Artwork for podcast Movies In A Nutshell
Top 10 Quiz - All time highest grossing movies
28th May 2026 • Movies In A Nutshell • In A Nutshell Media
00:00:00 00:26:50

Share Episode

Shownotes

This week, we’re trying something a little different with the first ever Movies In A Nutshell Top 10 Quiz.

Marc puts Darren and Paul in the hot seat as they try to name the top 10 highest grossing movies of all time — worldwide theatrical box office only. No streaming, no merch, no DVD sales. Just cinema takings.

Can they fill the board? Will obvious answers be missed? And how many billion-dollar movies can they name before the panic sets in?

Expect wild guesses, box office shocks, franchise debates, unexpected near-misses, and a final discussion about whether streaming revenue could one day replace box office as the true measure of a movie’s success.

In this bonus episode

  • Darren and Paul take turns guessing the all-time box office top 10
  • Marc reveals where their guesses actually landed in the wider rankings
  • The team discuss theatrical box office vs streaming success
  • The question is simple: can you beat Darren and Paul?

Play along

Before listening, see how many of the top 10 you can guess.

No phones.

No Googling.

No cheating.

Listen Now

https://2ly.link/24tPI

Join the conversation

Did you beat Darren and Paul?

What Top 10 Quiz should we do next?

Send us a voice message: https://www.speakpipe.com/MoviesInANutshell

Email us: hello@moviesinanutshell.com

Follow Movies In A Nutshell

Website:

https://www.moviesinanutshell.com

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/moviesinanut

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/moviesinanut

Your Hosts

Marc Farquhar

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/marcfarquhar

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/themarcfarquhar

Darren Horne

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thedarrenhorne

Paul Day

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/pauldaylive23

Music & Sound Effects

Main Theme

TV Show Intro Logo

https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/musical-tv-show-intro-logo-185797/

Music Bed

Protofunk

Attribution Code:

"Protofunk" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Cinema Projector

Kakaist

https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/technology-cinema-projector-314492/

Swoosh

Trading_Nation

https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-transition-fleeting-121419/

Transcripts

Speaker A:

Okay.

Speaker A:

Welcome to the first ever movies in a nutshell top 10 quiz.

Speaker A:

We're going for the all time highest grossing movies.

Speaker A:

I thought I'd just start with a very broad, easy to dip in and out.

Speaker A:

So we thought we'd try something different.

Speaker A:

If it goes well, we'll do.

Speaker A:

We'll do some more of these.

Speaker A:

I think this will constitute bonus content.

Speaker A:

If we ever have subscribers, this is what you'll get.

Speaker A:

Oh, extra bonus episode.

Speaker A:

So it's included with your subscription.

Speaker B:

Okay.

Speaker A:

But for now, you're getting for free, so just enjoy it.

Speaker A:

So, gentlemen, how are we feeling about this?

Speaker A:

Because I've given you no warning whatsoever.

Speaker C:

No idea.

Speaker B:

Yeah, I'm feeling a bit.

Speaker B:

I'm feeling ill. Well, I'm feeling exhausted because I've been at a music festival for the weekend.

Speaker C:

I'm also feeling exhausted because I've been band rehearsing and editing podcasts and all that jazz.

Speaker C:

So we're both exhausted, tired and ready apprehensive.

Speaker C:

Yes.

Speaker A:

Right, so this is how it's going to work.

Speaker A:

Darren and Paul will take turns trying to fill the top 10.

Speaker B:

So I say, what's that thing where you say something if it appears?

Speaker C:

Oh, Family Fortunes.

Speaker C:

Are you going to go?

Speaker A:

And you guys can listen to this can play along too.

Speaker A:

So whoever correctly names the most movie on the board wins one point for each correct answer.

Speaker A:

Now, these two claim to be huge movie fans, so this could.

Speaker A:

This is going to be a breeze, isn't it, lads?

Speaker C:

I don't know.

Speaker C:

I reckon if you'd have asked me this 10 years ago, I'd have just give you all 10 because I'd have been that much of a nerd that I would have known the 10.

Speaker B:

And half my film knowledge bled out of my ears after watching Velocipasta.

Speaker A:

So I'm still wounded from that.

Speaker A:

So these.

Speaker A:

Yeah, these two gentlemen in front of me are going to argue their way through a list they think they know.

Speaker A:

Oh, do they?

Speaker B:

Yeah, we do.

Speaker C:

Totally.

Speaker A:

Before we begin, just to clarify, this is theatrical box office cinema takings only.

Speaker A:

No streaming, no merchandise, no Blu ray, DVD sales, nothing.

Speaker C:

And we're talking just worldwide box office.

Speaker A:

Worldwide box office.

Speaker B:

Right.

Speaker A:

I've got the top 10 in front of me.

Speaker A:

Tell you what I'm gonna do.

Speaker A:

I'm gonna write a number one or two.

Speaker C:

Oh, man.

Speaker A:

On my phone.

Speaker A:

I'm gonna get you.

Speaker A:

It's either number one or it's number two.

Speaker A:

Have a pick two.

Speaker A:

It's one.

Speaker A:

So Darren's going for it.

Speaker B:

I'm down with the kids.

Speaker C:

I'VE lost.

Speaker A:

So Darren, our guest, pick a movie which you think might think be somewhere on the top 10 grossing movies of all time.

Speaker B:

Avatar.

Speaker A:

Yes.

Speaker A:

That is number one.

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

Do you want to have a guess?

Speaker A:

No bonus.

Speaker A:

There's no bonus points for how much, but have you have a rough guess how much it's made?

Speaker B:

Holy.

Speaker B:

That's actually interesting because it must have made over a billion because Barbie was a billion.

Speaker A:

So 1.2 billion, 2.92 billion.

Speaker A:

That is of as of May, April this year also.

Speaker B:

That's a trash movie.

Speaker A:

Let's not get into that.

Speaker C:

What?

Speaker C:

Can we not discuss the movies?

Speaker B:

Pocahontas in space.

Speaker A:

2009.

Speaker A:

Long time ago.

Speaker C:

Yes.

Speaker A:

Was 2.29.

Speaker C:

I think I knew that though.

Speaker C:

So I'm pissed off that I didn't get the flip on the coin.

Speaker C:

Dammit.

Speaker A:

So technically that was easier because he went first.

Speaker A:

But over to you, Paul.

Speaker A:

Have a go.

Speaker C:

Avengers Endgame.

Speaker A:

That is number two.

Speaker A:

How much do you think that took?

Speaker C:

Oh, what was Avatar?

Speaker A:

2.92.

Speaker C:

Still 2.22 billion.

Speaker A:

2.7.

Speaker A:

2.79.

Speaker A:

Almost 2.8.

Speaker C:

That's big.

Speaker A:

Okay, Darren got number one.

Speaker A:

Okay, Darren, over to you, Barbie.

Speaker A:

Bobby is not in there.

Speaker B:

Really?

Speaker B:

That's scary because I'm sure it broke a billion, didn't it?

Speaker A:

I have the top 20 in front of me.

Speaker A:

Barbie is number 15.

Speaker C:

Didn't break the turn and it took 1.45 currently.

Speaker B:

That's disgusting.

Speaker B:

Okay, cool.

Speaker B:

I didn't realize there was so many billion dollar movies.

Speaker C:

Yeah, the last few.

Speaker C:

That's why I said like in the last 10 years there's been quite a few that have just shifted it in.

Speaker A:

Okay, over to you, Paul.

Speaker C:

I know this is going to sound like a broken record, but I'm going to go with Avengers.

Speaker C:

Infinity war.

Speaker A:

Yes.

Speaker A:

Number six.

Speaker A:

2018.

Speaker A:

That took 2.05 billion.

Speaker B:

Yes.

Speaker B:

I've lost all confidence now.

Speaker C:

He's thrown on the ropes.

Speaker A:

I guarantee there are some curveballs in here.

Speaker A:

There's going to be some movies you expect to be in there that are not.

Speaker A:

There's going to be some movies that are there.

Speaker A:

You're going to go what?

Speaker A:

Guarantee it.

Speaker C:

That's making me.

Speaker C:

That's making me overthink it now just with him saying that.

Speaker A:

Okay, Darren, over to you.

Speaker B:

I genuinely don't know.

Speaker B:

We had a movie recently that held the record and it held the record until like Titanic or something, didn't it?

Speaker B:

But I can't remember what that one was.

Speaker B:

But Titanic wants to beat that record, so I'll go with Titanic.

Speaker A:

What do you think, Paul?

Speaker A:

Do you think that's.

Speaker C:

I think that must be in there.

Speaker A:

Or it isn't there.

Speaker A:

There's number four.

Speaker C:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

1997, 2.26 Billion.

Speaker C:

That was in my head as one I was gonna throw out though, but I thought it'd be lower than that now that's holding.

Speaker A:

Interesting is if the newer movies that are in here that are still based on this is all based on cinema, not streaming as well.

Speaker A:

So clearly lots of people went to the cinema to see them.

Speaker A:

So currently a 2, 2 tens.

Speaker C:

Tens.

Speaker A:

I love this.

Speaker A:

This is good.

Speaker A:

It's going well.

Speaker A:

Over to you, Paul.

Speaker C:

Okay, I'm gonna go with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.

Speaker C:

Come on.

Speaker C:

It's got to be somewhere up there.

Speaker A:

It's not in the top 10.

Speaker C:

Oh, go on.

Speaker C:

What number 19th is it that low now?

Speaker A:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

2011.

Speaker A:

1.3 Billion.

Speaker C:

I thought that was up there.

Speaker C:

That's one of the biggest franchise.

Speaker C:

That's.

Speaker C:

I think that's still the biggest earning of the franchise.

Speaker C:

So I'm surprised if it's the only.

Speaker A:

Harry Potter in the top 20.

Speaker A:

Put it that way.

Speaker C:

There you go.

Speaker C:

Because I was going to say that was the.

Speaker A:

I've helped you both there by eliminating Harry Potters.

Speaker C:

Wow, that's.

Speaker C:

That's.

Speaker C:

That's quite.

Speaker C:

I thought it'd be at least 15 if I was going to miss the cut there.

Speaker C:

That's lower than I thought.

Speaker A:

Darren, over to you.

Speaker B:

I'm running through.

Speaker B:

I can't think of anything that was like a cultural phenomenon that really impacted the world at the Ram them.

Speaker B:

I mean, there must be another Marvel movie that did really, really well, but I don't think there would be in the billions.

Speaker B:

I think those two you mentioned are probably fair.

Speaker B:

I don't think this is really going to be up there.

Speaker B:

But it came out when I ran the cinema and people came and watched it like 10, 11 times.

Speaker B:

Mamma Mia.

Speaker A:

That is not in the top 20.

Speaker C:

See why you went there though.

Speaker A:

That's good call.

Speaker A:

Over to you, Paul.

Speaker C:

Star Wars Episode 7, the Force Awakens.

Speaker A:

They don't call it Episode 7 though, do they?

Speaker C:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

Yes, that is in there.

Speaker A:

That is number five.

Speaker C:

Yes.

Speaker A:

2015.

Speaker A:

2.07 Billion.

Speaker C:

I knew that I'd gotten in the billions.

Speaker C:

You see Jesus.

Speaker B:

No wonder they make more of them.

Speaker C:

Yep.

Speaker A:

Three, two to Paul.

Speaker A:

Over to you, Mr. Horn.

Speaker B:

I want nothing else.

Speaker B:

I really can't think of anything.

Speaker B:

I can run it through the Alien movies, but I don't think any of those really did epic but the problem.

Speaker C:

Is with them it's like 80s.

Speaker C:

So the.

Speaker B:

Yeah, I was thinking the more new ones like Romulus and shit.

Speaker B:

But I don't like them so I don't really rate them.

Speaker B:

I mean Marvel's the biggest movies but which ones though?

Speaker B:

Exactly.

Speaker B:

Which one?

Speaker B:

Oh no, I don't.

Speaker B:

I don't even think the Thor 3.

Speaker B:

I mean it's phenomenal, but I don't think it would be a billion dollar.

Speaker C:

Ragnarok.

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker B:

Okay.

Speaker B:

I don't think I can even make a guess what would have done big.

Speaker B:

I have to go with project Hell Mary.

Speaker B:

Did I do well recently?

Speaker A:

I think it will end up in there, but it's not it yet.

Speaker A:

All right, give him more time.

Speaker A:

That will be in there so over you, Paul.

Speaker C:

Okay.

Speaker C:

This was a while ago, but maybe it made enough to still stick in the top 10.

Speaker C:

The Lord of the Rings, the Return of the King.

Speaker B:

They're long though.

Speaker A:

Nope.

Speaker C:

Because you're not even in the top 20.

Speaker A:

Not even in the top 20.

Speaker C:

Holy shit.

Speaker B:

And you're also limited by how many you can show per day.

Speaker C:

I guess.

Speaker C:

But they were in there at some point.

Speaker A:

Yeah, but although Titanic's in there, that's.

Speaker B:

I know.

Speaker B:

But Lord of the Rings a little bit niche, I think.

Speaker B:

Not everyone likes it.

Speaker C:

It's definitely in there at some point.

Speaker C:

Yeah.

Speaker C:

Battered out.

Speaker A:

Over to you, Darren.

Speaker B:

Alien franchise?

Speaker B:

No, can't guess at any of the Marvel movies.

Speaker B:

I mean there's great ones in there, but I don't think there were billion Barbie have done so usually with really, really big films they're classed as four quadrant movies and it's kind of broken into like young guys.

Speaker B:

Young, older gu.

Speaker B:

Young women.

Speaker B:

Older women.

Speaker B:

And if you can get them all, it's freaking amazing.

Speaker B:

And it's not movie many movies that do that.

Speaker B:

A lot of them are just like kind of boy movies on the whole.

Speaker B:

I know it's a generalization.

Speaker B:

So like I keep thinking maybe one the Fast and Furious did pretty well, but I don't think it would have done that well.

Speaker B:

Oh, Batman.

Speaker B:

Dark Knight.

Speaker A:

Nope.

Speaker B:

Jesus.

Speaker A:

Just to help you, there's not a single Batman movie in this top 20.

Speaker A:

Okay, over to you, Mr. Day.

Speaker C:

Avatar.

Speaker C:

The Way of Water.

Speaker A:

Yes, that is number three.

Speaker A:

2.32 Billion.

Speaker A:

I'm surprised one of you didn't go for Avatars in there.

Speaker A:

The second one must be in there.

Speaker B:

Yeah, I thought that, but then I thought there's no way it did as well as the first one.

Speaker A:

Yeah, it didn't.

Speaker A:

It did.

Speaker A:

First one, 2.9.

Speaker A:

This one did 2.3.

Speaker C:

Do.

Speaker C:

Did crazy.

Speaker A:

So the first one was:

Speaker A:

The second was:

Speaker A:

It's a long way for a second one.

Speaker A:

Okay.

Speaker A:

It's currently four.

Speaker A:

Two to Paul.

Speaker A:

Over to you, Mr. Horn.

Speaker A:

Come on, what do you got?

Speaker B:

Have a think Avatar 3.

Speaker B:

The smell of Fire, or whatever it was.

Speaker C:

Fire and ash, I think it's called.

Speaker A:

No.

Speaker C:

What?

Speaker A:

It's not in there.

Speaker B:

You.

Speaker B:

I feel like you lied to me.

Speaker B:

You led me astray.

Speaker B:

You did.

Speaker C:

Oh, no.

Speaker C:

It was the third one that was released last year.

Speaker A:

I was gonna say, I don't think.

Speaker C:

It did quite as well.

Speaker A:

Over to you, Mr. Day.

Speaker C:

All right, I'm gonna go with Spider Man.

Speaker C:

No way home.

Speaker A:

Yes.

Speaker A:

That's number seven.

Speaker A:

Yes.

Speaker A:

20.

Speaker A:

21.

Speaker A:

1.1.

Speaker A:

1.95 Billion.

Speaker C:

Nice.

Speaker C:

That's right, ladies.

Speaker C:

This is my level of nerdiness.

Speaker A:

This is why I was put on this earth.

Speaker C:

He says I'm cashing in my checks.

Speaker C:

But I'm running out of ideas now.

Speaker A:

It's gonna get tricky because some of.

Speaker C:

Them have surprised me, where you're like, no, not even in the top 20.

Speaker C:

It's like, what now?

Speaker A:

5:2 To Paul.

Speaker A:

Over to you, Mr. Horn.

Speaker B:

I don't think this is really going to be up there, but I remember the cultural phenomenon that it was, so I. I genuinely don't think it's going to be there.

Speaker B:

But it.

Speaker B:

Black Panther.

Speaker A:

It's in the top 20.

Speaker A:

Not in the top 10.

Speaker C:

I was gonna say.

Speaker C:

That's a pretty good guy.

Speaker A:

That's number 18.

Speaker A:

That came out in:

Speaker A:

That took 1.35 billion.

Speaker A:

Okay, I'm gonna.

Speaker A:

I'm gonna pick a note who picked the ones lower down, just in case we need a differentiator.

Speaker C:

Yeah, yeah.

Speaker C:

Good call.

Speaker A:

Over to you, Mr. Day.

Speaker C:

I'm still toying with the Lord of the Rings here because.

Speaker C:

But if Return of the King didn't make top 20, surely you know what might still be hovering around in the top 10?

Speaker C:

Or is it gone now?

Speaker C:

I'm gonna throw it out there.

Speaker B:

ET no, that won't be.

Speaker C:

Well gone.

Speaker A:

Well gone.

Speaker A:

Not even the top 20.

Speaker C:

Wow.

Speaker C:

Amazing.

Speaker C:

Okay, so this just shows how it's moved, because it was always Star wars and E.T.

Speaker C:

At the very top, and then Titanic came along.

Speaker B:

Yeah, but Titanic was up there.

Speaker C:

Yeah, that was two.

Speaker A:

Titanic was number four.

Speaker A:

Yeah, 2.26 billion.

Speaker A:

Over to you.

Speaker A:

Have a think.

Speaker C:

I wasted a go time for punts now.

Speaker A:

If you're out of ideas, just take punts.

Speaker C:

Did I waste to go though?

Speaker A:

Because yeah, there's some, there's some more of franchises in here and there's some.

Speaker A:

Also some standalone movies in here as well.

Speaker C:

They'll be the tough ones.

Speaker B:

I think I used to run a cinema.

Speaker B:

You think I'd remember when I was the most stressed?

Speaker B:

When was the worst?

Speaker B:

When were we sold?

Speaker A:

I imagine you're looking at sheets, financial sheets going, look at the takings on this movie.

Speaker C:

Yeah, yeah.

Speaker B:

We don't make much money though.

Speaker B:

Like taking the first week.

Speaker B:

Cinemas only get like 10% of the ticket price and in each week it goes up.

Speaker B:

So which is why if you have a movie for like six weeks, the cinema is probably making about 60% of the ticket price or something.

Speaker A:

Yeah.

Speaker B:

Which is kind of fair.

Speaker B:

I, I just, I really can't think of anything.

Speaker B:

I'm trying to think of the stuff I've watched recently even.

Speaker A:

You've already got the top 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

Speaker A:

So there's only 8, 9 and 10.

Speaker C:

It's only three to get in.

Speaker A:

Three in the top 10.

Speaker C:

Okay.

Speaker A:

And I'll give you some clues on these one then.

Speaker C:

No, don't give him clues.

Speaker A:

No, but it's just for both of you.

Speaker A:

There's.

Speaker A:

One is a remake, one is a franchise, and one is the second of two movies.

Speaker A:

And there was no more after that.

Speaker B:

I wonder if there's a horror movie up there.

Speaker B:

You think there would?

Speaker B:

Because people love a horror movie.

Speaker B:

No horror movie.

Speaker A:

I'm gonna help you now because nothing that's out and out horror has made this top 20.

Speaker B:

Oh man, I really got no idea.

Speaker B:

I'm trying to think of comedies but they're.

Speaker B:

Oh, Hangover.

Speaker A:

No.

Speaker B:

Is it top 20?

Speaker A:

Nope.

Speaker B:

Hangover was huge.

Speaker C:

That was huge.

Speaker C:

Okay, this is a pun.

Speaker C:

Avengers, Age of Ultron?

Speaker B:

I thought that was not seen as 16.

Speaker A:

1.4 Billion of a punt, Darren.

Speaker A:

Avengers, the original:

Speaker A:

Number 11.

Speaker C:

Oh, that was going to be my next guess.

Speaker C:

It's going to be my next guess.

Speaker C:

Damn it.

Speaker A:

I was close, Darren.

Speaker A:

I was very close.

Speaker B:

Oh, I've got one.

Speaker C:

I've got one as well.

Speaker B:

Nope, don't say my thing.

Speaker C:

I'm still working on that whole two part thing and there'll be no more of them Cabbie Godfather than that's not gonna make us enough money because it's too kill bill part two.

Speaker A:

Nope.

Speaker C:

Okay.

Speaker B:

Iron Man.

Speaker A:

Nope.

Speaker A:

What?

Speaker B:

Not even top 20.

Speaker B:

That launched Marvel.

Speaker B:

Not enough.

Speaker A:

It has been superseded since.

Speaker C:

Oh, oh, oh, I've got one.

Speaker A:

Okay.

Speaker C:

Fast and the Furious 7, number 12.

Speaker B:

Is that the biggest one?

Speaker B:

Do You.

Speaker C:

I think that's the biggest.

Speaker A:

2015.

Speaker A:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

Fast.

Speaker A:

It just called.

Speaker A:

It was just called Furious 7.

Speaker C:

Furious 7.

Speaker C:

That's it.

Speaker A:

1.5.

Speaker A:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

2005.

Speaker A:

When you said 11 years ago.

Speaker C:

If it's any of them, it'll be seven.

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker B:

You would think one of the Transformers would be up there, but I can't think of any Transformers.

Speaker B:

I don't even know how many there are or what they are, so I'll just say transformers one.

Speaker C:

No transformers good in the top 20.

Speaker A:

Nope.

Speaker C:

That's surprising because they made a shitload back to me.

Speaker A:

Okay.

Speaker A:

So I'm gonna be clueful.

Speaker A:

What?

Speaker C:

We got two to go.

Speaker A:

Three, eight, nine, and ten.

Speaker C:

Eight, nine, and ten.

Speaker A:

Okay.

Speaker A:

One of them is in a franchise of a movie that we have covered on the podcast.

Speaker C:

Oh, shit.

Speaker C:

Oh, that was the Last Jedi.

Speaker A:

No, that is number 20.

Speaker C:

20.

Speaker A:

2017.

Speaker A:

1.3 Billion.

Speaker C:

So, Mr. Horn, Empire Strikes Back.

Speaker A:

No, I'm figuring if the Force Awakens was number five.

Speaker B:

Okay.

Speaker A:

And Last Jedi was 20, there's no more Star Wars.

Speaker C:

I was gonna say because Rise of Skywalker did.

Speaker A:

Yeah.

Speaker C:

Deserve to.

Speaker C:

Because it was.

Speaker C:

Anyway, let's move on.

Speaker C:

This is getting tough, isn't it?

Speaker C:

What about some kind of Chris Nolan thing that's took off?

Speaker C:

What's he got?

Speaker C:

There's no Batman, so it's none of the Chris Nolan Batman.

Speaker A:

Maybe you.

Speaker C:

I tell you what, you might have been on something with the Barbie Oppenheimer thing.

Speaker C:

Yeah, but if Barbie's not made it in the top 20, Oppenheimer's gonna be.

Speaker A:

How do.

Speaker B:

I don't know.

Speaker C:

Throw it in there.

Speaker A:

He said Barbie.

Speaker A:

That was number 15.

Speaker C:

Oh, let's go Oppenheimer, then.

Speaker A:

Oppenheimer's not in the 20th.

Speaker B:

I think Oppenheimer made half a billion.

Speaker A:

And you both missed a clue that I just gave you.

Speaker C:

I know.

Speaker C:

Well, I'm running them in my head at the same time.

Speaker B:

Your clue was a secret to one of the ones that we've done.

Speaker C:

Yeah.

Speaker B:

Which is why I went with Star Wars.

Speaker C:

But we've done a lot of them now.

Speaker B:

Hot shots.

Speaker B:

Pat, do.

Speaker A:

Let's have a look now.

Speaker C:

Have another go.

Speaker B:

What else have we done?

Speaker B:

Big movies that we've done.

Speaker A:

It's not a movie that we've done, but it's in the franchise of movies that we.

Speaker C:

Yeah.

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

Whose turn is it?

Speaker C:

It's Darren still.

Speaker B:

What's the other clue?

Speaker A:

One of them is a remake, a reboot, and let's just say for the.

Speaker A:

For the other one, it's more aimed at children.

Speaker B:

Frozen 2.

Speaker A:

Frozen 2 is number 14.

Speaker C:

Frozen 1.

Speaker A:

No.

Speaker A:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

Weirdly, frozen twos outperform frozen 1.

Speaker A:

Frozen 1's not even in the.

Speaker A:

In the top 20.

Speaker C:

Oh, really?

Speaker A:

Frozen 2's who said frozen?

Speaker C:

I said back to Darren.

Speaker C:

I figured they'd be both about the same because they both did money, but that's surprising as well.

Speaker B:

Yeah, but I reckon Frozen picked up a lot of fans on dvd.

Speaker C:

That makes sense.

Speaker B:

And then they were like.

Speaker B:

Because no one expected it to be as good as it is.

Speaker B:

No, no, then it was.

Speaker C:

See, that was one of them.

Speaker C:

The first time I watched Frozen 2, I wasn't quite sure if I liked it or not.

Speaker C:

And then the second time, I loved it.

Speaker C:

So that's one of them.

Speaker B:

Oh, my God.

Speaker B:

That scene where she's thinks her sister's dead and Olaf's died and she's basically suicidal and she's crying and she's like, I've just got to take one more step.

Speaker B:

I can't keep going.

Speaker B:

My kid was like, five or six watching that, and she just called out, yes, you can.

Speaker A:

Oh, how sweet.

Speaker B:

Bless you.

Speaker B:

And then we got thrown out the cinema.

Speaker C:

Okay, we got three to go.

Speaker B:

Yeah, I'm out.

Speaker B:

I really can't think of any.

Speaker B:

Anything particular.

Speaker B:

Remake.

Speaker B:

What the it.

Speaker A:

Well, you need to start thinking of franchises of movies that we've covered on the podcast.

Speaker B:

Yeah, I. Dude, I can't remember episodes that we've done.

Speaker B:

I don't even know what we did yesterday.

Speaker A:

Pull them up on your phone.

Speaker A:

Oh, no, actually, don't.

Speaker A:

No phones.

Speaker A:

No phones.

Speaker B:

All right.

Speaker B:

I feel like it's got to be, like, special effects heavy and just clever and stuff.

Speaker A:

Here, I'll give you the.

Speaker A:

I'll put the Legend League on here.

Speaker A:

You can both have a scroll.

Speaker C:

I want to see if his guess is the same guess I'm going to take.

Speaker B:

I. I'll go with Wicked.

Speaker A:

Nope.

Speaker C:

Oh, that was gonna be what I was guessing.

Speaker C:

Keep scrolling.

Speaker A:

Yeah, Wicked's not even in the top.

Speaker B:

20 Because musical theater is lame.

Speaker C:

Well, I was thinking maybe Les Miz at one point, but I don't think it's gonna make it.

Speaker B:

Although 6 is good and Hamilton's good.

Speaker C:

But they weren't, like, big major movie releases, were they?

Speaker A:

I'll let you have a look since it's your turn.

Speaker C:

Okay.

Speaker A:

You can use it up and down to scroll up and down.

Speaker C:

So we've got three left still.

Speaker A:

Yep.

Speaker C:

One's for kids.

Speaker A:

One's a. Yeah, one's a remake.

Speaker A:

One's a reboot of a very old A very old of an old.

Speaker A:

I see.

Speaker A:

A reboot of a children's movie.

Speaker C:

Okay.

Speaker C:

How to Train youn Dragon.

Speaker A:

Nope.

Speaker A:

Over to you, Darren.

Speaker A:

No, no, no.

Speaker A:

Mr. Horn.

Speaker B:

God.

Speaker B:

We've done a lot of episodes.

Speaker B:

Maverick.

Speaker B:

Top Gun.

Speaker B:

Maverick.

Speaker C:

That's solid.

Speaker C:

That must be in there.

Speaker A:

That is number 13.

Speaker C:

What?

Speaker C:

That's ridiculous.

Speaker C:

hat made, like, on the planet:

Speaker A:

1.49 Billion.

Speaker C:

I thought you had that one that sounded like a dead sir.

Speaker A:

You got any ideas?

Speaker C:

That one sounded good and that one's not in it.

Speaker C:

I want to say something to do with the Aliens film.

Speaker A:

One of them is in a franchise that's got a lot of them.

Speaker C:

I want to say Aliens because James Cameron, like, defeats the box office.

Speaker C:

But I don't think that made enough to hold up against all these modern ones.

Speaker C:

Am I right?

Speaker C:

Thinking.

Speaker A:

No, no, no Alien movies in this top 20.

Speaker C:

Yeah.

Speaker B:

Terminator 2.

Speaker A:

Nope.

Speaker C:

This is ridiculous.

Speaker C:

Shows the list again about once.

Speaker C:

Are you getting this at home?

Speaker A:

Are you writing these down?

Speaker A:

How are you doing?

Speaker A:

How are you doing?

Speaker C:

Yeah.

Speaker C:

Okay, let's go for.

Speaker C:

Okay, I'm gonna go for.

Speaker C:

After looking at our old things.

Speaker C:

Jurassic World first.

Speaker C:

Jurassic World.

Speaker A:

Yes.

Speaker A:

That is number nine.

Speaker C:

There it is.

Speaker A:

1.6 Billion.

Speaker A:

2015.

Speaker B:

Do you realize that by going to see these movies, you're encouraging them to make more?

Speaker B:

You can't complain about, like, franchise fatigue if you keep going to watch the problem, isn't it?

Speaker C:

They make them because they know they're gonna make the money and we keep going to see them like idiots.

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

Okay, so it's getting difficult now.

Speaker A:

So we've got number eight and number 10 to get.

Speaker A:

Let's focus on number eight.

Speaker C:

Is that the kids film?

Speaker A:

It's a kids film.

Speaker A:

It's:

Speaker A:

So it's really.

Speaker A:

In the last two years, it's made 1.69 billion.

Speaker C:

Crap.

Speaker C:

I feel like as soon as you say it's gonna be like.

Speaker B:

Of course it's that in the last two years, 24.

Speaker A:

And it was the second of a movie.

Speaker A:

Not the first two words.

Speaker A:

Something, something, two.

Speaker C:

I feel this.

Speaker A:

Pretty certain it's.

Speaker A:

It's a Disney.

Speaker A:

It's a Disney.

Speaker A:

It's actually a movie I'm not very familiar with because surely I don't remember the first one.

Speaker B:

Whatever it is, Toy Story 2 would have done better than it got it.

Speaker C:

I don't know if it's my go, though.

Speaker C:

It's not.

Speaker C:

It's your go.

Speaker B:

I'm not.

Speaker B:

I can't even picture what kids movies have come out recently.

Speaker B:

It's all weird stuff that I don't really understand.

Speaker B:

Like, what's that one about the inflatable Big Hero 6?

Speaker C:

Yeah.

Speaker C:

That was ages ago.

Speaker B:

I know, right?

Speaker B:

I'm old.

Speaker B:

It's like 10 years has gone past in the blink of an eye.

Speaker C:

I think I've got that one.

Speaker B:

But I'm trying to think of what merchandise I've seen in Windows or kids would have watched, but I got nothing.

Speaker B:

I've got nothing.

Speaker B:

I'm gonna pass.

Speaker C:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

Okay.

Speaker C:

I'm gonna say Inside out two.

Speaker A:

Yes.

Speaker C:

Because it's Pixar.

Speaker C:

It's not Disney.

Speaker A:

Well, it's Disney.

Speaker C:

Pixar.

Speaker A:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

Disney Pixar.

Speaker B:

I haven't seen that yet.

Speaker C:

I haven't either, but I didn't know what it was.

Speaker C:

Massive.

Speaker C:

It went massive for some reason.

Speaker C:

Inside out, too.

Speaker C:

Okay, first one's great.

Speaker A:

That leaves us with the final entry in.

Speaker A:

In the top 10.

Speaker A:

Number 10.

Speaker A:

So this is:

Speaker A:

And I think it was a lot.

Speaker A:

If I remember, the old original one was just a cartoon.

Speaker C:

Oh, okay.

Speaker B:

Lion king.

Speaker A:

Yes.

Speaker A:

Number 10 is the Lion King.

Speaker A:

2019.

Speaker A:

1.66 Billion.

Speaker A:

That's a.

Speaker A:

Is that just Disney?

Speaker C:

Yeah, yeah.

Speaker B:

That shouldn't have made that much money.

Speaker B:

Everyone who went to see that should be ashamed of themselves.

Speaker A:

I. I thought.

Speaker A:

I remember having mixed reviews because it wasn't like it.

Speaker A:

Wasn't it like, they made it sort of look real rather than animated.

Speaker C:

Do you want me get into this now?

Speaker A:

Yes, go on then.

Speaker A:

That's.

Speaker C:

So I love the light pedestal from Together.

Speaker A:

What are they called?

Speaker A:

Lectern.

Speaker A:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

It's time for a Paul Day power rant.

Speaker C:

So I love The Lion King:

Speaker C:

Phenomenal film.

Speaker C:

Probably one of the best Disney animations ever made.

Speaker C:

This piece of shit.

Speaker C:

How dare that be in the top 10?

Speaker C:

So I went and you know what would have been quite cool?

Speaker C:

If they'd recreated the Circle of Life intro in, you know, realistic graphics, cgi and just done the start and everyone goes, wow, that's really impressive.

Speaker C:

Look how they've done the intro of that in cgi.

Speaker C:

But no, no, they remade the whole film almost shot for shot.

Speaker C:

None of the characters had any life in them because it was all realistic.

Speaker C:

So.

Speaker C:

But that wasn't the bit that pissed me off the most.

Speaker C:

Darren.

Speaker C:

Do you know what pissed me off the most?

Speaker B:

Was it the animals mouths moving and speaking?

Speaker C:

Wasn't even that.

Speaker C:

It was the voice acting.

Speaker B:

Is it bad?

Speaker C:

Oh, it just felt like everyone was going through the mo.

Speaker C:

Because.

Speaker B:

Going through the motions.

Speaker C:

Losing all my drive.

Speaker C:

No, because in my head, I can remember the original line readings.

Speaker C:

Like, the water hole.

Speaker C:

Oh, my God, that's.

Speaker C:

And then in the new one, it's like the water hole.

Speaker C:

I was like, oh, come on, give it some conviction.

Speaker C:

And even, like, when it got to Timon and Pumbaa, he's like, ah.

Speaker C:

You know, it's where you had that banter.

Speaker C:

And then the new one's like, oh, it was Seth Rogen doing the wall.

Speaker C:

It's like, I don't know.

Speaker C:

And even they had James Earl Jones being moved faster again, but obviously he was older and you could kind of tell.

Speaker C:

And it's like, oh, why?

Speaker C:

It's all.

Speaker C:

I. I didn't.

Speaker C:

I'm not a fan.

Speaker C:

So I came out crushed.

Speaker C:

Crushed by the new Lion King.

Speaker C:

Like, why did they make that absolute piece of.

Speaker B:

For a big pile of cash.

Speaker C:

Yeah, I know, but you gave them.

Speaker C:

Clearly made it.

Speaker C:

Yeah, but, yeah, I just.

Speaker C:

All.

Speaker C:

All the line readings just seemed off.

Speaker C:

Like, you know, when Scar.

Speaker C:

Jeremy irons, like, life's not fair.

Speaker C:

I should never become king.

Speaker C:

And you all that.

Speaker C:

It was like, he should have.

Speaker B:

He was the next in line.

Speaker A:

He's just flat.

Speaker C:

You're on the side of scale.

Speaker B:

Of course you are, because the kid's a little brat.

Speaker B:

I should be king.

Speaker B:

You're all gonna do what I say.

Speaker B:

You're 12.

Speaker B:

Shut up.

Speaker B:

Go to school.

Speaker A:

Okay, so Paul is the winner, seven to three.

Speaker A:

But don't worry, Dan.

Speaker B:

We'll do another one where we can all blame Philosophasta.

Speaker B:

That's.

Speaker B:

That's where it goes.

Speaker A:

Definitely do another one of these.

Speaker C:

That was fun.

Speaker A:

I enjoyed it.

Speaker A:

So anything that you haven't, you.

Speaker A:

You missed.

Speaker A:

So 20th was Star Wars.

Speaker A:

Last Jedi.

Speaker A:

Paul got that one.

Speaker A:

Harry Potter.

Speaker A:

Deathly Hell's Part 2.

Speaker A:

Paul got that one.

Speaker A:

th,:

Speaker A:

That's a good call.

Speaker A:

Ones that you've missed.

Speaker C:

Yeah.

Speaker C:

Bring them for.

Speaker C:

This is the top 20.

Speaker A:

I think you got them all, apart from one.

Speaker A:

You only missed one between the two.

Speaker A:

That's very impressive.

Speaker A:

It was:

Speaker C:

Oh, Super Mario Bros. Good God.

Speaker C:

Oh, why didn't I think of that before?

Speaker A:

1.36 Billion.

Speaker B:

It's a bad, bad, bad movie.

Speaker A:

Didn't see it.

Speaker C:

The first one.

Speaker A:

I didn it.

Speaker B:

I know.

Speaker B:

I haven't seen it.

Speaker A:

Has it been more.

Speaker B:

Is it.

Speaker A:

The first one was only:

Speaker C:

Yeah.

Speaker B:

Bad movie.

Speaker C:

Yeah, that's the first one.

Speaker A:

When did the second one come out?

Speaker C:

This year?

Speaker A:

Oh, wow.

Speaker A:

Okay, 26, pass me by.

Speaker C:

I haven't seen the second one.

Speaker A:

I mean, I like the game.

Speaker A:

I wasn't a massive fan, but I've not seen these.

Speaker B:

How have we got Sonic films?

Speaker C:

And yeah, how did they not make it in the Mario films?

Speaker B:

But we don't have a Legend of Zelda film yet.

Speaker C:

It's out next year.

Speaker B:

Yeah, but we don't have it yet.

Speaker B:

No, it should be made ages ago.

Speaker B:

Sound is badass.

Speaker C:

At least they're doing that in live action as well.

Speaker C:

So that might be a bit different.

Speaker B:

Yet another Mortal Kombat film.

Speaker B:

It's like, come on, got another Street Fighter film.

Speaker C:

Let's reboot everything.

Speaker A:

So there we go.

Speaker A:

Well, hosted 1 nil to Paul.

Speaker C:

Oh, this is an ongoing thing.

Speaker A:

Yeah, it's gonna be so.

Speaker A:

I enjoyed that.

Speaker A:

But we'll let the listeners decide.

Speaker A:

If you enjoyed it, let us know.

Speaker A:

And if you.

Speaker A:

If we find out you did enjoy it, we'll.

Speaker A:

I'll put these two through it again.

Speaker C:

Did it make me and Darren sound sexy with our knowledge of geeky films?

Speaker B:

No.

Speaker C:

No, it doesn't.

Speaker B:

Sadly.

Speaker A:

Knowledgeable about movies, no one wants that.

Speaker A:

That's attractive to me, boys.

Speaker C:

Oh, well, we'll take it there.

Speaker A:

So that actually got me thinking about the whole not including streaming revenue, which in a way reminds me back of the day, remember music, when they suddenly top of the pop stopped and they stopped taking record sales and they only started taking streaming downloads.

Speaker A:

Will it ever happen with movies?

Speaker A:

Will they stop taking box office takings if it's.

Speaker A:

If they've dropped below a certain level,.

Speaker C:

They become heading that way a little bit.

Speaker A:

Yeah.

Speaker C:

Because if Netflix ends up buying everything.

Speaker A:

Although having said that, some of these movies in here are only a couple of years ago and so.

Speaker A:

And these are only based at the movies.

Speaker C:

It'd be interesting to see.

Speaker C:

So I don't think that'll be adjusted for inflation, would it?

Speaker A:

No.

Speaker C:

So that'd be interesting to see the adjusted for inflation.

Speaker C:

Because then I think some of the other ones we were saying might still be in the mix somewhere.

Speaker B:

Wasn't All About Eve up there for.

Speaker B:

Wasn't that the one that was replaced by Titanic?

Speaker B:

We did a movie in the last like five, four, five, six movies, I think, and it was.

Speaker B:

It held the record until Titanic.

Speaker C:

Well, at one point you had your Avatar and your Titanics and stuff.

Speaker C:

But then when the Lord of the Rings films came out, they were in there somewhere.

Speaker C:

Harry Potter's were definitely up there when they first came out.

Speaker C:

It's interesting to see how Marvel's battered Avengers and Avatar.

Speaker B:

And the Toy Story is not up there.

Speaker B:

Is interesting.

Speaker B:

Yeah, Right?

Speaker A:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

I thought I was.

Speaker A:

When I looked at one of them first looked at this, I was.

Speaker A:

Got to be in there.

Speaker A:

Gotta be nowhere near.

Speaker C:

But that's gonna be interesting because there's a new Toy Story coming out this year.

Speaker A:

We'll do this.

Speaker A:

We'll do this again in 10 years, but we're still going.

Speaker C:

But it's that thing of when the New Toy Story comes out, it's what you're saying.

Speaker C:

Everyone goes, oh, Toy Story.

Speaker C:

So everyone goes to see Toy Story 5 or whatever they're on.

Speaker C:

So that ends up in the top 10.

Speaker C:

But Toy Story, like, the original ends up at like, what, we're 50?

Speaker C:

It just seems tragic.

Speaker C:

But it's that build up of, I don't know, exposure, I suppose.

Speaker A:

So there we go.

Speaker A:

That brings us to the end of our first ever top ten quiz.

Speaker B:

Nice.

Speaker A:

I really enjoyed it.

Speaker A:

Thanks for doing it, guys.

Speaker A:

Thanks for agreeing to do it.

Speaker A:

Not they had much choice not to give you any warning us.

Speaker A:

So until the next one.

Speaker A:

Bye bye.

Speaker B:

Bye bye.

Speaker C:

I have no line.

Speaker A:

No, no.

Speaker A:

We don't know how to end these ones.

Speaker A:

Feels unnatural.

Speaker A:

See you.

Links

Chapters

Video

More from YouTube