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I mean, just look at it! So glad we could change the posters for the 2024 Best Picture nominees.

Rank	Movie Title	Total Gross	IMDb Rating	Letterboxd Rating
1	Deadpool & Wolverine	$1,338,073,645	7.5	3.4
2	Dark Knight Rises, The	$1,085,429,532	8.4	3.8
3	Despicable Me 3	$1,034,800,131	6.3	2.7
4	Dark Knight, The	$1,008,480,203	9.1	4.5
5	Despicable Me 4	$972,021,410	6.2	2.7
6	Despicable Me 2	$970,766,005	7.3	3.3
7	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	$955,775,804	6.8	2.9
8	Da Vinci Code, The	$801,349,858	6.7	3.2
9	Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle	$793,591,686	8.4	4.0
10	Deadpool 2	$785,896,632	7.6	3.5

Average Gross of the Top 10: $974,618,491
Average IMDb Rating of the Top 10: 7.4/10
Average Letterboxd Rating of the Top 10: 3.4/5

Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) is the highest grossing R-Rated movie of all time, while Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle (2025) is the highest grossing anime movie of all time.

Marvel Studios has owned the box office for 10+ years. Some great, some terrible. How long before it is all MCU?

Rank	Movie Title	Total Gross	IMDb Rating	Letterboxd Rating
1	2012	$791,217,826	5.9	2.6
2	300	$456,082,343	7.6	3.4
3	1917	$446,064,352	8.2	4.1
4	300: Rise of an Empire	$337,580,051	6.2	2.5
5	22 Jump Street	$331,333,876	7.0	3.4
6	101 Dalmatians	$320,689,294	5.8	2.9
7	731	$274,090,081	3.3	2.5
8	10,000 BC	$269,784,201	5.2	2.1
9	8 Mile	$242,875,078	7.2	3.6
10	2 Fast 2 Furious	$236,353,236	6.0	3.2

Average Gross of the Top 10: $370,607,034
Average IMDb Rating of the Top 10: 6.2/10
Average Letterboxd Rating of the Top 10: 3.0/5

2012 and 10,000 BC were directed by Roland Emmerich, who has famously directed several disaster movies.

I doubt anyone expected Aquaman to make that much money. As much as I love Batman, I hope the DCU delivers more high quality non-Batman movies.

Rank	Movie Title	Total Gross	IMDb Rating	Letterboxd Rating
1	Wolf Warrior 2	$870,325,439	5.9	2.7
2	Wonder Woman	$823,970,682	7.3	3.2
3	Wicked	$765,103,982	7.3	3.8
4	Wandering Earth, The	$699,992,512	5.9	2.8
5	Wonka	$634,502,312	6.9	3.2
6	Water Gate Bridge	$626,571,697	5.6	2.9
7	Wandering Earth II, The	$615,023,132	6.7	3.2
8	War of the Worlds	$603,874,366	6.6	3.4
9	Wicked: For Good	$540,807,925	6.6	3.4
10	World War Z	$540,455,876	7.0	3.2

Average Gross of the Top 10: $672,062,792
Average IMDb Rating of the Top 10: 6.6/10
Average Letterboxd Rating of the Top 10: 3.2/5

Welcome to another episode of Alphabet Wars (Pending Title). Wicked (2024) is the highest grossing adaptation of a Broadway musical. World War Z (2013) was the highest movie lead by Brad Pitt until the release of F1: The Movie (2025).

These are the best CBM movies by average Letterboxd rating. I included all movies that are adaptations of comic books/graphic novels. Is this a good top 48? Which upcoming movies could join this list?

Note: Thanks for all the recommendations in the previous post. I added a couple of those to the list.

These are the best CBM movies by average Letterboxd rating. Is this a good top 16? Which upcoming movies could join this list?

Full Top Movies: https://boxd.it/VgKyY

Video game movies have been doing well lately. What is your favorite and why is it Sonic 3?

Rank	Movie Title	Total Gross	IMDb Rating	Letterboxd Rating
1	Up	$735,103,954	8.3	4.1
2	Uncharted	$407,141,258	6.3	2.7
3	Us	$256,071,218	6.8	3.6
4	Unbreakable	$248,118,121	7.3	3.7
5	Us and Them	$209,221,380	7.4	4.1
6	Ugly Truth, The	$205,599,393	6.4	2.7
7	Under the Light	$189,404,720	5.9	2.7
8	Unstoppable	$167,805,466	6.8	3.3
9	Up in the Air	$166,842,739	7.4	3.6
10	Unbroken	$161,459,297	7.2	3.6

Average Gross of the Top 10: $274,676,755
Average IMDb Rating of the Top 10: 7.0/10
Average Letterboxd Rating of the Top 10: 3.4/5

Up (2009) was nominated for Best Picture at the 2010 Academy Awards. It is one of the only animated movies that has been nominated in that category.

That top 12 is goated. Will we ever get another Best Picture Oscar nominee that is also a top grossing film?

Rank	Movie Title	Total Gross	IMDb Rating	Letterboxd Rating
1	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	$1,066,179,747	7.4	3.8
2	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	$1,046,721,266	6.6	3.0
3	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	$961,691,209	7.2	3.6
4	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales	$795,922,298	6.5	2.8
5	Project Hail Mary	$682,311,153	8.2	4.3
6	Pegasus 3	$656,459,523	6.6	3.1
7	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	$654,264,546	8.1	4.0
8	Passion of the Christ, The	$610,065,221	7.3	3.6
9	Puss in Boots	$554,987,477	6.6	3.3
10	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	$480,466,413	7.9	4.1

Average Gross of the Top 10: $750,906,885
Average IMDb Rating of the Top 10: 7.2/10
Average Letterboxd Rating of the Top 10: 3.6/5

The Pirates of the Caribbean makes up half of this list. The last one was released in 2017.

Before the death of originality in the 21st century (joking), Hollywood was giving us all-time classics in the form of sequels, prequels, book adaptations, Shakespeare adaptations, CBM movies, and fictional stories within real life events.

Rank	Movie Title	Total Gross	IMDb Rating	Letterboxd Rating
1	Kung Fu Panda 2	$665,692,281	7.3	3.8
2	Kung Fu Panda	$632,384,787	7.6	3.9
3	Kong: Skull Island	$568,652,812	6.7	3.1
4	King Kong (2005)	$556,907,510	7.2	3.4
5	Kung Fu Panda 4	$547,946,428	6.3	2.7
6	Kung Fu Panda 3	$521,170,825	7.1	3.3
7	Kingsman: The Secret Service	$414,351,546	7.7	3.8
8	King’s Speech, The	$414,245,125	8.0	3.8
9	Kingsman: The Golden Circle	$410,902,662	6.7	3.2
10	Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes	$397,378,150	6.8	3.3

Average Gross of the Top 10: $512,963,213
Average IMDb Rating of the Top 10: 7.1/10
Average Letterboxd Rating of the Top 10: 3.4/5

The King's Speech (2010) was the big winner of the 2011 Academy Awards, taking home 4 Oscars including Best Picture. It is also among the highest grossing Best Picture winners.

Back in 2009, before the CBM movie boom, James Cameron gave us the highest grossing original movie of all time and WB was releasing Harry Potter movies in an almost yearly basis.

Is this better or worse than the highest grossing movies of the 2020s?

7/16 are animated. Not bad.