Highest Grossing Movies of All Time

10. “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” (2011)

In spite of a mixed reception that criticized the script writing and lack of originality, it received good reviews on acting and visuals. At the end of the day the fourth “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie broke numerous records and grossed over $1 billion.

9. “Toy Story 3” (2010)

Breaking numerous records, “Toy Story 3” was nominated for 5 academy awards and ended up grossing approximately $1 billion dollars in the world wide box office.

8. “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (2006)

Praised for its special effects but criticized for its plot and running time, the film grossed over $1 billion dollars and was Walt Disney Pictures greatest success for nearly six years until the “Avengers” (#3) took that title.

 

7. “The Dark Knight Rises” (2012)

Although Christopher Nolan was at first hesitant to come back for a second time to direct “Dark Night Rises”, the film went on to gross over $1 billion in the worldwide box office, surpassing “The Dark Knight”.

6. “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2003)

At the time it was only the second film to ever gross over $1 billion dollars and it became Time Warner’s greatest cinematic success until being surpassed by “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” Part 2 (#4)

5. “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” (2011)

Although critical reception of the film was mostly negative, Michael Bay’s third Transformers film went on to gross $1.1 billion.

4. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” Part 2 (2011)

As final installment of the Harry Potter series this film is one of 6 Harry Potter films on this list and managed to pull in $1.3 billion at the world wide box office.

 

3. “Marvel’s The Avengers” (2012)

As the fastest film to ever reach the $1 billion mark it ended up grossing over $1.5 billion worldwide.

 

2. “Titanic” (1997)

Grossing $2.1 billion in the world wide box office James Cameron earned himself a spot as one of the most lucrative producers in history with this film.

 

1. “Avatar” (2009)

As if producing “Titanic” weren’t enough, Cameron came back and did it again in 2009 when “Avatar” grossed $2.7 billion.

b)Two teams. One team supports advantages and the other – disadvantages of each movie from the list.

c) What other movies do you consider should be included in the list? Why?