Eneh Akpan Writes: Box Office Mojo

Friday, November 30, 2012

10 Highest Grossing Movies of 2012 (Scifi/Fantasy/Horror)

Will Smith in MIB 3 Photo: Box office mojo

Below are the 10 movies that took the biggest bites off the Box Office apple in 2012. The selected films all fall within the speculative fiction category that is, science fiction, fantasy and horror. All figures in American dollars.

1. The Hunger Games

*Budget*:	78m
*Box office*:	686.5m

2. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2

*Budget*:	120m
*Box office*:	600.5m

3. MIB 3

*Budget*:	225m
*Box office*:	624.0m

4. Prometheus

*Budget*:	130m
*Box office*:	402.4m

5. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

*Budget*:	79m
*Box office*:	325.8m

6. Wrath of the Titans

*Budget*:	150m
*Box office*:	301.9m

7. Dark Shadows

*Budget*:	150m
*Box office*:	239.1m

8. John Carter

*Budget*:	250m
*Box office*:	282.7m

9. Looper

*Budget*:	30m
*Box office*:	163.9m

10. Battleship

*Budget*:	209m
*Box office*:	302.8m

Box office results courtesy: Box Office Mojo

With a little help from Wikipedia.

Akpan

Friday, November 26, 2010

The 15 Highest-Grossing Books-to-Movies

Today, The DailyBeast.com released what they described as the highest-grossing films based on books. They got the figures using data compiled by Box Office Mojo. Inflation-adjustment was done by multiplying estimated admissions by the latest average ticket price—which in 2010 is $7.95—and where admissions were unavailable, adjustment was based on the average ticket price for when each movie was released.

I present here the top 15 out of a list of 30. If you feel you need the full details with the amount of money each film grossed at the box office, there's a link at the end of this article. Click it and feed your eyes on what you see.

1, Gone With the Wind

2, The Sound of Music

3, The Ten Commandments

4, Jaws

5, Doctor Zhivago

6, The Exorcist

7, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

8, The 101 Dalmatians

9, Ben-Hur