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Just a Minute: Top Ten Highest Grossing Movies of All Time
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This week Kyle & Andrew once again go head to head to see who can guess the highest grossing movies of all time.
Hold up just a minute. It is november and we are thankful for movies. I'm chase That's kyle and there's andrew over there in the corner. What's up? You can't see him in the corner No, you can't you don't want to see me Anyways, so we're bringing you another short episode another guess the top 10 We're this time we're doing highest grossing films of all time.
Wow And guess who gets to go first well, no, we're gonna we're gonna go through this so if everybody remembered we did highest grossing horror films of all time and andrew won By again Sheer luck and guessing, . There were some educated guessing we got, but the one when Wayne here, my friend.
Mm-Hmm. . , I was gonna give you a choice since you won last time. , you can guess first, or you could put Kyle in a handicap.
What's a handicap? So you can choose. A movie he can't guess. Like if you said, no, I'm just going to go first because I know this is on the list and I don't, I don't care about it. Okay. But I need to, okay. You get the point, but I already know what you're going to say. Avatar. No, I wasn't. I didn't think you were going to say that.
Yeah. I'm saying Avatar cause I know that's on there like all time. It has to be. Unfortunately it does. Is that your first guess? That is my first guess. And Chase, um, are you, are you ready? Are you? All right, let's begin. , Andrew's already started off with Avatar and that is the number one highest grossing film of all time.
Did you look these up beforehand? I did not, , but I know that one is up there and I Hate it for that and many reasons and it's just I don't know one of the biggest budgets One of the biggest i'll give you a bonus point if you can guess how much it grows or get within , 300 million and all That's too much of it you just get he doesn't get anything No, I still I get the point.
I wouldn't know where to begin. Is it a trillion? Is it what is it like isn't it isn't the default? put forth from Congress this last year. What is like 900 million or 800 million or something stupid. Avatar is worth more than Sputnik.
No, , Avatar made 2. 9 billion at the box office. If you want to go next here, Titanic. Titanic, you came in fourth there with 2. 2 billion dollars. Of course, I'm rounding as well on this. This isn't an exact number, but Titanic is fourth. Okay, that's impressive. So, we've not done it. What's Titanic? Titnick, excuse me.
Titnick. , one and four are down. , I would imagine Avengers. Avengers. Shit, what was it? Is it that's not it? Oh, uh, uh end game. Is it end game on there avengers end game checks in at Number two at two point 7 billion dollars at the box office. Wow Now are we doing we're not doing franchises. We're just doing singular movies singular movies.
Yeah Because I know where you're going with this one. I can feel your aura right now So Andrew's knocked off one and two. You've got four. If you can get three, this will be the most impressive start. I was going to say Jurassic Park. I don't know. It's not your guess. Oh, okay. I thought I, you were just giving me another option because I'm so good at this, but.
So far, Kyle, what do you got for your guess?
I just gave you one. Maybe. I'm not going to say that you said it. I'm not going to take your fucking. Hey, that's the fucking game. Even if it was, even if it was number three, I'm not gonna, I don't give a shit enough. Um,
shut the fuck up. Shut, shut your fucking mouth. I'm just playing some background music. Are you music? Are you really playing something? Yeah. , just singing. , are you singing? I'm playing with my vocal fold. Yeah, you are. You're playing. All right. , I'm getting testy over over here. I'm gonna say, I'm gonna say that Avatar broke him.
It should break everybody. That's fucking atrocious. It's a shitty movie. No offense. I'm, you're not offending anyone in this room. I know, but it just sounds so hipster and so like, you know, what's the word I'm looking for? It just sounds. Against the grain. , yeah. But it's not a good, it's not a good It's not that good.
It's Pocahontas. I mean, 2. 9 billion is very impressive. Uh, I'm going to say the, , I can't believe I'm doing this. , the most recent star Wars movie, the what was it? Um, the last one in the trilogy, last Jedi. . The last Jedi did not make the list. That's good. That makes me happy. Andrew, do you want to stick with your Jurassic park?
I'm going to say Jurassic park. Jurassic park did not make the list, which is surprising to me. Let's see if I can find it. Where is Jurassic park? Isn't even in here. 38th. This is why this is going to be very difficult because we're doing individual movies not franchises Now I think what we need to think about though is remember the horror list There were a lot of recent movies that were in the top 10.
That's true, right? It doesn't mean they were very good So think of recent blockbuster hits that may or may not have been atrocious but Got butts in seats the last jedi checks in at 21. It did make A shit ton of money and made a billion but not two billion Not see this and this is where it starts getting .
I will tell you this. We're not looking in horror territory. No, it's going to be action adventure trying to think about something I didn't take the internet well it's probably gonna be a Marvel movie it's gonna be something Disney touched probably and this is where I don't I don't fucking know the Marvel movies well think yeah you do just think of the superheroes and just say him Thor Thor
I'm sure Thor is somewhere on there. Which movie though? That's the best you're going to get from me. I'll scroll until I just see Thor. Yeah. , which I'm not seeing Thor on here. Yep. Alright, Andrew, next guest. I said movies recently. You said, don't think about the franchise. , I think we need to think about franchise.
I'm gonna say , jurassic world going with chris pratt Barely got it jurassic world checks in at number nine with 1. 6 billion dollars There you go. What a shitty fucking movie, but it's proving our point It doesn't matter if it's shitty or not if it's marketed if it's you know, there's a demand for it People are going to see it.
I'm sure marvel's gonna make up at least three or four spots in this list. Yeah, so let's rack our let's rack. , It's not ant man and the wasp Is that your guess?
No, what was the other I don't think a single paul rudd movie would make the top 30 We love paul, right? Yeah, but He makes good movies and apparently they're not gross. What was the movie that he, the clip that he always showed when he went on Conan? Oh, yeah. It was from , Mac in me. Yeah.
And it was like, and , this is from the upcoming movie and a little wasp and Conan every single time. , I don't know if he would just acting or if like Paul actually duped him, but , it was so believable. But I knew you were going to show me that shitty scene again. Um, civil war. Civil war the marvel movie, right?
Nope. No civil war. Okay, you said civil war i'm gonna say infinity wars Infinity war checks in at number six with two billion dollars. Is that the one with , Shit, who's like the the robot evil dude? Do you know who i'm talking about? So now I think this was part one of the Endgame saga.
It was Infinity War then Endgame. Oh yeah, you're right. Part one, part two. You're right, okay. That was Age of Ultron. Age of Ultron, that's who I was thinking of. Yeah. I'm not a Marvel fan, everybody. So Andrew's got four now on the board. Kyle, you can still win this. You're just gonna have to make up some ground.
Is there any sci fi on there? Yeah. Okay. Dune. Dune. That's a good guess. Part two. One and two. Dune did not make it. Sad. Oh. Great fucking movie. Both of them are phenomenal.
Great movie. I will give you guys this, , to think about, Kyle, mainly for you, there are three movies in this list that are post Covid.
Shit. , so we're at Andrew, you got four, right? And Kyle, you got one. I guess. Alright, Andrew, your turn. I'd, , post Covid? , Fuck. That's not one that did not make a quiet place to, I don't know. I mean, I know that was on a quiet place too. , I don't think this list goes that far. So it's not even there.
Um, well, piss off , any of the spider, the new Spider Man movies that are, that would be on there, like coming, , I'll give you credit for that one. So Spider Man no way home. The way home. 2021, one of the movies that made the list. I don't think I've seen that one. At 1. 9 billion. It's not bad. , was that entertaining?
. So you're now, you've got two now. There you go. , split the lead in half .
Are you counting Marvel movies as sci fi or action? I am counting them as more action based. Good. Okay. What's this what's a sci fi movie that would have been that's not like I don't it's not gonna be the Terminator You know give us another hint chase.
That's the problem. If I start giving you some hints, they're going to be pretty obvious. Give me a hint. There is, there's some animation in there, and there is an atrocity to man in there. . Animation. It's got to be Disney. It's got to be either Disney, Pixar. What if it was, what if it was Spider Man, the animated Spider Man?
Because that one did really well. That's actually a really good movie, too. I actually haven't seen that one. And I love Spider Man. So good. That's actually, that's the only Spider Man you have to watch. No, no, I have watched that. Sorry, I have actually seen that. I haven't seen, there's a second one.
I don't think I've watched. The second one's just as good. Yeah, I haven't seen the second one. Crazy. I haven't seen the first one, but. All right, so what are you thinking, Andrew? You said animation? There's an animated movie on here. It's the most recent movie on this list.
You said most recent. It's Little Mermaid. It's pretty recent. This is, ain't that live action? Ain't that live action? It's a real mer woman. It's a little bit of both, I think. I think it's a tiny bit. That would also classify, though, as one of the movies that's atrocity to man, but. Is that not on the list?
It's not on the list, don't worry. So animated movie, most recent. Is this a children's movie, Chase? Yeah. What's it called? , Amy Poehler is in it. , It's got the emotions or whatever. Inside out life of pie. No, it's inside out too is inside out too. That was a recent one inside out Two checks in at number eight 1.
6 billion That's in the top 10. How how is number eight? I mean, Inside Out is a rea I've I remember the I haven't seen the second one. The first one's really good, but I would never suspect two would be in the top ten. That goes back to what we were saying last time. It's like sequels drive the train. First movies do well, sequels are always better. That's a hint for you Kyle and your guests. Think of a sequel from a great movie.
, not a great movie possibly. I cannot believe Inside Out 2 is on that list. So, , we're missing right now number 10. Number 10. Number three and number five So you got three guesses and you need all three to tie this game. That won't be happening. You don't know that I think about what I just told you think about a sequel sequel to a movie that was high grossing and a sequel May did not gross as much as its predecessor But still grossed a lot to make the top ten.
It didn't gross as much as the predecessor So the original movie grossed more than the actual The sequel so this movie is on the list the predecessors on the list. Yes
Avatar 2 You're right. Avatar 2 checks in at number three I don't want to play this game. Is it really called avatar 2? It's a way of water Oh my god, gag me. But it checks in with 2. 3 billion dollars, all told, these movies made over 5 billion dollars at the box office. We're so fucking predictable. Humans are, , Jesus Christ.
, that's how he's making all these like trips to the bottom of the fucking ocean. That's really depressing that like this is it's not depressing for you because now you're three to five You're only down by two.
I'm just depressed about the movies that are on this fucking list So what's the last one? There's one more, right? Two more. Two more. Fuck me. Are any of these movies older than 2000? One's, , 2015 and the other one's 2019. Are either of these movies good? That's a subjective question. One I didn't see because I knew it was gonna be trash ass, and the other one I would deem good, but I wouldn't put past the good to pretty good category.
That's one of the few on this list and I'm like, oh I actually enjoyed that movie. Do you think it's top 10 worthy though? No, all right. Can you give us any more hints here? I Mean you're missing a big sci fi movie Think about the recent sci fi movies. I mean like a sci fi franchise Star Trek Is that your guess?
Sure. No. Star Trek Into Darkness. No. Star Trek did not make the top ten. No. I didn't think so. . Kyle, . , I think you're thinking a little too hard. Think about you and what you love more than life itself.
Star Wars? It has to be Star Wars. Okay. Okay. You're there. Okay. Is it the first star wars movie of the franchise that read? No, that wouldn't have been 2019. That would have been the second. He said 2015 2015. So, okay i'm gonna say well 2015 It was star wars the original episode 7.
What is that? I don't know the name of that movie though Was it you're right the force awakens the force awakens the force awakens. So kyle the force awakens right at number five So two billion dollars just north of it. That makes me sad also because it was a fucking shitty fucking series The first one was okay It was essentially a remake of a new hope in many ways, but it hit all the points But they didn't do anything with any of the characters over that entire thing There was so much that could have happened And so much dark places.
It could have gone like emperor. We don't need to go down this path though. That's another episode. We got one more. We got one more and you're five up five to four to Kyle. If Kyle gets it, then it ends in a tie , whoever ties has to suck the other person off.
Let's shake on it. We shake on it. And there it is ladies and gentlemen, they just shook on it. This is the 10th movie in the list. I would not have gotten it. It's 2019 , it is a Remake i'll give you that much.
2019 i'm trying to think of I lived in new york or I just Moved back from new york. I have not trying to move either Is this a Disney movie chase? Yes, it is owned by Disney. All right. And so this is a free for all. So first person to guess it, we're not going to go back and forth.
Mulan. It is not Mulan. Frozen 2. Not Frozen 2. That was 2014 or something. It's not, it's not. No, that was. It's, it's not animated. It's not classified, but it's got an animated quality and it's a remake. It's got a CGI quality to it, I guess. Jungle Book? It's not Jungle Book. Jumanji? It's not Jumanji. . You're on the right path.
The Lion King. It is the Lion King, you tied. Holy shit. It is the Lion King at 1. 6 billion. Why? Was this the one with Beyonce and? Yeah, it was supposed to be one of the worst movies ever made. Yeah, well, I saw Cats. That was a horrible movie. Um, hey, well, so that's it. You know, we got to do though.
Are we going like right? Are we just going to like take turns? Just take turns. They're going to demonetize this. , which we're not even monetized at the moment. Sorry sponsors. This is so let's round out the top 20 here. , 11 checks in the original Avengers, , with 1.
5 billion, Fast and Furious 7 with 1. 5, also at 12, Top Gun Maverick at 13 with 1. 4, Frozen 2 at 14 with 1. 4, Jesus, hell yeah Frozen 2, Barbie with 1. 4 at 15, okay, Avengers Age of Ultron, With 1. 4 super mario brothers movie at 1. 3. Okay at 17 Black panther checks in at 18 with 1. 3 19 , Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, with 1.
3, and then Deadpool and Wolverine, which just came out recently, checks in at number 20, with 1. 3. Those in the top 20 are from Disney, or owned by Disney. I don't have the capacity to count all that, but I would say over 75 percent of that. This is starting to get ridiculous, this is why Disney doesn't need to own anything else.
Some of these movies are good, most of them are bad, and they're starting to lose, , the through line with creativity, and with, , original thought, original IP, it's just diluted, it's just, , what can we recycle to make money now? It's so fucked up. I will tell you this, as I'm scrolling through this list just out of curiosity, the rest of it is marvel until you get to about 35 and it's the dark knight rises Wow, and then skyfall At 36 Damn, no james bond.
That's crazy It is nonsense after nonsense with Disney. It's like literally every Marvel movie. And I know we hate them and don't want to watch them, but people are, I mean that that goes back to our point, , highest grossing doesn't always mean good rarely and In this case, that was the most depressing list we could have. Yeah We could have looked at but Again, if people still see these movies, they're still going to get made, , you're not going to stop printing money . We need to bring Teddy Roosevelt back from the dead and have him break up some of these corporations, AKA Disney. So trust buster. Yeah.
. And , I don't blame some of these actors for taking on these roles. I would never blame these actors. No, never. I would take it. you up for it.
For generations and it's seriously generational wealth. You can't blame if disney approached me tomorrow. I was like, hey, you want to play bullfrog, man I'll be like, yes, sir. Sign me up Nutsack is his chin and i'm gonna be like and I can i'll i'll be your best nutsack out there, sir I'll hurl my poop.
I'll take a 13 movie contract we're usually thankful for movies, but we're not thankful for these top ten. That was atrocious. Kyle and Andrew tie this time around, so next time we do a top ten guess, , I don't know.
We both have to shout. Whoever shouts the loudest, the first guest gets it. That, that, that works. , we hope that you guys are starting your Thanksgiving holidays off appropriately.
, thanks for joining us for another short episode and we'll see you next time.
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