Sunday, July 13, 2008

Who rules the All Time World Wide Box Office?

Who among our favorite actors and directors are champions in Box Office World Wide?Let's take a look on them:
  1. Oscar Winning Director Steven Spielberg has the most box office films of all time as of 2008, his several hits includes Jaws in 1975, Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Jurassic Park (1993)The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001), Minority Report (2002), Catch Me If You Can (2002), War of the Worlds (2005), and his latest Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). (this doesn't include his Writing Credits)
  2. Tom Cruise' Hits includes , Top Gun (1986), Rain Man (1988), A Few Good Men (1992), The Firm (1993), Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), Mission: Impossible (1996) , Jerry Maguire (1996), Mission: Impossible II (2000), Vanilla Sky (2001), Minority Report (2002) ,The Last Samurai (2003), Collateral (2004), War of the Worlds (2005) and Mission: Impossible III (2006)
  3. Director/Writer George Lucas Box office Hits include Star Wars (1977), Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005). His writings and stories also include Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
  4. WIll Smith has over ten films that gained box office records, his movies include Independence Day (1996), Men in Black (1997), Enemy of the State (1998), Wild Wild West (1999), Men in Black II (2002), Bad Boys II (2003), I, Robot (2004), Shark Tale (2004), Hitch (2005),The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), I Am Legend (2007), and his latest Hancock (2008)
  5. Tom Hanks, 2-time Oscar winner and a Box Office Champion, some of his films that gained Box Office record include, Forrest Gump (1994), Toy Story (1995), Apollo 13 (1995), Saving Private Ryan (1998),You've Got Mail (19998), Toy Story 2 (1999), The Green Mile (1999),Cast Away (2002), Catch Me If You Can (2002), The Polar Express (2004), and The DaVinci Code (2006)
  6. Mel Gibson - made box office record through acting and directing films, his films include (as an actor)Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), Braveheart (1995), Pocahontas (1995), What Women Want (2000), Signs (2002) and as a Director The Passion of the Christ (2004).
  7. Jim Carrey and Bruce Willis have 7 films as of this year. Jim's films include Dumb & Dumber (1994), Batman Forever (1995), Liar Liar (1997), The Truman Show (1998), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Bruce Almighty (2003), and Horton Hears a Who! (2008) while Bruce Willis movies include Die Hard 2 (1990), Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995), Live Free or Die Hard (2007), Pulp Fiction (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), Armageddon (1998), Over the Hedge (2006)..
  8. Johnny Depp - Sleepy Hollow (1999), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Here are some of the actors/actresses that have more than one film in the world wide box office:
Nicholas Cage, Russel Crowe, George Clooney, Julia Robert, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler, and Cameron Diaz.

However in 19997, James Cameron's version of Titanic is unbeatable for over a decade as No. 1 Movie of all time in Box Office. I'm not just so sure if it was because of Cameron's aura or the love story of Rose and Jack that really made the movie goer watched it for several times, (yes several times!). Rose and Jack were portrayed by the Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Source: www.imdb.com as of July 13, 2008 (all films have reached $200,000,000 at the box office during their theatrical runs to be included in the World-Wide Box Office Record).