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To: Always Right

"If Hollywood would stop making all those pro-American pro-family feel good movies and start making some good left-wing movies that depresses people, maybe they would make more money."

I know your comment is tongue-in-cheek, but consider:
"All-Time USA Boxoffice
Rank Title USA Box Office
1. Titanic (1997) $600,779,824
2. Star Wars (1977) $460,935,665
3. Shrek 2 (2004) $436,471,036
4. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) $434,949,459
5. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) $431,065,444
6. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) $419,654,338
7. Spider-Man (2002) $403,706,375
8. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) $380,262,555
9. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) $377,019,252
10. Spider-Man 2 (2004) $373,377,893
11. The Passion of the Christ (2004) $370,270,943
12. Jurassic Park (1993) $356,784,000
13. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) $340,478,898
14. Finding Nemo (2003) $339,714,367
15. Forrest Gump (1994) $329,691,196
16. The Lion King (1994) $328,423,001
17. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) $317,557,891
18. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) $313,837,577
19. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) $310,675,583
20. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) $309,125,409
21. Independence Day (1996) $306,124,059
22. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) $305,388,685
23. The Sixth Sense (1999) $293,501,675
24. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) $291,709,845
25. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) $290,158,751"
http://us.imdb.com/boxoffice/alltimegross

That is just the top 25 (the list goes on) and, so far as I can see, there is not one movie on there most families would be uncomfortable watching (with certain exceptions, like young children). But that is not the usual fare offered by Hollyweird; rather it is stuff that is left-wing, depressing, violent, and full of gratuitous sex and profanity.

You would think the studios would recognize what sells, and then offer it. But no...


17 posted on 09/27/2006 11:46:07 AM PDT by Robwin
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To: Robwin

Your list is not adjusted dollars.. that puts newer movies at a huge advantage.

A mediocre movie can make 50-100 Million today.. when in 1970 that would have been an unquestionable blockbuster.


26 posted on 09/27/2006 12:07:06 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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