top grossing films of 2011

You might find this interesting ... the top grossing films of 2011!

Highest-grossing films of 2011^[2]

Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide	US and Canada	UK	Australia
1	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	Warner Bros.	$1,328,111,219	$381,011,219	$117,228,296	$51,328,689
2	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Paramount	$1,123,746,996	$352,390,543	$45,470,012	$38,820,321
3	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	Disney	$1,043,871,802	$241,071,802	$54,187,325	$29,006,640
4	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1	Summit Entertainment	$702,287,133	$281,287,133	$47,806,144	$29,109,682
5	Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol	Paramount	$679,289,903	$207,789,903	$28,291,301	$18,954,599
6	Kung Fu Panda 2	DreamWorks	$665,692,281	$165,249,063	$26,906,998	$20,219,645
7	Fast Five	Universal	$626,137,675	$209,837,675	$30,243,825	$26,794,607
8	The Hangover Part II	Warner Bros.	$581,464,305	$254,464,305	$53,496,869	$35,371,018
9	The Smurfs	Columbia/SPA	$563,749,323	$142,614,158	$27,805,533	$20,564,629
10	Cars 2	Disney/Pixar	$559,852,396	$191,452,396	$24,894,721	$20,811,602

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Of these ten films, which involved crime or violence?

At least eight (I DEFINITELY did not see Cars 2 or The Smurfs).

So, as shown in the book, the media are fascinated with crime and violence, and they use it to rake in a ton of money.

Yes, the fault is also ours, since we like it so much. The good news? We get more of what we seem to like, IN THE REAL WORLD!

If it's good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me!

Top 50 grossing films of the 2000s

From Wikipedia:

How many of these involve crime, violence, death, graphic violence, and graphic death?

Virtually everyone of them. I was counting them up, and nearly every film features crime and violence. Even relatively tame films like Kung Fu Panda and show a large amount of violence.

Some are obviously highly violent, featuring visuals of murder and mass death & destruction.

By "grossing," of course, I meant money.

But maybe grossing also means something else!

List of worldwide highest-grossing films

Rank	Title	Studios	Worldwide gross	Year	Ref.
1	Avatar	20th Century Fox	$2,713,395,000	2009	[# 1]
2	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	New Line Cinema	$1,119,110,941	2003	[# 2]
3	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Walt Disney Pictures	$1,066,179,725	2006	[# 3]
4	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	$1,001,921,825	2008	[# 4]
5	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Warner Bros.	$974,733,550	2001	[# 5]
6	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Walt Disney Pictures	$960,996,492	2007	[# 6]
7	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Warner Bros.	$938,212,738	2007	[# 7]
8	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	$929,359,401	2009	[# 8]
9	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	New Line Cinema	$925,282,504	2002	[# 9]
10	Shrek 2	DreamWorks Animation	$919,838,758	2004	[# 10]
11	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Warner Bros.	$895,921,036	2005	[# 11]
12	Spider-Man 3	Sony Pictures/Columbia	$890,871,626	2007	[# 12]
13	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox/Blue Sky	$887,566,024	2009	[# 13]
14	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros.	$878,643,482	2002	[# 14]
15	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	New Line Cinema	$870,761,744	2001	[# 15]
16	Finding Nemo	Disney/Pixar	$864,625,978	2003	[# 16]
17	Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith	20th Century Fox	$848,754,768	2005	[# 17]
18	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures	$834,969,807	2009	[# 18]
19	Spider-Man	Columbia Pictures	$821,708,551	2002	[# 19]
20	Shrek the Third	DreamWorks Animation	$798,958,162	2007	[# 20]
21	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Warner Bros.	$795,634,069	2004	[# 21]
22	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Paramount Pictures	$786,636,033	2008	[# 22]
23	Spider-Man 2	Sony Pictures	$783,766,341	2004	[# 23]
24	The Da Vinci Code	Columbia	$758,239,851	2006	[# 24]
25	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Walden Media/Disney	$745,011,272	2005	[# 25]
26	The Matrix Reloaded	Warner Bros.	$742,128,461	2003	[# 26]
27	2012	Sony Pictures/Columbia	$736,257,842	2009	[# 27]
28	Transformers	DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures	$709,709,780	2007	[# 28]
29	Up	Disney/Pixar	$683,004,164	2009	[# 29]
30	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Summit Entertainment	$669,259,961	2009	[# 30]
31	Ice Age: The Meltdown	20th Century Fox/Blue Sky	$655,388,158	2006	[# 31]
32	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Walt Disney Pictures	$654,264,015	2003	[# 32]
33	Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones	20th Century Fox	$649,398,328	2002	[# 33]
34	Kung Fu Panda	DreamWorks Animation	$631,744,560	2008	[# 34]
35	The Incredibles	Disney/Pixar	$631,442,092	2004	[# 35]
36	Hancock	Columbia Pictures	$624,386,746	2008	[# 36]
37	Ratatouille	Disney/Pixar	$623,707,397	2007	[# 37]
38	The Passion of the Christ	Icon Productions	$611,899,420	2004	[# 38]
39	Mamma Mia!	Universal Pictures	$609,841,637	2008	[# 39]
40	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	DreamWorks Animation	$603,900,344	2008	[# 40]
41	Casino Royale	Sony/MGM/Columbia	$594,239,066	2006	[# 41]
42	War of the Worlds	DreamWorks / Paramount	$591,745,540	2005	[# 42]
43	Quantum of Solace	MGM / Columbia	$586,090,727	2008	[# 43]
44	I Am Legend	Warner Bros.	$585,349,010	2007	[# 44]
45	Iron Man	Paramount	$585,133,287	2008	[# 45]
46	Night at the Museum	20th Century Fox	$574,480,450	2006	[# 46]
47	King Kong	Universal	$550,517,357	2005	[# 47]
48	Mission: Impossible II	Paramount	$546,388,105	2000	[# 48]
49	The Day After Tomorrow	20th Century Fox	$544,272,402	2004	[# 49]
50	Madagascar	DreamWorks SKG	$532,680,671	2005	[# 50]

Top 10 movies of all time?

As rated by users at this very popular site ...

Nine of the ten involve serious violence. And one is a courtroom film about a jury.

http://www.imdb.com/chart/top

Top 10 grossing films this year?

Five involve serious violence, and others include slapstick or humorous violence (such as Toy Story 3).

http://www.leesmovieinfo.net/WBOYearly.php

Crime pays!