The Answer to “A”
The highest-grossing film of all time starting with the letter “A” is…
Aladdin
Aladdin made $217,350,219 domestic. The second place film made a mere $23,245 less.
Alvin and the Chipmunks
I, too, am disturbed by this revelation, and am only comforted by the fact that in adjusted dollars Aladdin blows it out of the water.
(My friend Amber, by the way, is the one person to answer this correctly. She chimed in on Facebook)
Third place depends upon who persnickety you are about titles. Technically speaking, the title of the third Austin Powers film is Austin Powers in Goldmember, and it made $213,117,789. If, however, you like to think of that movie as Goldmember (and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, which comes in fourth, as The Spy Who Shagged Me), then Armageddon, which many of you guessed, comes in third with $201,578,182.
Yup, Alvin and the Chipmunks made more money than Armageddon.
By the way, those of you who guessed American Pie forgot (as I did) that American Pie 2 actually made more money than its predecessor, and would have been the better guess ($145,096,820, for those of you keeping score).
September 24th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
The highest grossing film starting with a Z is going to be Zombie land in two months. That movie’s going to rock!!!
September 24th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Darn, I wasn’t even close. There were no pies OR band camps in Aladdin!
September 24th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Just US? What was your source for this? IMDB all time worldwide box office has Armageddon#1 Aladdin #2, and lots more (A Bugs Life, Angels and Demons, Apollo 13, Air Force One, American Beauty, more) before Alvin…
http://www.imdb.com/boxoffice/alltimegross?region=world-wide
September 24th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
Box office Mojo backs up Dave’s numbers:
All-time domestic gross (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic.htm):
#77 – Aladdin, $217,350,219
#78 – Alvin & The Chipmunks, $217,326,974
#83 – Austin Powers in Goldmember, $213,307,889
#89 – Austin Powers: The Spy who Shagged Me, $206,040,086
#93 – Armageddon, $201,578,182
Things change in very interesting ways when you adjust for inflation, tho… (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm):
The top rated “A” movie?
#41 – Airport, $474,679,000 adjusted
Followed immediately by…
#42 – American Graffiti, $471,828,600 adjusted
Not too far behind…
#45 – Around the World in 80 Days, $463,938,500 adjusted
Aladdin doesn’t clock in until #86 on the list, with $376,536,100 adjusted.
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