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Three of the four highest-grossing films, including Avatar at the top, were written and directed by James Cameron.. With a worldwide box-office gross of over $2.9 billion, Avatar is proclaimed to be the "highest-grossing" film, but such claims usually refer to theatrical revenues only and do not take into account home video and television income, which can form a significant portion of a film ...
Erin Brockovich unseated Mission to Mars to open in first place grossing $28,138,465 in box office revenue. [28] During its final weekend in release, it opened in a distant 72nd place with $17,467 in revenue. [29] The film went on to top out domestically at $60,883,407 in total ticket sales through an 18-week theatrical run. [1]
The Guardian, reporting on the release of John Carter (2012), said, since 1995, six films featuring Mars performed poorly at the box office. [1] Wired , reporting on the release of The Martian (2015), said prior films set on Mars— Red Planet , Mission to Mars (2000), and The Last Days on Mars (2013)—were "notable flops" that were the most ...
Science fiction scholar Gary Westfahl stated in his book The Spacesuit Film that Mission Mars "devolves into a conventional monster movie." [4] Writing for The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Westfahl found the Martian plants to be strikingly bizarre and the low-budget film to be of about average quality for science fiction films of the era. [5]
Plus, “Mission” movies tend to earn roughly 70% of overall ticket sales at the international box office. That should help offset any potential shortcomings in North America.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has had four films atop the yearly U.S. box office: The Avengers (2012), Black Panther (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). No Way Home also gave the Spider-Man film franchise its third leading film.
“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” netted $8.3 million at the box office on Thursday, pushing the action sequel’s North American gross to $23.8 million after two days of release.
Robbie Williams biopic Better Man, which stars a CGI chimpanzee in the role of the British pop star, has bombed at the US box office, taking just $1 million in its opening weekend. The film, by ...