Source: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2006&p=.htm
1. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $423,315,812
2. Cars $244,082,982
3. X-Men: The Last Stand $234,362,462
4. The Da Vinci Code $217,536,138
5. Superman Returns $200,081,192
6. Ice Age: The Meltdown $195,330,621
7. Happy Feet $178,017,000
8. Casino Royale $155,415,000
9. Over the Hedge $155,019,340
10. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby $148,213,377
11. Click $137,340,146
12. Mission: Impossible III $133,501,348
13. Borat $126,055,000
14. Night at the Museum $125,755,000
15. The Devil Wears Prada $124,740,460
16. The Departed $120,016,826
17. The Break-Up $118,703,275
18. The Pursuit of Happyness $103,746,000
19. Scary Movie 4 $90,710,620
20. Failure to Launch $88,715,192
I dunno about you, but that list makes it look like a pretty @%&#ty year save for a few titles.
Looking back over 2006 I'm finding it very hard to think of memorable movies.
Id have to say "Inconvenient Truth", "Thank You For Smoking", "Casino Royale", "Borat", "Clerks 2", "Monster House", "The Prestige" are really the only ones that I sat back and really enjoyed.
This is interesting, I only went to a few movies this year and a few of them are on this list:
Quote1. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $423,315,812
2. Cars $244,082,982
3. X-Men: The Last Stand $234,362,462
4. The Da Vinci Code $217,536,138
5. Superman Returns $200,081,192
6. Ice Age: The Meltdown $195,330,621
7. Happy Feet $178,017,000
8. Casino Royale $155,415,000
9. Over the Hedge $155,019,340
10. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby $148,213,377
I recently saw
Night at the Museum but not really much else this year. Just weren't enough interesting films out there, or at least not enough that I'd be willing to throw $12 at.
Happy feet wasn't bad, there where a great number of top names doing the voices... It does contain some environmental heavy messages near the end, but other than that it is mostly entertaining.
Movies at the Clairview theater are now a rather reasonable $8.50, I saw Casino Royale there and while its not the uber seating and what not that they got in South Commons or St.A/137 Ave the price difference with the ability to walk makes it a winner.
In the top 10 list I saw only 2 in theaters but have seen 8 of them with Da Vinci Code being the only one in the list I refuse to see.
I can get passes for $7.50 through work that work at the big treaters.. It is the only way I will bother to go, although $8.50 isn't too bad.
Thats true, I get the AMA passes too but when we went it was rather last minute. Its also rather far to any decent theater from Clairview
I can tell I have kids (besides them running around me all day long) - I saw three of the four kid-oriented cartoony movies on that list in the theater: Ice Age: The Meltdown, Happy Feet, and Over The Hedge. Haven't seen Cars yet, though...
...Cars is like...the best of all of them! (havent seen Happy Feet though). Monster House is by far the best animated movie of the year though IMHO.
Quote from: Shayne on January 02, 2007, 03:23:08 PM
...Cars is like...the best of all of them! (havent seen Happy Feet though). Monster House is by far the best animated movie of the year though IMHO.
I can't believe they showed Monster House to kids in a theatre... I could just see the nightmares for some.
Quote from: Melbosa on January 02, 2007, 03:32:56 PM
Quote from: Shayne on January 02, 2007, 03:23:08 PM
...Cars is like...the best of all of them! (havent seen Happy Feet though). Monster House is by far the best animated movie of the year though IMHO.
I can't believe they showed Monster House to kids in a theatre... I could just see the nightmares for some.
Kids need nightmares, it's essential to their growth >:D ;)
I haven't seen it, is it really that scary for kids?
It's uhfishal! You want to break the $150million barrier, make it kid-friendly! ;D
Cars was amazing, visually, and I'm glad I paid full price to see it at the Stadium Seating in South Common for $13.95 or whatever it was. But IMHO it doesn't break the "Top 5" of Pixar storylines (Nemo, Toy Story 1 and 2, Monsters Inc., and Bugs Life hold those spots in my book).
Overall this year sucked* for innovative, memorable feature films -- although Casino Royale was FANTASTIC! (Even the choice of poker hands was decent, yet obvious/interesting enough for newbs to understand.)
PS: nice to see a fake Kazakh reporter topped Will "my ego needs its own trailer" Smith ;D
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* disclaimer: I have not yet seen Monster House (prolly will rent it in case too scary for 5 year old and/or 8year old), and about half of the reviews I have read said it was indeed one of the best [family/overall] movies of the year, even better than Cars, so I suspect it was probably worthy of a top-10 placing but failed to find a big audience, since most reviews said it was far too scary for the tots/pre-preteens :(
I didn't think it would be scary for kids. Well, okay it would be, but its meant to be. Its like a kids horror film...but not really. I loved it personally. Best animation (refraction through a bottle!) I have ever seen, fantastic voice acting by nonages, great story, great ending, and every kid has the same story to tell about a spooky house in their neighborhood.
I know what would happen to my kids if they watched horror, and I doubt I'd go see something watched "Monster House" simply because I don't want to have a bed full of kids for a week. Unfortunately for the makers of the movie, there are probably quite a few other parents that feel the same way. I'm sure it's a great movie, but horror (even if it seems kid-friendly) is a still a new and frightful thing for young ones; as opposed to us adults who can understand that it's really not real. Of course, if I'm only taking the 9yo I'd consider it, but so far we've always gone to the movies as a family.
My 4 year old niece loves it. Pronounces it like "mobster house" perhaps too young to realize what she sees? As much as it might be a shame for the makers that it didn't become the big blockbuster that Cars was, but a few critics including myself think that it will pull down the Oscar for best animated picture. According to box office mojo it didn't do all that bad either with a production budget of 75M and 140M world wide gross.
I dont have kids, but my fianc? and I greatly enjoyed the film, other adults here should check it out if you haven't. Even from the "my kids wont be seeing it" point of view its still darn good film.
Quote from: Thorin on January 02, 2007, 10:58:43 PM
horror (even if it seems kid-friendly) is a still a new and frightful thing for young ones; as opposed to us adults who can understand that it's really not real.
I was around 10 when the local TV was showing "When A Stranger Calls" ... remember seeing the first half hour, didn't really "get it" but to this day "Have you checked the children?..." gives me chills :o
Oh, and also around that time I also saw "The Changeling" (or parts of it) -- refused to take a bath for the next 2 weeks, too damn scared (if you've seen it, you know certain visual images that I was reacting to).
Horror is great in book form, though -- kids' imaginations are limited, unlike film score/effects budgets ;)