Its quite impressive that all movies except LOTR were out for several to many months, while LOTR hasn't been in theatres for an entire month, but still manages to hit #7 in box office gross for the entire year.
I don't know how Men in Black 2 made so much money, it was awful. A very short film with a paper thin plot, if there is a third one hopefully they will hire some writers.
"Signs" is coming to video and DVD next week. Hope everyone is ready to see it.
When the Oscar nominations come out, it will be something like this:
Best Picture:
1. Kiss of the Spiderwoman Magnolias
2. Shakespeare in Love, and Republicans are Bad
3. Chocolate Snow Falling on a Woman's Reproductive Rights Clinic
4. My Big Fat Gay Boyfriend
Best Sound Editing and Insignificant Art Direction Category
1. The Two Towers
Film Voted by the Academy Most Distasteful and Hateful
1. We Were Soldiers Once
1. "Spider-Man" $406 million.
GREAT movie! I loved it! Isn't the second one supposed to be with Dr. Octopus and the Lizard? Can't wait to see it!
2. "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones," $310 million.
Pretty good movie, but the "romantic" scenes between Anakin and Amidala were utter crap. And anakin was a bit to whiny for my tastes. But beyond that, good movie.
3. "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," $240 million.
Never saw it. Though it's interesting to see that that's all they made. Didn't the first one make more by the time it was at this point? And now they're releasing the next over the summer. Could be that they decided to change the schedule as Lord of the Rings could hurt it. I mean, they both come out at pretty much the same time, and if you're really only in the mood to see one fantasy movie, why NOT see Lord of the Rings which is undoubtedly the better of the two? Putting more space between the Harry Potter movies and Lord of the Rings can only help it.
4. "Signs," $227 million.
Never saw it, but plan on buying the DVD. If Mel's in it, then it's worth checking out at least once. And I LIKED
Unbreakable, despite what all the naysayers say!
5. "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," $218 million.
Somebody pointed out that movies make most of their money in the first 3 weeks. This movie's obviously the exception (Like "There's Something About Mary"). I'm usually averse to chick flicks, but I've seen plenty of male FReepers speaking well of it, so I may check it out.
6. "Austin Powers in Goldmember," $213 million.
Got tired of Austin Powers after the 2nd one.
7. "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," $200 million.
You know what the funny thing, is? Were they to give this movie just a FEW more days in the movie theatres, it'd probably end up at the #4 spot. Just give it til this weekend and it'll be there. Ah well. Being #7 on a list like this doesn't make it any better or worse than what it is. Namely a true MASTERPIECE and easily my favorite movie, ever!
8. "Men in Black 2" $192 million.
9. "Ice Age," $176 million.
10. "Scooby-Doo," $153 million.
Didn't see any of these, and I purposefully avoided Scooby Doo, as I heard they were going to make Velma a lesbian, among other things. I know those scenes didn't make it to the final cut, but still. Glad to see Ice Age is there, though. More family oriented movies, the better.