Friday, January 17, 2014

All-Time Domestic v. All-Time Worldwide Box Office

Last month, I did a comparison of the All-Time Highest Grossing Movies v. Inflated Highest Grossing Box Office.  This week I thought I would tackle the Domestic All-Time Box Office v. Worldwide All-Time Box Office and then throw in a couple of random tidbits.  Enjoy (dollar amounts in millions):

Domestic

  • Avatar (2009) - $761
  • Titanic (1997) - $659
  • The Avengers (2012) - $623
  • The Dark Knight (2008) - $535
  • Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) - $475
  • Star Wars (1977) - $461
  • The Dark Knight Rises (2012) - $448
  • Shrek 2 (2004) - $441
  • E.T. (1982) - $435
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) - $423


Worldwide

  • Avatar (2009) - $2,782
  • Titanic (1997) - $2,187
  • The Avengers (2012) - $1,519
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) - $1,342
  • Iron Man 3 (2013) - $1,215
  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) - $1,124
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - $1,120
  • Skyfall (2012) - $1,109
  • The Dark Knight Rises (2012) - $1,084
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) - $1,066


-No other Pirates of the Caribbean movie beside the 2nd one is higher than 38th domestically, however the dumb 4th one is somehow 12th in worldwide box office.
-Trivia Question - what R-rated movie is the highest grossing of all-time?  Answer - The Passion of the Christ.  Who saw that coming?  And not only is it the highest grossing R-rated movie all-time, it grossed almost $100 million more than the next movie on the list (The Matrix 2).
-Harry Potter 7-2 is 18th domestically, but the next highest on the list is 33rd.
-If you noticed, the top 3 and bottom 2 on both lists are the same, but out of the other 5 on the Worldwide list, Skyfall did the worst domestically ranking 42nd.  Apparently, James Bond is much more loved overseas.
-Why is a Transformers movie on the Worldwide list?  The first one was pretty good, the second one sucked balls, and the third was pointless.  Which begs the question - why make a 4th one?  Oh yeah, the 3rd one made a billion dollars.
-James Cameron is a monster at the box office.  He owns the top two spots on both lists and it's not even close on the worldwide list.  He truly is "King of the World"...... -wide box office.

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