# Worst top grossing movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 29, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-top-grossing-movies/519335 "2009-11-29T15:32:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-top-grossing-movies/519335/1 "2009-11-29T15:32:51Z")
So, seeing the numbers come in for Twilight: New Moon and getting my teenage daughter’s reaction (she likes the books, hated both films). Here’s the Wiki list of top 50 grossing films of all time, which I assume is not inflation adjusted, but let’s go with this. Feel free to nominate other popular movies that didn’t make this list. 1 **Titanic** 20th Century Fox/Paramount $1,842,879,955 1997 2 **The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King** New Line Cinema $1,119,110,941 2003 3 **Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest** Walt Disney Pictures $1,066,179,725 2006 4 \*\*The Dark Knight \*\* Warner Bros. $1,001,921,825 2008 5 \*\*Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone \*\* Warner Bros. $974,733,550 2001 6 \*\*Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End \*\* Walt Disney Pictures $960,996,492 2007 7 \*\*Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix \*\* Warner Bros. $938,212,738 2007 8 \*\*Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince \*\* Warner Bros. $935,230,924 2009 9 **The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers** New Line Cinema $925,282,504 2002 10 \*\*Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace \*\* 20th Century Fox $924,317,558 1999 11 \*\*Shrek 2 \*\*DreamWorks Animation $919,838,758 2004 12 \*\*Jurassic Park \*\* Universal Studios $914,691,118 1993 13 **Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire** Warner Bros. $895,921,036 2005 14 **Spider-Man 3** Sony Pictures/Columbia $890,871,626 2007 15 **Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs** 20th Century Fox/Blue Sky $878,701,244 2009 16 \*\*Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets \*\* Warner Bros. $878,643,482 2002 17 \*\*The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring \*\* New Line Cinema $870,761,744 2001 18 **Finding Nemo** Disney/Pixar $864,625,978 2003 19 **Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith** 20th Century Fox $848,754,768 2005 20 \*\*Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen \*\* DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures $833,229,011 2009 21 \*\*Spider-Man \*\* Columbia Pictures $821,708,551 2002 22 **Independence Day** 20th Century Fox $817,400,891 1996 23 \*\*Shrek the Third \*\* DreamWorks Animation $798,958,162 2007 24 \*\*Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban \*\* Warner Bros. $795,634,069 2004 25 \*\*E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Universal Studios \*\* $792,910,554 1982 26 \*\*Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull \*\* Paramount Pictures $786,636,033 2008 27 \*\*The Lion King \*\* Walt Disney Pictures $783,841,776 1994 28 \*\*Spider-Man 2 \*\* Sony Pictures $783,766,341 2004 29 \*\*Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope \*\* 20th Century Fox $775,398,007 1977 30 **The Da Vinci Code** Columbia $758,239,851 2006 31 \*\*The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe \*\* Walden Media/Disney $745,011,272 2005 32 \*\*The Matrix Reloaded \*\* Warner Bros. $742,128,461 2003 33 **Transformers** DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures $709,709,780 2007 34 **Forrest Gump** Paramount $677,387,716 1994 35 \*\*The Sixth Sense \*\* Hollywood Pictures $672,806,292 1999 36 \*\*Up \*\* Disney/Pixar $672,379,556 2009 37 \*\*Ice Age: The Meltdown \*\* 20th Century Fox/Blue Sky $655,388,158 2006 38 **Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl** Walt Disney Pictures $654,264,015 2003 39 **Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones** 20th Century Fox $649,398,328 2002 40 \*\*Kung Fu Panda \*\* DreamWorks Animation $631,736,484 2008 41 \*\*The Incredibles \*\* Disney/Pixar $631,442,092 2004 42 **Hancock** Columbia Pictures $624,386,746 2008 43 \*\*Ratatouille \*\* Disney/Pixar $623,707,397 2007 44 **The Lost World: Jurassic Park** Universal Studios $618,638,999 1997 45 **The Passion of the Christ** Icon Productions $611,899,420 2004 46 **Mamma Mia!** Universal Pictures $609,841,637 2008 47 **Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa** DreamWorks Animation $603,900,309 2008 48 **Casino Royale** Sony/MGM/Columbia $594,239,066 2006 49 **War of the Worlds** DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures $591,745,540 2005 50 \*\*Men in Black \*\* Sony/Columbia $589,390,539 1997\ So, we’re looking for the Worst Most Popular movies of all time. What are your top picks? ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-top-grossing-movies/519335/2 "2009-11-29T15:41:40Z")
This one: 44 **The Lost World: Jurassic Park** Universal Studios $618,638,999 1997 Followed closely by these two: 3 **Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest** Walt Disney Pictures $1,066,179,725 2006 6 \*\*Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End \*\* Walt Disney Pictures $960,996,492 2007 These two suck pretty hard as well: 10 \*\*Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace \*\* 20th Century Fox $924,317,558 1999 49 **War of the Worlds** DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures $591,745,540 2005 ---
**Author:** ![BKReporter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@BKReporter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BKReporter)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-top-grossing-movies/519335/3 "2009-11-29T16:39:58Z")
_The DaVinci Code_ most definitely. Followed by \*The Pirates of the Caribbean \*movies. Their only reason to exist is to give Johnny Depp an excuse to romp. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-top-grossing-movies/519335/4 "2009-11-29T16:47:24Z")
1. Transformers 2 2. Phantom Menace Soon, New Moon will join the list, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Kkrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Kkrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kkrose)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-top-grossing-movies/519335/5 "2009-11-29T16:49:12Z")
Da vinci code is unbelievably bad. The book was alright, but… In the book it takes a chapter to solve a puzzle. In the movie he just looks around the room once and knows the answer. I don’t know about your list. Included inflation might be nice. It kills off too many movies. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-top-grossing-movies/519335/6 "2009-11-29T19:57:41Z")
Star Wars Episode I ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-top-grossing-movies/519335/7 "2009-11-29T20:00:44Z")
Of those I’ve seen, clearly it’s **The Matrix Reloaded**. Other candidates include **Casino Royale** (I assume that the Daniel Craig version), **The Lion King** and **Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace** ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-top-grossing-movies/519335/8 "2009-11-29T20:19:50Z")
The two Transformers movies. ---
**Author:** ![Liddle\_Lamsy\_Divey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Liddle\_Lamsy\_Divey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liddle_Lamsy_Divey)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-top-grossing-movies/519335/9 "2009-11-29T20:21:01Z")
Both Pirates sequels, Mamma Mia! and Titanic (costumes and effects alone aren’t enough to make me want to watch it, with its cliched love story, flat characters and awful script.). ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-top-grossing-movies/519335/10 "2009-11-29T21:19:43Z")
I believe it was the 2nd Pirates movie that I fell asleep in. That is not the sign of a good movie. At least with Titanic I was awake and actively hating the movie. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-top-grossing-movies/519335/11 "2009-11-29T21:37:49Z")
> [@BKReporter](#): > > _The DaVinci Code_ most definitely. Followed by \*The Pirates of the Caribbean \*movies. Their only reason to exist is to give Johnny Depp an excuse to romp. You say that like it’s a bad thing… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-top-grossing-movies/519335/12 "2009-11-29T21:50:47Z")
Spider-Man 3 was a big steaming piece of crap, especially compared to the first two. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-top-grossing-movies/519335/13 "2009-11-29T21:50:59Z")
Pirates, and Indy Jones - Crystal Skull. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-top-grossing-movies/519335/14 "2009-11-29T21:56:18Z")
It’s a fairly depressing list of movies overall. If I was looking for a good stupid romp, I’d much prefer **Crank** or **Big Trouble in Little China** to **Jurassic Park** or whatever. Ranking them by badness is pretty impossible. (Though are a few that are good, like Casino Royale.) ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-top-grossing-movies/519335/15 "2009-11-30T02:43:07Z")
Titanic takes all awards for worst, in my book. Pure-Dee schlock formula everything. Of course, there’s always Ghost Dad, but it wasn’t top grossing. Pirates very very boring. couldn’t stay awake, and i had plenty of energy when it started. hh ---
**Author:** ![Lethal\_Babydoll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3be4f8/32.png) [@Lethal\_Babydoll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lethal_Babydoll)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-top-grossing-movies/519335/16 "2009-12-01T01:27:55Z")
A lot a people like it, obviously, but I realllllllllllllllly hated **Finding Nemo**. One of my least favorite movies ever. don’t know why really. it just bugged the hell out of me from start to finish. and i like animated films generally (Bugs Bunny especially)