Furious 7 is now the 3rd highest grossing film of all time

[KaiserGlider]

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/

Top 10:

1. Avatar ($2,787,965,087)
2. Titanic ($2,186,772,302)
3. Furious 7 ($1,520,032,910)
4. The Avengers ($1,518,594,910)
5. Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1,364,888,953)
6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ($1,341,511,219)
7. Frozen ($1,279,852,693)
8. Iron Man 3 ($1,215,439,994)
9. Transformers: Dark of the Moon ($1,123,794,079)
10 . The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ($1,119,929,521)

Thoughts?

[Everlong]

That's crazy! The Rock is making some bank off his movies lately. Furious 7 was a huge hit, and San Andreas is also setting a whole lot of box office records. I haven't seen either of them (I've actually never seen a Furious movie) but it's clear Rocky's got a lot of drawing power in the movie theater.

[VaderBomb]

Look at that shit list of movies.


Frozen is cool, though.

[SlightlyJames]

More than either of the Avengers, damn. I've heard pretty alright things about the movie but I'd no idea it was doing so well.

[War Daddy]

Look at that shit list of movies.


Frozen is cool, though.

You smug bastard!

But seriously, Furious 7 is doing insane. Avatar shouldn't be anywhere near the top. Or on any list.

[Hanley!]

Look at that shit list of movies.


Frozen is cool, though.

I would also say that Frozen is the best thing on that list. I have no problem with that being up there at all, it's a great film. Of the other ones I've seen, I found them all okay, but nothing special. Honestly, I've never seen Fast 7 but I wouldn't be surprised if I liked it more than some of the others on the list. I've heard some good things, and I'd actually be interested to try it at some point.

I haven't seen Avatar, Age of Ultron, Transformers or Iron Man 3 either. And I'm pretty okay with that.

[Viazon]

Now movie producers know the secret. Want to make a lot of money? Make sure one of the actors in your movies dies.

[VaderBomb]

I <3 Frozen

[Matteo]

Avatar shouldn't be anywhere near the top. Or on any list.

I think it should. It is by no means perfect, but the film is a seminal technological breakthrough, and deserves its spot in history. Camera actually invented and developed the Fusion Camera System for the film, which made it possible to shoot in stereoscopic 3D whilst also having the luxury of interchangeable lensing. He is an innovator. The film also spawns an originally written screenplay (i.e., it is not a sequel, remake or adaptation of any kind), and engenders much more thematic profundity than numerous people give it credit for. Unfortunately, a majority of the highest grossing works of all-time operate within conservative, often insipid boundaries, and simply play it safe, both thematically and aesthetically. Avatar didn't. By definition, it is one of the most technically innovative films in all of cinema, and that's an indisputable assertion. The amount of effort and time that went into the production was truly staggering, and Cameron pioneered and invented numerous techniques that we will all likely discern as normal 20-30 years from now. So, one may not personally like it, but I think it's a healthy and fresh addition to an otherwise ponderous list, and it definitely will go down as one of cinemas most ambitious and pioneering efforts.

[Everlong]

Avatar shouldn't be anywhere near the top. Or on any list.

Avatar was one of those movies you just had to see in the theaters.

If you watch it on tv now you're like "this kinda sucks," but at the time the technology was incredible and seeing it on the big screen made it worthwhile.

But yeah, definitely not a good movie.

[The Legend]

That's crazy! The Rock is making some bank off his movies lately. Furious 7 was a huge hit, and San Andreas is also setting a whole lot of box office records. I haven't seen either of them (I've actually never seen a Furious movie) but it's clear Rocky's got a lot of drawing power in the movie theater.

Tim, how is it possible that you've never seen a Fast and Furious movie? I find that mind-boggling. Not that I've seen all of them. I saw 1, 2 and 5.

[SlightlyJames]

^ I've never seen one of them either. Never really interested me.

[Locke]

Honestly, I've never seen Fast 7 but I wouldn't be surprised if I liked it more than some of the others on the list. I've heard some good things, and I'd actually be interested to try it at some point.

I haven't seen Avatar, Age of Ultron, Transformers or Iron Man 3 either. And I'm pretty okay with that.

So you've never seen half the list, but you're okay with saying none of them deserve to be up there. I see how you film "critics" think. J/k, I agree that most of those movies are not the best movies and I'm surprised some of them made more than their first/prequels. I'm not really particularly crazy about many of these on the list but here's my breakdown:

Avatar was horrible but it was the first (and still to this day, ONLY) 3D movie that visually stunned me, I can see why everyone ran to theatres to see it..

Titanic was just a rather shit movie and a shit love story but damn dem boobs and bush, and only PG-13 - tons of young bucks went to see that movie several times for that very reason.

Fast 7 probably got so high due to Paul's death, let's be honest. Even though Furious movies were hella popular when I was in high school, so who knows? I remember it well, one day people drove normal cars, Fast and the Furious came out, and then every one had a Honda Civic that sounded like an angry bumble bee.

Avengers might be the only movie on this list I love. The second one was poop.

Harry Potter movies were okay but not deserving of the highest grossing, and if any of them were, it'd have to be the fifth one, not that shitty last one.

Frozen is so fucking overrated, I thought it was "ok" but now I hear and see so many 20-30 year old men fawning and fangirling over it that it makes me sick. Up > Frozen, period.

Iron Man 3 was shit, Iron Man 1 should have made more.

Transformers.. ugh. I don't even know how this made it on the list. Kids, maybe?

Finally Return of the King was just okay, Fellowship meant a whole lot more to movies than the third one did.

[PorkChop]

I've also never seen a Fast and Furious movie.

[Hanley!]

So you've never seen half the list, but you're okay with saying none of them deserve to be up there. I see how you film "critics" think. J/k, I agree that most of those movies are not the best movies and I'm surprised some of them made more than their first/prequels. I'm not really particularly crazy about many of these on the list but here's my breakdown:

Frozen is so fucking overrated, I thought it was "ok" but now I hear and see so many 20-30 year old men fawning and fangirling over it that it makes me sick. Up > Frozen, period.

I think you're mixing my comment up with Vader's. I didn't say they didn't belong on the list. Just that I figured Frozen would be the best thing on there.

Honestly, I didn't watch some of the films because I doubted I would like them that much, but I wouldn't call them bad without watching them first. I didn't watch a couple of the MCU films just cos they all seem exactly the same to me and I was a bit bored of them. The MCU template makes for a decent movie, but not an outstanding one in my experience.

I do disagree with you on Frozen, I thought it was outstanding. As a fan of animated films and musicals, I thought it was original, moving and had great music. I'm not sure it was better than Up, but then that's one of my favourite films ever, so that's hardly a damning indictment.

[War Daddy]

I love the Fast and Furious series, but it does suffer from having to many of them made. Just like comic movies nowadays. Still good for mindless fun though.

[Hanley!]

To take things even further off topic.

I've also never seen a Fast and Furious movie. At first they just didn't look like anything I'd be interested in, but I've heard good things about some of the more recent ones, so I might check one out at some point.

Harry Potter movies were okay but not deserving of the highest grossing, and if any of them were, it'd have to be the fifth one, not that shitty last one.

I'd say the 6th one was the best film. Followed by the 3rd. They were both well done and explored some interesting ideas. And Voldemort wasn't the villain in either of them (he's kinda a crappy villain really). The last two films were among the weaker ones to be honest. The Harry Potter series just doesn't end particularly well.

On Avatar ... I haven't seen it, but there's something about it I find interesting. Does it seem like pop culture in general has kind of forgotten about it? This is the highest grossing film of all time and yet nobody ever seems to talk about it. You don't hear it referenced in things, it doesn't spark great debate online ... people just seemed to completely move on after the initial hype. I reckon it's probably a sign that great visual effects might greatly improve a film in the moment, but ultimately won't give it staying power.

[SlightlyJames]

On Avatar ... I haven't seen it, but there's something about it I find interesting. Does it seem like pop culture in general has kind of forgotten about it? This is the highest grossing film of all time and yet nobody ever seems to talk about it. You don't hear it referenced in things, it doesn't spark great debate online ... people just seemed to completely move on after the initial hype. I reckon it's probably a sign that great visual effects might greatly improve a film in the moment, but ultimately won't give it staying power.

People don't really talk about it anymore because when you're not watching it in iMax or whatever it's a bloody boring movie.

[Locke]

On Avatar ... I haven't seen it, but there's something about it I find interesting. Does it seem like pop culture in general has kind of forgotten about it? This is the highest grossing film of all time and yet nobody ever seems to talk about it. You don't hear it referenced in things, it doesn't spark great debate online ... people just seemed to completely move on after the initial hype. I reckon it's probably a sign that great visual effects might greatly improve a film in the moment, but ultimately won't give it staying power.

People don't really talk about it anymore because when you're not watching it in iMax or whatever it's a bloody boring movie.

It's gotta be this. I remember it came on television once and I hadn't seen the movie in years at that point, and I chose to watch reruns of Mythbusters over Avatar..

[Locke]

So you've never seen half the list, but you're okay with saying none of them deserve to be up there. I see how you film "critics" think. J/k, I agree that most of those movies are not the best movies and I'm surprised some of them made more than their first/prequels. I'm not really particularly crazy about many of these on the list but here's my breakdown:

Frozen is so fucking overrated, I thought it was "ok" but now I hear and see so many 20-30 year old men fawning and fangirling over it that it makes me sick. Up > Frozen, period.

I think you're mixing my comment up with Vader's. I didn't say they didn't belong on the list. Just that I figured Frozen would be the best thing on there.

Honestly, I didn't watch some of the films because I doubted I would like them that much, but I wouldn't call them bad without watching them first. I didn't watch a couple of the MCU films just cos they all seem exactly the same to me and I was a bit bored of them. The MCU template makes for a decent movie, but not an outstanding one in my experience.

I do disagree with you on Frozen, I thought it was outstanding. As a fan of animated films and musicals, I thought it was original, moving and had great music. I'm not sure it was better than Up, but then that's one of my favourite films ever, so that's hardly a damning indictment.

I was just ball busting you on that first bit. I don't take back what I said about Frozen, though. I just didn't get the hype. I liked Home better than Frozen and people are shitting all over that one. But yeah, Up is just spectacular. I wish it was on that list, the folks that put their hard work into it deserve every nickel and dime.