Now updated through 1995, this fascinating compendium presents Hollywood's most popular movies since 1939 - the wide-screen spectacles, the screwball comedies, the sci-fi epics, classic dramas, thrillers, and musicals - the most successful films of each year, ranked according to their box office earnings. Inside you'll find a treasure trove of intriguing facts, starting with each film's vital statistics, from box office income, cast list, and production credits, to Academy Award nominations and wins.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome facts, not-so-great writing.,
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This review is from: Hollywood Book of Box Office Hits (Paperback)
I give Susan Sackett a lot of credit for doing the research for this book. She had to sit hrough a minimum of five movies for every year since 1939. Imagine! Some of the behind the scenes stuff is great, but her writing gets stale very fast, and you can't help but feel sorry for her having to come up with hundreds of different ways of saying the same things over and over. It's like a guy trying to write movie reviews for every Jackie Chan film out there (in one scene he kicked someone's butt, and then in the next scene he kicked someone else's butt ... zzzz). Still, there is no way you can deny Sackett's pension for details when it comes to such things as a film's box office take, Oscar nominations, and Oscar wins. It's worth the price for that alone. And, it's great to read about movies from long ago, some of which I never heard of (despite being a huge movies fan). The trivia you can cull from this book is priceless. Did you know that 1966's "Hawaii" was the lowest-grossing #1 movie ever, taking in only about $16 million? Things like that kept me interested enough to give Sackett a medium review of three stars.
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Very Useful,
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This review is from: The Hollywood Reporter Book of Box Office Hits (Paperback)
If you are a young movie maniac person and want to see some of the old good movies than this is the book for you.
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