has hollywood run out of ideas?

[Ken Gargett]

17 minutes ago, Fuzz said:

It's not exactly fair to compare movies to television. TV series have the benefit of time to flesh out the backstory and develop the plot. Movies have only 2 hrs give you the backstory, the plot and the conclusion.

 

fuzz, that is re but these days of the franchise film series, they can do that. also, not long ago, movies were largely superior to tv in every way. it has very much turned around. remember the old days of 'the sunday night movie'. that was the highlight of the week. now, movies get 10 pm on a friday. 

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The days of the blockbuster long gone,today its just Disney & Marvel tripe

I read books!

[Fuzz AI]

18 minutes ago, Ken Gargett said:

fuzz, that is re but these days of the franchise film series, they can do that. also, not long ago, movies were largely superior to tv in every way. it has very much turned around. remember the old days of 'the sunday night movie'. that was the highlight of the week. now, movies get 10 pm on a friday. 

Film franchises are the exception. And let's face it, they have been around for quite some time, ie Bond, Star Wars, Star Trek, Alien, Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Rambo, The Terminator, Resident Evil, X-Men, etc. The granddaddy of film franchises being Bond, with over 20 films in the series. Besides Star Wars, Star Trek (the earlier ones), Alien, Terminator, Resident Evil and X-Men, how many of these franchises carry over the plot from the last film? The new Star Trek films, Rambo, and even Bond films, can be viewed on their own without seeing previous films.

I remember the Bill Collins Friday and Sunday night movie. Then there were the Saturday/Sunday matinee movies. Spent a lot of time watching old Martin & Lewis, Danny Kaye or Elvis movies on the weekends.

[gweilgi]

2 hours ago, Fuzz said:

It's not exactly fair to compare movies to television. TV series have the benefit of time to flesh out the backstory and develop the plot. Movies have only 2 hrs give you the backstory, the plot and the conclusion.

 

Neither does theatre ... but that is the challenge, isn't it?  A really good film or play manages exactly that.  There is no room for laziness, no luxury of spending an episode or three on backstory.  

 

[joeypots]

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Rank	Released	Movie	Worldwide Box Office	Domestic Box Office	International Box Office
1	2009	Avatar	$2,778,701,053	$760,507,625	$2,018,193,428
2	1997	Titanic	$2,208,208,395	$659,363,944	$1,548,844,451
3	2015	Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens	$2,058,662,225	$936,662,225	$1,122,000,000
4	2018	Avengers: Infinity War	$2,030,139,967	$669,568,677	$1,360,571,290
5	2015	Jurassic World	$1,671,713,208	$652,270,625	$1,019,442,583
6	2012	The Avengers	$1,519,479,547	$623,279,547	$896,200,000
7	2015	Furious 7	$1,518,722,794	$353,007,020	$1,165,715,774
8	2015	Avengers: Age of Ultron	$1,408,218,722	$459,005,868	$949,212,854
9	2018	Black Panther	$1,346,758,886	$699,747,193	$647,011,693
10	2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II	$1,341,511,219	$381,011,219	$960,500,000
11	2017	Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi	$1,318,092,040	$620,181,382	$697,910,658
12	2013	Frozen	$1,274,234,980	$400,738,009	$873,496,971
13	2017	Beauty and the Beast	$1,262,967,006	$504,014,165	$758,952,841
14	2017	The Fate of the Furious	$1,237,466,026	$225,764,765	$1,011,701,261
15	2013	Iron Man 3	$1,215,392,272	$408,992,272	$806,400,000
16	2015	Minions	$1,167,245,366	$336,045,770	$831,199,596
17	2016	Captain America: Civil War	$1,153,304,495	$408,084,349	$745,220,146
18	2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	$1,141,403,341	$377,845,905	$763,557,436
19	2011	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	$1,123,790,543	$352,390,543	$771,400,000
20	2012	Skyfall	$1,110,526,981	$304,360,277	$806,166,704
21	2014	Transformers: Age of Extinction	$1,104,039,076	$245,439,076	$858,600,000
22	2012	The Dark Knight Rises	$1,084,439,099	$448,139,099	$636,300,000
23	2010	Toy Story 3	$1,069,666,004	$415,004,880	$654,661,124
24	2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest	$1,066,215,812	$423,315,812	$642,900,000
25	2016	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story	$1,050,988,488	$532,177,324	$518,811,164
26	2011	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	$1,045,663,875	$241,063,875	$804,600,000
27	1993	Jurassic Park	$1,038,812,584	$395,708,305	$643,104,279
28	2017	Despicable Me 3	$1,034,530,156	$264,624,300	$769,905,856
29	1999	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	$1,027,044,677	$474,544,677	$552,500,000
30	2010	Alice in Wonderland	$1,025,491,110	$334,191,110	$691,300,000
31	2016	Finding Dory	$1,022,617,376	$486,295,561	$536,321,815
32	2016	Zootopia	$1,019,888,414	$341,268,248	$678,620,166
33	2012	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	$1,017,003,568	$303,003,568	$714,000,000
34	2008	The Dark Knight	$1,001,620,618	$533,345,358	$468,275,260
35	1994	The Lion King	$987,413,217	$422,780,140	$564,633,077
36	2013	Despicable Me 2	$975,216,835	$368,065,385	$607,151,450
37	2001	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone	$974,755,371	$317,575,550	$657,179,821
38	2016	The Jungle Book	$963,841,800	$364,001,123	$599,840,677
39	2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End	$963,420,425	$309,420,425	$654,000,000
40	2017	Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle	$962,101,361	$404,508,916	$557,592,445
41	2013	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	$960,366,855	$258,366,855	$702,000,000
42	2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I	$960,283,305	$295,983,305	$664,300,000
43	2014	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	$955,119,788	$255,119,788	$700,000,000
44	2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	$942,943,935	$292,004,738	$650,939,197
45	2004	Shrek 2	$937,008,132	$441,226,247	$495,781,885
46	2003	Finding Nemo	$936,429,370	$380,529,370	$555,900,000
47	2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	$935,083,686	$301,959,197	$633,124,489
48	2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	$934,699,645	$342,548,984	$592,150,661
49	2005	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	$896,911,078	$290,013,036	$606,898,042
50	2007	Spider-Man 3	$894,860,230	$336,530,303	$558,329,927
51	2001	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	$887,210,985	$315,544,750	$571,666,235
52	2016	The Secret Life of Pets	$886,779,788	$368,384,330	$518,395,458
53	2017	Spider-Man: Homecoming	$880,210,429	$334,201,140	$546,009,289
54	2012	Ice Age: Continental Drift	$879,765,137	$161,321,843	$718,443,294
55	2015	Spectre	$879,620,923	$200,074,175	$679,546,748
56	2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	$878,979,634	$261,987,880	$616,991,754
57	2016	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	$868,160,194	$330,360,194	$537,800,000
58	2013	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	$864,868,047	$424,668,047	$440,200,000
59	2017	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2	$862,889,714	$389,813,101	$473,076,613
60	2017	Wolf Warrior 2	$861,434,171	$2,721,100	$858,713,071
61	2009	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	$859,701,857	$196,573,705	$663,128,152
62	2015	Inside Out	$857,720,660	$356,461,711	$501,258,949
63	2017	Thor: Ragnarok	$850,650,283	$315,058,289	$535,591,994
64	2005	Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith	$848,998,877	$380,270,577	$468,728,300
65	2009	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	$836,519,699	$402,111,870	$434,407,829
66	2010	Inception	$832,402,082	$292,576,195	$539,825,887
67	2012	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2	$829,724,737	$292,324,737	$537,400,000
68	2002	Spider-Man	$821,706,375	$403,706,375	$418,000,000
69	1996	Independence Day	$817,400,878	$306,169,255	$511,231,623
70	2017	Wonder Woman	$817,012,815	$412,563,408	$404,449,407
71	2007	Shrek the Third	$807,330,936	$322,719,944	$484,610,992
72	2016	Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them	$803,798,342	$234,037,575	$569,760,767
73	2016	Deadpool	$801,029,249	$363,070,709	$437,958,540
74	2017	Coco	$800,120,199	$209,726,015	$590,394,184
75	2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	$796,688,549	$249,538,952	$547,149,597
76	2004	Spider-Man 2	$795,110,670	$373,524,485	$421,586,185
77	1982	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$792,965,326	$435,110,554	$357,854,772
78	2017	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales	$790,697,888	$172,558,876	$618,139,012
79	2013	Fast and Furious 6	$789,300,444	$238,679,850	$550,620,594
80	2009	2012	$788,408,539	$166,112,167	$622,296,372
81	2008	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	$786,635,413	$317,101,119	$469,534,294
82	1977	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	$786,598,007	$460,998,007	$325,600,000
83	2014	Guardians of the Galaxy	$771,051,335	$333,172,112	$437,879,223
84	2006	The Da Vinci Code	$767,820,459	$217,536,138	$550,284,321
85	2014	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1	$766,652,288	$337,135,885	$429,516,403
86	2014	Maleficent	$758,536,735	$241,407,328	$517,129,407
87	2012	The Amazing Spider-Man	$757,890,267	$262,030,663	$495,859,604
88	2010	Shrek Forever After	$756,244,673	$238,736,787	$517,507,886
89	2014	X-Men: Days of Future Past	$747,862,775	$233,921,534	$513,941,241
90	2012	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	$746,921,271	$216,391,482	$530,529,789
91	2016	Suicide Squad	$746,100,054	$325,100,054	$421,000,000
92	2013	Monsters University	$743,588,329	$268,488,329	$475,100,000
93	2003	The Matrix Reloaded	$738,576,929	$281,553,689	$457,023,240
94	2009	Up	$731,463,377	$293,004,164	$438,459,213
95	2005	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch a…	$720,539,572	$291,710,957	$428,828,615
96	2014	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	$714,401,889	$259,746,958	$454,654,931
97	2014	Dawn of the Planet of the Apes	$710,644,566	$208,545,589	$502,098,977
98	2018	Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom	$709,483,769	$148,024,610	$561,459,159
99	2014	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	$708,996,336	$202,853,933	$506,142,403
100	2007	Transformers	$708,272,592	$319,246,193	$389,026,399

 

So this is a list of the top 100 gross domestic, international, worldwide. Kinda interesting.

 

[luv2fly]

On 6/25/2018 at 11:09 PM, Fuzz said:

Haven't seen The Last Jedi yet.

Don't bother.