18. Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) – Total Gross $1,045,713,802
Here lies Johnny Depp’s second contribution to the list of billion dollar movies: the latest iteration of the Pirates of the Caribbean series. Even though there have been rumblings about the franchise being uninspired since Dead Man’s Chest, people still went to see Stranger Tides in droves (in tidal waves?) and brought in over a billion dollars for Disney. Then again, Disney has one of the most effective advertisement models ever created, with its abundant tourist and travel services serving as marketing for its movies and vice-versa. (In short: there’s a a PoTC ride at Disneyland.)
17. Toy Story 3 (2010) – Total Gross $ 1,063,171,911
Speaking of Disney, the #17 entry on this list is a Disney Pixar production: Toy Story 3, the movie that made the entire world cry. Oftentimes, threequels aren’t that good. The franchise loses its original charm, or worse tries to recreate the really cutting-edge scenes from the first movie (like in Pitch Perfect 2 when they have another riff-off.) But Toy Story 3 didn’t fall into that: it has a 99% rating on RottenTomatoes. Sure some movies have, but the vast majority of movies don’t perform that well on the rating website. Based on reviews, it seems it was worth the money.
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