Pointless Thread Series: Top Grossing First Letters
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Proud Ryu
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 Pointless Thread Series: Top Grossing First Letters #: 300, $210,614,939
A: Avatar, $360,209,452
B: Batman, $251,188,924
C: Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The, $291,710,957
D: Dark Knight, The, $533,345,358
E: E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, $435,110,554
F: Finding Nemo, $339,714,978
G: Ghostbusters, $238,632,124
H: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, $317,575,550
I: Iron Man, $318,412,101
J: Jurassic Park, $357,067,947
K: King Kong, $218,080,025
L: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The, $377,027,325
M: Matrix Reloaded, The, $281,576,461
N: Night at the Museum, $250,863,268
O: Ocean's Eleven, $183,417,150
P: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, $423,315,812
Q: Quantum of Solace, $168,368,427
R: Return of the Jedi, $309,306,177
S: Star Wars, $460,998,007
T: Titanic, $600,788,188
U: Up, $293,004,164
V: Van Helsing, $120,177,084
W: War of the Worlds, $234,280,354
X: X-Men: The Last Stand, $234,362,462
Y: You've Got Mail, $115,821,495
Z: Zoolander, $45,172,250
Notes:
1. Newest entries are Avatar and Up
2. Top 2 "G" movies start with Ghost
3. The Bottom 3 on the list, in order, are V, Y, Z
4. If you don't count Return of the Jedi as an R, the top film is Raiders of the Lost Ark (go figure).
5. The top grossing alphanumeric first letter is "* batteries not included" ($32,945,797), and (500) Days of Summer came just short ($32,391,374)
Last edited by Proud Ryu on Tue Jan 05, 2010 6:14 pm, edited 4 times in total.
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Steve
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Re: Pointless Thread Series: Top Grossing First Letters Hmm, this is mildly fun.
I think 2009 might provide us with two new champions:
in # (2012 - 25% chance) and A (Avatar - 75% chance?).
and boy, V, Y, Z are weak sauce.
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Kris K
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Re: Pointless Thread Series: Top Grossing First Letters Van Helsing holds a record! Who knew?! lol.
Z is a shitheap.
Avatar could very well be first for A....2012 won't come close.
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Re: Pointless Thread Series: Top Grossing First Letters Haha, nice!! Great job, Up!
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Re: Pointless Thread Series: Top Grossing First Letters Don't mean to take away from the research and work you put into this list, but shouldn't Revenge of the Sith be the record holder for R.
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Proud Ryu
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Re: Pointless Thread Series: Top Grossing First Letters Optimus_Prime wrote: Don't mean to take away from the research and work you put into this list, but shouldn't Revenge of the Sith be the record holder for R. The Star Wars movies are always 'officially' listed weirdly, 'Star Wars' for ep IV, then the subtitles only for ep V & VI, and then 'Star Wars: ep x - blank' for the prequels, so I just went with that.
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Proud Ryu
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Re: Pointless Thread Series: Top Grossing First Letters MG Casey wrote: Haha, nice!! Great job, Up! Up slaughtered the previous U record holder - Unforgiven, $101,157,447 
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Re: Pointless Thread Series: Top Grossing First Letters Well done, good concept.
Yay, King Kong owns a record.
Perhaps we can also do the following:
* Top movies by running time in 30min blocks
* Top grossing movies in terms of the number of letters in their title....I'm sure Pirates of the Caribbean 1 would rank quite highly.
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Re: Pointless Thread Series: Top Grossing First Letters Here's a random tidbit. On the top 100 all time adjust for inflation list, here are the first letters that come up the most:
S: 18
B: 10
T: 9
G/L: 8
Wouldn't have expected "B" to be the second most frequent movie title letter.
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Box
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Re: Pointless Thread Series: Top Grossing First Letters This is fun. Let's use the date for all 429 $100m+ films. Z is obviously out as it has none. But the rest:
1 T 109
2 S 44
3 B 26
4 A 25
5 M 24
6 C 23
7 D 18
8 H 17
9 R 17
10 G 16
11 P 14
12 I 13
13 W 12
14 F 11
15 L 10
16 E 8
17 # 7
18 J 7
19 N 6
20 O 6
21 X 5
22 K 4
23 U 2
24 V 2
25 Y 2
26 Q 1
% of total
1 T 25.41% 109
2 S 10.26% 44
3 B 6.06% 26
4 A 5.83% 25
5 M 5.59% 24
6 C 5.36% 23
7 D 4.20% 18
8 H 3.96% 17
9 R 3.96% 17
10 G 3.73% 16
11 P 3.26% 14
12 I 3.03% 13
13 W 2.80% 12
14 F 2.56% 11
15 L 2.33% 10
16 E 1.86% 8
17 # 1.63% 7
18 J 1.63% 7
19 N 1.40% 6
20 O 1.40% 6
21 X 1.17% 5
22 K 0.93% 4
23 U 0.47% 2
24 V 0.47% 2
25 Y 0.47% 2
26 Q 0.23% 1
Vowels account for 54 or 12.59% of all the films.
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Box
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Re: Pointless Thread Series: Top Grossing First Letters Cumulative grosses:
1 T $18,475,320,207
2 S $8,334,523,341
3 M $4,094,854,500
4 B $3,858,028,268
5 A $3,682,073,773
6 H $3,508,290,324
7 C $3,253,272,922
8 R $2,761,555,881
9 P $2,580,486,782
10 I $2,525,889,670
11 G $2,402,842,018
12 D $2,243,060,238
13 W $1,927,386,173
14 F $1,839,917,279
15 L $1,380,453,090
16 J $1,297,867,298
17 E $1,276,659,978
18 N $1,070,226,508
19 # $959,788,623
20 X $927,225,534
21 O $809,402,201
22 K $688,543,533
23 U $369,274,831
24 V $220,795,428
25 Y $215,840,332
26 Q $168,368,427
Average Gross of Films
1 H $206,370,019
2 I $194,299,205
3 S $189,420,985
4 X $185,445,107
5 J $185,409,614
6 U $184,637,416
7 P $184,320,484
8 N $178,371,085
9 K $172,135,883
10 M $170,618,938
11 T $169,498,351
12 Q $168,368,427
13 F $167,265,207
14 R $162,444,464
15 W $160,615,514
16 E $159,582,497
17 G $150,177,626
18 B $148,385,703
19 A $147,282,951
20 C $141,446,649
21 L $138,045,309
22 # $137,112,660
23 O $134,900,367
24 D $124,614,458
25 V $110,397,714
26 Y $107,920,166
% of total gross
1 T 26.07%
2 S 11.76%
3 M 5.78%
4 B 5.44%
5 A 5.20%
6 H 4.95%
7 C 4.59%
8 R 3.90%
9 P 3.64%
10 I 3.56%
11 G 3.39%
12 D 3.16%
13 W 2.72%
14 F 2.60%
15 L 1.95%
16 J 1.83%
17 E 1.80%
18 N 1.51%
19 # 1.35%
20 X 1.31%
21 O 1.14%
22 K 0.97%
23 U 0.52%
24 V 0.31%
25 Y 0.30%
26 Q 0.24%
Total gross for all 429 $100m+ films is $70,871,947,159 as of right now, fyi.
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Lotan
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Re: Pointless Thread Series: Top Grossing First Letters Did you use article "the" to determine "T" movies?
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Box
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Re: Pointless Thread Series: Top Grossing First Letters Of course.
_________________In order of preference: Christian, Argos MadGez wrote: Briefs. Am used to them and boxers can get me in trouble it seems. Too much room and maybe the silkiness have created more than one awkward situation. My Box-Office Blog: http://boxofficetracker.blogspot.com/
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Re: Pointless Thread Series: Top Grossing First Letters You shouldn't! 
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Box
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Re: Pointless Thread Series: Top Grossing First Letters ok
1 S 52 12.12%
2 B 33 7.69%
3 M 31 7.23%
4 T 28 6.53%
5 A 27 6.29%
6 C 27 6.29%
7 P 24 5.59%
8 D 23 5.36%
9 G 21 4.90%
10 R 21 4.90%
11 H 20 4.66%
12 L 18 4.20%
13 F 16 3.73%
14 I 16 3.73%
15 W 14 3.26%
16 E 10 2.33%
17 # 8 1.86%
18 J 8 1.86%
19 N 8 1.86%
20 O 6 1.40%
21 K 5 1.17%
22 X 5 1.17%
23 V 3 0.70%
24 U 2 0.47%
25 Y 2 0.47%
26 Q 1 0.23%
_________________In order of preference: Christian, Argos MadGez wrote: Briefs. Am used to them and boxers can get me in trouble it seems. Too much room and maybe the silkiness have created more than one awkward situation. My Box-Office Blog: http://boxofficetracker.blogspot.com/
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Re: Pointless Thread Series: Top Grossing First Letters 1 S $9,659,555,657
2 M $5,267,060,618
3 T $5,098,126,466
4 B $4,888,651,609
5 P $4,116,241,938
6 H $3,941,233,130
7 C $3,915,263,980
8 A $3,898,186,529
9 D $3,437,807,308
10 L $3,352,462,000
11 R $3,238,140,519
12 I $3,028,266,276
13 G $2,992,576,856
14 F $2,562,695,742
15 W $2,215,821,503
16 E $1,799,806,056
17 J $1,439,710,910
18 N $1,322,350,417
19 # $1,069,237,860
20 X $927,225,534
21 O $809,402,201
22 K $803,647,512
23 U $369,274,831
24 V $334,992,948
25 Y $215,840,332
26 Q $168,368,427
avg grosses
1 H 197,061,656.50
2 I 189,266,642.25
3 L 186,247,888.89
4 S 185,760,685.71
5 X 185,445,106.80
6 U 184,637,415.50
7 T 182,075,945.21
8 E 179,980,605.60
9 J 179,963,863.75
10 P 171,510,080.75
11 M 169,905,181.23
12 Q 168,368,427.00
13 N 165,293,802.13
14 K 160,729,502.40
15 F 160,168,483.88
16 W 158,272,964.50
17 R 154,197,167.57
18 D 149,469,882.96
19 B 148,140,957.85
20 C 145,009,777.04
21 A 144,377,278.85
22 G 142,503,659.81
23 O 134,900,366.83
24 # 133,654,732.50
25 V 111,664,316.00
26 Y 107,920,166.00
% total
1 S 13.630%
2 M 7.432%
3 T 7.193%
4 B 6.898%
5 P 5.808%
6 H 5.561%
7 C 5.524%
8 A 5.500%
9 D 4.851%
10 L 4.730%
11 R 4.569%
12 I 4.273%
13 G 4.223%
14 F 3.616%
15 W 3.127%
16 E 2.540%
17 J 2.031%
18 N 1.866%
19 # 1.509%
20 X 1.308%
21 O 1.142%
22 K 1.134%
23 U 0.521%
24 V 0.473%
25 Y 0.305%
26 Q 0.238%
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Re: Pointless Thread Series: Top Grossing First Letters the films: $210,614,939 300
$144,880,014 101 Dalmatians
$136,189,294 101 Dalmatians (1996)
$127,154,901 2 Fast 2 Furious
$120,908,074 50 First Dates
$116,750,901 8 Mile
$103,290,500 9 to 5
$109,449,237 The 40-Year-Old Virgin
$170,742,341 A Beautiful Mind
$162,798,565 A Bug's Life
$141,340,178 A Few Good Men
$107,533,928 A League of Their Own
$108,766,007 A Time to Kill
$108,385,533 Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
$172,956,409 Air Force One
$100,489,151 Airport
$217,350,219 Aladdin
$217,326,974 Alvin and the Chipmunks
$130,096,601 American Beauty
$130,164,645 American Gangster
$115,000,000 American Graffiti
$102,561,004 American Pie
$145,103,595 American Pie 2
$104,565,114 American Wedding
$129,795,554 An Officer and a Gentleman
$106,885,658 Analyze This
$131,324,373 Angels & Demons
$135,645,823 Anger Management
$173,837,933 Apollo 13
$201,578,182 Armageddon
$148,478,011 As Good as It Gets
$213,307,889 Austin Powers in Goldmember
$206,040,086 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
$113,502,426 The Addams Family
$102,610,330 The Aviator
$210,609,762 Back to the Future
$118,450,002 Back to the Future Part II
$138,608,444 Bad Boys II
$102,247,150 Bambi
$117,727,224 Basic Instinct
$251,188,924 Batman
$107,325,195 Batman and Robin
$205,343,774 Batman Begins
$184,031,112 Batman Forever
$162,831,698 Batman Returns
$171,350,553 Beauty and the Beast
$110,101,975 Bedtime Stories
$126,631,277 Bee Movie
$234,760,478 Beverly Hills Cop
$153,665,036 Beverly Hills Cop II
$114,968,774 Big
$163,479,795 Big Daddy
$117,559,438 Big Momma's House
$108,638,745 Black Hawk Down
$118,594,548 Blades of Glory
$119,500,000 Blazing Saddles
$114,053,579 Bolt
$128,505,958 Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
$132,716,677 Bringing Down the House
$242,829,261 Bruce Almighty
$102,308,889 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
$124,060,553 The Birdcage
$140,539,099 The Blair Witch Project
$121,945,720 The Bodyguard
$121,661,683 The Bourne Identity
$176,241,941 The Bourne Supremacy
$227,471,070 The Bourne Ultimatum
$118,703,275 The Break-Up
$244,082,982 Cars
$167,445,960 Casino Royale
$100,328,194 Casper
$233,632,142 Cast Away
$164,615,351 Catch Me If You Can
$206,459,076 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
$125,305,545 Charlie's Angels
$100,830,111 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
$138,614,544 Cheaper by the Dozen
$170,687,518 Chicago
$135,386,665 Chicken Little
$106,834,564 Chicken Run
$124,033,791 City Slickers
$122,187,717 Clear and Present Danger
$137,355,633 Click
$132,088,635 Close Encounters of the Third Kind
$101,005,703 Collateral
$128,152,301 Coming to America
$101,117,573 Con Air
$100,920,329 Contact
$174,803,506 Crocodile Dundee
$109,306,210 Crocodile Dundee II
$128,078,872 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
$101,149,285 The Cat in the Hat
$141,621,490 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
$291,710,957 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
$127,509,326 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
$104,297,061 Daddy Day Care
$184,208,848 Dances with Wolves
$102,543,518 Daredevil
$140,464,664 Deep Impact
$103,738,726 Dick Tracy
$160,942,139 Die Another Day
$117,540,947 Die Hard 2: Die Harder
$100,012,499 Die Hard: With A Vengeance
$137,748,063 Dinosaur
$144,156,605 Doctor Dolittle
$111,721,910 Doctor Zhivago
$114,326,736 DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
$116,741,558 Double Jeopardy
$112,952,899 Dr. Dolittle 2
$154,529,439 Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
$103,365,956 Dreamgirls
$106,593,296 Driving Miss Daisy
$127,175,374 Dumb and Dumber
$217,536,138 The Da Vinci Code
$533,345,358 The Dark Knight
$186,740,799 The Day After Tomorrow
$132,384,315 The Departed
$124,740,460 The Devil Wears Prada
$435,110,554 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
$101,440,743 Eagle Eye
$173,398,518 Elf
$127,807,262 Enchanted
$111,549,836 Enemy of the State
$101,295,562 Eraser
$125,595,205 Erin Brockovich
$100,462,298 Evan Almighty
$290,475,067 The Empire Strikes Back
$232,671,011 The Exorcist
$112,276,146 Face/Off
$119,194,771 Fahrenheit 9/11
$154,696,080 Fantastic Four
$131,921,738 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
$155,064,265 Fast and Furious
$156,645,693 Fatal Attraction
$339,714,978 Finding Nemo
$329,694,499 Forrest Gump
$120,146,040 Four Christmases
$110,230,332 Freaky Friday
$110,332,737 Fun with Dick and Jane
$144,533,925 The Fast and the Furious
$158,348,367 The Firm
$105,489,203 The First Wives Club
$130,531,208 The Flintstones
$183,875,760 The Fugitive
$105,263,257 George of the Jungle
$130,319,208 Get Smart
$217,631,306 Ghost
$115,802,596 Ghost Rider
$238,632,124 Ghostbusters
$112,494,738 Ghostbusters II
$187,705,427 Gladiator
$136,314,294 Godzilla
$106,429,941 GoldenEye
$101,648,571 Gone in 60 Seconds
$198,676,459 Gone with the Wind
$123,922,370 Good Morning, Vietnam
$138,433,435 Good Will Hunting
$148,095,302 Gran Torino
$188,389,888 Grease
$153,083,102 Gremlins
$102,705,852 The General's Daughter
$134,966,411 The Godfather
$104,901,839 The Graduate
$136,801,374 The Green Mile
$110,359,362 The Grudge
$118,871,849 Hairspray (2007)
$227,946,274 Hancock
$165,092,268 Hannibal
$198,000,317 Happy Feet
$261,988,482 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
$290,013,036 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
$292,004,738 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
$249,541,069 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
$317,575,550 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
$179,495,555 Hitch
$285,761,243 Home Alone
$173,585,516 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
$130,724,172 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
$119,654,823 Hook
$260,044,825 How the Grinch Stole Christmas
$105,813,373 How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
$132,177,234 Hulk
$210,791,312 The Hangover
$100,138,851 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
$122,012,643 The Hunt for Red October
$256,393,010 I Am Legend
$120,059,556 I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
$144,801,023 I, Robot
$176,387,405 Ice Age
$195,330,621 Ice Age: The Meltdown
$102,314,823 In the Line of Fire
$106,614,059 Indecent Proposal
$306,169,268 Independence Day
$317,101,119 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
$197,171,806 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
$179,870,271 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
$105,264,608 Interview with the Vampire
$318,412,101 Iron Man
$134,806,913 The Incredible Hulk
$261,441,092 The Incredibles
$106,128,601 The Italian Job
$260,000,000 Jaws
$153,952,592 Jerry Maguire
$101,704,370 Journey to the Center of the Earth
$100,475,249 Jumanji
$143,495,265 Juno
$357,067,947 Jurassic Park
$181,171,875 Jurassic Park III
$141,843,612 The Jungle Book
$218,080,025 King Kong
$148,768,917 Knocked Up
$106,260,000 Kramer Vs. Kramer
$215,434,591 Kung Fu Panda
$115,103,979 The Karate Kid Part II
$131,168,070 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
$118,634,549 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
$147,253,986 Lethal Weapon 2
$144,731,527 Lethal Weapon 3
$130,444,603 Lethal Weapon 4
$181,410,615 Liar Liar
$145,794,338 Lilo & Stitch
$134,529,403 Live Free or Die Hard
$140,088,813 Look Who's Talking
$106,397,186 Love Story
$111,127,263 The Last Samurai
$328,541,776 The Lion King
$111,543,479 The Little Mermaid
$158,119,460 The Longest Yard
$314,776,170 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
$377,027,325 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
$341,786,758 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
$229,086,679 The Lost World: Jurassic Park
$193,595,521 Madagascar
$180,010,950 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
$144,130,063 Mamma Mia!
$143,153,751 Marley and Me
$102,272,727 Mary Poppins
$101,631,272 Maverick
$279,261,160 Meet the Fockers
$166,244,045 Meet the Parents
$250,690,539 Men in Black
$190,418,803 Men in Black II
$100,492,203 Million Dollar Baby
$132,072,926 Minority Report
$106,807,667 Miss Congeniality
$180,981,856 Mission: Impossible
$215,409,889 Mission: Impossible II
$134,029,801 Mission: Impossible III
$196,774,612 Monsters Vs. Aliens
$255,873,250 Monsters, Inc.
$186,336,279 Mr. & Mrs. Smith
$126,293,452 Mr. Deeds
$219,195,243 Mrs. Doubtfire
$120,620,254 Mulan
$127,120,029 My Best Friend's Wedding
$241,438,208 My Big Fat Greek Wedding
$119,938,730 The Mask
$171,479,930 The Matrix
$281,576,461 The Matrix Reloaded
$139,313,948 The Matrix Revolutions
$155,385,488 The Mummy
$202,019,785 The Mummy Returns
$102,491,776 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
$141,600,000 National Lampoon's Animal House
$173,008,894 National Treasure
$219,964,115 National Treasure: Book of Secrets
$250,863,268 Night at the Museum
$168,700,553 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
$116,089,678 Notting Hill
$128,814,019 The Nutty Professor (1996)
$123,309,890 The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
$183,417,150 Ocean's Eleven
$117,154,724 Ocean's Thirteen
$125,544,280 Ocean's Twelve
$119,285,432 On Golden Pond
$108,981,275 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
$155,019,340 Over the Hedge
$100,047,830 Parenthood
$135,026,902 Patch Adams
$146,336,178 Paul Blart: Mall Cop
$198,542,554 Pearl Harbor
$104,636,382 Phenomenon
$309,420,425 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
$423,315,812 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
$305,413,918 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
$180,011,740 Planet of the Apes
$138,530,565 Platoon
$141,579,773 Pocahontas
$111,289,673 Porky's
$178,406,268 Pretty Woman
$107,928,762 Pulp Fiction
$113,086,868 The Pacifier
$370,782,930 The Passion of the Christ
$113,330,342 The Patriot
$100,768,056 The Pelican Brief
$182,618,434 The Perfect Storm
$180,806,128 The Polar Express
$101,413,188 The Prince of Egypt
$108,248,956 The Princess Diaries
$101,133,795 The Proposal
$163,566,459 The Pursuit of Happyness
$168,368,427 Quantum of Solace
$242,374,454 Raiders of the Lost Ark
$172,825,435 Rain Man
$150,415,432 Rambo: First Blood Part II
$136,492,681 Ransom
$206,445,654 Ratatouille
$115,654,751 Remember the Titans
$309,306,177 Return of the Jedi
$104,454,762 Road to Perdition
$165,493,908 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
$128,200,012 Robots
$117,235,147 Rocky
$125,049,125 Rocky III
$127,873,716 Rocky IV
$152,257,509 Runaway Bride
$141,186,864 Rush Hour
$226,164,286 Rush Hour 2
$140,125,968 Rush Hour 3
$129,128,133 The Ring
$134,069,511 The Rock
$112,892,319 The Rocky Horror Picture Show
$100,494,675 The Rugrats Movie
$116,934,650 S.W.A.T.
$216,540,909 Saving Private Ryan
$157,019,771 Scary Movie
$110,003,217 Scary Movie 3
$153,294,164 Scooby-Doo
$103,046,663 Scream
$101,363,301 Scream 2
$120,277,854 Seabiscuit
$100,125,643 Seven
$152,647,258 Sex and the City
$100,317,794 Shakespeare in Love
$160,861,908 Shark Tale
$267,665,011 Shrek
$441,226,247 Shrek 2
$322,719,944 Shrek the Third
$227,966,634 Signs
$139,605,150 Sister Act
$101,599,005 Sleeping with the Enemy
$126,680,884 Sleepless in Seattle
$101,071,502 Sleepy Hollow
$141,319,928 Slumdog Millionaire
$126,737,428 Smokey and the Bandit
$184,925,486 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
$124,728,738 Something's Gotta Give
$121,248,145 Speed
$403,706,375 Spider-Man
$373,585,825 Spider-Man 2
$336,530,303 Spider-Man 3
$112,719,001 Spy Kids
$111,761,982 Spy Kids 3D: Game Over
$250,570,144 Star Trek
$109,713,132 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
$460,998,007 Star Wars
$431,088,301 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
$310,676,740 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
$380,270,577 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
$100,468,793 Step Brothers
$101,300,000 Stir Crazy
$140,035,367 Stuart Little
$121,463,226 Superbad
$134,218,018 Superman
$108,185,706 Superman II
$200,081,192 Superman Returns
$127,223,418 Sweet Home Alabama
$144,833,357 The Santa Clause
$139,236,327 The Santa Clause 2
$130,742,922 The Silence of the Lambs
$183,135,014 The Simpsons Movie
$293,506,292 The Sixth Sense
$158,671,368 The Sound of Music
$156,000,000 The Sting
$118,907,036 The Sum of All Fears
$145,000,989 Taken
$148,213,377 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
$171,091,819 Tarzan
$135,265,915 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
$204,843,345 Terminator 2: Judgment Day
$150,371,112 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
$122,820,394 Terminator Salvation
$108,423,489 Terms of Endearment
$116,000,000 The Towering Inferno
$125,618,201 The Truman Show
$176,484,651 There's Something About Mary
$167,780,960 Three Men and a Baby
$600,788,188 Titanic
$125,304,276 Tomorrow Never Dies
$177,200,000 Tootsie
$176,786,701 Top Gun
$119,394,840 Total Recall
$191,796,233 Toy Story
$245,852,179 Toy Story 2
$124,115,725 Traffic
$319,246,193 Transformers
$310,426,573 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
$110,515,313 Tropic Thunder
$133,378,256 Troy
$146,282,411 True Lies
$191,465,414 Twilight
$111,938,388 Twins
$241,721,524 Twister
$101,157,447 Unforgiven
$268,117,384 Up
$114,197,520 The Village
$120,177,084 Van Helsing
$100,618,344 Vanilla Sky
$161,491,646 The Waterboy
$126,943,684 The World Is Not Enough
$119,519,402 Walk the Line
$223,808,164 WALL-E
$134,508,551 Wanted
$234,280,354 War of the Worlds
$107,509,799 Watchmen
$121,697,323 Wayne's World
$209,255,921 Wedding Crashers
$155,464,351 What Lies Beneath
$182,811,707 What Women Want
$156,452,370 Who Framed Roger Rabbit
$168,273,550 Wild Hogs
$113,804,681 Wild Wild West
$214,949,694 X2: X-Men United
$157,299,717 X-Men
$178,504,279 X-Men Origins: Wolverine
$234,362,462 X-Men: The Last Stand
$142,109,382 XXX
$100,018,837 You Don't Mess with the Zohan
$115,821,495 You've Got Mail _________________In order of preference: Christian, Argos MadGez wrote: Briefs. Am used to them and boxers can get me in trouble it seems. Too much room and maybe the silkiness have created more than one awkward situation. My Box-Office Blog: http://boxofficetracker.blogspot.com/
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Chippy
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Re: Pointless Thread Series: Top Grossing First Letters Yay! I love Box numbers  GREAT THREAD! _________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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2001
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Re: Pointless Thread Series: Top Grossing First Letters The record holders in their respective letters, Iron Man and HP1 will be taken down by their own sequels next year.  Now, could TS3........ 
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Re: Pointless Thread Series: Top Grossing First Letters Proud Ryu - this is a great thread. Always wanted an odd box office tidbit type thread. And I love it when Box gets numerical!
Z is so weak. What films have been released and begun with Z? Zorro? Zelig? But interstingly - there is a film coming that will most likely not only be a new record for Z but also take Z over $100m and that is Kevin James' followup to Paul Blart - The Zookeeper!
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Proud Ryu
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Re: Pointless Thread Series: Top Grossing First Letters Thanks for the thread support everyone. I kind of like these oddball stats - something different.
Nice additions, Box!
I like the other suggestions and I'll work on them as time permits, though I have a feeling Box could easily beat me to it.
Z was the hardest to find since it was the only sub-100 one. The contenders beyond Zoolander were Zodiac ($33,080,084), Zack and Miri ($31,457,946), and Zathura ($29,258,869). Close, but no cigar. Agreed that Zookeeper should easily take the record!
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Proud Ryu
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Re: Pointless Thread Series: Top Grossing First Letters I realized I could do the title length one without too much trouble. Notes: 1. I counted spaces as characters because it's easier 2. There is at least one film with 1-50 characters in the title 3. I don't have every single film with box office numbers available, so there could be some missing
| Length | # Films | Top Grosser | Total |
| 83 | 1 | Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan | 128,505,958 |
| 81 | 1 | Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in Disney Digital 3-D (2007 re-issue) | 14,486,897 |
| 79 | 1 | The Optimists: The Story of the Rescue of the Bulgarian Jews from the Holocaust | 2,377 |
| 72 | 1 | Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood | 20,109,115 |
| 66 | 1 | One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern | 15,504 |
| 63 | 1 | A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies | 39,075 |
| 62 | 1 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | 291,710,957 |
| 60 | 2 | Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour | 65,281,781 |
| 59 | 1 | Celsius 41.11: The Truth Behind the Lies of Fahrenheit 9/11 | 93,000 |
| 57 | 1 | Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Romeo Dallaire | 68,249 |
| 56 | 1 | The Fellowship of the Ring - Extended Edition (Re-issue) | 1,412,056 |
| 54 | 3 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | 305,413,918 |
| 53 | 1 | Keep the River on Your Right - A Modern Cannibal Tale | 373,366 |
| 50 | 2 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | 317,101,119 |
| 49 | 5 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | 313,364,114 |
| 48 | 6 | Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | 56,110,897 |
| 47 | 6 | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | 118,634,549 |
| 46 | 5 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | 168,700,553 |
| 45 | 6 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 377,027,325 |
| 44 | 9 | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | 380,270,577 |
| 43 | 9 | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | 148,213,377 |
| 42 | 10 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | 423,315,812 |
| 41 | 8 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | 431,088,301 |
| 40 | 10 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | 309,420,425 |
| 39 | 17 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | 261,988,482 |
| 38 | 15 | The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear | 86,930,411 |
| 37 | 27 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | 339,789,881 |
| 36 | 26 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | 179,870,271 |
| 35 | 23 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | 310,426,573 |
| 34 | 32 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | 219,964,115 |
| 33 | 24 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 206,459,076 |
| 32 | 31 | DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story | 114,326,736 |
| 31 | 40 | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | 100,830,111 |
| 30 | 58 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | 260,044,825 |
| 29 | 54 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | 229,086,679 |
| 28 | 73 | There's Something About Mary | 176,484,651 |
| 27 | 85 | E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial | 359,197,037 |
| 26 | 89 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | 204,843,345 |
| 25 | 91 | The Passion of the Christ | 370,274,604 |
| 24 | 113 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | 241,438,208 |
| 23 | 127 | Alvin and the Chipmunks | 217,326,974 |
| 22 | 126 | Mission: Impossible II | 215,409,889 |
| 21 | 156 | X-Men: The Last Stand | 234,362,462 |
| 20 | 172 | The Bourne Ultimatum | 227,471,070 |
| 19 | 229 | The Matrix Reloaded | 281,576,461 |
| 18 | 278 | Return of the Jedi | 252,583,617 |
| 17 | 273 | Beverly Hills Cop | 234,760,478 |
| 16 | 302 | Independence Day | 306,169,268 |
| 15 | 346 | The Dark Knight | 533,345,358 |
| 14 | 376 | Monsters, Inc. | 255,873,250 |
| 13 | 410 | Jurassic Park | 357,067,947 |
| 12 | 381 | Spider-Man 2 | 373,585,825 |
| 11 | 375 | I Am Legend | 256,393,010 |
| 10 | 372 | Spider-Man | 403,706,375 |
| 9 | 300 | Star Trek | 250,570,144 |
| 8 | 337 | Iron Man | 318,412,101 |
| 7 | 237 | Titanic | 600,788,188 |
| 6 | 173 | Batman | 251,188,924 |
| 5 | 163 | Shrek | 267,665,011 |
| 4 | 106 | Jaws | 260,000,000 |
| 3 | 32 | 300 | 210,614,939 |
| 2 | 13 | Up | 268,117,384 |
| 1 | 3 | O | 16,025,437 |
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Re: Pointless Thread Series: Top Grossing First Letters The pattern for the # of titles in each count is almost a nice normal curve, peaking at 13 letters and smooth out from there, although the graph will be skewing to the right somewhat.
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Keyser Söze
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Re: Pointless Thread Series: Top Grossing First Letters Magnus wrote: Pointless? This actually is one of the most interesting threads in a while. Good work. 2nd that. Great thread idea.
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Proud Ryu
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Re: Pointless Thread Series: Top Grossing First Letters "Up"dated.  (with Up's final gross). Doesn't look like (500) Days will get the record for non-alphanumeric. (500) Days of Summer $32,343,342* batteries not included $32,945,797 Sooooooo close!
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