Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens – US Box Office: USD$936.66millions

Famous quotes:

Han Solo: “What was your job when you were based here?”

Finn: “Sanitation.”

Han Solo: “Sanitation? Then how do you know how to disable the shields?”

Finn: “I don’t. I’m just here to get Rey.”

Han Solo: “People are counting on us. The galaxy is counting on us.”

Finn: “Solo, we’ll figure it out. We’ll use the Force.”

Han Solo: “That’s not how the Force works!”

Sequel: Star Wars: Threads of Destiny; Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Fun Fact about Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens:

• In a real-life parallax to the 2009 movie Fanboys, actors Mark Hamill and John Boyega persuaded J.J. Abrams to let Star Wars fan Daniel Fleetwood watch the movie ahead of time. Fleetwood had been diagnosed with terminal cancer and was not expected to live to see the film’s December 15, 2015, release date. Following Disney’s approval, Fleetwood hosted a movie screening at his home. 2015 November 10 marked Fleetwood’s passing.

The Avengers – US Box Office: USD$623.28millions

Famous quotes:

Steve Rogers: “Thor, what’s his play?”

Thor: “He has an army, called the Chitauri. They’re not of Asgard or any world known. He means to lead them against your people. They will win him the Earth. In return, I suspect, for the Tesseract.”

Steve Rogers: “An army. From outer space.”

Bruce Banner: “So he’s building another portal. That’s what he needs Erik Selvig for.”

Thor: “Selvig?”

Bruce Banner: “He’s an astrophysicist.”

Thor: “He’s a friend.”

Natasha Romanoff: “Loki has them under some kind of spell. Along with one of ours.”

Steve Rogers: “I wanna know why Loki let us take him. He’s not leading an army from here.”

Bruce Banner: “I don’t think we should be focusing on Loki. That guy’s brain is a bag full of cats. You can smell crazy on him.”

Thor: “Have a care how you speak! Loki is beyond reason, but he is of Asgard and he is my brother!”

Natasha Romanoff: “He killed eighty people in two days.”

Thor: “He’s adopted.”

Sequel: The Avengers: Infinity War; Avengers: Age of Ultron; Avengers: End Game

Fun Fact about The Avengers:

• Captain America is the only character in the last credit scene who isn’t eating. That’s because after filming wrapped on this movie, Chris Evans had a buzz cut and started growing out his beard. Since he was already on set filming Snowpiercer (2013) when he was called in to do this extra scene, they had to give him a prosthetic jaw to hide his beard. He covers his face with his palm since the prosthetic makes him look like he was stung by a swarm of angry bees. He can’t use the prosthetic for anything, including eating or talking.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – US Box Office Hit: USD$402.11millions

Famous quotes:

Jetfire: “What planet am I on?”

Sam Witwicky: “Earth.”

Jetfire: ““Earth?” ‘s. Terrible name for a planet. Might as well call it “Dirt”. “Planet Dirt”.”

Starscream: “Not to call you a coward, master, but sometimes, cowards do survive…”

Megatron: “This isn’t over.”

Mikaela Banes: “Here we are in the middle of the desert, with the stars above us, and you still can’t tell me you love me.”

Skids: “Are you scared?”

Mudflap: “Scared? Scared of your ugly face!”

Skids: “I’m ugly? Well, we’re twins, you stupid genius!”

Sequel:  Transformers (2007); Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009); Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011); Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014); Transformers: The Last Knight (2017); Bumblebee (2018); Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)

Fun Facts about Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: 

• Optimus Prime will also be full-size on IMAX screens with numerous views of the woodland conflict.
• When Devastator punches the pyramid, his hand moves at 390 miles per hour.
• ILM’s prior stiff modeling record holder was eight times smaller than the pyramid destruction simulation.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – US Box Office Hit: USD$330.36millions

Famous quotes:

Clark Kent: “Civil liberties are being trampled on in your city; good people living in fear.”

Bruce Wayne: “Don’t believe everything you hear, son.”

Clark Kent: “I’ve seen it, Mr. Wayne. He thinks he’s above the law.”

Bruce Wayne: “The Daily Planet criticizing those who think they’re above the law is a little hypocritical, wouldn’t you say? Considering every time your hero saves a cat out of a tree, you write a puff piece editorial about an alien who, if he wanted to, could burn the whole place down. There wouldn’t be a damn thing we can do to stop it.”

Clark Kent: “Most of the world doesn’t share your opinion, Mr. Wayne.”

Bruce Wayne: “Maybe it’s that Gotham City and me… we just have a bad history with freaks dressed like clowns.”

Sequel: Justice League and Zack Snyder’s Justice League

Fun Fact about  Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice:

• The Mark of Zorro (1940) poster is seen on the theater wall as The Waynes exit the theater. The Waynes often leave a movie theater in the official Batman origin stories since 1986, though this is only true of some of them. The fact that Zorro’s persona heavily influenced Batman was the initial inspiration for this fad.

Transformers –  US Box Office: USD$319.25millions

Famous quotes:

Optimus Prime: “With the All Spark gone, we cannot return life to our planet. And fate has yielded its reward: a new world to call home. We live among its people now, hiding in plain sight, but watching over them in secret, waiting, protecting. I have witnessed their capacity for courage, and though we are worlds apart, like us, there’s more to them than meets the eye. I am Optimus Prime, and I send this message to any surviving Autobots taking refuge among the stars. We are here. We are waiting.”

Ironhide: “You have a rodent infestation.”

Sam Witwicky: “A what?”

Ironhide: [aiming cannons at Mojo] “Shall I terminate?”

Sam Witwicky: “No! No! This is a chihuahua. We love chihuahuas.”

Ironhide: “He’s leaked lubricants all over my foot! Hmmph!”

Sam Witwicky: “He peed on you? Bad Mojo! Bad!”

Ironhide: “Bad Mojo! Ugh, my foot’s gonna rust…”

Sequel: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen; Transformers: Dark of the Moon; Transformers: Age of Extinction; Transformers: The Last Knight; Bumblebee; Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Fun Fact about Transformers:

• To keep the film realistic and within budget, the U.S. Department of Defense supported its production. This was the largest project they had supported since “Black Hawk Down (2001)”. The military donated their vehicles as alternate modes for Starscream and Bonecrusher, two Decepticons. They also permitted filming of its F-22 and CV-22 aircraft, the first time these planes have appeared in a feature film since “The Incredible Hulk” in 2003. Soldiers served as extras, and actors were outfitted with authentic uniforms. In exchange for the favor, the filmmakers offered the soldiers a free film screening.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull  –  US Box Office: USD$317.10millions

Famous quotes:

Marion Ravenwood: “Mutt can be a little impetuous.”

Indiana Jones: “Well, it’s not the worse quality in the world.”

[Indy and Marion sink further into the ground]

Indiana Jones: “Keep your arms above the surface. When the kid comes back, grab on.”

Marion Ravenwood: “Indy, he…”

Indiana Jones: “He’s a good kid, Marion. You should get off his back about school.”

Marion Ravenwood: “Mutt, I mean…”

Indiana Jones: “Not everybody is cut out for it.”

Marion Ravenwood: “His name is Henry!”

Indiana Jones: “Henry. Good name.”

Marion Ravenwood: “He’s your son.”

Indiana Jones: [shocked] “My son?”

Marion Ravenwood: “Henry Jones III.”

[pause]

Indiana Jones: “Why the hell didn’t you make him finish school?”

Fun Fact about Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull:

• Harrison Ford was adamant that he had the opportunity to use the famed whip that Indiana had. The executives at Paramount wanted the weapon to be computer produced to comply with the new movie safety requirements, but Ford referred to the restriction as “stupid.”

Jumanji: The Next Level – US Box Office: USD$316.93millions

Famous quotes:

Oberon: “I’ve always been the super clever one, and he’s always been super brave. And super ball-less.”

Mouse: “Stop saying that! Both of my balls are right here!”

Oberon: “In spirit.”

Mouse: “Hey…”

Oberon: “They’re here in spirit.”

[whispers]

Oberon: “Always.”

Elevator Guard: “Of course.”

Oberon: “Right, bro?”
Mouse: [hesitates] “Right. I got no balls.”

Fun Fact about Jumanji: The Next Level:

• During the desert scene, a short musical motif sounds remarkably like the tune from Lawrence of Arabia (1962). Given both films’ shared settings and brave spirit, this is a suitable homage.

Independence Day – US Box Office: USD$306.17millions

Famous quotes:

Captain Steven Hiller: “THAT’S RIGHT! THAT’S RIGHT! That’s what you get! Look at you, ship all *banged* up! Who’s the man? Huh? Who’s the man? Wait till I get another plane! I’m-a line all your friends up right beside you!”

Captain Steven Hiller: “Where you at, huh? Huh? Where you at?”

Captain Steven Hiller: “Welcome to earth!”

Captain Steven Hiller: “Now that’s what *I* call a close encounter.”

Julius Levinson: “All you need is love. John Lennon. Smart man. Shot in the back, very sad.”

Fun Fact about Independence Day:

• When her agent presented the movie to Mary McDonnell, she said, “It’s about fifteen miles broad spacecraft.

Logan – US Box Office: USD$226.28millions

Famous quotes:

Logan: “Take your friends and run… They’ll keep coming, and coming… You don’t have to fight anymore.”

[holds Laura’s hand]

Logan: “Go… Don’t be what they made you.”

[pause]

Logan: “Laura.”

Laura: [crying] “Daddy.”

Logan: [smiles] “So… this is what it feels like.”

Fun Fact about Logan:

• James Mangold wanted to make a standalone film that wasn’t tied to continuing prior storylines or setting up sequels. Thus he moved the film’s timeframe to 2029 to avoid conflicts with the timeline established in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).

Terminator 2: Judgment Day – US Box Office: USD$204.84millions

Famous quotes:

John Connor: “No, no, no, no. You gotta listen to the way people talk. You don’t say “affirmative,” or some shit like that. You say “no problemo.” And if someone comes on to you with an attitude you say “eat me.” And if you want to shine them on it’s “hasta la vista, baby.”

The Terminator: “Hasta la vista, baby.”

John Connor: “Yeah but later, dickwad. And if someone gets upset you say, “chill out”! Or you can do combinations.”

The Terminator: “Chill out, dickwad.”

John Connor: “Great! See, you’re getting it!”

The Terminator: “No problemo.”

Sequel: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003); Terminator Salvation (2009); Terminator Genisys (2015); Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

Fun Fact about Terminator 2: Judgment Day:

• Robert Patrick started a rigorous running regimen and trained himself to breathe exclusively through his nose so that he would appear to be a cyborg who could run at high speeds without showing signs of fatigue. Teaching so hard allowed him to overtake Edward Furlong on his dirt bike easily.

Armageddon – US Box Office: USD$201.57millions

Famous quotes:

Truman: “So what’s the verdict?”

Harry Stamper: “They’ll do it. They’ve made a few requests though.”

Truman: “Such as?”

Harry Stamper: [riffles through sheets of paper] “Well, there’s uh, few things here, uh… nothin’ really big, uh, just- Well, as an example, uh, uh, Oscar here, he’s got some outstanding parking tickets. Wants them wiped off his record.”

Oscar: [shouting from balcony] “Fifty-six tickets in seven states…”

Harry Stamper: [to Oscar] “I’ll-I’ll tell ’em Oscar, you got it.”

Oscar: “Okay.”

Sequel: Armageddon 2: Harry’s Last Stand

Fun Fact about Armageddon:

• Due to the script’s patriotic character and Top Gun’s popularity (1986), starring Tom Cruise as recruitment material, the producers were able to convince NASA to allow filmmaker Michael Bay and his crew to film in the traditionally restricted space agency. This includes the neutral buoyancy laboratory, a 65 million-gallon, 40-foot-deep pool intended to educate astronauts for weightlessness, and the utilization of two $10 million space suits. In addition to filming at Edwards Air Force Base in California, the crew was also permitted to film on the historic launch pad that was decommissioned following the Apollo 1 catastrophe.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – US Box Office Hit: USD$197.17million

Famous quotes:

Sallah: “Please, what does it always mean, this… this “Junior”?”

Professor Henry Jones: “That’s his name.”

[points to himself]

Professor Henry Jones: “Henry Jones…”

[points to Indy]

Professor Henry Jones: “Junior.”

Indiana Jones: “I like “Indiana.”

Professor Henry Jones: “We named the *dog* Indiana.”

Marcus Brody: “May we go home now, please?”

Sallah: “The dog?”

[starts laughing]

Sallah: “You are named after the dog? HA HA HA…!”

Indiana Jones: “I’ve got a lot of fond memories of that dog.”

Sequel: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Fun Fact about Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade:

• As he had in the previous Indiana Jones films, Harrison Ford performed many of his action sequences. According to stuntman Vic Armstrong, Ford was doing so much of the action himself that he had to draw Ford to one side and ask him to let him “do some work.” A bit later, Armstrong remarked, “If he wasn’t such a wonderful actor, he might have made a terrific stuntman.”

Thor – US Box Office Hit: USD$181.03million

Famous quotes:

Odin: “You are a vain, greedy, cruel boy!”

Thor: “And you are an old man and a fool!”

Odin: “Yes… I was a fool, to think you were ready.”

Loki: “Father…”

Odin: [to Loki] “FIE!”

Odin: “Thor Odinson… you have betrayed the express command of your king. Through your arrogance and stupidity, you’ve opened these peaceful realms and innocent lives to the horror and desolation of war! You are unworthy of these realms, you’re unworthy of your title, you’re unworthy… of the loved ones you have betrayed! I now take from you your power! In the name of my father and his father before, I, Odin Allfather, cast you out!”

Sequel: Thor: Ragnarok (2017); Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

Fun Fact about Thor:

• Sir Kenneth Branagh, the film’s director, has said that the final credits sequence took eighteen months to make and was inspired by photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.

True Grit – US Box Office Hit: USD$171.24million

Famous quotes:

LaBoeuf: “As I understand it, Chaney… or Chelmsford, as he called himshelf in Texas… shot the senator’s dog. When the senator remonstrated, Chelmsford shot him as well. You could argue that the shooting of the dog was merely an instance of malum prohibitum, but the shooting of a senator is indubitably an instance of malum in se.”

Rooster Cogburn: “Malla-men what?”

Mattie Ross: “Malum in se. The distinction is between an act that is wrong in itself, and an act that is wrong only according to our laws and mores. It is Latin.”

Rooster Cogburn: “I am struck that LaBoeuf is shot, trampled, and nearly severs his tongue, and not only does not cease to talk, but spills the banks of English!”

Fun Fact about True Grit:

• According to the information from the 1969 film True Grit, Rooster Cogburn is supposed to be roughly 40 years old; nevertheless, both John Wayne and Jeff Bridges were in their early sixties when they played the roles. Jeff Bridges was 60, and John Wayne was 62.

Wild Hogs – US Box Office: USD$168.27millions

Famous quotes:

Doug Madsen: “Ooh boy, my ass is sore.”

Dudley Frank: “Mine too, it’s Woody’s fault for riding us so hard yesterday. The human body wasn’t made to straddle something that big for that long.”

Woody Stevens: “Well, ya know it’s gonna hurt a little bit, but that’s all part of the experience. It’s why we didn’t bring our wives.”

Bobby Davis: “Wut da…? What the hell? Someone wanna explain to me why I’m the one in the dirt? When I got sore jaws from 3 hours of blowin…”

[notices Highway Patrolman]

Highway Patrolman: “Please… Please, for the love of God, finish your sentence.”

Fun Fact about Wild Hogs:

• After the commotion in Madrid, Peter Fonda’s character Damien Blade instructs the Wild Hogs to “Lose the watches.” This may be a reference or tribute in one of the opening sequences of “Easy Rider.” Peter Fonda, as Captain America, glances at his watch at the start of his and Billy’s (Dennis Hopper) journey to New Orleans, removes it, and throws it on the ground.