TOP highest-grossing films in the last 22 years (22 photos)
When it comes to cinema, it is impossible to avoid disputes, because Everyone understands what a "successful film" should look like. For someone important prestigious awards and the opinion of professional critics from film academies. For the rest, popular recognition is important: high marks from ordinary viewers and positive reviews from moviegoers. Here comes the man from the field of production, business and marketing will say that all this Secondly, because the most important factor is the box office. And since "Avatar: The Way of Water" is coming soon, there is every reason to believe that we waiting for new financial records. And while we are waiting for a new part, we offer watch the TOP highest-grossing films of the last 22 years.
2001: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Total box office: $978 million
2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Total box office: $927 million
2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Total box office: $1.120 billion
2004: Shrek 2
Total box office: $923 million
2005: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Total box office: $896 million
2006: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Total box office: $1.066 billion
2007: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Total box office: $961 million
2008: The Dark Knight
Total box office: $1.004 billion
2009: Avatar
Total box office: $2.923 billion
By the way, "Avatar" kept its box office championship due to re-released in China in March 2021. Without this trick the movie would have succumbed to some fantastic blockbuster that came out later Exactly 10 years after Avatar.
2010: Toy Story: The Great Escape
Total box office: $1.066 billion
2011: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
Total box office: $1.341 billion
2012: The Avengers
Total box office: $1.518 billion
2013: Frozen
Total box office: $1.274 billion
2014: Transformers: Age of Extinction
Total box office: $1.104 billion
Do you know who from this list of titans has the lowest viewership ratings? It is the unfortunate "Transformers". Neither Mark Wahlberg nor iron dinosaurs did not save the film from the defeat of its purely artistic features.
2015: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Total box office: $2.068 billion
2016: Captain America: Civil War
Total box office: $1.153 billion
2017: Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Total box office: $1.332 billion
2018: Avengers: Infinity War
Total box office: $2.048 billion
2019: Avengers: Endgame
Total box office: $2.797 billion
And here's the highest-grossing film of all time, counting just one. rollingth period. In a fair fight, "Final" collected 8 million more than "Avatar", but the latter had the same one mentioned above re-rental.
2020: Eight Hundred (China)
Total box office: $461 million
The most sudden film of the list. Have you watched it? Are you talking about him at all? heard? Pandemic 2020, temporary closure of cinemas around world and the postponement of world premieres for the first time in history allowed non-English language film to become the highest-grossing film of the year. As you can see, for this was enough for him with very modest fees compared to the rest in this list.
2021: Spider-Man: No Way Home
Total box office: $1.901 billion
2022: Top Gun: Maverick (so far)
Total box office: $1.486 billion
Unfortunately for Tom Cruise and the highest-grossing film of his career On December 16 this year, the very long-awaited "Avatar: The Path water”, which is able to arrange a box office record in half a month. Can whether his fees reach one and a half billion by the end of the year, we will find out already very soon.