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)

[CoasterMatt]

They've started filming Land of the Lost at Universal... I can't wait to see what happens with that.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

They've started filming Land of the Lost at Universal... I can't wait to see what happens with that.

Oh geeze. Is nothing sacred? It was an awful show when it was remade for TV in the 90s. It was horrible on Cox's Retro Saturday Morning. It was good in the early 80s.

When is MacGyver coming out?

[Magic Mountain]

I saw Fletch Lives and of course, there was a quick Disney reference: Fletch singing "Zip a dee doo dah" I rented it partly so I could get a good look at the hat he was wearing during that scene because I want to buy one like it.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Magic Mountain

I saw Fletch Lives and of course, there was a quick Disney reference: Fletch singing "Zip a dee doo dah" I rented it partly so I could get a good look at the hat he was wearing during that scene because I want to buy one like it.

Howdy and welcome!

You know, I haven't seen either Fletch movies. I've never gotten around to seeing them. But I hear people talk about Fletch all the time...

[Ghoulish Delight]

The original is a great movie. Lives is...not so good. I mean, it has its charm, but it's mostly just a retread of the first.

[Chernabog]

I just saw "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" for the first time, and WOW.... I need to see more Tennessee Williams stuff. I know I've seen "Suddenly Last Summer" before and totally loved it too. Wow. Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor are just stunning (both looks and acting-wise) in "Cat", and it was great to see Judith Anderson out of "lesbian housekeeper" mode.

I know they cut a lot of the overt gay stuff out of the movie, but if you were looking for it, it was obvious where that played a role.

Any other Tennessee Williams stuff I should check out?

[Not Afraid]

Streetycar Named Desire should be on the top of that list. That along with "Suddenly" and "Cat" are my favorites.

Sweet Bird of Youth and Glass Menagerie are his but I haven't seen either in 30 years.

[JWBear]

Suddenly Last Summer creeps my out, but it's a good movie.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Streetcar, Joe. And after that, The Simpsons episode with the production of "Oh, Streetcar!"