1990s in film
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The decade of the 1990s in film involved many significant developments in the
TV screens, like showing close-up shots during dialogue scenes rather than just wide-angle shots in a room. The home video market also grew into being a major factor in the total revenue
of a theatrical film, often doubling the amount.
Trends
- These particular ten years are notable for milestone advancements in filmmakers to achieve new visualson-screen.
- Stemming from the tail end of the 1980s, the mainstream successes of indie films that include Pulp Fiction, Fargo, Boogie Nights, Good Will Hunting, The Big Lebowski, and The Blair Witch Project.
- The parodyingthe conventions of this trend.
- 1988's sequels that followed some of them, are often referred to as "Die Hard on a _____": Under Siege (battleship), Cliffhanger (mountain), Speed (bus), The Rock (prison island), Con Air (prison plane), Air Force One(presidential plane), and so on.
- A resurgence of disaster films dominated the box office with blockbusters such as Twister, Independence Day, Titanic, and Armageddon.
- Several leading figures of star vehicles, though these collaborations only performed moderately en masse at the global market.
- The impact of clichés. Leading to studios capitalizing especially on the high school to college age demographic with the likes of I Know What You Did Last Summer, Scream 2, Urban Legend, and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. The three biggest hits among these movies were written or adapted by Kevin Williamson, who also co-wrote the sci-fi horror The Faculty, which targeted the same audienceas well.
Highest-grossing films
Rank | Title | Studios | Worldwide gross | Year | Ref. |
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1 | Titanic | 20th Century Fox
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$1,843,201,268 | 1997 | |
2 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | 20th Century Fox | $924,317,558 | 1999 | |
3 | Jurassic Park | Universal Pictures | $914,691,118 | 1993 | |
4 | Independence Day | 20th Century Fox | $817,400,891 | 1996 | |
5 | The Lion King | Walt Disney Studios | $763,455,561 | 1994 | |
6 | Forrest Gump | Paramount Pictures | $677,387,716 | 1994 | |
7 | The Sixth Sense | Walt Disney Studios | $672,806,292 | 1999 | |
8 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Universal Pictures | $618,638,999 | 1997 | |
9 | Men in Black | Sony Pictures/Columbia Pictures | $589,390,539 | 1997 | |
10 | Armageddon | Walt Disney Studios | $553,709,788 | 1998 | |
11 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | TriStar Pictures | $519,843,345 | 1991 | |
12 | Ghost | Paramount Pictures | $505,702,588 | 1990 | |
13 | Aladdin | Walt Disney Studios | $504,050,219 | 1992 | |
14 | Twister | Warner Bros./Universal Pictures | $494,471,524 | 1996 | |
15 | Toy Story 2 | Walt Disney Studios | $485,015,179 | 1999 | |
16 | Saving Private Ryan | DreamWorks Pictures/Paramount Pictures | $481,840,909 | 1998 | |
17 | Home Alone | 20th Century Fox | $476,684,675 | 1990 | |
18 | The Matrix | Warner Bros. | $463,517,383 | 1999 | |
19 | Pretty Woman | Walt Disney Studios | $463,406,268 | 1990 | |
20 | Mission: Impossible | Paramount Pictures | $457,696,359 | 1996 | |
21 | Tarzan | Walt Disney Studios | $448,191,819 | 1999 | |
22 | Mrs. Doubtfire | 20th Century Fox | $441,286,195 | 1993 | |
23 | Dances with Wolves | Orion Pictures | $424,208,848 | 1990 | |
24 | The Mummy | Universal Pictures | $415,933,406 | 1999 | |
25 | The Bodyguard | Warner Bros. | $411,006,740 | 1992 | |
26 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Warner Bros. | $390,493,908 | 1991 | |
27 | Godzilla | TriStar Pictures | $379,014,294 | 1998 | |
28 | True Lies | 20th Century Fox | $378,882,411 | 1994 | |
29 | Toy Story | Walt Disney Studios | $373,554,033 | 1995 | |
30 | There's Something About Mary | 20th Century Fox | $369,884,651 | 1998 | |
31 | The Fugitive | Warner Bros. | $368,875,760 | 1993 | |
32 | Die Hard with a Vengeance | 20th Century Fox/Cinergi Pictures | $366,101,666 | 1995 | |
33 | Notting Hill | PolyGram Filmed Entertainment | $363,889,678 | 1999 | |
34 | A Bug's Life | Walt Disney Studios | $363,398,565 | 1998 | |
35 | The World Is Not Enough | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
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$361,832,400 | 1999 | |
36 | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | 20th Century Fox | $358,994,850 | 1992 | |
37 | American Beauty | DreamWorks Pictures | $356,296,601 | 1999 | |
38 | Apollo 13 | Universal Pictures/Imagine Entertainment | $355,237,933 | 1995 | |
39 | Basic Instinct | TriStar Pictures | $352,927,224 | 1992 | |
40 | GoldenEye | MGM/United Artists | $352,194,034 | 1995 | |
41 | The Mask | New Line Cinema | $351,583,407 | 1994 | |
42 | Speed | 20th Century Fox | $350,448,145 | 1994 | |
43 | Deep Impact | Paramount Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures | $349,464,664 | 1998 | |
44 | Beauty and the Beast | Walt Disney Studios | $346,317,207 | 1991 | |
45 | Pocahontas | Walt Disney Studios | $346,079,773 | 1995 | |
46 | The Flintstones | Universal Pictures | $341,631,208 | 1994 | |
47 | Batman Forever | Warner Bros. | $336,529,144 | 1995 | |
48 | The Rock | Walt Disney Studios | $335,062,621 | 1996 | |
49 | Tomorrow Never Dies | MGM/United Artists | $333,011,068 | 1997 | |
50 | Seven | New Line Cinema | $327,311,859 | 1995 |
List of films
See also
- Film, History of film, lists of films
- Popular culture: 1990s in television
References
- Filmsite.org. American Movie Classics Company LLC. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
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- ^ "1998 Worldwide Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- ^ "1991 Worldwide Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- ^ "1990 Worldwide Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- ^ "1992 Worldwide Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- ^ "1996 Worldwide Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- ^ "1999 Worldwide Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- ^ "1998 Worldwide Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- ^ "1990 Worldwide Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- ^ "1999 Worldwide Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- ^ "1990 Worldwide Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- ^ "1996 Worldwide Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- ^ "1999 Worldwide Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- ^ "1993 Worldwide Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- ^ "1990 Worldwide Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- ^ "1999 Worldwide Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- ^ "1992 Worldwide Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- ^ "1991 Worldwide Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
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- ^ "1995 Worldwide Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- ^ "1999 Worldwide Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- ^ "1998 Worldwide Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- ^ "1999 Worldwide Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- ^ "1992 Worldwide Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
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- ^ "1995 Worldwide Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
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- ^ "1994 Worldwide Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
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- ^ "1991 Worldwide Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- ^ "1995 Worldwide Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
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