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Cinema emerged from the human being's ion to tell stories, whether old, new, real or fictional. The first film in history, created by the brothers Louis and Auguste Lumiere and released in 1895, it had only 45 seconds, being projected on photographic rolls and shown in a cafe in Paris, gave the kick-off to what we know today as cinema. 44d6t
Today, cinema is home to fantastic works that bring great stories that enchant and move the public. The films fill movie theaters and bring together thousands of people around the world who meet to honor the art. Some of these works end up being so successful that they even break world records and raise billions of dollars, but do you know which are the films that made the most box office in the history of cinema? So, come with us in this top 10 to know the biggest box office in the world cinema!
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Rotten Tomatoes: 82% | Metacritic: 83 | IMDB: 7,8
With a box office of over US$ 2.923.000.000, first of all, the title of the greatest work in of profit in world cinema belongs to Avatar de James Cameron. Launched in 2009, Avatar it's a movie American science fiction distributed by 20thCenturyStudios. With 2 hours and 40 minutes of duration, the film was starred by Sam worthington, zoe saldana, Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver e Stephen lang.
The film's story takes place in the year 2154 on the fictional extraterrestrial moon Pandora, home of the Na'vi, three-meter tall humanoid beings with bluish skin that live in harmony with nature. The plot begins when the protagonist Jake Sully (Sam worthington) is selected to participate in the Avatar program that seeks to explore the moon to find valuable metals, but for this to be done, humans would use Avatars, hybrid beings identical to Na'vi that are controlled by the human mind through new technology.
With that, Jake would be able to lead the soldiers in search of exploring Pandora, however Jake meets and falls in love with Neytiri (Zoe saldana), one Na'vi that helps him settle into his new body and that can change his vision and lead Jake to fight for Pandora's survival.
Responsible for revolutionizing 3D cinema, Avatar conquered the top of the world box office and remained there for almost 10 years until, in 2019, with the launch of Marvel de Avengers: Endgame, Avatar was left behind and only in 2022, with its re-release in theaters, did it manage to regain its first position in the ranking.
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Rotten Tomatoes: 94% | Metacritic: 78 | IMDB: 8,4
Original title: Avengers: Endgame.
The second highest grossing in the history of cinema goes to Avengers: Endgame over US$ 2.798.000.000. Launched in 2019, Avengers: Endgame is an action science fiction film produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney. The film, which is a direct sequel to Avengers: Infinity War (Avengers: Infinity War, 2018) and which ends the participation of the Avengers in phase three of the Marvel was directed by the brothers Joe and Anthony Russo and is 3 hours and 1 minute long.
This work was responsible for bringing together great names in the cinematographic universe of Marvelas the Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don cheadle, Paul rudd, B, Karen Gillan, Call Out, Benedict Wong, Jon Favreau, Bradley Cooper, Gwyneth Paltrow e Josh Brolin, and reached the top of the biggest box office of the world cinema, staying there from its release until being sured by the return of Avatar to theaters in 2022.
Avengers: Endgame takes place after the events of Infinity war, after Thanos decimated half of the entire universe's life. Now, the universe tries to deal with all the losses as the Avengers try to find a way to defeat Thanos, undo his actions and thus restore order to the earth and the entire universe.
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Rotten Tomatoes: 76% | Metacritic: 67 | IMDB: 7.8
Original title: Avatar: The Way of Water
Avatar: The Way of Water sured the classic Titanic and conquered the third highest box office in world cinema with its release in December 2022, raising more than US$ 2.305.000.000 at the worldwide box office. Directed by James Cameron, the American science-fiction action movie distributed by 20th Century Studios is the direct sequel to Avatar (2009). At 3 hours and 12 minutes long, the feature brings back some familiar faces from the first film, such as Sam worthington, zoe saldana, Sigourney Weaver and new stars like Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Trinity Bliss, Bailey Bass, British Dalton and Jfriend Flatters.
Ten years after the Battle of Pandora, Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and his family can finally live in peace in their tribe. After finding out about a possible return of the sky people, they are forced to leave their village and explore new regions of Pandora to avoid a new war among their people. On this trip, they meet the people of the sea and end up making a deal with them. Meanwhile, Jake is pursued by an old enemy and may have brought a greater threat to his new home.
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Rotten Tomatoes: 87% | Metacritic: 75 | IMDB: 7,9
James Cameron appears once again at the biggest box office in the world and this time with its success of 1997, Titanic. With a box office of over US$ 2.249.000.000, Titanic ranks fourth on that list. The film of romance and drama, which was financed by Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox count one fictional story based on the real events of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio like Jack and Kate Winslet like Rose, the film is 3 hours and 41 minutes long and was a big hit in the 90s.
The film tells the story of young Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) who wins in a game a ticket for a trip on the Titanic, a luxury liner considered unsinkable. Also in it is Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet), a young woman who is unhappy with her life, as she was being forced to marry to continue her good family name and thus save her from bankruptcy.
One day, during the trip on the ocean liner, Rose desperately wanting to end her life, threatens to throw herself from the Titanic, but Jack finds the young woman in time and manages to change her mind. After saving his life, Jack is invited by Rose to dinner in first class, where he gains some closeness with Rose and the two end up falling in love, but what they weren't expecting is that the clash with a iceberg could bring about the end of everything, including the sinking of the unsinkable Titanic.
Titanic had its official launch in the United States in December 19, 1997, but only arrived in Brazilian cinemas on the day 16 January 1998. After 25 years of its release, the classic returned to theaters in 2022 and 2023 in a 3D and 4K remastered version. the movie was winner of 11 Oscars and without a doubt it was a milestone in the history of world cinema.
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Rotten Tomatoes: 93% | Metacritic: 80 | IMDB: 7,8
Original title: Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens.
In fifth place, with a box office of more than US$ 2.066.000.000, we have a movie from one of the most beloved franchises in the entire history of cinema, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens marked, in 2015, back of the saga Star Wars to the cinemas. considered a space opera epic adventure, fantasy and science fiction, the North American work was produced by LucasFilm, distributed by Walt Disney and directed by the director JJ Abrams. With 2:16, the film was starring Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, A, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall gleeson, and Max von Sydow, And Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker e Peter Mayhew who reprized their roles from previous films.
O Episode VII takes place decades after the fall of Darth Vader and his empire, with the emergence of a new threat: the First Order, which is waging a war against the Resistance. Before being captured, Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) — one of the main resistance pilots — manages to send through a robot, BB-8, the map of Luke Skywalker's location (Mark Hamill). In an escape attempt, BB-8 in the middle of a desert encounters Ray (Daisy Ridley), a young, lonely wreck picker who tries to help him. While Poe gets help from Finn (John Boyega), one stormtrooper who decides to switch sides in the war and ally himself with Poe, to escape the First Order together.
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Rotten Tomatoes: 85% | Metacritic: 68 | IMDB: 8,4
Original title: Avengers: Infinity War.
Sixth place goes to another work by Marvel: Avengers: Infinity War. Launched in 2018, Avengers: Infinity War It's a science fiction action movie produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney who earned more than US$ 2.048.000.000. The film that begins the walk towards the end of phase three of Marvell was run by the brothers Joe and Anthony Russo and has 2 hours and 29 minutes of duration.
The film, as well as its sequel, brings together the biggest names in the cinematic universe of Marvelas the Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle, Tom Holland, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldana, Josh Brolin e Chris Pratt.
The storyline of Infinity War finally begins the direct battle with the greatest enemy of the Avengers: the titan Thanos. Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, and all the other Avengers must deal with the disagreements created in Civil War and unite on a mission to recover all six infinity stones before the villain and thus stop the tyrant from ending up with half. of all life in the universe.
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Rotten Tomatoes: 93% | Metacritic: 71 | IMDB: 8,3
Original title: Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Seventh place went to Spider-Man: No Return Home who earned approx. US$ 1.901.000.000 around the world. Launched in 2021, Spider-Man: No Return Home was produced by Columbia Pictures e Marvel Studios, distributed by Sony Pictures and directed by Jon Watts. With 2 hours and 37 minutes of duration, the film starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Jamie Foxx, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, Benedict Wong, Tony Revolori, Marisa Tomei, Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire, brings great emotions and a lot of nostalgia to superhero fans.
Spider-Man: No Return Home is the direct sequence of Homem-Aranha: Longe de Casa (Spider-Man: Far from Home, 2019), where Peter Parker (Tom Holland) had his secret identity revealed to the world. Now, in his new film, Peter will have to deal with the consequences. With his life ruined as he is believed to be Mysterio's killer and with the safety of his family and friends at stake, Peter goes in search of Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) in an attempt to come up with a spell that would make everyone forget his secret identity as Spider-Man.
However, things don't go as planned, and with a mistake in the spell, villains from other universes begin to appear in Peter's reality. Now, Peter and his friends need to get these villains back to their original universes and, for this mission, he will also have a little help from other realities.
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Rotten Tomatoes: 71% | Metacritic: 59 | IMDB: 6,9
Original title: JurassicWorld.
Over US$ 1.672.000.000 at box office, Jurassic World: The World of Dinosaurs is eighth on that list. The action-adventure, science-fiction film released in the year 2015 was directed by Colin Trevorrow, but the production was in the hands of the award-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg. This is the fourth film in the saga of Jurassic Park produced by Universal Pictures. The movie is about 2 hours and 4 minutes long. and is starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Isabella Sermon, Campbell Scott, BD Wong, DeWanda Wise, Mamoudou Athie, Justice Smith, Daniella Pineda, Jake Johnson, Omar Sy, Dichen Lachman e Scott haze.
The history of Jurassic World: The World of Dinosaurs takes place on Nublar Island, where the dinosaur park is located. There, people can participate in various events with these animals and even take walks very close to them, considering that they are now domesticated beings. However, genetic experiments carried out on these animals in order to create species to promote the park and generate more money end up going wrong and giving these animals intelligence beyond what was expected. That's when things get out of control, putting the lives of everyone in the park at risk.
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Rotten Tomatoes: 52% | Metacritic: 55 | IMDB: 6,8
Original title: The Lion King.
In ninth place we have The Lion King with a box office of more than US$ 1.663.000.000. O live action, inspired by the classic eponymous Disney 1994, was a hit that reached viewers around the world, despite low critical ratings. At 1 hour and 27 minutes long, the film cgi musical was released in 2019, directed by Jon Favreau and distributed by Walt Disney. The production featured the voices of great stars, such as Donald Glover, Beyoncé, James Earl Jones, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Billy Eichner, Seth Rogen, John Oliver, John Kani e alfre woodard.
The Lion King brings the adventures lived in the African savannah by the little lion, Simba, who is heir to his father, Mufasa. The evil uncle, Oscar, plans to steal the throne from Mufasa and to do so lures father and son into a trap, where he ends up killing the king and expelling Simba from the kingdom. Years and Simba learns to live with his new friends, Timon and Pumbaa, until a change brings hope to return to his kingdom and reclaim his land, which was stolen by his uncle.
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Rotten Tomatoes: 91% | Metacritic: 69 | IMDB: 8,0
Original title: TheAvengers.
Closing our list, the Marvel reappears in this top 10, now with The Avengers. The first film of the saga is the tenth place of the biggest world box office with more than US$ 1.519.000.000 collected at the box office. The success of 2012 which brought together the most famous heroes of cinema for the first time, was produced by Marvel Studios, distributed by Walt Disney and directed by Joss Whedon. The film has a duration of 2 hours and 23 minutes and features the classic cast of the Avengers, who were played by Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson e Jeremy Renner, And Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgård e Samuel L. Jackson.
The plot around the first Avengers movie begins with the villain Loki (Tom Hiddleston) breaking into the SHIELD facility and stealing the cosmic cube to gain access to unlimited power. This causes the organization's director, Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), gather all the superheroes in the Avengers initiative, an attempt to form a team to save the earth. However, they will need to deal with disagreements, in addition to putting their ego aside to act as a team to defend humanity.
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