Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Alex]

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

Are those measured by box office, international box office, or gross post-budget?

Gross domestic. I'm not finding anything that easily ranks the movies by total global box office, but playing with numbers, here is the current Top 25 Domestic box office reordered by total global box office. Parenthetically before each is their ranking on the domestic only list (Ocean's Thirteen is the biggest ranking boost from furriners). It gives proof to the idea that comedies don't play internationally.

I don't know if Wild Hogs is the profit champion of the bunch (as a percentage return) but 300 and Knocked Up are probably in the mix as well.

1. (4) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ($961)
2. (5) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ($938 million)
3. (1) Spider-Man 3 ($890 million)
4. (2) Shrek the Third ($794 million)
5. (3) Transformers ($702 million)
6. (8) Ratatouille ($612 million)
7. (9) The Simpsons Movie ($525 million)
8. (7) 300 ($456 million)
9. (6) The Bourne Ultimatum ($437 million)
10. (13) Live Free or Die Hard ($382 million)
11. (21) Ocean's Thirteen ($311 million)
12. (14) Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer ($288 million)
13. (12) Rush Hour 3 ($254 million)
14. (10) Wild Hogs ($252 million)
15. (22) Ghost Rider ($228 million)
16. (11) Knocked Up ($217 million)
17. (19) Hairspray ($196 million)
18. (18) I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry ($184 million)
19. (23) Evan Almighty ($172 million)
20. (16) Superbad ($168 million)
21. (15) American Gangster ($166 million)
22. (24) Meet the Robinsons ($159 million)
23. (25) Norbit ($158 million)
24. (20) Blades of Glory ($144 million)
25. (17) Bee Movie ($140 million)