22. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) – Total Gross $1,021,103,568
Who would have thought that this 2012 ditty of a movie would rake in over 1 billion dollars? Who would’ve thought that Martin Freeman in a leading role could sucker people into paying a billion dollars to see him? (Elijah Wood MAYBE, but Martin Freeman? Really? He’s cute, but come on…) But he totally did. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has a rating of 8/10 on IMDb and an international total gross of a billion, plus an added 21 million, or what the French would call “dust” (“des poussières”) in comparison.
21. Alice in Wonderland (2010) – Total Gross $1,025, 467,110
Interestingly, this film peaked at the #5 highest-grossing movie of all time. Of course, once we get to the top five, you’ll see who blocked it out: the top two are such gas-giants that no one could possibly eclipse them. It also came out in 2010, which, as we’ve already covered, was the first of five amazingly expensive years for movies. This film, directed by Tim Burton and starring his man-muse Johnny Depp also marks the first of a bunch of $1B dollar movies starring the handsome Kentuckian, one of the highest-grossing actors ever.
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