Just as with TV shows, the top rated movies deal MOSTLY with issues of crime and criminal justice.
Look at the top 10 movies of all time as rated by users at IMDb.com:
http://www.imdb.com/chart/top
And then there are the top 10 currently playing films as rated by Fandango.com:
http://www.fandango.com/top10fanratedmovies
And then there are box office results which you can examine for any time period.
What do MOST of these movies have in common?
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top grossing films of 2011
You might find this interesting ... the top grossing films of 2011!
You can find out more here.
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!
| 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 |
You can find out more here.
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!
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