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How many guesses will it take you to name the top 10 grossing movies of all time

Started by Rev. Powell, January 28, 2016, 12:50:43 PM

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Newt

"May I offer you a Peek Frean?" - Walter Bishop
"Thank you for appreciating my descent into deviant behavior, Mr. Reese." - Harold Finch

Rev. Powell

Some of Gene's were already guessed but GUMP was #26 and there was no GODZILLA in the top 200.

Newt is correct with THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, leaving only one left to go...

1. Gone with the Wind (1939)
2. Star Wars (1977)
3. Sound of Music (1965)
4. E.T. (1982)
5. Titanic (1997)
6. The Ten Commandments (1956)
7. Jaws (1975)
8. ?
9. The Exorcist (1973)
10. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)



I'll take you places the hand of man has not yet set foot...

Gene Worm

Does the remaining one start with a number and end with a color?
"Listen, you've got to get down below. There's something coming through, and it's the nastiest looking thing yet! Some of your buddies went down there a while ago, and I haven't seen them since."

Rev. Powell

Quote from: Gene Worm on January 31, 2016, 04:54:13 PM
Does the remaining one start with a number and end with a color?

No. If you're thinking of the recent S&M movie it's not in the top 200.
I'll take you places the hand of man has not yet set foot...

Trevor

#8 just has to be Nukie :wink:
We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.

indianasmith

"I shall smite you in the nostrils with a rod of iron, and wax your spleen with Efferdent!!"

Gene Worm

"Listen, you've got to get down below. There's something coming through, and it's the nastiest looking thing yet! Some of your buddies went down there a while ago, and I haven't seen them since."

JaseSF

"This above all: To thine own self be true!"

bob

Kubrick, Nolan, Tarantino, Wan, Iñárritu, Scorsese, Chaplin, Abrams, Wes Anderson, Gilliam, Kurosawa, Villeneuve - the elite



I believe in the international communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.

Gene Worm

"Listen, you've got to get down below. There's something coming through, and it's the nastiest looking thing yet! Some of your buddies went down there a while ago, and I haven't seen them since."

Trevor

We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.

frank

......"Now toddle off and fly your flying machine."

javakoala

Quote from: Trevor on February 01, 2016, 01:12:15 AM
I googled the list to see what 8 was and I'm surprised. :smile:

I did the same, had the same reaction, but I love that movie. Watched it when I was maybe 13 and was hooked to the TV for the whole time it took to broadcast it. What an ending!
I feel more like I do now than I did a while ago.

Rev. Powell

The list is completed! Gene Worm was correct with DR. ZHIVAGO.

1. Gone with the Wind (1939)
2. Star Wars (1977)
3. Sound of Music (1965)
4. E.T. (1982)
5. Titanic (1997)
6. The Ten Commandments (1956)
7. Jaws (1975)
8. Dr. Zhivago (1965)
9. The Exorcist (1973)
10. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

I know you guys could do it!

As I said before, the international list is very different and very biased towards recent movies. I think that must be due to the China market opening up only recently.

1   Avatar   Fox   $2,788.0   $760.5   27.3%   $2,027.5   72.7%   2009^
2   Titanic   Par.   $2,186.8   $658.7   30.1%   $1,528.1   69.9%   1997^
3   Star Wars: The Force Awakens   BV   $1,983.2   $895.4   45.1%   $1,087.8   54.9%   2015
4   Jurassic World   Uni.   $1,670.4   $652.3   39.0%   $1,018.1   61.0%   2015
5   Marvel's The Avengers   BV   $1,519.6   $623.4   41.0%   $896.2   59.0%   2012
6   Furious 7   Uni.   $1,516.0   $353.0   23.3%   $1,163.0   76.7%   2015
7   Avengers: Age of Ultron   BV   $1,405.4   $459.0   32.7%   $946.4   67.3%   2015
8   Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2   WB   $1,341.5   $381.0   28.4%   $960.5   71.6%   2011
9   Frozen   BV   $1,276.5   $400.7   31.4%   $875.7   68.6%   2013
10   Iron Man 3   BV   $1,215.4   $409.0   33.7%   $806.4   66.3%   2013
I'll take you places the hand of man has not yet set foot...

Trevor

Quote from: javakoala on February 01, 2016, 06:44:57 AM
I did the same, had the same reaction, but I love that movie. Watched it when I was maybe 13 and was hooked to the TV for the whole time it took to broadcast it. What an ending!

And Mom's favourite film.  :smile:

We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.