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This is probably more frontloaded than Kong. I'm thinking 45m or so.

I'm thinking the same thing.

Captain America: Civil War (1860) Box Office: 1m (1 trillion adjusted) Reception: Americans were so amazed at the beauty that they settled their differences, the South freed their slaves and gave them full citizen rights (and compensated them), and Americans hailed comic book movies as the supreme genre for all time.

It obviously made the top 10.

Number 39 Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) "He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy! Now, piss off!" Most Valuable Player: The Screenplay (many writers) Box Office: 19.4m (66.9m Adjusted) Tomatometer: 96% Notable Awards: Rated #181 on IMDb Top 250 Synopsis: Brian is born on the original Christmas, in the stable next door. He spends his life being mistaken for a messiah. Critic Opinion: "Monty Python’s Life Of Brian, utterly irreverent tale of a reluctant messiah whose impact proved somewhat less pervasive than that of his contemporary Jesus Christ, is just as wacky and imaginative as their earlier film outings. Film was shot using stunning Tunisian locales. As an adult in Roman-occupied Palestine, Brian’s life parallels that of Jesus, as he becomes involved in the terrorist Peoples Front of Judea, works as a vendor at the Colosseum, paints anti-Roman graffiti on palace walls, unwittingly wins a following as a messiah and is ultimately condemned to the cross by a foppish Pontius Pilate." - TV Guide User Opinion: "A classic satire, and a comedy masterpiece. Monty Python's finest hour." - Jack Nevada Reasoning: One of the most hysterical films ever made, Life of Brian is proof that the Monty Python crew are absolute masters of comedy, no matter what medium they make their content in. The film is infinitely quotable, with nearly every scene managing to be its own standout, this is a movie I can always watch and laugh just as hard as I did as the first time. And beyond the pure comedy, the film is brilliant satire on religions and how far people will go to follow something. This movie also features possibly the greatest comedic sequence of all time to ever feature in a movie, it's truly great and almost made me place this film even higher than this rank. You know what, instead of spewing how funny this movie is, why don't I just show you with a few truly classic scenes. Decade Count: 1930s: 9, 1940s: 13, 1950s: 16, 1960s: 21, 1970s: 23, 1980s: 36, 1990s: 33, 2000s: 28, 2010s: 28 Top 100 Decade Count: 1930s: 1, 1940s: 1, 1950s: 6, 1960s: 9, 1970s: 9, 1980s: 5, 1990s: 13, 2000s: 7, 2010s: 11 Top 50 Decade Count: 1950s: 2, 1970s: 4, 1980s: 1, 1990s: 2, 2000s: 2, 2010s: 1 A truly moving and emotionally stirring stoning sequence And the greatest comedic scene of all time

Number 40 Chinatown (1974) "'Course I'm respectable. I'm old. Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last long enough." Most Valuable Player: Robert Towne for his Screenplay Box Office: 29.2m (135.1m Adjusted) Tomatometer: 98% Notable Awards: Won 1 Oscar, nominated for Best Picture Synopsis: A private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption and murder. Critic Opinion: "“Chinatown” is an outstanding picture. Robert Towne’s complex but literate and orderly screenplay takes gumshoe Jack Nicholson on a murder manhunt all over the Los Angeles of 35 years ago, where Faye Dunaway, also above the title, is the wife of a dead city official. Roman Polanski’s American made film, first since “Rosemary’s Baby” shows him again in total command of talent and physical filmmaking elements. Richard Sylbert’s production design is magnificent. The Paramount release, first to bear the producing credit of production chief Robert Evans, has money written all over it, and strong word of mouth should easily overcome any misconceptions suggested by the title. Towne, whose most recent credit was the sensational adaptation of “The Last Detail,” in which Nicholson’s performance also was superb, has mixed a lot of period L.A. fact with some spicy fiction. The factual details – the procurement of water supplies for the Southern California area, profitable land acquisitions by knowledgeable insiders, etc. – may rattle a lot of civic skeletons in the closets of first families. It is easy to speak of Los Angeles admittedly prairie metropolis morality and behavior, but it must be remembered that the swindles and corruption and capers of the latterday pioneers rank with the worst in municipal rape." - Variety Staff User Opinion: "One of the greatest films I will ever have the pleasure of seeing. Sheer perfection." - Jake Gittes Reasoning: I'd write 5-6 lines gushing about this movie but forget it Jake, it's Chinatown. Decade Count: 1930s: 9, 1940s: 13, 1950s: 16, 1960s: 21, 1970s: 22, 1980s: 36, 1990s: 33, 2000s: 28, 2010s: 28 Top 100 Decade Count: 1930s: 1, 1940s: 1, 1950s: 6, 1960s: 9, 1970s: 8, 1980s: 5, 1990s: 13, 2000s: 7, 2010s: 11 Top 50 Decade Count: 1950s: 2, 1970s: 3, 1980s: 1, 1990s: 2, 2000s: 2, 2010s: 1

Number 41 The Godfather (1972) "Leave the gun. Take the cannoli." Most Valuable Player: Francis Ford Coppola for his Direction and Writing Box Office: 134m (680m Adjusted) Tomatometer: 99% Notable Awards: Won 3 Oscars, including Best Picture Synopsis: The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son. Critic Opinion: "“The Godfather” is a stunning production. The Technicolor is subdued, right for a drama with the impact of this one. There never has been and probably never will be an ending as wonderously wrought as the unforgettable climax of “The Godfather.” After the brilliant charity premiere at Loews State “The Godfather” settles down to continuous runs at five Loews theaters, State 1 and 2, Cine, Tower East and Orpheum." - Hale, New York Daily News (1972) User Opinion: "My favorite of all time. Got the restoration blu-ray set for Christmas.I can discuss this movie all day long. The acting is just so superb. One of my favorite of all time scenes that doesn't discussed much is the scene where Vito gets shot and poor Fredo is so inept he can't even get the gun right to shoot back. The acting from John Cazale and the pain and guilt he feels because he couldn't do anything to help his father really gets to me. It's a small thing and would get un noticed but that's just how great the story and acting is from all the players." - ecstacy Reasoning: This would probably be too low for many people's taste, both for this one and for Part 2, but I wouldn't take that too much as me knocking against the film, because I absolutely am not. The Godfather is one of the greatest films ever made, from a technicality standpoint and from a person standpoint. The screenplay is alive and fully realized. Each performance in this movie is absolutely phenomenal, especially by Al Pacino who was snubbed twice for his Oscar. Coppola didn't direct tons of movies that'd I'd regard as classics, but he certainly delivered a small handful of undeniably all-time greats. I really don't think The Godfather is a movie I have to spend too much time raving about for people to understand how good it is and why it deserves such a high ranking on the list. The entire movie is simply technically perfect, and moving to the soul. Decade Count: 1930s: 9, 1940s: 13, 1950s: 16, 1960s: 21, 1970s: 21, 1980s: 36, 1990s: 33, 2000s: 28, 2010s: 28 Top 100 Decade Count: 1930s: 1, 1940s: 1, 1950s: 6, 1960s: 9, 1970s: 7, 1980s: 5, 1990s: 13, 2000s: 7, 2010s: 11 Top 50 Decade Count: 1950s: 2, 1970s: 2, 1980s: 1, 1990s: 2, 2000s: 2, 2010s: 1

Yeah, all of the Bourne movies dropped on re-watch for me. I used to think they were incredible, now I just find them good with some great moments.

This list reminds me of that one time Wilderpeople missed the top 25 @aabattery

Trump was a game changer too. Game changer doesn't mean that it's a good thing.

I think I had it at #9 - 11, it's a really good movie. Just not one of my favs of the year.

Your snark backfires because my top three is Jesse James No Country There Will Be Blood

Honestly, y'all should just countdown my list. I unbiasedly know that it's the right placement of the movies.

Ultimatum isn't top 5 worthy at all honestly.

It was a great year for movies, evidently nobody on these forums saw them.

And this is why we have a set age on when you're allowed to have an opinion. You aren't mature enough to handle such a substance until you're 21.

As long as Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford makes it Im good.

I spy with my little eye a lot of movies better than Transformers @Ethan Hunt

So you're saying we deserve movies like Transformers then?

Transformers shouldn't have even made the list. (Neither should 300)

I was doing my Calcs wrong. Was expecting around 12m, so not that much more of a drop. Now that I'm doing them correctly if it holds slightly worse than Zootopia than mid 90s, slightly worse than TJB then low 100s ish

Larger drop than what I was thinking, looking like a 90m second weekend now.

Number 42 Blade Runner (1982) "Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave." Most Valuable Player: Ridley Scott's Direction Box Office: 27.6m (81.1m Adjusted) Tomatometer: 89% Notable Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars Synopsis: A blade runner must pursue and try to terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator. Critic Opinion: "It's been so long now since Ridley Scott's sci-fi thriller Blade Runner was first released (1982) that the futuristic setting – 2019 – no longer seems far off. The best version to see is Blade Runner: The Final Cut – as the perfectionist director’s definitive cut is called — which is bleaker than the original but a more wonderfully immersive and true film. The film is based on Philip K Dick’s 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, and is set in Los Angeles. The 'hero' is a detective called Deckard (expertly played by Harrison Ford), who hunts down androids – in the film they are called replicants – who have escaped from their slave jails on outer-space colonies and are trying to blend in back on Earth. Rutger Hauer's android Roy Batty is one of the most dangerous, yet appealing, 'monsters' in cinema." - Chilton, The Telegraph User Opinion: "It's hard to pinpoint where a review for Blade Runner should begin. It is impressive in so many different ways that it is near impossible to single one specific thing out. It is very much like a machine in that every aspect works together to form the ultimate whole. You simply would not have the same film if you take away any of the work on display here. And what a piece of work it is. It defies categorization, but perhaps the easy way to categorize the film is a mix of heavy noir with heavy sci-fi. I'm going to be blunt here and just say this is a match made in heaven for me. The most impressive aspect to me lies in the fact that is simultaneously contains the style inherent in noir and the philosophical musings found in superior sci-fi. This does not even begin to note just how damn amazing the look is here. As I said, it's hard to know where to begin here." - mattmav45 Reasoning: A bleak and fully realized futuristic vision, buried to the brim with material and commentary oozing out of not only the screenplay, but the gorgeous, bleak production design of Los Angeles. The film can come across as trippy the first time you see it, as there's so much going on on the screen, it's a little hard to take everything in all in one viewing. Blade Runner is a movie that requires multiple viewings in order to begin to truly appreciate, as well as viewings of both cuts of the film. This is a film that you like alright at first, not finding much wrong, and then it slowly grows and creeps on you just how much you liked the movie. The film not only feels like a weird hallucination, but it comes across as an almost profound, futuristic vision of what it means to be human. I can't want for Villeneuve to give his take on this perfected Sci-Fi World created by Scott. Decade Count: 1930s: 9, 1940s: 13, 1950s: 16, 1960s: 21, 1970s: 20, 1980s: 36, 1990s: 33, 2000s: 28, 2010s: 28 Top 100 Decade Count: 1930s: 1, 1940s: 1, 1950s: 6, 1960s: 9, 1970s: 6, 1980s: 5, 1990s: 13, 2000s: 7, 2010s: 11 Top 50 Decade Count: 1950s: 2, 1970s: 1, 1980s: 1, 1990s: 2, 2000s: 2, 2010s: 1

Number 43 Unforgiven (1992) "We all got it coming, kid." Most Valuable Player: Clint Eastwood for Directing and Starring Box Office: 101,2m (211m Adjusted) Tomatometer: 95% Notable Awards: Won 4 Oscars, including Best Picture Synopsis: Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner and a young man. Critic Opinion: "Eastwood has wisely surrounded himself with top-gun actors like Morgan Freeman and Richard Harris, who are both terrific. But it’s Gene Hackman who will blow you away with his vigorous performance as the dangerously self-righteous Little Bill. Eastwood, who manages to be convincingly docile as Munny, pulls off a startling character transformation. David Webb Peoples’ script contain some wonderfully punchy, dryly humorous lines. “Unforgiven” is a high-caliber movie, a gripping and haunting work of art that should finally establish Eastwood as one of America’s best directors." - Carroll, New York Daily News User Opinion: "An absolute masterpiece from start to finish." - Joel M Reasoning: A surreal and powerful Western film that really sets itself apart in the genre. While there were many Westerns on my list, that I love, many of them fall into pretty familiar tropes in their plots, themes, tone and characters. However, in Unforgiven's case, it manages to take the Western trope and completely deconstruct it, creating a moving and powerful cinematic experience. Unforgiven takes away the adventurous luster of the Western, and takes a much more somber approach, it shows you the brutality of the world that the characters are living in, which is often overlooked in so many sanitized action flicks that just don't realize how violent they really are. Clint Eastwood not only demonstrates his ability as a movie star in this movie, but he shows that he has the capability of being a great director too. Unforgiven is a look at legends, violence and the genre the film is present in, a truly great movie. Decade Count: 1930s: 9, 1940s: 13, 1950s: 16, 1960s: 21, 1970s: 20, 1980s: 35, 1990s: 33, 2000s: 28, 2010s: 28 Top 100 Decade Count: 1930s: 1, 1940s: 1, 1950s: 6, 1960s: 9, 1970s: 6, 1980s: 4, 1990s: 13, 2000s: 7, 2010s: 11 Top 50 Decade Count: 1950s: 2, 1970s: 1, 1990s: 2, 2000s: 2, 2010s: 1