Sunday, September 5, 2010

Will Inception equal an erection?

Posted by Iamare On July - 5 - 2010

Christopher Nolan is hoping so. With an estimated $200m for this latest project, Inception is set to be released on July the 16th, 2010. A lot of people are freaking out over the $200m figure when it’s pretty much right in line with everything else. Here’s a list of some recent and not so recent pictures compiled by www.the-numbers.com/movies.

Release Date Movie Distributor Budget Worldwide Gross Profit
1 12/18/2009 Avatar 20th Century Fox $237,000,000 $2,729,156,220 $1,127,578,110
2 12/19/1997 Titanic 20th Century Fox $200,000,000 $1,842,879,955 $721,439,978
3 12/17/2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King New Line $94,000,000 $1,133,027,325 $472,513,663
4 6/11/1993 Jurassic Park Universal $63,000,000 $923,067,947 $398,533,974
5 5/19/2004 Shrek 2 DreamWorks SKG $70,000,000 $919,838,758 $389,919,379
6 5/25/1977 Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope 20th Century Fox $11,000,000 $797,900,000 $387,950,000
7 6/11/1982 ET: The Extra-Terrestrial Universal $10,500,000 $792,910,554 $385,955,277
8 12/18/2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers New Line $94,000,000 $926,284,377 $369,142,189
9 11/16/2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Warner Bros. $125,000,000 $976,457,891 $363,228,946
10 7/1/2009 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 20th Century Fox $90,000,000 $886,679,614 $353,339,807
11 5/19/1999 Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace 20th Century Fox $115,000,000 $924,288,297 $347,144,149
12 11/15/2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Warner Bros. $100,000,000 $878,987,880 $339,493,940
13 5/30/2003 Finding Nemo Buena Vista $94,000,000 $866,592,978 $339,296,489
14 7/3/1996 Independence Day 20th Century Fox $75,000,000 $817,400,878 $333,700,439
15 7/18/2008 The Dark Knight Warner Bros. $185,000,000 $1,022,345,358 $326,172,679
16 12/19/2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring New Line $109,000,000 $868,621,686 $325,310,843
17 7/11/2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Warner Bros. $150,000,000 $938,468,864 $319,234,432
18 5/23/1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Universal $75,000,000 $786,686,679 $318,343,340
19 6/15/1994 The Lion King Buena Vista $79,300,000 $783,839,505 $312,619,753
20 3/5/2010 Alice in Wonderland Walt Disney Co. $200,000,000 $1,021,762,182 $310,881,091

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