Domestic Market Winners - 10 Best American Movies of All Time

Thanks to the contributions of best 2012 movies, 2012 is remembered as a happy year for audiences and a miracle year for American movie market. Even though there are some box office bombs in 2012, it is outnumbered by those excellent 2012 movies. Moreover, those domestic market winners are even influential enough to be listed as best American movies of all time. Generally speaking, only domestic market winners with good reputations are owns the qualification to be best American movies.  Here ten best American movies of all time will be covered in the post.

Though it is a common thing to release a movie in the world arena, it is not in the past. Therefore, it will be not fair to choose those best American movies in history according to their worldwide box office gains. To this extent, the best American movies listed here are ranked in accordance with their domestic box office performance. As a consequence, some listed domestic market winners may be totally out of people's expectations.

10. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Making sea adventure and treasure hunting an integrated part, Pirates of the Caribbean movies had turned pirate movie a mainstream genre. Dead Man's Chest is not the most profitable Pirates of the Caribbean movie, but it is definitely the most favored pirate movie of all time. The story about Captain Jack's way to hunt the heart of Davy Jones had been a big domestic market winner with over 423 million dollars in America.  As a consequence, Dead Man's Chest definitely matches with the name of best American movie of all time.

9.  E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial

Before this best American movie, aliens are usually described as invaders, evil creatures and powerful killers. However, Steven Spielberg told the world alien creature can be friendly while human can be scaring and greedy. E.T. is that kind of movie that can strike the chord with audiences who are friendly and innocent. On witnessing the reincarnation of E.T., thrill has filled the hearts of every audience. Of course, this American movie turns out to be a big market winner in the US with over 435 million dollars.

8. Shrek 2

Toy Story 3 is the most profitable animated movies in the world arena. However, in terms of American market alone, Toy Story 3 hands the throne to Shrek 2. As the best American animated movie in domestic market, Shrek 2 has robbed over 441 million dollars so far. The domestic market winner mainly deals with the story of Shrek's awful journey to win the favor of Fiona's father. Even though Shrek is a weirdo, audiences still can't help being attracted by the frank and kind monster.

7. The Dark Knight Rises

Before it was released, it was viewed as the most anticipated 2012 movie; after it is available, it is named as best 2012 movie. The Dark Knight Rises have given both Blues Will and Batman movies a perfect ending. No one has ever doubted The Dark Knight Rises won't be a domestic winner and everyone just wanted to know how successful the movie can be. 448 million dollars in three months, that's the answer this best American movie of all time gives to the world. Different from most superhero movies, The Dark Knight Rises is not trying to boosting the power of Batman but the agony, struggle and sacrifice of Batman.

6. Star Wars

As a domestic market winner, Star Wars not only shows the world what fictional movie shall be like, but also brings the world Star Wars trilogy and Star War: Episode trilogy. Moreover, in the foreseeable future, another three Star Wars movies will be available in the market. Even till now, Jedi, lighting sword and Yuda that first appeared in this best American movie of all time are fashionable elements in most fields.  For a 1977 movie, the domestic box office of 460 million dollars is even better than most blockbusters at present.

5. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Of the three movies centering on the falling of Anakin Skyworth, The Phantom Menace is the only one that makes Anakin adorable. As a kid, Anakin is a talented inventor; as a slave, Anakin worships Jedi and hates the darkness of the world. The Phantom Menace is the first battle between Jedi and Sith, burying the seeds for the miserable fates of the Jedi. This domestic market winner has gained over 474 million dollars in United States and successfully joins in the team of best American movies of all time.   

4. The Dark Knight

Here comes the best Batman movie of all time. As a domestic market winner, The Dark Knight had been the top ranker in box office for three successive weeks and grabbed over 534 million dollars so far. This best American movie of all time has provided audiences one of the most scaring and talented Batman enemy, Joker. As a mind reader, Joker knows the dark side of every people and is good at digging it out. Joker turns the heroic white knight of the city into a villain of his own level and makes turns people to be a killing machine. However, instead of hating Joker, audiences tend to be crazy about the evil boss. Anyway, till now, Joker is the evilest boss ever shown in superhero movies.  

3. The Avengers

As the movie with best opening weekend performance, The Avengers turns out to be the best domestic market winner in2012. With the gathering of 623 million dollars, The Avengers turns out to be one of the best American movies ever made in history. The success of The Avengers has proved that five superheroes are always better than one. In a movie gathering Thor, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Hulk, Iron Man and Captain America, it is hard to design reasonable and eye-attracting plot. However, The Avengers has done it which makes the American blockbuster worth respecting.     

2. Titanic

If one has provided an award for best love movies of all time, the world knows the winner will be Titanic. Set off in 1998, the ship has gained over 658 million dollars in domestic move market. The moving love story between Jack and Ross has left an indelible impression in everyone's heart. When Kate married another guy in recent days, fans even feel pity that Dicaprio is not the groom. However, for most audiences, the most moving scene in the movie is not when Jack and Ross departs but when two old couples hold hands in the bed waiting peacefully for the coming of death.  

1. Avatar

No one will be surprised that the throne for best American movie of all time will be sent to Avatar. As the best 3D movie in the world, Avatar has led the world to the era of 3D movie; as the best American movie of all time, Avatar has brought innovative revolution to the movie field. Even the domestic box office of 760 million dollars is just the tip of the iceberg when compared with the great influences Avatar has posed on today's market. In this domestic market winner, audiences can not only enjoy the scene where human and nature live harmoniously but also learn the importance of environmental protection.  

The Avengers vs The Hunger Games - A General Review in 4 Aspects

As the most successful 2012 summer movies, both The Avengers and The Hunger Games brought audiences one surprise after another. As a consequence, the debate over the topic of The Avengers vs The Hunger Games had never ceased. Superhero movie fans argued that The Avengers did much better in box office performance than The Hunger Games while novel lovers fought back by listing the fact that the DVD sale of The Hunger Games went beyond the reach of The Avengers. The debate over the winner of The Avengers vs The Hunger Games is one without ends.

Only when one has watched them all, can they make their own judgments. Since I hadn't watched them in the cinema, I have to wait for the DVD versions. Finally, both the DVD version of The Avengers and The Hunger Games are available now. I have watched the DVD versions of them both in recent days (Since I want to watch the DVDs with iPad 2, I choose to convert the DVDs for iPad 2). Therefore, I want to give a general review on both movies and express my opinions on the winner of The Avengers vs The Hunger Games. Therefore, this post will review those two movies in five aspects.

1. The Avengers vs The Hunger Games: Plot

If I would like to conclude the plot of The Avengers like this: Loki has attacked an army base to rob a magic box for invasion and then Nick Fury collected five superheroes to fight against the invasion. The plot follows typical Hollywood blockbuster mode. I knew it before I had watched it. However, I was expecting the cooperation and fighting scenes of those superheroes. However, I didn't get much in the movie. The movie just focused on too much on those trivial like the arguing of superheroes.

Before watching The Hunger Games, I thought it would be a bloody and violent movie. Of course, it wasn't but that surprised me a lot. The Hunger Games is about how a girl named Katniss suffered in a killing match. Who will want to see a movie about fighting match but without too many fighting scene. Before I have seen The Hunger Games, I didn't believe anyone would do that. However, I must say The Hunger Games really attracted me with its plot. Fasten me to the belt from the first minute to the last. Therefore, the plots of those two movies are all surprising, one in a disappointing way and the other in a joying way.

2. The Avengers vs The Hunger Games: Background Music

To be honest, the background music of The Avengers didn't impress me too much. I don't know why. Maybe I wasn't focused enough or maybe the plot was more attractive. I have impressed by the music of famous movies like Avatar and Titanic but not by The Avengers. Contrary to that, The Hunger Games did much better in this field.

I was impressed by at least three parts of background music of the movie. The exciting music when Katniss first appeared before audiences, the amusing music of interviewing program and the sad songs in the ending of the movie. To be honest, I love the ending song most because it can easily stir the sad emotion in your heart. At least with the background music of The Hunger Games, I feel like I can feel what those characters feel.

3. The Avengers vs The Hunger Games: Expectation

I know sequels of The Avengers and The Hunger Games are being directed. If I have a ticket to see one of them, I will love to see The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. The movie just arouses your curiosity towards plots of the sequels. When I have finished watching The Hunger Games, I even have a desire to read the original novels and tried to search as much information about its sequels as possible. I know what will happen in Catching Fire and Mockingiay, but I still want to see the movies. Though I know nothing about the sequel of The Avengers, I do know it will be a story of how superheroes manage to rescue the Earth after going through difficulties.

4. The Avengers vs The Hunger Games: Heroes

Before watching The Hunger Games, I knew little about it. However, after viewing it, I could tell something about the main characters. What about the characters in The Avengers? I still had no idea on how to introduce Black Widow and Hawkeye even though I had seen them in Iron Man 2 and Thor respectively. For those who hadn't seen those movies to know about heroes in The Avengers, they might even have difficulty telling something about Iron Man and Thor. Moreover, the Hulk I saw in the movie seemed to be quite different from what I had known in The Incredible Hulk in personality.

Top 3 Will Smith Movies with Best Beginning Performance

Like Jim Carry, Will Smith is always a reason for audiences to buy the movie tickets. Consequently, Will Smith movies can always perform well in box office recipients. Recently, another Will Smith movie has impressed everyone beating the almighty The Avengers to be the first ranker in the list. Yes, I am talking about Men in Black III.

Besides the charm of Will Smith, the release date of Men in Black III has also helped it to beat The Avengers. If it is released earlier, the 55 million dollars is not enough to beat The Avengers. However, this success also enhances the charm of Men in Black III which is promising to raise its box office recipients to over 1 billion dollars.

Though the performance of Men in Black is amazing, it is not the best beginning Will Smith movie gets. Actually the achievement of Men in Black III in the first week only ranks third place of Will Smith movies. Hence, this post will show you top three Will Smith movies with best beginning performance.

1. I Am Legend

If you have any doubts about the charm of Will Smith or you think people have overestimated the importance of Will Smith to Will Smith movie, I Am Legend will tell you the truth. In the movie, almost all the scenes are completed by Will Smith alone. However, this monologue gained 77.21 million dollars in the first week after its release. With this performance, I Am Legend ranked first in Will Smith movies in terms of beginning performance.

In I Am Legend, as the zombies apocalypse invades in the world, most human lose their humanity and become zombies. The only survivor in the world named Robert Neville struggles valiantly to find a cure. The plague starts from variation of virus which is supposed to be used for curing disasters. Neville is the last hope of human beings but he has little time left.

2. Hancock

Superhero movies are always favored by audience. Batman movie, Spider-Man movie and The Avengers have all proved this. As a superhero movie, Hancock was also quite successfully. The 62.60 million dollars performance has helped Hancock to gain the second place in terms of the beginning performance of Will Smith movies.

In the movie, Hancock is a jerk with supernatural power. He always does stupid things with good willing. He prefers to damage a train to save a man rather than take him to the sky. However, all those things have changed after Hancock meets Ray. Ray helps Hancock to become a superhero and to make the world better. However, there are many dangers waiting for him.

3. Men in Black III

Though Man in Black III is not the Will Smith movie with best start, it owns the chance to become the Will Smith movie with the highest box office. Due to the great success of its predecessors, Men in Black III has attracted more and more attention since its release. Now in this Will Smith movie, you can not only see Agent J and Agent K, but also David Beckham and Lady Gaga.

In the movie, Agent J needs to travel to the past to save Agent K from being killed by aliens. So say goodbye to Tommy Lee Jones and welcome a new Agent K. Just as its predecessors, Men in Black III will astonish audience with hi-tech products in the movie. However, if you have watched Star Wars: Episode III, you will feel the wheel-shape car in Men in Black III is exactly what Obi-Wan uses to chase the general.

So those are top three Will Smith movies with best beginning performance. If you want to watch I Am Legend and Hancock with iPhone 4S, you can convert the DVDs to mp4 videos with DVD Ripper. For Men in Black III, you can download relative YouTube clips.

4 Most Anticipated Summer Movies in 2012

Along with the coming of summer vacation goes the prosperity of film market. Therefore, many producers tend to release their movies in summer. Usually summer movies can help box office recipients reach to the peak of the year. Summer movies can usually draw people's attention because many of them are blockbusters.

Last year, Kung Fu Panda 2 cooperated with Transformers: Dark of the Moon to rule the summer movie market. Consequently, the box office recipients of 2011 summer movies created a new record. Even with the participating of The Avengers and Men in Black III, the box office performance of summer movies in May this year can't compete with that of 2011.

However, the 2012 summer movie market still gets its chance to make a new box office record in the next two months. Except The Avengers and Men in Black III, many most expected 2012 movies will be released in June or July. Therefore, this post will take you to have a view at 4 most anticipated summer movies in 2012.

1. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

Animated movies like Despicable Me and Megamind are always favored by audience both for their 3D effects and for the humorous and relaxing feelings they can provide. The predecessors of Madagascar 3 both performed well in box office recipients which laid a good foundation for this movie. This summer movie will be released on June 8.

After travelling to Madagascar and Africa in the first two movies, Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman will take audience to Europe in Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. In the European, the four friends present an amazing journey. Of course, audience also misses the penguin and Julien, without whom the movie will be quite boring.

2. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

As the greatest president ever, Abraham Lincoln does not only need to fight against slavery, but also those vampires in the movie. The movie is made based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith which is written as a biography of Abraham Lincoln. This summer movie will be released on June 22th.

Besides the secret life of the 16th president, people are also attracted by the cast consists of Benjamin Walker, Rufus Sewell and Dominic Cooper. The movie makes Lincoln a vampire hunter because he was a big Gothic horror fan who could also recite The Raven from memory in history.

3. The Amazing Spider-Man

As Tobey Maguire refuses to save the world as Spider-Man, audience will welcome a new Spider-Man acted by Andrew Garfield, also known as Eduardo Saverin in The Social Network. In The Amazing Spider-Man, Tony Parker will try to figure out the truth behind his parents' death. As he goes deeper, a huge conspiracy shows up. This summer movie will be released on July 3rd.

So basically, people are focusing more attention on the new Spider-Man who is now standing in the shadow of Tobey Maguire. After years' departure, the latest Spider-Man movie will present you new actors and new plot. Will the Spider-Man as amazing as the film name? We hope so.

4. The Dark Knight Rises

As the last member of Batman series, The Dark Knight Rises will end the long-year evolution of Batman movies. Due to the great success of The Dark Knight in 2008, people are expecting the ending of the dark knight. In the movie, Batman will accept the job as a wanted vigilante. Therefore, he needs to face two powerful foes, Bane and Catwoman. This summer movie will be released on July 20.

Since Catwoman has been the biggest enemy of Batman in the comics for years, people are expecting the fighting between Batman and Catwomen in the movie. Also if The Dark Knight Rises can be the most successful one of Batman series, it can surpass The Avengers and even Avatar in box office performance.

Those are four most expected summer movies in 2012. Nowadays, only trails are available on YouTube. If you want to know more about them, you can download those trails from YouTube with Moyea Free Flv Downloader.

The Evolution Of Batman Movie

Last weekend, The Avengers won the world's respects with 200 million dollars in box office.It has become the number one hot spot at present and even threats the dominance of Avatar, the most profitable movie in history.

With the league consists of Hulk, Iron Man, Black Widow, Thor and Captain America, even Harry Potter can't stop its success. A hot topic today is which movie can compete with The Avengers this year. Among all the candidates, The Dark Knight Rises is a promising one.

Batman movie has gone through major ups and downs in the past twenty years. Several years ago, when Batman movie was regarded as a poison to the box office performance, no one would expect it could be so popular at present. This post will take you to have a view at the evolution of Batman movie.

1. Batman

As the first member of Batman series, this movie was released in 1989 and ranked first in terms of box office performance at that time. With the direction of Tim Burton, this film was cold and creepy in atmosphere. This movie mainly tells you the battle between Batman and Joker. This movie makes a good start for the whole Batman series.

2. Batman Returns

As the director, Tim Burton told the world the return of Batman in 1992. In the movie Batman needs to fight against penguin man who is lonely and cruel in nature. Catwoman will also give her performance here. This movie ranked third in box office at that time. Though it was still popular, it was less influential. Since this movie, Batman movie had gone through a tough time for long.

3. Batman and Robin

With the cast consists of Schwarzenegger, Uma Thurman and George Clooney, this movie aims to gain those lost places for Batman movie. However, it was proved to be a disaster. This movie had pushed Batman movie to the lowest place. Due to the heavy loss of this movie, no director dared to direct Batman movie for 8 years.

4. Batman Begins

In 2005, Nolan saved the fame of Batman movie with Batman Begins. He was bold enough to ignore all the successful factors made by Tim Burton to make the movie with his own style. This movie is extraordinary different in style comparing to its predecessors.

This movie is old in plot. It tells a story of how Batman becomes a superhero by learning from a man named Ducard and how he begins his way to wipe out evils. However, Nolan successfully gave new birth to the old story. This movie ranked third in box office at that time.

5. The Dark Knight

Released in 2008, this movie witnessed the great achievements Batman movie could get. It has not only created one legend after another in box office and also brought many fans to Batman movie. Without The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises couldn't be viewed as one of the most anticipated movie in 2012. Of course, The Dark Knight helped Batman movie regain first place in box office that year.

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hose are the evolutions of Batman movie. After suffering so much, we believe Nolan will present us a good movie that can match with The Dark Knight. So if you want to watch Batman movie with The new iPad, you may as well convert those DVDs to mp4 files for The new iPad with DVD Ripper.

3 Factors That Help The Avengers To Beat Harry Potter

One of the biggest events in the film industry at present is the great success of The Avengers. Since its debut in May 5th, it has received over 200 million dollars in box office and has created a new record, making its former keeper Harry Potter's 168 million dollars a gone history.

Two million dollars in box office are the final achievements of some films like Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, which is named another version of Harry Potter. However, The Avengers has managed it in two days and hence becomes the biggest menace to Avatar, the film with the highest box office recipients.

Every movie of Harry Potter series is a guarantee to the box office performance and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 as the last movie in this series has received unprecedented attention. How come The Avengers can beat it so easily? Here the post will show you factors that help The Avengers to beat Harry Potter.

1. The plot

As a superhero movie, the plot of The Avengers is known to all: bad guys appear and superheroes manage to beat them. To this extent, Harry Potter should have beaten The Avengers easily in terms of the plot because you cannot trace the plot of a new Harry Potter movie that easily.

However, Rotten Tomatoes has given them almost the same fresh rate which means that The Avengers is also excellent in plot. More importantly, Harry Potter movies are directed based on the novel so you can get to know the plot before the movie. To me, I had already known the fate of Harry before I watched that movie. This makes Harry Potter less attractive than The Avengers in plot.

2. The influence

One must admit that the influence of Harry Potter is beyond comparison among youth. However, the failure of Harry Potter has proved to us that a magician is not powerful enough to beat five superheroes.

Superhero movie is always popular in America. Movies like Spiderman, Superman and Iron Man can always guarantee box office performance. Harry can beat any single of them, but once they have united, Harry has to accept his failure. More importantly, those heroes can not only attract youth but also those middle-age people who were fond of those superheroes in their childhood.

3. The arrangement

In terms of arrangement, Harry Potter has successfully kept audience in suspense by dividing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows into two parts. It worked and lead to the great success of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. However, The Avengers has done better in this field.

So let's have general view at those superheroes in the movie: Iron Man, Black Widow, Thor, Captain America, Hulk and Hawkeye. If you have no idea about any of them, you can know them via four movies. Among those heroes, movies on Thor and Captain America were made in 2011.

This can be viewed as steps to pave the way for The Avengers. More importantly, you can trace the association between The Avengers and those two movies. Captain America wakes up in the end because he needs to cooperate with other heroes in The Avengers. Loki as an evil image in Thor successfully joins in the evil side of The Avengers. We are all looking forward to the cooperation between those superheroes.

Due to those three factors, The Avengers has successfully broken the record made by Harry Potter. If you want to make a good comparison between those two movies, you may watch The Avengers in the cinema and convert the DVD of Harry Potter to mp4 files for The new iPad with DVD Ripper.