I love to go to the movies and I am sure that lots of readers enjoy doing the same thing. I saw a list of the top ten grossing films in the US last year and something jumped out at me. The list I saw just had the name of the film and gross revenue and not the rating of the film. When I added the rating here is how the list looked:
Revenue | Movie | Rating | |
$532,831,967 | The Dark Knight | PG-13 | |
$318,298,180 | Iron Man | PG-13 | |
$317,011,114 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | PG-13 | |
$227,946,274 | Hancock | PG-13 | |
$223,806,889 | WALL•E | G | |
$215,395,021 | Kung Fu Panda | PG | |
$187,748,420 | Twilight | Pg-13 | |
$179,606,381 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | PG | |
$168,368,427 | Quantum of Solace | PG-13 | |
$154,529,187 | Horton Hears a Who! | G |
The reason I added the ratings is I thought that none of the top 10 movies were R rated and I was right. I actually brought my kids to Kung Fu Panda, WALL-E, Madagascar and Horton Hears a Who. So maybe the strategy is, the more family oriented the more gross revenue?
- Is it me or is violence, swearing and sex not selling these days?
- Or at least in the movies?
- How many of the top 10 grossing movies have you seen?
Maybe I knew that but never really thought about it.
- What do you think?
- Are you surprised by this trend?
I look forward to your comments.
Animals Sometimes Do The Funniest Things
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009As you have heard many times I get so many emails with blog suggestions, videos and funny stories. Well this one is no different (thanks M.C., for sharing).
I love animals, and sometimes they do the funniest things. Get ready to view six pictures that I hope will get a chuckle out of you:
For me the funniest ones are the raccoons looking out from the sewer and the horse doing the split. Very funny!
I look forward to reading your comments.
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