Godzilla – US Box Office: USD$200.68millions

Famous quotes:

Admiral William Stenz: “This alpha predator of yours, doctor, do you really think he has a chance?”

Dr. Ichiro Serizawa: “The arrogance of men is thinking nature is in our control and not the other way around. Let them fight.”

Joe Brody: “You’re not fooling anybody when you say what happened 15 years ago was a natural disaster. Not an earthquake, it wasn’t a typhoon. Okay? So stop… Look, I’m tired of talking to you about this. I want my son. I wanna see my son. I wanna know that he’s all right. This guy, this guy knows. He knows where he is. Musuko wa dokoda? I want my son. And I want my bag and discs. And I wanna talk to somebody in charge, not you. No, not you. I’m done talking to you. All right? You’re looking at me right now like I’m in a fish tank, right? That’s fine. Because I know what happened here. And you keep telling everybody that this place is a death zone, but it’s not! You’re lying. Because what’s really happening is that your hiding something out there. I’m right, aren’t I? My wife died here! Something killed my wife. And I’ve a right to know! I deserve answers!”

Joe Brody: “See? There it is again! That is not a transformer malfunction, that is an electromagnetic pulse! And it effects everything from miles and miles, and it is happening again! This is what caused everything to happen in the first place! Can’t you see that? And it’s gonna send us back to the Stone Age! You have no idea what’s coming.”

Sequel: Godzilla (2014); Kong: Skull Island (2017); Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019); Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

Fun Fact about Godzilla:

• Godzilla has several keloid scars (raised, thick patches of skin). The 1954 version of Godzilla was badly scarred to symbolize the horrific wounds sustained by survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic blasts.

Gone Girl – US Box Office: USD$167.77millions

Famous quotes:

[last lines]

Nick Dunne: “What are you thinking? How are you feeling? What have we done to each other? What will we do?”

Nick Dunne: “You fucking cunt!”

Amy Dunne: “I’m the cunt you married. The only time you liked yourself was when you were trying to be someone this cunt might like. I’m not a quitter, I’m that cunt. I killed for you; who else can say that? You think you’d be happy with a nice Midwestern girl? No way, baby! I’m it.”

Nick Dunne: “Fuck. You’re delusional. I mean, you’re insane, why would you even want this? Yes, I loved you and then all we did was resent each other, try to control each other. We caused each other pain.”
Amy Dunne: “That’s marriage.”

Fun Fact about Gone Girl:

• According to director David Fincher, Rosamund Pike, 35, was chosen as Amy for several reasons, including the fact that she could pass for either an older or younger woman based on appearance. Fincher found that Rosamund’s admission that she was an only child was an enticing quality for Amy’s character.

Up in the Air – US Box Office Hit: USD$83.82millions

Famous quotes:

Ryan Bingham: [trying to convince Jim to marry Julie after he got cold feet as Kara watches through the window of the closed door] “If you think about it, your favorite memories, the most important moments in your life… were you alone?”

Jim Miller: “No, I guess not.”

Ryan Bingham: “Hey, come to think of it, last night, the night before your wedding, when all this shit is swirling around in your head, weren’t you guys sleeping in separate bedrooms?”

Jim Miller: “Yeah, Julie went back to the apartment, and I was just by myself in the honeymoon suite.”

Ryan Bingham: “Kind of lonely, huh?”

Jim Miller: “Yes, it was pretty lonely.”

Ryan Bingham: “Life’s better with company.”

Jim Miller: “Yeah.”

Ryan Bingham: “Everybody needs a Co-Pilot.”

Jim Miller: “That was a nice touch.”

Fun Fact about Up in the Air:

• Many people fired in the movie are real-life layoff victims rather than actors. The filmmakers pretended to be a documentary crew aiming to record the effects of the recession and placed advertising in St. Louis and Detroit. When people arrived, they were told to act as though their employer was watching and reply accordingly or take the chance to say what they wished they had said. As both George Clooney and Anna Kendrick’s scenes were shot separately, the audience can easily distinguish between the actors and actual people. Because he thought the genuine folks would freak out Clooney and Kendrick, Jason Reitman did this on purpose.

Four Brothers – US Box Office: USD$74.49millions

Famous quotes:

Angel: “I gotta ask you a question. Me and Sofi did a lot of making up last night. It seems like a got a little rust on my tools down here”

[opens his bathrobe]

Bobby: “Whoa, whoa, whoa! Ask the cockologist in the shower.”

Jack: “How the hell would I know?”

Bobby: “You’re the expert.”

Jack: [looks for a second] “Rug burn.”

Fun Facts about Four Brothers:

• Mark Wahlberg used a lot of improvised lines. Director John Singleton and actor Mark Wahlberg assisted Garrett Hedlund in getting through his difficult line improvisation.
• Before being chosen director, Mark Wahlberg agreed to star in the script because he liked it so much.
• Mark Wahlberg and Garrett Hedlund improvised most of the joking around with Jack.

The Cannonball Run – US Box Office: USD$72.18millions

Famous quotes:

Jackie Chan, Subaru Driver: [the duo is driving at night with the headlights off, to avoid detection] “This infrared is the cat’s ass.”

J.J. McClure: “what about a black trans-am? No, that’s been done!”

J.J. McClure: ”I‘m sure that doctor’s a very sweet man, basically.”

Victor Prinsi: “Oh, thank you.”

J.J. McClure: “But don’t you ever tell me where you found him. Ever.”

Sequel: Cannonball Run II; Speed Zone

Fun Facts about The Cannonball Run:

• One of Jackie Chan’s earliest films in the United States was released. Chan started a pattern of inserting bloopers during the final credits in most of his films from this point on after being inspired by filmmaker Hal Needham’s idea.
• Given that he is Chinese, Jackie Chan, who had a minor role in this film, was shocked to hear that his character was Japanese.
• Originally, Steve McQueen was slated to star in this action film. After McQueen passed away, Burt Reynolds took over as the star, and the picture turned comedic.

Waiting to Exhale – US Box Office: USD$67.05millions 

Famous quotes:

Fireman: “Ma’am, were you aware that your car was on fire?”

Troy: “You black bitches are all the same.”

Michael Davenport: “What’s your fantasy? I mean, what do you want from a man?”

Gloria Matthews: “To be honest, I don’t have no business eating any of it as big as I am.”

Bernadine Harris: “Hell, I’m NOT worried… you on the other hand, should be.”

Fun facts Waiting to Exhale: 

• Angela Bassett’s monologue during the scene with the burning automobile was entirely improvised.
• David Roberts, Whitney Houston’s longtime bodyguard, claims that Houston overdosed on cocaine while the movie was being made.
• Whitney (2015), an original Lifetime biopic about Whitney Houston, marked Angela Bassett’s debut in directing.

Battleship – US Box Office: USD$65.42millions

Famous quotes:

Alex Hopper: “We are going to die. You’re going to die, I’m going to die, we’re all going to die… just not today.”

Alex Hopper: “You men have given so much to your country, and no one has the right to ask any more of you… but I’m asking.”

Cal Zapata: “I’m sorry, but there is no way that I am going down there. I do not possess that kind of courage.”

Admiral Shane: “The fact that you know that infuriates me beyond words. What my daughter sees in you is a great mystery to me. You’re a very smart individual, with very weak character, leadership, and decision-making skills. Do you have anything to say to me, ANYTHING?”
Petty Officer Cora ‘Weps’ Raikes: “My dad said they’d come. He said it his whole life. He said we ain’t alone. He said one day, either we’d find them, or they’d find us. Know what else he said? He said, “I hope I ain’t around when that day comes.”

Fun Facts about Battleship:

• The veterans of the USS Missouri that Stone Hopper refers to are actual survivors of the ship. Some people fought in World War II.
• Army Colonel Gregory D. Gadson, who portrays Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Mick Canales, was appointed Garrison Commander of Fort Belvoir, located just south of Washington, D.C., in March 2012. Colonel Gadson is the first bilateral amputee to hold this position inside the US Army.
• The break-in at the convenience shop is a parody of a real liquor store break-in security film uploaded to YouTube and went viral. Like in the movie, the burglar scaled the rear of the shop before twice falling to identical spots from the ceiling.

National Lampoon’s Vacation – US Box Office: USD$61.40millions

Famous quotes:

Ellen Griswold: “The next time you have one of your outbursts, I’d really appreciate it if you think about the consideration of our kids.”

Clark Griswald: “What are you talking about?”

Ellen Griswold: “You don’t know? After everything that happened, you still don’t get it?”

Clark Griswald: “I’m just trying to treat my family to a little fun.”

Ellen Griswold: “Oh spare me, Clark! I know your brand of family fun. Tomorrow you’ll probably kill the desk clerk, hold up a McDonalds, and drive us 1,000 miles out of the way to see the world’s largest pile of mud!”

Sequel: National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983); National Lampoon’s European Vacation (1985); National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989); Vegas Vacation (1997)

Fun Fact about National Lampoon’s Vacation:

• When it came to filming scenes inside Walley World, where they rode all the roller coasters and other rides, the entire cast had dreadful experiences. Chevy Chase adds in the commentary that several passages made him and the other cast members queasy, especially because they had to ride them multiple times for each take. Dana Barron stated in the commentary that the roller coasters made her so unwell that she needed motion sickness medication and would pass out on nearby benches between takes. Finally, Anthony Michael Hall states that in the roller coaster scenes where he appears terrified, he is not acting; his terror is genuine.

Brüno – US Box Office Hit: USD$60.05millions

Famous quotes:

Brüno: “Look at the four of us; we are so like the Sex in the City girls!”

Donny: “Oh no, we aren’t either!”

Brüno: “Which one are you, Donny?”

Donny: “I ain’t any one of them, I’m Donny.”

Brüno: “That is such a Samantha thing to say!”

Fun Facts about Brüno:

• The actors who played the talk show viewers were paid $50 each and promised they would be the first viewers of a brand-new chat program when they were cast—captured on camera in a Dallas, Texas, suburb.
• According to Sacha Baron Cohen, Harrison Ford is the only actor aware of the joke, appearing in a single scene he wrote.

The Abyss – US Box Office: USD$54.46millions

Famous quotes:

Lindsey Brigman: We all see what we want to see. Coffey looks and he sees Russians. He sees hate and fear. You have to look with better eyes than that.

Virgil ‘Bud’ Brigman: When it comes to the safety of these people, there’s me and then there’s God, understand?

Virgil ‘Bud’ Brigman: Hippy, you think everything is a conspiracy.

Alan “Hippy” Carnes: Everything is.

Virgil ‘Bud’ Brigman: Keep your pantyhose on.

Fun Facts about The Abyss:

• They performed a rat fluid breathing scene with actual oxygenated fluorocarbon fluid. Drs invented this method. Johannes Kylstra and Peter Bennett of Duke University also provided advice for the movie and specific instructions on creating the fluid. Cutting to the actors’ faces was only necessary to prevent revealing the rats from urinating due to a brief fright as they started breathing the fluid.
• James Cameron allegedly continued to video while he was about to drown, and Ed Harris reportedly struck him in the face for it.

Planes, Trains & Automobiles – US Box Office Hit: USD$49.53millions

Famous quotes:

[waking up after sharing the same bed on the motel]

Neal: “Del… Why did you kiss my ear?”

Del: “Why are you holding my hand?”

Neal: [frowns] “Where’s your other hand?”

Del: “Between two pillows…”

Neal: “Those aren’t pillows!”

[they both leap out of bed, screaming and shaking their hands in disgust]

Fun Fact about Planes, Trains & Automobiles: 

• Edie McClurg’s performance as the St. Louis rental car agent was partially improvised, per John Hughes’ instructions. While Steve Martin waits in line, staring at her to complete, Hughes instructs her to riff a phony phone conversation with someone about Thanksgiving preparations. McClurg had the brilliant idea to ask her sister who would be making what, adding, “You know I can’t cook!” She told Hughes that she established the analogies from her personal experiences, just like she did in his screenplays. McClurg claims that strangers want her to tell them they are fucked.

Fever Pitch – US Box Office: USD$42.07millions

Famous quotes:

Reporter at Spring Training: “Where do the Sox rank in terms of importance in your life?”

Ben: “I say the Red Sox… sex… and breathing.”

[Robin has just announced that her husband is buying Ben’s Red Sox tickets. Lindsey asks whether she means for just that day]

Robin: “No, I mean like forever. For $125,000, it better be forever.”

Sarah: “Are you guys that rich?”

Robin: “Yeah.”

Sarah: “Why don’t you dress better?”

Fun Facts about Fever Pitch:

• When Stephen King threw out the first pitch for the Opening Day scene on September 4, 2004, the Red Sox lost, snapping a 10-game winning streak, and King was criticized for it in the Boston Globe.
• Drew Barrymore was invited to throw the opening pitch while the scene was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was mortified that it hardly made it to the plate.
• Jessamy Finet portrayed Theresa, a real person who is a devoted supporter of the Boston Red Sox, in the documentary “Still, We Believe The Boston Red Sox,” a movie released in 2004. This film was about the Red Sox’s disastrous 2003 season.

What’s Love Got to Do with It – US Box Office: USD$39.10millions

Famous quotes:

Tina Turner: [Walks up to the hotel counter bruised and bloodied] “I need to speak with your manager.”

Hotel Clerk: “Yes ma’am, right away. George!”

Tina Turner: [George turns around] “I’m… I’m Tina Turner. My husband and I just had a fight. I’m suppose to open at the Academy tonight. I have 36 cents and a Mobil card, but if you would give me a room, I SWEAR I will pay you back.”

[She starts removing her jewelry]

George (the Ramada Inn Manager): “No, no, no, that won’t be necessary. Ms. Turner, I’d… I’d be honored, really. We’ll take care of you.”

Tina Turner: “Thank you.”

George (the Ramada Inn Manager): “Nick, let’s give Ms. Turner a room.”

Fun Facts about What’s Love Got to Do with It:

• Laurence Fishburne was offered the part of Ike Turner five times, but each time he declined it. Upon learning that Angela Bassett had been cast in the role originally intended for Tina Turner, he reconsidered his decision.
• In an interview, Tina Turner expressed her regret that the movie did not contain a greater amount of reality about her life. Still, the production company believed audiences would not accept everything that had happened.

The Informant! – US Box Office Hit: USD$33.31millions

Famous quotes:

Mark Whitacre: “The liter bottle is the only thing that caught on because it’s a nicer word, “liter” then “quart”. Quart. Quart.”

Mark Whitacre: “I read this study in Time magazine when I was at Cornell, which is an Ivy League school, and there were people, including my mother, who never believed I would make it into an Ivy League school. Maybe Ginger, who I met in marching in the eighth grade. And the study said people had nice, sympathetic feelings about people who were adopted, and treated them better. So I made up this adoption story, and people *did* treat me better. And when I got a job, one of my professors told people at Ralston Purina that I was this amazing guy that had accomplished all this in spite of being adopted. And so it was really *other* people who spread the story, not me. Although I admit it was wrong to start it and everything, it was other people who kept it going, even the people at ADM.”

Mark Whitacre: “Mark Whitacre, secret agent 0014.”

Rusty Williams: “Why 0014?”

Mark Whitacre: “Cause I’m twice as smart as 007.”

Fun Facts about The Informant!:

• Matt Damon purposefully put on weight before the shoot to play the obese character Mark Whitacre. In an interview, he said that doing this involved eating a lot of dark beer, pizza, and hamburgers, which he described as being “very, really, really fun.”
• John Dowd, who Donald Trump later hired as an attorney during Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible coordination between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russia, speaks with Mark Whitacre.
• Whitacre talks about a show he used to watch where a character would call home and hear himself answer the phone. The premise of the Harlan Ellison and Wes Craven-created 1985 The New Twilight Zone episode “Shatterday” starred Bruce Willis as the character with the double.

Johnson Family Vacation – US Box Office: USD$31.18millions

Famous quotes:

Nate Johnson: “So, Where did you meet him? at so called accounting class?”

Dorothy Johnson: “so that’s what this all about huh? me becomming a CPA?i thought we settled that argument when i moved out”

Nate Johnson: “oh so i’m the bad guy? because i wanted you to raise our kids”

Dorothy Johnson: “I can be a wife, a mother and pursue my career too, hey, my mother did it”

Nate Johnson: [laughs] “rite,yeah thats why the last time we saw you brother he was your sister”

[starts to sing]

Nate Johnson: “Young man there’s a place you can go.”

Sequel: Johnson Family Celebration

Fun Fact about Johnson Family Vacation:

• In the film’s opening scene, Solange Knowles mentions her sister Beyoncé while on the phone. The name “Destiny” of her character’s younger sister in the movie is a clear allusion to her sister’s former group, Destiny’s Child.
• In the 1988 movie Coming To America, Shari Headley played Lisa McDowell. Vanessa Williams, who plays Dorothy, was handed the part of Lisa in Coming To America but declined it. Thus Shari Headley got the role instead.