Rank the top 5 genres/sub-genres currently at the box office

[grey ghost]

I'll go with:

 

1) Superheroes (Avengers, Iron Man, Dark Knight)

2) Fantasy (Harry Potter, POTC, The Hobbit)

3) Sci-Fi epic (Avatar, Star Wars)

4) Computer animation (Pixar, Ice Age)

5) Iconic Action ™ (James Bond, Indy)

 

 

 

[grey ghost]

Sci Fi and superheroes will dominate 2015-2016:

 

Justice League, Avengers 2, Avatar 2, Transformers 5 and Star Wars 7.

[samsha22]

Super heroes.....

Animation

Fantasy

SciFi

Real Movies

Edited May 17, 2013 by samsha22

[grey ghost]

Can you give me a few examples of ”real movies” that are mega-blockbusters?

[Walt Disney]

I'll go with:

 

1) Superheroes (Avengers, Iron Man, Dark Knight)

2) Fantasy (Harry Potter, POTC, The Hobbit)

3) Sci-Fi epic (Avatar, Star Wars)

4) Computer animation (Pixar, Ice Age)

5) Iconic Action ™ (James Bond, Indy)

 

I actually agree with your choices. All of the recent high grossing movies fall into one of those 5 categories. You need to go all the way back to The Hangover to find a high grossing film from outside one of those 5 genres.

[AniNate]

1 Superhero - Maybe "Personality-driven action" would be a better label. I'd include Bond and Indy in this category too

2 Pop speculative fiction - LOTR, Harry Potter, Twilight, Hunger Games

3 CGI family films - Pixar, Dreamworks

4 High-concept comedy - Ted, Hangover, most Adam Sandler movies

5 Racially-charged, ultimately feel-good drama - Lincoln, The Help, The Blind Side

Edited May 17, 2013 by tribefan695

[blackspider]

Pretty much anything that has an original source material. Besides comedy, most hits in other genres have to be derived from something.

[shayhiri]

Period thrillers

Animation epics

Fantasy action

Big Disney spectacles

Intelligent sci fi

Edited May 18, 2013 by Shayblivion

[Ozymandias]

1. Comic book/Superhero movies.

2. Animation family films

 

3. Fantasy Epics

 

4. Scifi

 

5. Everything else.

[kitik]

Can you give me a few examples of ”real movies” that are mega-blockbusters?

 

If he means "based on REAL events" movies, then he's talking about:

Lincoln, The Blind Side, Passion Of The Christ, Titanic, Braveheart, Argo, etc