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Cap 2 was also a sequel, Guardians is being treated like an original property with the Marvel name (similar to how Pixar's original movies were in their prime), I think Guardians number is equally as impressive, nobody predicted those previews until they actually happened. Plus, Guardians will have a bigger saturday due to being a bigger family movie, and its sunday wont drop as much because I believe Cap 2 had competition on its sunday.

Opening day and he might be correct.

HOLY ROCKET RACCOON BATMAN THAT'S HIGHER THAN THE WINTER SOLDIER!

I may have seen Boyhood but I still want it to rack in the points 1.Boyhood 2.Interstellar 3.Gone Girl 4.Exodus: Gods and Kings 5.Unbroken 6.Big Hero 6 7.Fury 8.Birdman 9.Tomorrowland 10.The Judge

I also really hope Ellar Coltrane gets an Oscar nod for this, Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke should (at least I'd hope so), but a dedication of 12 years carrying this movie and being able to stay consistent throughout is very impressive.

95 Star Trek 2: Wrath of Khan It might be an odd choice to pick to represent the Star Trek franchise, but in the end I felt like this was the one that needed to be. Wrath of Khan brought critical acclaim to the Star Trek movie franchise and inspired future blockbusters even to the point of being somewhat remade in Star Trek: Into Darkness. I put this one on here less because of its influence on blockbusters, but because of how iconic it has now become in sci-fi society.

Depends on the TV, and actually more people are watching Cable, less are watching broadcast, I believe.

It's looking like the Oscar will be Big Hero 6 vs. The LEGO Movie

96 Armageddon This is one of Michael Bay's most important movies, it represents the peak of his non-Transformers career and was also a duel success with Deep Impact. It is filled with many lasting pop-hits and has a lot of remembrance today, mostly because of Bay's style. Whether you love Bay or hate him there is no doubt he made his deep impact on the box office with Armageddon.

And then all of the kids will need an explanation from their parents about your behavior.

And then all of the kids will need an explanation from their parents about your behavior.

There's a big difference between a sci-fi thriller/action flick coming out in July, and a September movie about a rivalry in formula 1 racing.Rush had absolutely no chance of having domestic appeal.

The trailer is also marketing way more of the CGI when the majority is said to take place underwater. This movie looks pretty fun, just like the last one and the TV series.

Yeah, I was kind of disappointed with the new CG animation they are using, but it looks campy and fun.

97 Beauty and the Beast The Little Mermaid may have been one of the movies that re-invigorated Disney's box office pull in the late 80s to early 90s, but Beauty and the Beast was their first true blockbuster and what I believe really started their 90s Renaissance. This is one of Disney's classics that truly did instill itself into common culture and made headway for two bigger blockbusters to come.

I'm not going to lie, that looks like its bringing back some of the classic sponegbob humor. (Even though I do wonder how they are breathing outside of the ocean given all the sponebob episodes that proved otherwise) I could see 150m + now for this, it looks like it could appeal a lot more than the original.

I don't think you should ever say something is not possible, there could be another animation revolution similar to CGI in the future and something beats Shrek 2. Or we could have a box office admission boom for whatever reason. Or one animation might simply strike gold with the audience and transcend perceived limits. We don't know, but I am going to assume one day something will beat Shrek 2 unadjusted. Also remember this, The Lion King has technically already beaten Shrek 2 unadjusted.

98 Total Recall (1990) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlkKYpnFu5o To be fair I could have put True Lies or Twins and gotten across the same point, but I decided on Total Recall over those for the reasoning that it has made the most cultural influence over those other two movies. Total Recall represents one of Schwarzenegger's biggest hits in his career and you really can't make a list of the 100 most important blockbusters without mentioning at least one of Schwarzenegger's action hits that was marketed solely on the concept of him.

99 Ratatouille Why are you putting one of Pixar's lowest grossing movies on a list of the 100 most important blockbusters? For the pure fact that this movie was able to become a blockbuster in the first place. It's a family animation that is designed to appeal to kids, however it takes place in modern france, with the main character being a rat that cooks, not entirely a concept that screams for children to beg their parents to go see it (like most modern animations need to be big 200m+ successes), and families still flocked to it anyways. It was a risky film that ended up proving that Pixar was a brand capable of selling themselves despite what they made their movie about.

I am making this thread in which I compile the 100 blockbusters from 1975 to now that I find most important (blockbuster being anything that adjusts to over 200m) for whatever reason. This isn't my ranking of quality, otherwise there would definitely be some on here that would be nowhere near this list. Why am I starting at 1975? Well, that'll be explained a bit later. Anyways I'll start it out with 100 Alice in Wonderland (2010) Nowadays we are starting to be bombarded with live action, "epic" versions of old family movies and cartoons. Some of them that came out recently were Oz: The Great and Powerful, Snow White and the Huntsman, as well as Maleficent. We also have even more to come with Cinderella, Tarzan (two of them), Pan, The Jungle Book, and the list goes on and on, however we have one specific to movie to thank for that trend (that also has been the most successful of all these remakes) and that's Alice in Wonderland. The movie managed to capitalize on the 3D craze started by Avatar just the year before and pass the billion mark, as well as make the billion mark itself less meaningful. Before Alice in Wonderland there were only 5 billion dollar movies, since Alice in Wonderland 13 have joined the club in a mere 5 year period (with another about to enter it within a matter of weeks).

A's Boyhood Dawn of the Planet of the Apes The Grand Budapest Hotel The LEGO Movie Snowpiercer X-Men: Days of Future Past B's Bad Words Bears Captain America: The Winter Soldier Edge of Tomorrow The Fault in Our Stars Godzilla How to Train Your Dragon 2 Neighbors Noah Oculus C's About Last Night That Awkward Moment Divergent Life Itself God's Not Dead Happy Christmas The Monument's Men Muppets: Most Wanted Non-Stop RoboCop D's 300: Rise of An Empire The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Deliver Us From Evil Endless Love Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Maleficent A Million Ways to Die in the West Need For Speed Ride Along F's I, Frankenstein Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones Pompeii Trans4mers: Age of Extinction Winter's Tale

I'm going to make the Deadline August 7th.

My favorite line in the movie that stuck with me were the last words in Patricia Arquettes final scene "I just thought there'd be something more," after she rants about how she had saw life as a series of milestones. It was very moving, and assuming she gets nominated (which she totally deserves), that'll be her Oscar scene.

Ocean's Eleven is a remake so it doesn't work but the rest are good.