With the year drawing to a close, the top ten lists are being released, and movies are no exception. Of little surprise is “The Dark Knight” leading the pack, as it almost became the biggest movie of all time, second only to “Titanic”.
Four of the top 10 were animated movies, and Paramount lead the studios with a piece of four of the top 10 as well.
The list is:
- THE DARK KNIGHT – Total Gross: $530,750,228
- IRON MAN – Total Gross: $318,313,199
- INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL – Total Gross: $317,023,851
- HANCOCK – Total Gross: $227,946,274
- WALL-E – Total Gross: $223,749,872
- KUNG FU PANDA – Total Gross: $215,434,591
- MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA – Total Gross: $172,332,000
- QUANTUM OF SOLACE – Total Gross: $161,300,000
- TWILIGHT – Total Gross: $158,461,000
- HORTON HEARS A WHO -Total Gross: $154,529,439
The movie ‘The Dark Knight’ was a hit beyond belief. It made even more money, in my eyes, because of Heath’s death. It is so sad because Heath had so much potential. He was a great actor. Sometimes I wonder if there could have been anything said that would have helped him.