In this blog post I will be looking at popular films, and it's good to point out now that the most popular films are different to the top grossing films.
Imdb.com is the most popular film database on the internet, and is kept up to date with the most recent news, trailers, etc involving films and TV (and some music) so it's only right to start here for the most popular films voted by 'regular voters'.
Top 250
It's interesting to note that through the table, there isn't a single film with a rating of 10, the highest being 9.2/10, and that the films date back decades, close to the beginning of the 20th century. This table is the best idea of what cinema-goers believe are the best films ever distributed, whilst it can be biased as film critics are more likely to analyse in depth the films.
Top 100 UK Grossing Films
The UK is not the best place to distribute a film as it's a small country, however, there are some films that exceed expectations such as Avatar which reached £93.5 million, £15 million more than the next best. As said in a previous blog post, the gross revenue from cinema-goers shows the popularity of the film, be it from good advertising campaigns or quality of the film, at the time it is released. Going to the cinema is much more popular than it was 20 years, so if the Shawshank Redemption was released now, it might prove more successful than in 1994.
Wikipedia (Link) has an up to date list of highest-grossing films by year, movie, adjusted inflation and franchise, that can prove useful if the figures are correct and updated continuously.
MovieWeb (Link) goes a step further and lists the Top 1000 grossing films in the U.S. Domestic figures. Again, Avatar is the top grossing film in the UK and the U.S., not surprising to those who have seen it.
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