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    What was the first film to gross one billion dollars?

    Question #74183. Asked by jarmoe. (Jan 05 07 6:09 AM)


    skysmom65

    		No film has ever reach one billion but below are the top 6 in millions...click link to see the full list of the top 1,000!

    #1
    Titanic
    $600.788
    Release Date:
    December 19th, 1997

    # 2
    Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
    $460.998
    Release Date:
    May 25th, 1977

    # 3
    Shrek 2
    $436.471
    Release Date:
    May 19th, 2004

    # 4
    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
    $433.005
    Release Date:
    June 11th, 1982

    # 5
    Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
    $431.088
    Release Date:
    May 19th, 1999

    # 6
    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
    $423.416
    Release Date:
    July 7th, 2006

    http://www.movieweb.com/movies/boxoffice/alltime.php

    Jan 05 07, 7:01 AM
    zbeckabee

    		September 9, 2006 -- There are THREE films to reach the billion dollar mark:

    "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, the swashbuckling summer blockbuster from Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films, added a new milestone on Friday, September 8, 2006 when it officially crossed the $1 billion mark ($1,002.6 billion) at the global box office, and became only the third film in history (behind Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King) to achieve this extraordinary feat, it was announced today, Saturday, September 09, 2006, by Dick Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios."


    http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=16422


    Jan 05 07, 10:50 AM
    helenasykes

    		Thanks zbeck, i was about to correct skysmom65! Come on, Pirates stars Johnny Depp! of course its going to get more than 1 billion dollars! lol

    Jan 05 07, 1:58 PM

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