Posts Tagged ‘Successful’
Question Asked: Which of the Three Bourne Movies Was the Most Successful?
Financially speaking, the Bourne movie that was the most successful, was: The Bourne Ultimatum.
The Bourne Ultimatum: Gross: $442 million, Budget: $110 million = $342 million profit.
The Bourne Identity: Gross: $214 million, Budget: $60 million = $154 million profit.
The Bourne Supremacy: Gross: $288 million, Budget: $75 million = $213 million profit.
That’s financially speaking. In the eyes of the moviegoer, success is measured in how good a movie was. According to RottenTomatoes:
The Bourne Ultimatum: 93% fresh.
The Bourne Identity: 83% fresh
The Bourne Supremacy: 81% fresh
According to IMdB ratings:
The Bourne Ultimatum: 8.3/10 (90,180 votes)
The Bourne Identity: 7.6/10 (86,077 votes)
The Bourne Supremacy: 7.5/10 (72,821 votes)
So, there you have it. Financially, and review-wise, The Bourne Ultimatum is the most successful of the three Bourne movies.
Question Asked: Who is the Most Successful Author of All Time?
Good question. I’m assuming, in my answer, that we’re ruling out any compilation, or works written by multiple people. So, best selling, most successful author of all time is Agatha Christie.
Christie wrote 79 mystery novels during her life, which have, combined, sold over 2 billion copies. Two billion. That’s quite a lot of books.
Here’s the top ten list of number of books sold, along with their author(s):
| Title of Book | Author(s) | # CopiesSold | ||
| 1. Holy Bible | Prophets of Old | More than 6 billion | ||
| 2. Quotations from Chairman Mao | Mao Tse-Tung | 900,000,000 | ||
| 3. The American Spelling Book | Noah Webster | 100,000,000 | ||
| 4. Guiness Book of World Records | Mark C. Young | 90,000,000+ | ||
| 5. World Almanac | Various contributors | 73,500,000 | ||
| 6. The McGuffey Readers | William Holmes McGuffey | 60,000,000 | ||
| 7. The Common Sense Book of Baby & Child Care | Benjamin Spock | 50,000,000+ | ||
| 8. A Message to Garcia | Elbert Hubbard | 40,000,000+ | ||
| 9. In His Steps, What Would Jesus Do? | Charles Monroe Sheldon | 30,000,000+ | ||
| 10. Valley of the Dolls | Jacqueline Susann | 30,000,000+ |
That’s quite an impressive list, but all fail in comparison to Agatha Christie. (The Bible, excluded, for obvious reasons)
Question Asked: What is the Most Successful Superhero Movie of all Time?
How does one define a superhero? Super powers? Flying? A magic costume that transforms them from one identity to another?
I’m assuming that folks such as Spider-man, Batman, and Superman are. But what about other people who “do good”? Harry Potter, Captain Jack Sparrow, Frodo Baggins, Luke Skywalker, Tony Stark, Neo, Optimus Prime, etc., etc., etc.
And how does one judge the “success” of the movie? By ticket revenue? By viewer enjoyment? Let’s examine both, shall we?
Based solely on ticket sales, the Spider-man series is the most successful, bring in about $2.5 billion (Spider-man - $821 million, Spider-man 2 - $783 million, Spider-man 3 - $890 million). Side note: the only two trilogies that have made more money that Spider-man were Star Wars and Harry Potter .
If we were to scour the internet, and try to find out what superhero movie people liked the most (after seeing it), what would we find?
The editors of IGN say the original Superman, followed closely by Batman Begins.
The folks at AOL Movies say Spider-man 2, followed closely by Batman Begins. Side note: Spider-man 2 is not as good as the original, in my opinion. People apparently disagree.
WIW seems to have copied the AOL list, almost exactly, with Spider-man 2 and Batman Begins taking the top two spots.
A poll conducted on ComicBookMovie is the first place that agrees with me, and users voted Batman Begins as the best movie, by a landslide.
MSN seems to think X-men is the greatest superhero movie. I don’t consider X-men to be a superhero movie, but you may.
RightWingNews says The Crow. I don’t think that qualifies as a superhero movie, even if it is one of my favorite movies of all time.
And lastly on my search, I’m led to the forums at GameSpot, where most people are saying Batman Begins, and assuming that The Dark Knight will blow it away when it comes out in two months.
So there you have it. People voted a lot for Spider-man 2, Superman, and Batman Begins. Money-wise, Spider-man 2 made the most money.