. And its great to see that you have added youtube links as well. I always tried adding that but somehow it never worked. i guess i'll give it another shot after reading ur article. Congrats for the Star Page
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1st Jun 2012 (#)
Great Page and nice information. I have seen only 5 of the movies in the list and after reading this list i'll try the remaining 5 this weekend. Thanks for sharing
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25th Jul 2012 (#)
That is a great article about the All time Top Ten Hollywood Movies! The video clips added are the highlight of this article! Thanks a lot for sharing!
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31st Aug 2012 (#)
Dark knight Rises in new entr
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