Hilderic

You had me scratching my head for a while.

Their only somewhat risky movie this year is GOTG. They seem to have become wiser/ chosen safer routes.

Well, she was 90% of the movie, so I guess that's good?

The Dame is meaning business.

Lovely movie. Very rewatchable.

In the UK at least, I think her 2002-2007 filmography is enough for her to maintain the "household name" status.

This is pretty much where I stand. Studio executives need a serious wake-up call. Women make up half of the population and yet you have 6 summer blockbusters mostly targeting men (TASM2, DOFP, Godzilla, TF4, GOTG, Apes) and one mostly targeting women (Maleficent).

I am not disputing your accuracy, indeed I greatly admire your and others' work. I was just wondering why, since most website use the BOM figure, there has been no article around the net stating that Frozen has beaten Spirited Away, as there have been when it reached the top three of all time in Japan. Also, wouldn't Disney be eager to claim that they have the highest grossing movie ever in USD?

Are the numbers for Spirited Away (whether $244m or $249m rather than $229m) found in any official report/ box office tracking website? Or do they come from box office analysis of the chart run by independent users on forums?

Isn't Oz mostly popular in America (and to a lesser, though still large, extent the Commonwealth)?

InsideKino also tells you that Maleficent is about to become in Germany the fifth best-attended American movie of the year so far (second of the summer so far), so I don't get how you can say that the Germans don't care about it. The argument is better for France, however.

Your teacher should see my teacher.

Where did you check?

From what I have been taught (and what you find in most encyclopaedias, at least in the languages I know), Scandinavia is Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Some add Iceland and the Faroe Islands, because they speak related North Germanic languages which all descend from Old Norse. Finland has a completely different language, so is normally not included. The term which encompasses Scandinavia + Finland + Greenland is Nordic Countries (hence the Nordic, rather than Scandinavian, Council).Including Finland within Scandinavia is here regarded as one of the most common basic mistakes, the one in which the Geography teacher will usually test you. I have met many people from the Scandinavian kingdoms and all seemed to agree on this definition.

Are you joking or serious?

It's an absolutely wonderful film.

Finland is not part of Scandinavia.

The Founding of a Republic (2009) and The Founding of a Party (2011). Both were (officially) hits. But I said I would stop talking about politics, so I'll leave it at that.

Funny how you quoted my post but not the previous ones, which were equally political (you even liked one). But I'll stop, don't worry.

Mao killed more and they have his picture in Tiananmen Square.

It's been number one for four weeks in Germany. It missed being number one for five by less than $3k.

This is from The Odeon website:Regional releases: 'How To Train Your Dragon 2' will be released on the June 27th in Scotland and Ireland. In England it will preview on the 28th - 29th June, the 4th-6th July and will be released on the 11th of July.

I love Asian period pieces. Pity that none of these is probably going to reach my country.

France was a very important market for the first one, so it's good that it's doing well.

High School Musical 2 is higher than Avengers on Metacritic.