Movies are one of the most essential tools of entertainment and medium of communication that is made use of these days. The field of movies has made a drastic impact not only on the society and people but also on economy, politics and the world of arts as well.
The technology application in movies has grown equally and more significantly than what it was in the last few years. This phenomenon has forced the field of movies to become a representative of information dissemination rather than just a tool for entertainment.
1. Film Industry By The Numbers
Despite the dwindling economy in America, Hollywood remains strong and posts impressive figures every year. Domestic box office revenues in 2009 were $10.6 billion and the average admission for a family of four to the movies is $28.72 and top earners in Hollywood for 2009 were $125 million.
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2. Movies That Owned Social Media
Summer of 2013 shattered all box office records with domestic earnings coming in at a whopping $4.76 which is an increase of 8% from the previous figures. The biggest social splashes in facebook, twitter and Google+ were in the category of non-sequels and prequels.
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3. Top 7 Movies Of Katrina kaif
Katrina Kaif is a British born actress who launched her career in Bollywood in the year 2003. Since then she has had 7 major box office hits with movies such as Ek Tha Tiger, Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Raajneeti, Partner, Singh is Kinng and Welcome.
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4. Top 7 Movies Of Deepika Padukone
Deepika Padukone was born in the year 1986 and launched into Bollywood films in the year 2006. The top 7 films that she has acted in during her acting career are Chennai express, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Race 2, Cocktail, Desi Boyz, housefull and Om Shanti Om.
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5. Classic Horror Movies
An ode to the horror cult classics can be understood with some of the most widely acclaimed horror films in the cinematic history. The horror movies are categorized into four categories namely classic, slasher, zombie and New Classic.
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6. History Of Summer Blockbusters
There have been some of the biggest summer blockbusters from the very first summer blockbuster jaws in 1975 till the most recent Transformers: Revenge of the fallen in 2009. The statistics point at Steven Spielberg being the most successful director with 6 blockbuster films to his credit.
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7. How To Make Groovy Movies
Making movies starts with some amount of planning which involves various steps such as know your competition, thinking about the target audience for the film, understanding the key messages that one wishes to convey, decide on the format for the film, keeping a checklist, using storyboard to get visual and many other preproduction steps.
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8. Top 7 Movies Of Aishwarya Rai
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, born in the year 1973 launched into the Bollywood film industry in the year 1991. Some of the top 7 movies that did wonderfully at the box office are Bride and Prejudice, Dhoom 2, Jodhaa Akbar, Devdas, Guru, Mohabbatein and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam.
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9. Gender Inequality In Films
There is a large amount of gender bias that exists in the Hollywood film industry. Statistics reveal that 30.8% of speaking characters are women, 28.8% women wore sexually revealing clothes, 26.2% of women actors get partially naked and only 10.7% of movies featured a balanced cast of female characters.
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10. A Year In Movies – 2010
This year was the first time in history that two films grossed more than $1billion at the box office in the same year. Some of the movies that were a hit at the box office are Toy Story 3, Alice in Wonderland, Inception, Shrek Forever After, The Twilight Saga, Iron Man 2, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Despicable Me, How to train your Dragon and Clash of the Titans.
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11. Movies Based On Video Games
Some of the video games based movies had the highest gross ever. The total number of films based on video games with a colon in the title was 51. More than twenty five percent of the video games have been made in Japan. Some of the lead characters in video game movies in terms of sex are male 60% and female 40%.
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12. Top 10 Film Locations
From the urban corners in Los Angeles to the great open plains of Australia some of the most popular places where American classics were shot are Los Angeles, New York City, New Jersey, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, New Mexico and Australia.
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13. American Movies Vs. Tech Industry
Hollywood and Silicon Valley have long been an influence on each other. Sci fi Films such as star wars and back to the future have been an inspiration to the scientists who are now developing warp drives and self tying shoelaces. In terms of money the American movie industry made a total of $10 billion in the year 2009 whereas the tech industry made a total of $227 billion in the same year.
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14. Highest Grossing Movie Franchises
There are many movies in the category of action and adventure that were most successful in movie franchises. Some of the movies are James Bond, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Batman, Pirates of the Caribbean, Spider Man, Indiana Jones, Twilight and Jaws just to name a few.
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15. History Of Horror Movies
There are a total of 25 horror movies that grossed by the number to the highest starting from 1970 till 2010. In many of these movies there were maximum universal sequels in the 1940s followed by hammer sequels in the 1960s and 1970s. After this period was the era of Dracula sequels until the 2000s.
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16. James bond: 50 Years In Movies
The entire period of 50 years of the James bond movies have made the biggest blockbusters with top grossing in the range of $293 million to $1 billion. Even the bond accessories and the weapons of choice made use of in the bond series of movies are the highest ever and a rage both on-screen and off-screen as well.
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17. The Evolution Of The Cinema Screen
The evolution of cinema screen from 1895 to 2010 has been driven by the concept of bigger is better where audiences have enjoyed the experience of watching movies on a bigger screen. The initial screen size in the year 1895 was 20 width x 12 height as compared to 240 width x 60 height in 2009.
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18. Popcorn Movies
The average popcorn bag used to hold about 5-6 cups earlier but now it has the capacity to hold about 20 cups. The reason for this being that many American prefer more quantity of popcorn in theaters averaging to about 1.7 billion quarts of popcorn every year. Even the reason for theaters not allowing outside food is that they make more money in food stuff than in tickets.
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19. Most Rented Movies In 2011
Some of the most rented movies in the year 2011 have been categorized as Action movies, Comedy movies, Drama, Horror and Family ones. There are top 5 movies that have been rented the most at red box.
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20. Top 10 Most Pirated Movies Of All Times
Some of the top 10 movies that most pirated downloads world over are Avatar, The Dark Knight, Transformers, Inception, Hangover, Star Trek, kick ass, The de-part, the Incredible hulk and the pirates of the Caribbean.
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