January 04, 2008

2007 Movies: Seen and Unseen

Saw a lot of movies in 2007. About 98 in total. Mostly indie films with some exceptions. Skipped a lot of the biggest grossers, and did go to a lot of surprisingly tiny (in terms of box office) shows. Many of the indie shows below were deserving of much larger audiences. If only . . .

Biggest Box-Office 2007 Films I Didn't See
Spider-Man 3 $336,530,303
Shrek the Third $322,719,944
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End $309,420,425
Wild Hogs $168,273,550
Alvin and the Chipmunks $157,516,476
Knocked Up $148,768,917
National Treasure: Book of Secrets $147,227,857
Rush Hour 3 $140,125,968
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer $131,921,738
Bee Movie $124,638,488
Superbad $121,463,226
I Now Pronounce You
Chuck and Larry		 $120,059,556
Hairspray $118,871,849
Blades of Glory $118,594,548
Ghost Rider $115,802,596
Enchanted $115,023,202
Evan Almighty $100,462,298
 

Smallest Box-Office 2007 Films I Did See
The Assassination of Jesse James
by the Coward Robert Ford		 $3,878,648
The Wind that Shakes the Barley $1,836,089
No End in Sight $1,337,004
In the Shadow of the Moon $1,134,358
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly $1,023,799
Sharkwater $850,920
Control $838,089
Into Great Silence $774,429
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters $677,914
The Italian $555,436
Starting out in the Evening $480,040
Killer of Sheep $404,508
Jindabyne $400,438
This is England $296,680
Deep Water $185,063
Youth Without Youth $146,307
The Jane Austen Book Club $148,549
Fay Grim $126,714
Redacted $65,388
Pierrepoint - The Last Hangman $23,192

Posted by brian at January 4, 2008 09:11 AM

Comments

"Knocked Up" is the only film on your missed-list worth seeing.

Posted by: Andy Baio at January 4, 2008 09:55 AM

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