Without a doubt, making films is a double-edged sword. It is difficult to predict whether each project made will make a profit or be a complete failure. In each premiere the coin is in the air.
Throughout history, several films have claimed victory, as they have raised many, many millions of dollars, achieving a place in the top ten of the highest-grossing films in the history of the so-called Seventh Art.
With an international box office of more than 2,923 million US dollars, Avatar (2009), by director James Cameron, is the queen, so far, of the list.
The story of “Jake Sully”, a war veteran Marine who is transferred to Pandora, where he meets the blue Na’vi race in order to participate in the Avatar program, captivated millions of people around the world.
Everyone wanted to know what was going to happen with Marvel’s “Avengers”, that is why the 2019 film swept the international box office until it obtained two thousand 797 million dollars and thus remained in second place in the top.
Directed by brothers Anthony and Joe Russo, the feature film broke records. Marvel fans and even non-fans saw the outcome of “Thanos” and the sad departure of Avengers like “Iron-Man” or “Black Widow.”
Moviegoers were left wanting to see more of Avatar, so much so that when the sequel called Avatar: The Way of Water came out in 2022, James Cameron once again increased his fortune. The final result after its run in theaters: two thousand 320 million dollars. Third on the chart.
In the plot, more than a decade after the events of Avatar, “Jake Sully”, “Neytiri” and their children live peacefully in the forests of Pandora until the skymen return. Then the problems begin that relentlessly pursue the Sully family.
Definitely, James Cameron’s bank accounts have quite a few zeros, and his film, Titanic (1997), is also one of the highest-grossing films of all decades. It occupies box four with two thousand 264 million dollars.
The love story of “Kate” (Kate Winslet) and “Jack” (Leonardo DiCaprio) that takes place on the immense ship that ended in tragedy, captivated the public and continues to do so, because every time the film is shown on open TV it registers highs. rating points.
It was December 2015 when the theaters seemed packed and of course the feature film Star Wars: Episode VII-The Force Awakens had arrived, bringing together the great characters of the saga with new faces.
Nostalgia and galactic force were the necessary elements for this production directed by JJ Abrams to sweep the theaters, finishing in fifth place in the top, after raising 2,071 million dollars.
Also on the list is Avengers: Infinity War, the first part of the final saga of Marvel’s Avengers presented in 2018 under the direction of brothers Anthony and Joe Russo. A total of two thousand 052 million dollars was pocketed.
Without a doubt, Mexico was an important part of this sum, since the film lasted many weeks on the billboard. In the cinemas of La Laguna there were constant lines to see it and it is not said when it was just released.
The opportunity to see three arachnids in the same film was too attractive for the audience. Tom Holland, Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield returned to the “Spider-Man” suit for filmmaker Jon Watts’ Spider-Man: No Way Home, in which the three are reunited by disruptions to the Multiverse.
Despite the fact that there were still some restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film was a “boom” at the box office by pocketing the amount of 1,921 million dollars, becoming the number seven film in the top ten.
The summer of 2015 brought with it great releases of that cinema, one of the most relevant of that year and that season was Jurassic World. It occupies box eight of the 10 highest-grossing films in all of history.
The “live action” version of The Lion King generated a lot of expectation prior to its release, so much so that when it entered the cinema complexes it caused a sensation here and everywhere.
The story of “Simba”, directed by Jon Favreau, packed the theaters and in the end managed to be number nine of the 10 highest grossers, collecting 1,663 million dollars.
Fans wanted to see the “Avengers” united, a desire that was crystallized in 2012 with Joss Whedon’s film The Avengers. With 1,520 million dollars raised, it became 10 out of 10 in the top.
There is more
These films have also been very successful at the box office:
*Fast and furious 7
*Top Gun: Maverick
*Frozen 2
*Barbie
*Avengers: Age of Ultron
