Hollywood had its biggest year ever with $10.6 billion I said billion! in the till for 2009. And we werent just paying more for the price of a ticket. Admissions were up by four percent. But if we are defined as a culture by the movies that win the popular vote, you may be pulled up short by this list of the Top 10 winners of 2009. Take a look, then well talk:
1Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $402 million
2Avatar $352 million (and growing)
3Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince $302 million
4Up $293 million
5The Twilight Saga: New Moon $288 million
6The Hangover$277 million
7Star Trek$258 million
8The Blind Side$209 million
9Monsters Vs. Aliens $198 million
10Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs $197 million
OK, dont be too depressed. *Avatar*, which just opened on Dec. 18th, will easily overtake the dreaded *Transformers 2* to lead the box-office parade. Better to have that at the head of the class than a Michael Bay hack job. I have nothing bad to say about *Avatar, Harry Potter, Up, The Hangover* and *Star Trek*. So 5 of the Top 10 represent solid pop achievements. As for the other five, in my dream universe small personal films such as *Precious, The Hurt Locker, Up in the Air, An Education* and *A Serious Man* would replace the pap.
My question today concerns what the Top 10 Money Films of 2009 say about us and whats in our hearts. The way I see it, only James Camerons 3D *Avatar* and Pixars animated masterwork *Up* can rightly claim to have raised entertainment to the level of art.
Do you disagree? Tell me which one of these Top 10 grossers youd put in your personal time capsule and which one youd like to see burn like the Nazi high command at the end of Quentin Tarantinos *Inglourious Basterds*?
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