Over the last few years I had reduced how many movies I saw at the theatre namely because of the proliferation of cell phones; and while that is still an issue no matter where you go now-a-days, I actually saw more movies this year than I have for quite some time.
Needless to say, I far surpassed seeing 25 movies this year, which is my usual goal annually, by seeing nearly 40 in total. Out of those that I had the chance to see this year, I enjoyed the following the most: the animated movies Sing, Zootopia, Moana and Finding Dory, the tearjerker Me Before You, the Marvel Universe hits Suicide Squad and Doctor Strange and the R-rated Deadpool.
I know that readers don’t care about what movies I saw throughout the year or which ones I liked best so let’s take a look at the 30 biggest box office winners from this year (approximately through the December 19 and December 20 weekend):
1. Finding Dory – 486 million
2. Captain America: Civil War – 408 million
3. The Secret Life of Pets – 368 million
4. The Jungle Book – 364 million
5. Deadpool – 363 million
6. Zootopia – 341 million
7. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – 330 million
8. Suicide Squad – 325 million
9. Doctor Strange – 226 million
10. Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them – 208 million
11. Moana – 163 million
12. Jason Bourne – 162 million
13. Star Trek Beyond – 159 million
14. X-Men: Apocalypse – 155.4 million
15. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – 155.1 million
16. Trolls – 147 million
17. Kung Fu Panda 3 – 144 million
18. Ghostbusters – 128 million
19. Central Intelligence – 127.4 million
20. The Legend of Tarzan – 126.6 million
21. Sully – 125 million
22. Bad Moms – 114 million
23. The Angry Birds Movie – 108 million
24. Independence Day: Resurgence – 103 million
25. The Conjuring 2 – 102 million
26. Sausage Party – 98 million
27. The Magnificent Seven – 93 million
28. Ride Along 2 – 91 million
29. Don’t Breathe – 89 million
30. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children – 87 million
On the other spectrum are the movies that were either a disappointment in the box office due to poor ticket sales or, more importantly, had a horrible trailer that made me completely disinterested in seeing them.
They appear in alphabetical order below:
Bad Moms
Bad Santa 2
Boo! A Madea Halloween
Central Intelligence
Dirty Grandpa
Don’t Breathe
Ghostbusters
Fifty Shades of Black
Hail, Caesar
Hateful 8
How To Be Single
Incarnate
Keanu
Keeping Up with the Joneses
Lights Out
Masterminds
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Neighbors 2
Nerve
Office Christmas Party
Popstar
Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
Ride Along 2
Sausage Party
The Boss
The Boy
The Brothers Grimsby
The Conjuring 2
The Darkness
The Forest
The Other Side of the Door
The Shallows
War Dogs
Why Him?
Zoolander 2
What movies did you most enjoy seeing this year? Which movies were disappointments to you? Please share your thoughts and comments.
TOMORROW: Awards
PS: Merry Christmas!!!
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