Friday, January 21, 2011

MOVIE

All along the history of Hollywood, there are 7 films which are gain gross revenue exceeding $1 billion or 9 thousands quintillion Rupiahs (1 Dollar = 9,000 Rupiahs), which means its number 10 times of Indonesia’s 2010 APBN, 1,000 quintillion Rupiahs, during its showing times. Avatar is the first film which gains the biggest profit and, until now, the only one which can eclipse $2 billion. This film directed by James Cameron and distributed by 20th Century Fox and released to the box office in December 2009. This film’s gross revenue is $2,779.6 billion. In the second place, there is a romantic film which is also directed by James Cameron, Titanic. Titanic distributed by Paramount Pictures and released in December 1997. Titanic’s gross revenue is $1,843.2 billion during its showing. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King placed the third place. This is the third sequel of The Lord of the Ring film following The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and The Two Towers (2002) based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s novel and directed by Sir Peter Jackson. New Line Cinema distributed and released it in 2003 and during its showing times, this film gain gross revenue amount to $1,119.1 billion. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest is the next film which is gain the gross revenue surpassing $1 billion with $1,066.2 billion. Buena Vista distributed and released this film which was directed by Gore Verbinski in 2006. In 2010 there is two films which reach the gross revenue up to $1 billion they are Toy Story 3 and Alice in Wonderland and these two films distributed by same distributor, Buena Vista, and the genre of these two films is same too, computer-animated film. Toy Story 3 which directed by Lee Unkrich gained $1,063.1 and Alice in Wonderland which directed by Tim Burton gained $1,024.3 of gross revenue. The Dark Knight which distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and directed by Christopher Nolan is the last film, until now, which gained gross revenue over $1 billion. Its gross revenue is $1,001.9 during its showing times in 2008.
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