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- What are the most profitable films of all time? This list includes the top 20 most profitable movies ever made. Some of these movies that have made the most money are Skyfall, Iron Man 3, and multiple films from the Harry Potter and Twilight series.
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With the addition of The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Barbie, the top 50 has lost Peter Jackson’s first Hobbit movie and Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. For the list below, we’ve included...
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- There Will Be Blood (2007) To make a good film is one thing; to craft a masterpiece is entirely something else. But bettering your own masterpiece is something only a truly accomplished artist is capable of.
- The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Ambition. Success. Fame. Money. Sex. Drugs. That is ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ for you in a nutshell. But there’s a lot to dig in the film although Scorsese’s infamous rough approach may hamper you from delving into the deeper aspects of the film.
- The Wall Street (1987) This Oliver Stone classic is a riveting tale of success, greed, power and money. ‘ The Wall Street’ tells the story of a young stockbroker who is taken under his wing by a brilliant, ruthless raider.
- The Social Network (2010) David Fincher‘s acclaimed biographical drama about the founding of Facebook is quite simply one of the most fascinating films about success, morality, fame and money.
- The Blair Witch Project (1999) Production budget: $350,000. Box office revenue: $248.6 million. Return on investment: 70,928% Following in the footsteps of cheap horror movies like Halloween (1978) and Friday the 13th (1980), The Blair Witch Project (1999) revolutionized the horror genre with a new component: found footage.
- Mad Max (1979) Production budget: $260,000. Box office revenue: $100 million. Return on investment: 38,361% The self-proclaimed "mastermind" George Miller might be justified in his self-given moniker given the results of Mad Max (1979).
- El Mariachi (1992) Production budget: $7,000. Box office revenue: $2 million. Return on investment: 28,471% The budget for El Mariachi (1992) was insanely small at just $7,000—and half of it was raised by director Robert Rodriguez's own participation in a cholesterol-reducing drug experiment.
- Rocky (1976) Production budget: $960,000. Box office revenue: $225 million. Return on investment: 23,337% Rocky (1976) might be the greatest underdog movie of all time, and maybe that's because the production of Rocky was itself an underdog struggle against all odds.
- Avatar
- Avengers: Endgame
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- Titanic
- Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
- Avengers: Infinity War
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Jurassic World
- The Lion King
- The Avengers
When Avatar arrived in theaters back in 2009, it made a powerful statement with its groundbreaking visual effects and motion capture, stunning 3D technology, and the introduction of a world in Pandora that would spawn its own section of Disney World and a plan for at least four sequels. Moviegoers couldn’t get enough of the film and the ticket sale...
The only film to ever come close to toppling the behemoth known as Avatar was Avengers: Endgame, the culmination of the almost 21-year journey known as the Infinity Saga that began with 2008’s Iron Man and was built up with stories from 21 movies before it. Fans had to wait a whole year to see what the true effects of Thanos’ Snap would be, and the...
The sequel to 2009’s Avatar was originally aiming to be released in 2014 but, as we all know, it didn’t make its way to theaters until the end of 2022. It started to feel like these so-called Avatar sequels may never happen with delay after delay, but Avatar: The Way of Water landed with such a resounding slam that it reminded us all to never under...
James Cameron isn’t content with having just two movies in the top five highest-grossing films of all time. No, he had to go ahead and have a third with his Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet-led tragic retelling of Titanic’s doomed voyage across the sea. 1998’s Titanic was the first film to ever cross $1 billion worldwide and was actually the high...
Say what you will about how Star Wars’ sequel trilogy ended, the news and arrival of Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens was a BIG deal. Not only was it the first film in the franchise since Revenge of the Sith and the controversial prequel trilogy, but it was also the first film and major project following The Walt Disney Company’s acquisit...
Avengers: Endgame may have beaten out Avengers: Infinity War in the box office race, but Infinity War was the film that proved to the world that Marvel could do it. After 18 films and teases of Thanos and our heroes coming together for one ultimate battle to save everything, Infinity War, on most accounts, lived up to the hype. However, even before...
Spider-Man: No Way Home may not have been an Avengers movie, but it sure felt like one as it brought together so many characters from the Spider-Man universe that it became nearly as big of an event as any other film. While it wasn’t confirmed until the film’s release, fans around the world had a feeling it would be bringing back Tobey Maguire and ...
This list makes it increasingly clear that films from iconic franchises that come back many years later with some of the original characters in tow are a surefire way to get incredible ticket sales at the box office. Jurassic World had all that going for it in addition to everyone’s love of massive dinosaurs. Jurassic World roared back on the scene...
The original The Lion King from 1994 is considered by many to be one of Disney’s greatest films, and it was also one of its most successful with worldwide earnings of $968.51 million. I’m sure the House of Mouse would have loved it to cross the $1 billion mark, so it’s a good thing they decided to give it a live-action remake because it blew past t...
As the great Nick Fury once said, there was an idea. That idea was to build out the MCU and bring together the greatest heroes and villains together from Marvel’s comics to build a film franchise unlike we’ve ever seen before. 2012’s The Avengers proved that idea was one of the greatest to ever have been had. With a worldwide gross of $1.52 billion...
Sep 11, 2024 · Some of these movies that have made the most money are Skyfall, Iron Man 3, and multiple films from the Harry Potter and Twilight series. Whether a pop culture phenomenon or summer blockbuster hit, these movies have all brought in huge profits worldwide.
Ranging from 1937’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, we’ve rounded up the most profitable films of all time, based on how much money they grossed at the global box office against their production budgets. Read on to find out if your favorite flick made the cut.
Apr 13, 2023 · 'Scream', 'M3GAN', 'Black Phone', 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' and 'Where the Crawdads Sing' Among Most Profitable Low Budget Movies in 2022
