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Steven Spielberg has directed a record four films to end the year as the highest-grossing in the U.S. This is a listing of the highest-grossing films by year, based on their United States box-office gross. The films are listed by in-year release, rather than the gross they accumulated during a calendar year. [1]
Three of the four highest-grossing films, including Avatar at the top, were written and directed by James Cameron.. With a worldwide box-office gross of over $2.9 billion, Avatar is proclaimed to be the "highest-grossing" film, but such claims usually refer to theatrical revenues only and do not take into account home video and television income, which can form a significant portion of a film ...
Scream 3 broke The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition)'s record ($22 million) for the highest weekend debut in February and Scream 2 ' s record ($32.9 million) for highest weekend debut for a horror film and a Miramax film. It also broke Wild Wild West ' s record for the widest release ever at 3,467 theaters. [7] [8] 6: February 13, 2000
The Lion King (2019) DIsney's The Lion King remake boasted full CGI and a voice cast featuring Donald Glover, Beyoncé, John Oliver, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Billy Eichner, James Earl Jones ...
Screen quotas (no influence on U.S. box office) Price differences: matinee and evening tickets, [13] roadshow tickets, [13] or difference between rural and urban cinemas [12] Length of release (number of weeks) [13] Further explanation of issues with calculating an adjusted gross can be found in the article for List of highest-grossing films.
The 2000s saw the resurgence of several genres. Fantasy film franchises dominated the box office with The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, the Star Wars prequel trilogy (beginning in 1999), The Chronicles of Narnia, etc. Comic book superhero films became a blockbuster subgenre following the releases of X-Men, Unbreakable, and Spider-Man; culminating in the ...
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Warner Bros. Adjusted gross: $922,397,100. Unadjusted gross: $232,906,145. The '70s horror film about a young girl who is possessed is widely regarded as the best in the genre.