TOP 10 MOST GROSSING MOVIES
AVATAR
Directed by James Cameron
Produced by James Cameron ,Jon Landau
Written by James Cameron
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Budget $237 million $9 million+ (re-release)
Box office $2.788 billion
Avatar is a 2009 American epic science fiction film directed, written, produced,
and co-edited by James Cameron,and starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, and Sigourney Weaver. The film is set in the mid-22nd century, when humans are colonizing Pandora, a lush habitable moon of a gas giant
in the Alpha Centauri star system, in order to mine the mineral unobtanium,a room-temperature superconductor.The expansion of the mining colony threatens the continued existence of a local tribe of Na'vi – a humanoid species indigenous to Pandora. The film's title refers to a genetically engineered Na'vi body with the mind of a remotely located human that is used to interact with the natives of Pandora.
Development of Avatar began in 1994, when Cameron wrote an 80-page treatment for the film.
Filming was supposed to take place after the completion of Cameron's 1997 film Titanic, for a planned release in 1999,but according to Cameron, the necessary technology was not yet available to achieve his vision of the film.Work on the language of the film's extraterrestrial beings began in 2005, and Cameron began developing the screenplay and fictional universe in early 2006.Avatar was officially budgeted at $237 million.Other estimates put the cost between $280 million and $310 million for production and at $150 million for promotion.The film made extensive use of new motion capture filming techniques,and was released for traditional viewing, 3D viewing ,and for "4D" experiences in select South Korean theaters.The stereoscopic filmmaking was touted as a breakthrough in cinematic technology.
TITANIC
Directed by James Cameron
Produced by James Cameron , Jon LandauWritten by James Cameron
Music by James HornerBudget $200 million
Box office $2.187 billion
Titanic is a 1997 American epic romantic disaster film directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron.A fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as members of different social classes who fall in love aboard the ship during its ill-fated maiden voyage.
Cameron's inspiration for the film came from his fascination with shipwrecks;
he felt a love story interspersed with the human loss would be essential to convey the emotional impact of the disaster. Production began in 1995, when Cameron shot footage of the actual Titanic wreck.
The modern scenes on the research vessel were shot on board the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh,
which Cameron had used as a base when filming the wreck. Scale models, computer-generated imagery,and a reconstruction of the Titanic built at Playas de Rosarito in Baja California were used to re-create the sinking.The film was partially funded by Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox.
It was the most expensive film made at that time, with an estimated budget of $200 million.
Upon its release on December 19, 1997, Titanic achieved critical and commercial success.
Nominated for fourteen Academy Awards, it tied All About Eve (1950) for the most Oscar nominations,
and won eleven, including the awards for Best Picture and Best Director, tying Ben Hur (1959) for the most Oscars won by a single film. With an initial worldwide gross of over $1.84 billion,
Titanic was the first film to reach the billion-dollar mark. It remained the highest-grossing film of all time until Cameron's 2009 film Avatar surpassed it in 2010. A 3D version of Titanic, released on April 4, 2012 to commemorate the centennial of the sinking,earned it an additional $343.6 million worldwide, pushing the film's worldwide total to $2.18 billion. It became the second film to gross more than $2 billion worldwide (after Avatar).
STAR WARS (THE FORCE AWAKENS)
(Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens)
Directed by J. J. Abrams
Produced by Kathleen KennedyJ. J. AbramsBryan Burk
Written by Lawrence KasdanJ. J. AbramsMichael ArndtBased on Characters by George Lucas
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios , Motion Pictures
Budget $200 million
Box office $2.028 billion
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (also known as Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens) is a 2015
American epic space opera film directed, co-produced, and co-written by J. J. Abrams.
The seventh installment in the main Star Wars film series, it stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill,
Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis,
Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Max von Sydow. Produced by Lucasfilm and
Abrams' Bad Robot Productions and distributed worldwide by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures,
The Force Awakens is set about 30 years after Return of the Jedi; it follows Rey, Finn,
and Poe Dameron's search for Luke Skywalker and their fight alongside the Resistance,
led by veterans of the Rebel Alliance, against Kylo Ren and the First Order, successor to the Galactic Empire.
The Force Awakens is the first film in the Star Wars sequel trilogy announced after Disney's acquisition of
Lucasfilm in October 2012. The film is produced by Abrams, his long-time collaborator Bryan Burk,
and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan,
co-writer of the original trilogy films The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983),
rewrote an initial script by Michael Arndt. John Williams, composer for the previous six films,
returned to compose its score. Star Wars creator George Lucas served as creative consultant during
the film's early production stages. Filming began in April 2014 in Abu Dhabi and Iceland,
with principal photography also taking place in Ireland and Pinewood Studios in England,
and concluded in November 2014. It is the first live-action film in the franchise since Star Wars
Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, released in 2005.
JURASSIC WORLD
Directed by Colin Trevorrow
Produced by Frank Marshall Patrick Crowley
Production companies Amblin Entertainment , Legendary Pictures
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Country United States
Budget $150 million
Box office $1.670 billion
Jurassic World is a 2015 American adventure science fiction film and the fourth
installment of the Jurassic Park series. It was directed and co-written by Colin
Trevorrow, produced by Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley, and stars Chris Pratt
and Bryce Dallas Howard. The production companies were Steven Spielberg's Amblin
Entertainment, also responsible for the rest of the franchise, and Thomas Tull's
Legendary Pictures. Set twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park,
Jurassic World takes place on the same fictional island of Isla Nublar,
off the Pacific coast of Central America, where a fully functioning dinosaur theme
park has operated for ten years. The park plunges into chaos when a genetically
modified dinosaur, Indominus rex, breaks loose and goes on a rampage across the island.
Universal Pictures intended to begin production on a fourth Jurassic Park film in 2004
for a summer 2005 release, but the film entered over a decade of development hell
while the script went through revisions. Following a suggestion from Spielberg,
writers Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver explored the idea of a functional dinosaur park.
Once Trevorrow was hired as director in 2013, he followed the same idea while
developing a whole new script with Derek Connolly. Principal photography rolled from
April to August 2014, primarily in Louisiana while also using the original Jurassic Park
filming locations in Hawaii. Again the dinosaurs were created through computer-generated
imagery by Industrial Light & Magic and life-sized animatronics by Legacy Effects,
a company created by the alumni of Jurassic Park veteran Stan Winston.
Directed by Joss Whedon
THE AVENGERS
Directed by Joss Whedon
Produced by Kevin Feige
Screenplay by Joss Whedon
Story by Zak Penn , Joss Whedon
Budget $220 million
Box office $1.520 billion
The Avengers, is a 2012 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
1 It is the sixth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film was written and directed by Joss Whedon
and features an ensemble cast that includes Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo,ChrisHemsworth,
Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgård,
and Samuel L. Jackson. In the film, Nick Fury, director of the peacekeeping organization S.H.I.E.L.D.,
recruits Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk, and Thor to form a team that must stop Thor's brother Loki
from subjugating Earth.
The film's development began when Marvel Studios received a loan from Merrill Lynch in April 2005.
After the success of the film Iron Man in May 2008, Marvel announced that The Avengers would be released in
July 2011. With the signing of Johansson in March 2009, the film was pushed back for a 2012 release.
Whedon was brought on board in April 2010 and rewrote the original screenplay by Zak Penn.
Production began in April 2011 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, before moving to Cleveland, Ohio,
in August and New York City in September. The film was converted to 3D in post-production.
The Avengers premiered on April 11, 2012, at Hollywood's El Capitan Theatre and was released theatrically
in the United States on May 4, 2012. The film garnered numerous critical awards and nominations,
including Academy Award and BAFTA nominations for achievements in visual effects and has set or
tied numerous box office records, including the biggest opening weekend in North America.
The Avengers grossed over $1.5 billion worldwide, and became the third-highest-grossing film
during its theatrical run—as well as the first Marvel production to generate $1 billion in ticket sales.
The film was released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on September 25, 2012.
A sequel, titled Avengers: Age of Ultron, was released on May 1, 2015, while two additional sequels,
titled Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1 and Avengers: Infinity War – Part 2,
are scheduled to be released on May 4, 2018, and May 3, 2019, respectively.
Produced by Neal H. Moritz , Vin Diesel , Michael Fottrell
Produced by Kevin Feige
FAST AND FURIOUS 7
Directed by James Wan
Produced by Neal H. Moritz , Vin Diesel , Michael Fottrell
Written by Chris Morgan
Language English
Budget $190 million
Box office $1.516 billion
Furious 7 is a 2015 American action film directed by James Wan and written by Chris Morgan.
It is the seventh installment in the Fast and the Furious franchise. The film stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker,
Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges, Jordana Brewster,
Kurt Russell, and Jason Statham. Furious 7 follows Dominic Toretto (Diesel), Brian O'Conner (Walker)
and the rest of their team, who have returned to the United States to live normal lives after securing amnesty
for their past crimes in Fast & Furious 6 (2013), until Deckard Shaw (Statham),
a rogue special forces assassin seeking to avenge his comatose younger brother, puts them in danger once again.
With the previous three installments set between 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) and
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), Furious 7 is the first installment in the franchise to take place after
Tokyo Drift. The film also marks the final film appearance of Walker, who died in a single-vehicle crash
on November 30, 2013, with filming only half-completed.Following Walker's death, filming was delayed
for script rewrites, and his brothers, Caleb and Cody, were used among others as stand-ins to complete
his remaining scenes.
Plans for a seventh installment were first announced in February 2012 when Johnson stated that production
on the film would begin after the completion of Fast & Furious 6. In April 2013, Wan, predominantly known for
horror films, was announced to direct the film in place of Justin Lin, who left the franchise after directing the
previous four installments. Casting began in the same month with the re-signing of Diesel and Walker, and an
initial release date was set. Principal photography began in Atlanta, Georgia, in September 2013, resumed in
April 2014 and ended in July 2014, with other filming locations including Los Angeles, Colorado, Abu Dhabi and Tokyo.
AVENGERS:AGE OF ULTRON
Directed by Joss Whedon
Produced by Kevin Feige
Written by Joss Whedon
Budget $279.9 million
Box office $1.405 billion
Avengers: Age of Ultron is a 2015 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero
team the Avengers, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
It is the sequel to 2012's The Avengers and the eleventh film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
The film was written and directed by Joss Whedon and features an ensemble cast that includes Robert Downey Jr.,
Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle,
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Cobie Smulders, Anthony Mackie, Hayley Atwell,
Idris Elba, Stellan Skarsgård, James Spader, and Samuel L. Jackson. In Avengers: Age of Ultron,
the Avengers fight Ultron, an artificial intelligence obsessed with causing human extinction.
The sequel was announced in May 2012, after the successful release of The Avengers.
Whedon, the director of the first film, was brought back on board in August and a release date
was set. By April 2013, Whedon had completed a draft of the script, and casting began in June with
the re-signing of Downey. Second unit filming began in February 2014 in South Africa with principal
photography taking place between March and August 2014. The film was primarily shot at Shepperton
Studios in Surrey, England, with additional footage filmed in Italy, South Korea, Bangladesh, New York
, and various locations around England. While in post production, the film was converted to 3D and over
3,000 visual effects shots were added.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Directed by David Yates
Produced by David Heyman , David Barron , J. K. Rowling
Screenplay by Steve Kloves
Language English
Budget $250 million
Box office $1.342 billion
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 is a 2011 fantasy film directed by David Yates and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.[4] It is the second of two cinematic parts based on the novel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling.The film, which is the eighth and final instalment in the Harry Potter filmseries, was written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman, David Barron, and Rowling. It is thesequel to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1. The story continues to follow Harry Potter's questto find and destroy Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes in order to stop him once and for all.
The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry's best friends,Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Principal photography began on 19 February 2009, and wascompleted on12 June 2010,with reshoots taking place in December 2010, more than ten years after filming started on thefirst instalment of the series. Part 2 was released in 2D, 3-D and IMAX cinemas worldwide from 13–15 July 2011,and is the only Harry Potter film to be released in 3-D.
The film became a financial success and was one of the best-reviewed films of 2011. At the box office,
Part 2 claimed the worldwide opening weekend record, earning $483.2 million, as well as setting opening
day and opening weekend records in various countries. As of 2016, the film is the eighth highest grossing
film of all time.It became the highest-grossing film of 2011, the highest grossing film in the Harry Potter
series, and the ninth film to gross over $1 billion.
FROZEN
Directed by Chris Buck , Jennifer Lee
Produced by Peter Del Vecho
Screenplay by Jennifer Lee
Language English
Budget $150 million
Box office $1.276 billion
Frozen is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation
Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.[4] It is the 53rd animated feature in the Walt Disney AnimatedClassics series. Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Snow Queen,[5] the film tells the storyof a fearless princess who sets off on an epic journey alongside a rugged iceman, his loyal pet reindeer, and a naïve snowman to find her estranged sister, whose icy powers have inadvertently trapped the kingdom in eternal winter.
Frozen underwent several story treatments for years before being commissioned in 2011, with a screenplay
written by Jennifer Lee, and both Chris Buck and Lee serving as directors. It features the voices of KristenBell,Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad and Santino Fontana. Christophe Beck, who had worked on Disney's award-winning short Paperman, was hired to compose the film's orchestral score, while husband-and-wife songwriting team Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez wrote the songs.
Frozen premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California, on November 19, 2013,and went into
general theatrical release on November 27. It was met with strongly positive reviews from critics andaudiences,with some film critics considering Frozen to be the best Disney animated feature film since the studio's renaissance era.The film was also a massive commercial success; it accumulated nearly $1.3 billion in worldwidebox office revenue, $400 million of which was earned in the United States and Canada and $247 million of which was earned in Japan. It ranks as the highest-grossing animated film of all time, the third highest-grossing original film of all time, the ninth highest-grossing film of all time, the highest-grossing film of 2013, and the third highest-grossing film in Japan. With over 18 million home media sales in 2014, it became the best-selling film ofthe year in the United States. By January 2015, Frozen had become the all-time best-selling Blu-ray Disc in theUnited States.
IRON MAN 3
Directed by Shane Black
Produced by Kevin Feige
Screenplay by Drew Pearce , Shane Black
Language English
Budget $200 million
Box office $1.215 billion
Iron Man 3 is a 2013 American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Iron Man, produced
by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.1 It is the sequel to 2008's Iron Man and 2010's Iron Man 2, and the seventh film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Shane Black directed a
screenplay he co-wrote with Drew Pearce, which uses concepts from the "Extremis" story arc by Warren Ellis. The film stars Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall,
Stephanie Szostak, James Badge Dale, Jon Favreau, and Ben Kingsley. In Iron Man 3, Tony Stark tries to
recover from posttraumatic stress disorder caused by the events of The Avengers, while investigating a
terrorist organization led by the mysterious Mandarin.
After the release of Iron Man 2 in May 2010, Favreau, who served as director, decided not to return,
and in February 2011 Black was hired to write and direct the film. Black and Pearce opted to make the
script more character-centric and focused on thriller elements. Throughout April and May 2012, the film's
supporting cast was filled out, with Kingsley, Pearce, and Hall brought in to portray key roles. Filming began
on May 23, and lasted through December 17, 2012, primarily at EUE/Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington,
North Carolina. Additional shooting took place at various locations around North Carolina, as well as Florida,China and Los Angeles. The visual effects were handled by 17 companies, including Scanline VFX, Digital Domain, and Weta Digital. The film was converted to 3D in post-production.
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