Top 20 Highest Grossing Films of All Time

To find the top 20 films I have visited The Internet Movie Database (IMDb), this is a reliable and well known website that gives accurate information about films. This list is accurate to the date of 20 November 2010

1. Avatar (2009).....$2,781,505,847

2. Titanic (1997).....$1,835,300,000

3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003).....$1,129,219,252

4. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest(2006).....$1,065,896,541

5. Toy Story 3 (2010).....$1,062,638,013

6. Alice in Wonderland (2010).....$1,023,285,206

7. The Dark Knight (2008).....$1,001,921,825

8. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone(2001).....$968,657,891

9. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End(2007).....$958,404,152

10. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix(2007).....$937,000,866

11. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince(2009).....$933,956,980

12. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999).....$922,379,000

13. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers(2002).....$921,600,000

14. Jurassic Park (1993).....$919,700,000

15. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005).....$892,194,397

16. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009).....$887,773,705

17. Spider-Man 3 (2007).....$885,430,303

18. Shrek 2 (2004).....$880,871,036

19. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets(2002).....$866,300,000

20. Finding Nemo (2003).....$865,000,000



Also I had decided to show the top 20 highest rated thriller films from the IMDb website as of 20 November 2010.

1. The Godfather (1972).....9.2

2. The Godfather: Part II (1974).....9.0

3. Elite Squad 2 (2010).....9.0

4. Inception (2010).....9.0

5. Pulp Fiction (1994).....8.9

6. The Dark Knight (2008).....8.8

7. Goodfellas (1990).....8.8

8. Fight Club (1999).....8.7

9. Rear Window (1954).....8.7

10. Black Swan (2010).....8.7

11. Psycho (1960).....8.7

12. The Usual Suspects (1995).....8.7

13. The Silence of the Lambs (1991).....8.7

14. Se7en (1995).....8.6

15. Memento (2000).....8.6

16. 127 Hours (2010).....8.6

17. North by Northwest (1959).....8.6

18. Leon (1994).....8.6


19. Double Indemnity (1944).....8.6

20. M (1931).....8.6

As you can see in the top 40 list there are many films which fall into the thriller genre, five 'Harry Potter' films are in this list which shows us that mystery/ fantasy thrillers are popular amongst audiences. The films 'The Dark Knight' and 'Spiderman 3' are action thrillers which further shows that thrillers are viable and will do well with audiences. This is good for our group as we are planning to make a thriller which is seen to do well with audiences, we are going to have elements of action and mystery in our film too which further benefits our film because we know audiences like this and they will be more interested in what we produce.