Popular+Culture+1996-2011

**Since you were born, what has happened in world of popular culture?**
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The Top Movies of the Decade
//by: Alex G. and Alyssa// 1) How The Grinch Stole Christmas Sold 47,006,949 tickets 2) Mission: Impossible 2 Sold 39,962,395 tickets 3) Gladiator Sold 34,621,531 tickets
 * The top 3 movies of year 2000: **

1) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Sold 51,518,413 tickets 2) Shrek Sold 47,288,342 tickets 3) Monsters, Inc. Sold 42,259,790 tickets
 * The top 3 movies of the year 2001 are: **

**The top 3 movies of year 2002:** 1) Spider Man Sold 69,484,746 tickets 2) Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones Sold 52,010,521 tickets 3) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Sold 42,340,103 tickets

**The top 3 movies of year 2003:** 1) Finding Nemo Sold 56,337,374 tickets 2) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Sold 50,648,628 tickets 3) Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Sold 48,161,022 tickets

**The top 3 movies of the year 2004:** 1) Shrek 2 Sold 70,285,191 tickets 2) Spider Man 2 Sold 60,148,870 tickets 3) The Passion of the Christ Sold 59,624,951 tickets

**The top 3 movies of the year 2005:** 1) Star Wars Ep: 3 Revenge of the Sith Sold 59,323,332 tickets 2) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Sold 43,226,702 tickets 3) The War of the Worlds Sold 36,548,683 tickets

**The top 3 movies of the year 2006:** 1) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest Sold 64,628,368 tickets 2) Cars Sold 37,259,965 tickets 3) X- Men: The Last Stand Sold 35,780,529 tickets

**The top 3 moves of the year 2007:** 1) Spider Man 3 Sold 48,914,288 tickets 2) Shrek the Third Sold 46,658,773 tickets 3) Transformers Sold 46,376,716 tickets

**The top 3 movies of the year 2008:** 1) The Dark Night Sold 73,955,652 tickets 2) Iron Man Sold 44,347,089 tickets 3) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Sold 44,164,501 tickets

**The top 3 movies of the year 2009:** 1) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Sold 53,614,916 tickets 2) Avatar Sold 46,948,653 tickets 3) Harry Potter and the Half- Blood Prince Sold 40,261,226 tickets

**The top 3 movies of the year 2010:** 1) Toy Story 3 Sold 52,598,844 tickets 2) Avatar Sold 51,760,802 tickets 3) Alice in Wonderland Sold 42,356,288 tickets

**The top 3 movies of the year 2011** : 1) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Sold 47,450,517 tickets 2) Transformers: Dark of the Moon Sold 44,081,805 tickets 3) The Hangover 2 Sold 31,927,767 tickets

Works Cited: US Movie Market Summary 1995 to 2011." The Numbers. N.p., 23 sep 2011. Web. 23 Sep 2011. .