The box office challenge: which film grossed the most?

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Top grossers
Avatar wins
Tom Cruise aka Maverick
Top Gun: Maverick wins
Remembering Bridget Jones
Bridget Jones's Diary wins
Double helping of DiCaprio
Titanic wins
Eternal Julia Roberts
Pretty Woman wins
The duel of teenage fear
Scream wins
Britney vs LiLo
Mean Girls wins
Dolls, plumbers and fantasy
Barbie wins
Cult (and low budget) horror
The Blair Witch Project wins
Nolan squared
Oppenheimer wins
Irresistible Brad Pitt
Troy wins
Wizards, hobbits and Smeagol
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 wins
Anime
Your Name wins
Tom Cruise Cocktails and Dreams
Rain Man wins
And the Oscar goes to...
La La Land wins
Battle of the biceps
Rocky wins
Two Godfathers for you
The Godfather wins
Rub the lamp
Aladdin (2019) wins
Game over
Saw wins
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Do you dare take the box office challenge?

How much a film will gross is as hard to predict as lottery numbers. However, it's much easier to compare films and that's what we're going to do.
We are going to propose two films and you have to guess which of the two had the highest box office takings Are you up for the challenge?

Top grossers

Avatar (2009) vs The Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Photos: Marvel (Disney) - Twentieth Century Fox

Avatar wins

Avatar: $2,924 billion vs. Avengers: Endgame: $2,799 billion

Tom Cruise aka Maverick

Top Gun (1986) vs Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

photos: Paramount Pictures

Top Gun: Maverick wins

Top Gun: Maverick: $1.496 billion vs. Top Gun (1986): $357 million

Remembering Bridget Jones

Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) vs Bridget Jones's Diary: The Edge of Reason, 2004)

Photo: Miramax - Universal Studios and Studio Canal and Miramax Film Corp.

Bridget Jones's Diary wins

Bridget Jones's Diary: $282m vs. $263m

Double helping of DiCaprio

Titanic (1997) vs Romeo + Julieta (Romeo + Juliet, 1996)

photo: Paramount Pictures (Titanic)

Titanic wins

Titanic: $2,264 billion vs Romeo + Juliet: $148 million

Eternal Julia Roberts

Pretty Woman (1990) vs Notting Hill (1999)

Pretty Woman wins

Pretty Woman: 463 million dollars vs Notting Hill: 364 million dollars

The duel of teenage fear

Scream (1996) vs I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

Photo credits: Columbia Pictures - Dimension Films

Scream wins

Scream: $173 million vs. I Know What You Did Last Summer: $125 million

Photo: Dimension Films

Britney vs LiLo

Crossroads (2002) vs Mean Girls (2004)

Mean Girls wins

Mean Girls: $129 million vs Crossroads: $91 million

Dolls, plumbers and fantasy

Barbie (2023) vs Super Mario Bros: The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures (Barbie)

Barbie wins

Barbie: $1,441 billion vs Super Mario Bros: The Movie: $1,363 billion

Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures (Barbie)

Cult (and low budget) horror

The Blair Witch Project (1999) vs The Ring (1998)

Fotos: Artisan Entertainment - Toho Company

The Blair Witch Project wins

The Blair Witch Project: $249 million vs The Ring: $13 million

Nolan squared

Oppenheimer (2023) vs Inception, (2010)

Fotos: Universal Pictures - Warner Bros. Pictures

Oppenheimer wins

Oppenheimer: $942 million vs.Inception : $852 million

Photo: Universal Pictures

Irresistible Brad Pitt

Legends of the Fall (1994) vs Troy, (2004)

Photos: Warner Bros - TriStar Pictures

Troy wins

Troy: 497 million dollars vs Legends of the Fall: 161 million dollars

Wizards, hobbits and Smeagol

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, (2011) vs The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, (2003)

Photos: Warner Bros - New Line Productions

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 wins

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2: $1.342 billion vs The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: $1.147bn

Photo: Warner Bros

Anime

Your Name (Kimi no Na wa, 2016) vs Akira (1988)

Photo: CoMix Wave Films - Akira Committee

 

Your Name wins

Your Name: $358m vs. Akira: $49m

Photo: CoMix Wave Films

Tom Cruise Cocktails and Dreams

Cocktail (1988) vs Rain Man (1988)

Photos: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - Interscope Communications

Rain Man wins

Rain Man: $354m vs Cocktail: $172m

Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios

And the Oscar goes to...

La La Land (2016) vs Moonlight (2016)

Photo credits: A24 - Summit Entertainment

La La Land wins

La La Land: $446m vs Moonlight: $56m

Photo: Summit Entertainmen

Battle of the biceps

Rocky (1976) vs Conan The Barbarian, (1982)

Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (Conan)

Rocky wins

Rocky: $225 million vs. Conan the Barbarian: $130 million

Two Godfathers for you

The Godfather, (1972) vs The Godfather II, (1974)

Photos: Paramount Pictures

The Godfather wins

The Godfather: $248m vs The Godfather II: $93m

Rub the lamp

Aladdin (1992) vs Aladdin (2019)

Photos: Disney Enterprises - Walt Disney Productions

Aladdin (2019) wins

Aladdin (2019): $1,051 billion vs Aladdin (1992): $504 million

Photo: Disney Enterprises

Game over

Saw (2004) vs Saw X (2023)

Photos: Lionsgate Films - Lionsgate/Twisted Pictures

Saw wins

Saw: $103m vs Saw X: $78m

Photo: Lionsgate Films

 

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