7 Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone $974,733,550 + 9 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix $938,212,738 + 10 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince $933,959,197 + 15 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire $895,921,036 + 18 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets $878,643,482 = shu! All rights are the artist’s.
It’s World Cup week, and since I know nothing about professional soccer, I’m cheering for the teams with the best-looking players. I’m also thinking about my own experiences as a goalie, which mostly involved racing towards people and diving at their feet. I’m not tall, so scaring the opposing team’s offense was my only hope of being useful. It totally worked for the first year. (Take heed, goalies of average height!) I also occasionally wonder at the professional players acting more like little girls than we used to when we actually were little girls. And I wonder where the women’s teams are. I worry about the choices Jess and Jules made. When Bend It Like Beckham came out in 2003, I loved it. We all loved it. Remember our first sighting of Keira Knightley? We thought she was remarkably pretty then, but by the time Pirates of the Caribbean rolled around, something was missing and we couldn’t tell what it was. Remember Parminder Nagra? After her soccer stint, she was in 129 episodes of ER, which I have never seen, but you probably have. And Jonathan Rhys Meyers! My friends who had seen him in Velvet Goldmine found him unconvincing
The top twenty-five highest grossing movies worldwide. Happy Summer Studio Franchise/Tentpole/Blockbuster Movie Season! 1 Avatar $2,730,182,903 2 Titanic $1,843,201,268 3 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $1,119,110,941 4 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest $1,066,179,725 5 Alice in Wonderland $1,021,778,566 6 The Dark Knight $1,001,921,825 7 Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone $974,733,550 8 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End $960,996,492 9 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix $938,212,738 10 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince $933,959,197 11 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers $925,282,504 12 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace $924,317,558 13 Shrek 2 $919,838,758 14 Jurassic Park $914,691,118 15 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire $895,921,036 16 Spider-Man 3 $890,871,626 17 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs $884,784,626 18 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets $878,643,482 19 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring $870,761,744 20 Finding Nemo $867,893,978 21 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith $848,754,768 22 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $836,297,228 23 Spider-Man $821,708,551 24 Independence Day $817,400,891 25 Shrek the Third $799,958,162
