The first (and only) James Bond to make the list is Skyfall, 2012’s monster hit that saw Daniel Craig back to his best as everyone’s favorite spy. Cast: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris Skyfall – Worldwide Gross: $1,110, 526,981ĭirector: Sam Mendes.
Despite receiving an overwhelmingly negative critical reception, it fared exceptionally well at the box office, becoming the only film of 2014 to exceed the 1 billion dollar mark (taking $1,104,039,076 in total) and earning a position as the 26th highest-grossing film of all time in the process.ġ7. The fourth installment in the Transformers franchise comes in at number 19. Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor Transformers: Age of Extinction – Worldwide Gross: $1,104,039,076ĭirector: Michael Bay.
Nolan’s biggest achievement - and the real star of his third Batman film - is Gotham city itself”.ġ8. As Cinevue summed things up, “The Dark Knight Rises is the pinnacle of epic movie-making and its scale and grandeur are unprecedented in cinema history. Fittingly, Nolan’s final input into the franchise proved to be the most successful, winning mass critical acclaim for its direction, screenplay, performances, and musical score, and becoming the highest-grossing Batman film of all time.
Cast: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne HathawayĢ012’s superhero film The Dark Knight Rises represents the final installment in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Trilogy, picking up 8 years after the events of its prequel, 2008’s The Dark Knight. The Dark Knight Rises – Worldwide Gross: $1,084,439,099ĭirector: Christopher Nolan. With $1,038,812,584 in worldwide gross, it ranks as the 20th highest-grossing action film of all time.ġ9. Thanks to its groundbreaking use of CGI, Jurassic Park was considered a cinematic landmark at the time of its release, earning its director Steven Spielberg some of the highest praise of his career and the film itself more than twenty awards (including three Academy Awards for visual effects and sound design). It may be 26 years old, but Jurassic Park still ranks as one of the highest-grossing films of all time. Cast: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum Jurassic Park – Worldwide Gross: $1,038,812,584ĭirector: Steven Spielberg. If you want to find out just how popular, keep reading.Ģ0. Action films have always been popular, providing just the kind of escapist fun that made us fall in love with cinema in the first place.
If today’s line up of films is anything to go by, the fastest way to get a movie to exceed the 1 billion dollar mark at the box office is to throw as many capes, dinosaurs, fast cars, and superhero powers at it as possible (if you can also add Robert Downey Jr’s name to the list of credits, so much the better).
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