LotR: Still not top grossing...

[Finrod Felagund]

100 Top Grossing movies of all time!

RotK is 6th, TTT is 9th, and FotR is 14th

Titanic is the top grossing film of all time.
Starwars: A New Hope is 2nd
Followed by E.T. (3rd), Star Wars: TPM (4th) and Spider-man (5th)

and the Passion of the Christ is already at 7th (and top film based on fact)

However, RotK still has time to rise...

[azalea]

Originally posted by Finrod Felagund
100 Top Grossing movies of all time!

Titanic is the top grossing film of all time.
*snip*
(A note, the top film based on fact is Saving Private Ryan, only at 45th)

Uhhh....


(And of course many of us view that The Passion is based on fact as well )

But anyway, interesting info there.

[brownjenkins]

i'd say there's just as much fact (and lack of it) in 'saving private ryan' as there is in 'titanic' (or 'the passion' for that matter )

they are all 'dramatic representations of an event that may or may not have happened as depicted'

[hectorberlioz]

well well i didnt think that Nemo was that far up. what a pleaseant surprise. also, I dont think The Passion is no. 7 anymore. it was no.6 last time I heard

[brownjenkins]

these guys update daily:

worldwide

RoTK #2

domestic

RoTK #6

[Tuor of Gondolin]

LOTR is 6th, 9th, and 14th domestically, but world-wide has done better: 2nd, 5th, and 8th.

http://www.the-numbers.com/
All Time Top 20 Movies by Global Box Office Released Film Name Total Box Office
1 1997 Titanic $1,835,400,000
2 2003 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $1,101,802,285
3 2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone $975,800,000
4 1999 Star Wars: Phantom Menace $925,600,000
5 2002 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers $922,986,073
6 1993 Jurassic Park $920,100,000
7 2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets $869,400,000
8 2001 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring $867,683,093
9 2003 Finding Nemo $844,400,000
10 2002 Spider-Man $821,700,000
11 1996 Independence Day $813,200,000
12 1977 Star Wars $797,900,000
13 1982 ET: The Extra-Terrestrial $772,000,000
14 1994 Lion King, The $767,900,000
15 2003 Matrix Reloaded, The $727,400,000
16 1994 Forrest Gump $679,400,000
17 1999 Sixth Sense, The $672,800,000
18 2003 Pirates of the Caribbean $652,102,724
19 2002 Star Wars: Attack of the Clones $648,200,000
20 1997 Lost World: Jurassic Park

[Earniel]

Still, having the three parts of LoTR all in the top 10 is no mean feat.

[Tuor of Gondolin]

And a combined worldwide gross of almost 3 billion dollars.

P.S. It's interesting how many of the top twenty are sci-fi and fantasy films.

[Beruthiel's cat]

Originally posted by Finrod Felagund
100 Top Grossing movies of all time!

and the Passion of the Christ is already at 7th (and top film based on fact)

However, RotK still has time to rise...

Umm...I think the boat -- the really big one, the Titanic...I believe that actually did sink...

(not to belittle The Passion, but Titanic was based on historical events, also, even though the storyline was fictional...)

[Valandil]

Originally posted by Tuor of Gondolin
And a combined worldwide gross of almost 3 billion dollars.

P.S. It's interesting how many of the top twenty are sci-fi and fantasy films.

True on BOTH points! As a 'franchise' it's done QUITE well... especially when you consider it was all filmed in one shot, which kept expenses lower than gathering everyone three times to shoot the three movies.

(EDIT: and THEN add in all the $$ for dvds, EEdvds, action figures and other toys and merchandise... SHEESH! Oodles of $$'es!)

Also interesting point about the sci-fi / fantasy... for so long, Hollywood was afraid to touch them or take them seriously.

[Earniel]

Originally posted by Beruthiel's cat
Umm...I think the boat -- the really big one, the Titanic...I believe that actually did sink...

*sniggers*

I like that answer!

[mithrand1r]

Originally posted by Finrod Felagund
100 Top Grossing movies of all time!

RotK is 6th, TTT is 9th, and FotR is 14th

Titanic is the top grossing film of all time.
Starwars: A New Hope is 2nd
Followed by E.T. (3rd), Star Wars: TPM (4th) and Spider-man (5th)

and the Passion of the Christ is already at 7th (and top film based on fact)

However, RotK still has time to rise...

Are these money figures adjusted for inflation?

[Mrs Maggot]

LOTR is 6th, 9th, and 14th domestically, but world-wide has done better: 2nd, 5th, and 8th.

That's cos of us Aussies (and those New Zealanders as well i suppose… cough cough)

[BeardofPants]

Originally posted by Mrs Maggot
That's cos of us Aussies (and those New Zealanders as well i suppose… cough cough)

With NZ apathy? Wouldn't count on it!