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Adjusted Gross: $888,350,000
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Adjusted Gross: $1,043,842,400
Adjusted Gross: $1,067,650,000
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THE 10 MOST SUCCESSFUL FILMS OF ALL-TIME (WHEN ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION)
A countdown of the Top 10.
Frozen just became the fifth most successful film of all-time, edging its way past Iron Man 3 and sitting behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II, The Avengers, Titanic, and box office king Avatar. But if you adjust the figures for inflation, it’s a very different story, Avatar coming in at a still respectable 14 and Frozen further down the list at 101.
So what then makes the real Top 10? What are the films that the whole world was watching before the Marvel Cinematic Universe existed and before we’d heard of places like Hogwarts and Pandora? The lovely people at BoxOfficeMojo have adjusted the figures for inflation and worked out the real winners, meaning that the most successful films of all-time based on domestic grosses are actually the following...
10. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Adjusted Gross: $888,350,000
The industry thought Walt Disney was mad when he decided to make an animated feature based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale back in 1937, with movie insiders calling it ‘Disney’s Folly’ during the film’s lengthy production. But Uncle Walt had the last laugh, with Snow White charming critics and audiences alike, receiving multiple re-releases, landing Disney an honorary Oscar, and eventually being named one of the AFI’s greatest American movies. The success of the film inspired the studio to make more animated features, so without Snow White there’d be no Dumbo, no Bambi, no Peter Pan, and ultimately no Frozen.
9. The Exorcist
Adjusted Gross: $901,383,200
In the modern ‘Hot 100’ horror films are few and far between, with Jurassic Park and the Twilight films featuring their share of scares, and The Sixth Sense – at number 72 – the only out-and-out horror. But adjust the figures for inflation and film phenomenon The Exorcist makes the cut at number nine. And deservedly so, with William Friedkin’s adaptation of William Peter Blatty’s novel one of the greatest fright flicks of all-time. The tale of a mother’s effort to rid her 12-year-old daughter of the demon that’s possessing her, the film inspired sequels and prequels as well as countless homages and knock-offs, but the original remains the best – a genuinely scary movie that terrified audiences around the globe.
8. Doctor Zhivago
Adjusted Gross: $1,011,704,000
While the reputation of many of the features on this list has grown since release, Doctor Zhivago’s seems to have faded somewhat, but it’s still one of the most successful films of all-time. Based on the novel by Boris Pasternak and directed by British master David Lean, the film is a sweeping romance that’s set during WWI and the Russian Revolution. Omar Sharif plays Yuri Zhivago, whose romance with Julie Christie’s Lara Antipova captured the imagination of cinema-goers in spite of the film’s length, sentimentality, and simplistic depiction of historical events. And even though Zhivago was banned in Russia until 1994, it made a fortune everywhere else.
7. Jaws
Adjusted Gross: $1,043,842,400
Jaws is the film that announced Steven Spielberg’s arrival on the world stage while at the same time changing the industry forever. A ‘high-concept’ flick before that marketing phrase even existed, the film revolved around a great white shark attacking the fictional coastal resort of Amity Island. The director famously had a torrid time with the film’s mechanical shark, meaning that it’s rarely seen during proceedings. But that minimalist approach, combined with John Williams’ brilliant score, made the film almost unbearably tense and turned it into a must-see masterpiece. Considered the first summer blockbuster, it’s still arguably the best.
6. The Ten Commandments
Adjusted Gross: $1,067,650,000
Biblical epics were a Hollywood staple in the early days of celluloid, and there was even a Ten Commandments film – directed by Cecil B. DeMille – way back in 1923. A bigger budget and an improved special effects convinced DeMille to have a second stab at the story – this time in VistaVision – and it was a good job he did as this 1956 version made an absolute fortune. Charlton Heston is at his imperious best as Moses, while audiences were blown away by the onscreen spectacle, most notably the parting of the Red Sea, which still impresses today. CONTINUES
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5. Titanic
Adjusted Gross: $1,104, 116,900
Titanic is the highest placed film
of the modern era, but much like Snow White, pundits predicted that it would be
a disaster thanks to the production running massively over budget and
schedule. But, if Hollywood has learnt anything over the last 20 years,
it’s to trust in James Cameron, and here the writer-director proved undeniably
right in his determination to turn the 1912 tragedy into a blockbuster.
Cameron’s genius was to not only utilise cutting-edge special effects to bring
the story to life, but to use it as the backdrop for the tale of star-crossed
lovers Jack and Rose, turning Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet into global
superstars, and breaking the hearts of moviegoers worldwide in the process.
4. E.T. The
Extraterrestrial
Adjusted Gross: $1,156,112,800
Flying Bikes
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Steven Spielberg’s second film in
the Top 10, he also has features at numbers 16 (Jurassic Park) and 20 (Raiders
of the Lost Ark), making him the undisputed king of the inflation-adjusted box
office. And E.T. is pretty much a perfect movie, the director skilfully tugging
at the heartstrings to craft a film that’s guaranteed to leave no dry eye in
the house. The tale of a boy and his friendship with an alien that’s been
stranded on Earth, events unfold from the youngster’s point-of-view, so
children watching could empathise with the lead character, while adults could
be transported back to a more simple time in their lives. That universal appeal
helped it to sit atop the American chart for much of 1982, with the film
achieving similar success worldwide on its initial run and through multiple
reissues and rereleases.
3. The Sound of Music
Adjusted Gross: $1,160,685,300
Hills Are Alive
00:48
Based on a remarkable true story,
The Sound of Music was first a bestselling book – The Story of the Trapp Family
Singers by Maria von Trapp – and then a Broadway hit, before being turned into
one of the most successful films of all-time. The story of a family’s escape
from the Nazis is gripping, Julie Andrews is beguiling as Von Trapp, but the
success of The Sound of Music has just as much to do with the soundtrack, which
features Rogers and Hammerstein classics Edelweiss, Climb Every Mountain,
Do-Re-Mi, My Favourite Things, and – of course – the beloved title track.
2. Star Wars
Adjusted Gross: $1,451,674,700
A long time ago in a galaxy pretty
close to home, George Lucas wrote a script that was
inspired by Flash Gordon and Kurosawa’s The Hidden Fortress. Nearly 40 years on
that story in turn has inspired sequels, prequels, toys, comics, cartoons,
books, video games, and much, much more, making billions of dollars in the process.
But that original feature is still a watershed moment for movies, with Star
Wars single-handedly turning round the fortunes of 20th Century Fox (the
studio’s stock price doubled weeks after the film was released) and becoming
the benchmark against which all blockbusters are now measured.
1. Gone with the Wind
Adjusted Gross: $1,646,663,700
Frankly My Dear, I
Don't Give A Damn
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Gone with the Wind (film)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Afghan film, see Gone with the Wind (2005 film).
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| Directed by | Victor Fleming |
| Produced by | David O. Selznick |
| Screenplay by | Sidney Howard |
| Based on | Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell |
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| Music by | Max Steiner |
| Cinematography | Ernest Haller |
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| Distributed by | Loew's Inc.[nb 1] |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3.85 million |
| Box office | >$390 million |
Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American epic historical romance film adapted from Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel Gone with the Wind. It was produced by David O. Selznick of Selznick International Pictures and directed by Victor Fleming. Set in the American South against the backdrop of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era, the film tells the story of Scarlett O'Hara, the strong-willed daughter of a Georgia plantation owner, from her romantic pursuit of Ashley Wilkes, who is married to his cousin, Melanie Hamilton, to her marriage to Rhett Butler. The leading roles are portrayed by Vivien Leigh (Scarlett), Clark Gable (Rhett), Leslie Howard (Ashley), and Olivia de Havilland (Melanie).
Production was difficult from the start. Filming was delayed for two years due to Selznick's determination to secure Gable for the role of Rhett Butler, and the "search for Scarlett" led to 1,400 women being interviewed for the part. The original screenplay was written by Sidney Howard, but underwent many revisions by several writers in an attempt to get it down to a suitable length. The original director, George Cukor, was fired shortly after filming had begun and was replaced by Fleming, who in turn was briefly replaced by Sam Wood while Fleming took some time off due to exhaustion.
The film received positive reviews upon its release in December 1939, although some reviewers found it dramatically lacking and bloated. The casting was widely praised and many reviewers found Leigh especially suited to her role as Scarlett. At the 12th Academy Awards, it received ten Academy Awards (eight competitive, two honorary) from thirteen nominations, including wins for Best Picture, Best Director (Fleming), Best Adapted Screenplay (posthumously awarded to Sidney Howard), Best Actress (Leigh), and Best Supporting Actress (Hattie McDaniel, becoming the first African-American to win an Academy Award). It set records for the total number of wins and nominations at the time. The film was immensely popular, becoming the highest-earning film made up to that point, and retained the record for over a quarter of a century. When adjusted for monetary inflation, it is still the most successful film in box-office history.
Gone with the Wind has been criticized as historical revisionism glorifying slavery, but nevertheless, it has been credited for triggering changes to the way African-Americans are depicted cinematically. It was re-released periodically throughout the 20th century and became ingrained in popular culture. The film is regarded as one of the greatest films of all time; it has placed in the top ten of the American Film Institute's list of top 100 American films since the list's inception in 1998, and in 1989, the United States Library of Congress selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
Plot[edit]
- Part 1
On the eve of the American Civil War in 1861, Scarlett O'Hara lives at Tara, her family's cotton plantation in Georgia, with her parents and two sisters. Scarlett learns that Ashley Wilkes—whom she secretly loves—is to be married to his cousin, Melanie Hamilton, and the engagement is to be announced the next day at a barbecue at Ashley's home, the nearby plantation Twelve Oaks.
At the Twelve Oaks party, Scarlett secretly declares her feelings to Ashley, but he rebuffs her by responding that he and Melanie are more compatible. Scarlett is incensed when she discovers another guest, Rhett Butler, has overheard their conversation; a smitten Rhett promises Scarlett he will keep her secret. The barbecue is disrupted by the declaration of war and the men rush to enlist. As Scarlett watches Ashley kiss Melanie goodbye, Melanie's younger brother Charles proposes to her. Although she does not love him, Scarlett consents and they are married before he leaves to fight.
Scarlett is widowed when Charles dies from a bout of pneumonia and measles while serving in the Confederate Army. Scarlett's mother sends her to the Hamilton home in Atlanta to cheer her up, although the O'Haras' outspoken housemaid Mammy tells Scarlett she knows she is going there only to wait for Ashley's return. Scarlett, who should not attend a party while in mourning, attends a charity bazaar in Atlanta with Melanie where she runs into Rhett again, now a blockade runner for the Confederacy. Celebrating a Confederate victory and to raise money for the Confederate war effort, gentlemen are invited to bid for ladies to dance with them. Rhett makes an inordinately large bid for Scarlett and, to the disapproval of the guests, she agrees to dance with him.
The tide of war turns against the Confederacy after the Battle of Gettysburg in which many of the men of Scarlett's town are killed. Scarlett makes another unsuccessful appeal to Ashley while he is visiting on Christmas furlough, although they do share a private and passionate kiss in the parlor on Christmas Day, just before he returns to war.
Eight months later, as the city is besieged by the Union Army in the Atlanta Campaign, Scarlett and her young house servant Prissy must deliver Melanie's baby without medical assistance after she goes into premature labor. Afterwards, Scarlett calls upon Rhett to take her home to Tara with Melanie, her baby, and Prissy; he collects them in a horse and wagon, but once out of the city chooses to go off to fight, leaving Scarlett and the group to make their own way back to Tara. Upon her return home, Scarlett finds Tara deserted, except for her father, her sisters, and two former slaves: Mammy and Pork. Scarlett learns that her mother has just died of typhoid fever and her father has become incompetent. With Tara pillaged by Union troops and the fields untended, Scarlett vows she will do anything for the survival of her family and herself.
- Part 2
As the O'Haras work in the cotton fields, Scarlett's father is killed after he is thrown from his horse in an attempt to chase away a scalawag from his land. With the defeat of the Confederacy Ashley also returns, but finds he is of little help at Tara. When Scarlett begs him to run away with her, he confesses his desire for her and kisses her passionately, but says he cannot leave Melanie. Unable to pay the taxes on Tara implemented by Reconstructionists, Scarlett dupes her younger sister Suellen's fiancé, the middle-aged and wealthy mill owner Frank Kennedy, into marrying her, by saying Suellen got tired of waiting and married another beau.
Frank, Ashley, Rhett and several other accomplices make a night raid on a shanty town after Scarlett is attacked while driving through it alone, resulting in Frank's death. With Frank's funeral barely over, Rhett proposes to Scarlett and she accepts. They have a daughter whom Rhett names Bonnie Blue, but Scarlett, still pining for Ashley and chagrined at the perceived ruin of her figure, lets Rhett know that she wants no more children and that they will no longer share a bed.
One day at Frank's mill, Scarlett and Ashley are seen embracing by Ashley's sister, India, and harboring an intense dislike of Scarlett she eagerly spreads rumors. Later that evening, Rhett, having heard the rumors, forces Scarlett to attend a birthday party for Ashley; incapable of believing anything bad of her beloved sister-in-law, Melanie stands by Scarlett's side so that all know that she believes the gossip to be false. After returning home from the party, Scarlett finds Rhett downstairs drunk, and they argue about Ashley. Rhett kisses Scarlett against her will, stating his intent to have sex with her that night, and carries the struggling Scarlett to the bedroom. The next day, Rhett apologizes for his behavior and offers Scarlett a divorce, which she rejects, saying that it would be a disgrace. When Rhett returns from an extended trip to London Scarlett informs him that she is pregnant, but an argument ensues which results in her falling down a flight of stairs and suffering a miscarriage. As she is recovering, tragedy strikes when Bonnie dies while attempting to jump a fence with her pony.
Scarlett and Rhett visit Melanie, who has suffered complications arising from a new pregnancy, on her deathbed. As Scarlett consoles Ashley, Rhett returns to their home in Atlanta; realizing that Ashley only ever truly loved Melanie, Scarlett dashes after Rhett to find him preparing to leave for good. She pleads with him, telling him she realizes now that she has loved him all along and that she never really loved Ashley, but Rhett says that with Bonnie's death went any chance of reconciliation. Scarlett begs him to stay but Rhett rebuffs her and walks out the door and into the early morning fog, leaving her weeping on the staircase and vowing to one day win back his love.
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