Labor Day is the official end to the summer movie season. With so many memorable movies sailing away with box office records – it was a full season. Total earnings equaled about $4.2 billion, according to Media by Numbers, which is a slight increase from summer 2007. The top 5 sizzling films are The Dark Knight, Iron Man, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Hancock, and Wall E.
What an interesting selection of movies! Both Knight and Iron Man busted box office numbers, which places them at the #1 and #2 spots on the ’top grossing films of 2008 so far’ list. Also, the highly anticipated Indiana Jones sequel scored big with summer theatergoers.
Taking a closer look at the top 10 summer movies, four were comic book based (2007’s top 10 summer movies only had three). Also, there were three comedies this year – 2007 had four. Two animated movies contributed to this year’s top 10 list in comparison to three animated pictures in 2007. And rounding out the eclectic mix this summer were three family friendly films (those rated PG or G).
So, who in Hollywood ended up with an extra umbrella in their drink? As far as studios go, Paramount came out on top. Paramount produced/distributed three, yes THREE, of the summer’s top 10: Iron Man, Kung Fu Panda and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
There were two actors who pulled double duty and entertained us by appearing in two films each.
Robert Downey Jr., Tony Stark himself, appeared in both Iron Man and Tropic Thunder (because it’s been out for only three weeks it’s not technically a top grossing summer movie, still, it’s hard to argue that it wasn’t a summer hit). Morgan Freeman, however, really earned his keep by appearing in Dark Knight and Wanted (both of which are part of the top 10 grossing summer films)!
Some of the movies that got sunburned this summer – The Love Guru, Speed Racer, You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, The Happening, The X Files, and The Clone Wars. Ouch!
And now, after such an energizing summer of super fun movies and with the fall and holiday film season upon us, it’s time to get serious. It will be entertaining alone to see how the holiday flicks do up against Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne.
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