Top Ten Movies of 2011

[Frekas9291]

tintin??

[Frekas9291]

source code??

[SophieHatterLeFay]

HP FTW!!

[eavo007]

50/50 sucked!!!

[toomzie15]

you talk too much

[marrihamza]

She talks too much

[NYPDization]

Pretty Girl (^^,)

[sayanskywolf13]

wheres limitless? ): i liked that movie a lot D:

pirates 4 was the shittiest movie of 2011 YES even more than the twilight bullshit

[gentlegiant80]

Harry Potter had a British director, British actors and a British author. I don't care who officially owns with money it was made brilliant and successful by British talent not American money... although the money certainly helped...

[iMerkedProductions]

I was disappointed in Transformers 3 and Pirates 4.

[mark33850]

@iMerkedProductions Well what did you expect?

[XxSouthernBoy4lifexX]

I'd bang her. fat chicks need love too.

[TranceGenius]

Uhhhhh shes annnoyingggggg!!!!!!!

[jens3737]

@TranceGenius SO ANNOYIIIIIIING

[sanluk100]

what's the big deal uk or american ? It's white man's industries in world of top best movie making.

[Mordor6121512]

5. Harry Potter

4. Thor

3. Captain America

2. X-Men: First Class

1. Sherlock Holmes 2

[OwenJaffacake]

Transformers 3, POTC 4 Twilight and the smurfs are probably some of the worst films ever made.

[AndroidPhone1]

annoying voice.....but shes cute.

i'd fuck her

[mikeph93]

I thought drive was shit tbh

[YEKk11]

i wanna punch her in the face

[3782matthew]

if a person is born in UKand all the key componants of that person are british eg where he lives (where the film is set), the language he speaks (the accent the actors have in the film)< but he wrks in US does that make him american , noooooooo.... ITS A UK FILM FOOLS...

[YouMike1005]

Drive!

[MrSocialish]

Warrior!

[FredAsKing]

U probably have the most annoying voie ive ever heard

[jeroennijmegen1992]

Harry Potter is produced by Heyday Films (UK) and Warner (US). You can find this information all over the internet. Go to wikipedia, scroll down to country, and you will see: United Kingdom, United States. So everyone can stop shouting and swearing and go to his or her nice, warm bed.

[TrustMe2morrow]

Clearly another Harry Potter Critics...Cheers!!

[asdmobile4ever]

is drive even a movie ?! , all the speeches of the movie are in the trailer and that's it.

[themenaceanish]

I'm loving all the crybaby foreigners on this website XD Hey retards, this website is American as is the software for the computer you're using as is your PC.

American inginuity and entreprneurship rules motherfuckers!

[Chris25698]

Why should we care about boxoffice when people continue to watch shit?

[Gattman1962]

Btw where did you get the t-shirt

[Gattman1962]

As you said 8 of the Top films are sequels only Thor & Cap are the stand outs but they are part of a franchise

[Othercooldud]

i was looking for a movie to watch on netflix and then you mentioned Star wars! :o

[tommyplink]

Drive <3

[ilovedogs1238]

Smurfs,cars 2 was all I cared about this year

[mrmiroes]

What about Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol???

[Makoto03]

@mrmiroes it just came out, so it will likely be included in next year's list. otherwise, i don't think it had enough time to build the amount of money those other films did.

[TheBradcake]

There is only Ryan gosling

[shurburs]

5.Rise of the Apes

4.Transformers 3

3.Source Code

2. The Muppets

1.Harry Potter

[Blckhawk31011]

5. Harold and kumar 3

4. Moneyball

3. 50/50

2. Girl with the dragon tatto

1. Drive

[Wonderfulcationpro]

@Blckhawk31011 what the fuck! no, you forgot the box office smasher Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part ll.

[100percentgamer]

I can't even make a top ten, because there were so little movies I even cared for this year. But here's my top 5:

5: Cars 2.

4: Green Lantern.

3: Thor.

2: Captain America: The First Avenger.

1: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.

I'm pretty sure the Muppets would be somewhere on this list, but I haven't gotten the chance to see it yet.

[brawniemtler]

DRIVE

[boondocks123o]

rise of the planet of the apes was the best movie of 2011 and most people that have watched the movie should agree unless if your a huge harry potter or twilight fan.

[8missJZ8]

HARRY POTTERRRRR<333

[naturaldisastersetc]

Your hair over your right shoulder I can see a little bit of the green screen.

[xXFuxinJibranXx]

Harry Potter earned number 1, the last one was just amazing!!!!<3

[riptide312]

Can you, Grace, post a link for voting thing. When i search it nothing comes up

[steviekni1990]

wow lots of politics here does it really matter who or where the movie got made the point is it was made for everyone in the world so what is the problem?

[TheJawsFan24]

harry potter 7, not harry potter 8

[0ddzZz]

planet of the apes and harry potter were the only good ones

[mieroth]

This argument is far from settled. Harry Potter is like many films a joint-production between different countries. Trying to label HP as an American film due to partial rights is nothing but pure arrogance. It was very important for JK Rowling that her films be British, and claiming they're not because they got their funding in Hollywood is ridiculous.

[BeyondTheTrailer]

@mieroth Warner Brothers does much more than fund the Harry Potter movies. They bought the rights from JK Rowling & then HIRED the British talent that works on the films. If Rowling wanted to keep the films 100% British, she should've sold the rights to a British distributor/production company like Hammer Film. On that note, The Woman In Black IS a British film. But w/ HP, Warners makes all the decisions, from who to hire to how to market the film to splitting the last film into 2 parts.

- Grace

[mieroth]

@BeyondTheTrailer: I didn't say Rowling wanted to keep the films 100% British. You're the one arguing the films are 100% American when you have no basis for this argument. You have a very narrow-minded view of the movie industry. Joint-productions between countries are extremely common. Trying to claim this film is fully American when this goes against the views of everyone involved from the original source (Jo) to actors, writers and producers simply shows that you have no concept of reality.

[Makoto03]

@mieroth you got owned by Grace. just take your lumps and move on.

[mieroth]

@Makoto03: Ever hear of the term "American exceptionalism?" It's the belief some Americans hold that their country should be judged on different standards than other countries. This is a typical example of that since Grace believes the fact that Americans are involved in this project overshadows anything else. According to Grace's logic IKEA is not a Swedish company at all since their headquarters are in the Netherlands. Yet logic like hers only seems to apply to the US. Odd that...

[themenaceanish]

@mieroth Oh shut up you retard. Your IKEA example is completely irellevant when talking about Hollywood. The simple fact is this, do you really think that a Harry Potter or Bond movie could ever be a fully British production? Do you really think these movies could ever be made without US cash? Even if you tried to get the biggest European studios together they still wouldn't be able to afford to make a single Potter or Bond movies..

These movies are AMERICAN, get over it.

[productions995]

@themenaceanish Jk rowling wasn't intrested in making harry potter in to a film , she said she would only make it on her terms, so i highly doubt she begged any one.it was more like the warner bros begging her because they new they would get a massive profit out of it . Who are you calling a retard? you can't even spell Irrelevant properly.

[themenaceanish]

@productions995 HA! Warner Bros were dead set on hiring Steven Spielberg as director with Haley Joel Osment as the lead character, set entirely in America. JK Rowling DID grovel to Warner Bros lmfao!

By the way you must feel so clever by pointing out a simple typo. Wow you must be some spelling expert am I right? LOL!

[productions995]

@themenaceanish It want no typo as you put it, you spelt it completely wrong. Aren't you contradicting yourself by saying that warner bros have all the power, yet can't get who they want to play the lead characters.You make no sense.

[mieroth]

@themenaceanish: So basically you just proved yourself to be an enforcer of this arrogant American world-view. Would be funny if it weren't so sad. Now, your argument of "it doesn't count" is pointless if you don't say WHY it doesn't count. Which it of course does and you're grasping at straws here. =) Reason people get financial help from Hollywood is because it's easy to find investors there. Same reason people move production of Nike shoes to China. Are these shoes fully Chinese?

[MrnoWun0]

@themenaceanish Calm down!!

[themenaceanish]

@mieroth Shut up retard, you're on your own XD The simple fact that JK Rowling had to grovel to Warner Bros over wanting to keep the setting and style of British just goes to show you where the real power lies.

Rowling is nothing special dude. She's entirely owned and financed by Warner now.

[mieroth]

@themenaceanish: Or, rather, the fact that she insisted on a full British cast (and got her wish) proves the power she did have. Production companies do often have a lot of power but not with a series as popular as the Harry Potter series.

[MoogleMySenses]

@BeyondTheTrailer I would disagree with that and say HP British-American film. The reason for me saying this is because J.K Rowling wanted the story to be kept as much to the book as possible. Little change was made. Yes Warner Brothers have the rights, casting power and decision on marketing (however Harry Potter was a popular book series before the film) but due to this, it doesn't make it purely and American production. The director and producer for this film in particular are English.

[Fishinguy1236]

@BeyondTheTrailer hp is a British movie

[clasma1]

@mieroth

Harry Potter is initially a British film as all the cast are from the United Kingdom, however not all the directors were British.

Also, J.K refused to sell the rights to her characters and approved all the scripts.

Essentially, this film is british

[KrolikPudding]

Man, most of these movies suck...

[hptwinerd]

Harry Potter is british!!!

[KajiCarson]

@hptwinerd Sorry, it's American.

[300Effie]

@themenaceanish Lol, your American nationalism is so stupid it's funny. Poor you.

[KajiCarson]

@300Effie @themenaceanish He's just stating a fact, albeit in an unlettered way. The Harry Potter movies ARE American productions, and property of Warner Bros.

[mrosenmeier]

that list demonstrates the power of a substantial marketing budget.

[themenaceanish]

There are some really sad and jealous Brits out there. We pretty much own all your entertainment you saddo poodles. What software are you using for computer dudes? Most likely Microsft and Apple, AMERICAN corporations. America is the world captal of entertanment. The rest of the world doesn't come close to our domnance.

But to the Brits out there, at least you have your precious Rowling XD

[TheBioLover]

@themenaceanish Oh dear oh dear oh dear. That is all I can say. No wonder Americans are the laughing stock of the world.

[themenaceanish]

@TheBioLover We're the laughing stock of the world? Just because we're proud of our country? LOL!

[TheBioLover]

@themenaceanish Nah. It's because your butthurt idiots.

[themenaceanish]

@TheBioLover Don't cry, it looks like you're the butthurt idiot XD

[TheBioLover]

@themenaceanish I'm not the one who has to make their country look good.......and failing horribly at it.

[themenaceanish]

@TheBioLover Well if you're so jealous then why don't you big up your country? If you're so offended? Oh no wait you can't because patriotism is dead in England XD

Well it would be wouldn't it as you're theoretically the 51st state of America lol!

[TheBioLover]

@themenaceanish I ain't jealous. And I ain't even mad.

[themenaceanish]

@TheBioLover Then shut up then and stop moaning like a little girl XD

[TheBioLover]

@themenaceanish Then shut up and stop insulting people. PWNED.

[themenaceanish]

@TheBioLover I haven't insulted anyone, I was just giving a few home truths to some deluded Brits out there about their precious Harry Potter XD



[TheBioLover]

@themenaceanish You have insulted people. So you should stop. Deal with it.

[BeyondTheTrailer]

@TheBioLover Okay, this fight has gotten out of hand and mean - so let's settle it. Warner Brothers is campaigning for Harry Potter to get a nomination for the Best Picture Oscar. If it were a British film, that would be IMPOSSIBLE. Instead, it would have to be nominated for Best Foreign Film. So Harry Potter is an American film, period. However, in no way does that detract from the wonderful work done by the British talent that worked on this American film.

- Grace

[TheBioLover]

@BeyondTheTrailer Wow, an intervention form Grace! Guess I was a little out of hand, ill back of now, thanks! :P

[BeyondTheTrailer]

@TheBioLover My comment wasn't aimed specifically at you, you just happened to be the last comment. :) Merry Christmas!

- Grace

[MrnoWun0]

@themenaceanish But are there any American actors who,can remember more than "Go Ahead Make My Day"

[themenaceanish]

Without American financing you Brits wouldn't even be represented in the world. It's Aerican financing that somewhat puts you on the map. The Bond movies are way more American than British. Financed and produced by America.

Now go watch your shitty King's Speech you retard Brits. Oh no wait you won't! Because you watch Hollywood productions over your own British indie movies LMFAO!

[geometrololi]

Box office=/=Good movie

[hicky0000]

i hate how transformers 3 beet lord of the rings 3 world wide

[christian20081]

i think drive was the best movie of 2011

[EvilBunniesandfaerie]

Every one saying harry potter is American is entitled to your own (wrong) opinion, but don't disrespect us brits. We are not "poodles of America" in any way at all.

And yes, the harry potter films are owned and funded with American money, but its

by a British author, British characters British setting British director, British production staff, shot in an iconic British studio: its British. America has so many top films, some of you (not all) would try to claim this as your own.

[christian20081]

@EvilBunniesandfaerie its not Brits are Americas poodles but harry potter part 2 is a american movie because it was made by a american production company

[themenaceanish]

@EvilBunniesandfaerie Wrong opinion? You dumb ass brit faggot, you do realize you precious shitty JK Rowling grovelled to Warner Bros to make the Harry Potter in Britain and to be acted by Brits? Warner Bros owns the rights and if it wasn't for Rolwing's grovelling then Potter would have been directed by Spielberg and set in America.

Bond and Harry Potter are American, ownership is everything. You Europeans can't compete shit with us XD

[ReZourceman]

@themenaceanish With your kind of attitude, we wouldn't want to compete with you in anything. :p

[themenaceanish]

@ReZourceman How about get the fuck off this website? You do know YouTube is American right? As is pretty much every website you visit.

Even your biggest stars and celebrities move here because it's shit in Europe like your precious Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan and that Russel Brand faggot. You hardly ever here about American actors or musicians moving to Europe, it's always the other way round XD

[ReZourceman]

@themenaceanish Calm down, child.

[Zero0Fear]

geez, your voice is annoying!!

[joshuapotter13]

OH OH OH YEAH HARRY POTTER!!!!!! :D WOOT WOOT

[MrBrysonification]

It's such balls that TF3 wasn't number 1, but I'm still more than happy to see it clinch number 2 in both categories. Plus when you consider that it and Harry Potter were in the billions, a loss by a few million isn't that bad.

[MeJoshuatly]

Well, if you want to know why animation did so well worldwide? Because they are dub in several language. Like in Malaysia, Hong Kong, China etc, those animations are usually came with Cantonese/chinese dub, which feature some serious famous voice actors. Many would go into the theater twice just for the different dub alone.

[rmcbeigh]

see if harry potter was number 1 on both lists why isnt it automatically best picture???

[DaRunningMan]

Foreign films don't make the kind of money that Hollywood films do because foreign film industries don't have anywhere near the kind of money Hollywood companies do. Hollywood is able to release their films in foreign markets whether or not those countries demand Hollywood movies. This is the reason why I hate when Hollywood remakes foreign films because there is a lot of foreign talent that should be seen by more audiences but won't because Hollywood has more money.

[Makoto03]

@DaRunningMan boo hoo. You are such a cry baby. Foreign markets need to get better if they want to keep up with Hollywood. As far as the film industry goes, the strong live and the weak die.

[DaRunningMan]

@Makoto03 The fact that you think the solution is simply "foreign markets need to get better" shows just how simple minded you are when it comes to the movie business. The fact you think it's for a lack of trying on the part of those foreign film industries shows how ignorant you are when it comes to foreign film industries. And the the fact you used the cliche "the song live and the weak die" in this context shows how little you know about what you are talking about.

[Makoto03]

@DaRunningMan wahh..wahhh...i can't believe you are still butthurt. Hollywood knows how to make more successful films. you're just going to have to deal with it. i'll take Dark Knight over any artsy foreign bullcrap any day of the week.

[DaRunningMan]

@Makoto03 It's clear by your comments that you are a child. Sorry, but I don't have the time to babysit children online.

[EVOLDUBz]

I agree with @MarieFace harry potter; British Writer, British actors most production staff is english ... most americans came from english people moving to north america years ago anyway so ...

[etwisabeta]

pittsburgh

[ohmygoshiloveapples]

Kung Fu Panda isn't even that great, Pixar films are far better

[hectaai]

@ohmygoshiloveapples true, but Cars sucks

[flyzies]

Fantastic list and vid Grace :)

[themenaceanish]

HAHA all you pathetic Brits out there thinking that the shitty Harry Potter movies are 'British' LMFAO!

You're pretty much poodles of America lol!

[TheDarren1423]

My Top Ten, in no particular order: Hanna MI4 Thor Rio I am number 4 Rise of the Planet of the Apes The Lincoln Lawyer The Help Colombiana Winter's Bones a special mention that Abduction, was probably the worse movie this year.

[IceMetalPunk]

@92NycGirl Are you talking about the same Marvel Thor we all are? It takes place on a high-tech alien planet with Stargate-like transportation and 2011 Earth...what part of that is medieval?

[IceMetalPunk]

@IceMetalPunk Content* darn iPod autocorrect.

[IceMetalPunk]

@ThePixieDiamond I know! I thought the same thing. Oh, well, I'm conger just knowing it was a great film even if the money doesn't say that.

[MetaGrave]

Even if some... a lot... of the movies weren't ones I was interested in, Grace, you always keep my attention when you talk about them. Thank you. ^_^

[20TONY09]

I'm so curious to see what 2012's top 10 will be! lol and we're not even done with 2011 yet. Patience, patience.. =]

[poptartsrule96]

Yayyy tbd in thirddd

[hunter12555]

Haven't seen video yet. But harry is probably 1

[SimbasGuardWT]

I'm glad to see so many movies I liked so so well in the Box office. Great show as always.

[Blckhawk31011]

Drive and 50/50 are the only two films that should have the option to appear on the list as no1 film of year

[Blckhawk31011]

Just gonna throw it out there but the only two films that deserve top film of the year are 50/50 and Drive

[harleyluigi1]

Harry potter is a britsh film but I'm amercan

[notsoginger]

3:20 I dont know If I would call Harry Potter an American movie?

[MorganvilleRide65]

Harry Potter at the top..awww yeah

[oOliharriSs]

Woah! Hold up... Did you say Harry Potter is american...? Woah. It's completely British... Like j.k.Rowling wanted...

[MJMfilming]

@MarieFace it is a British movie, she would have said that because every other one was an American made film

[iamtheipodman]

I didn't love a lot of movies this year, but my favorite was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. My 2nd favorite would have to be Paranormal Activity 3. Can't wait for 4 next year!

[noob9867]

i love that t-shirt, as i am a huge batman fan

[themindofchase]

I only saw 1 of those ten movies (Harry Potter). And I saw a lot of movies in theaters this year. I'm definitely more of an Oscars type movie guy.

[kakashi37]

Thor went better than Captain America in AMERICA... just sayin. That's kinda fail...

[92NycGirl]

I'm surprised by Thor that movie doesn't look good. I don't like movies that look like there made in the 14th century aka medieval times.

[RaptorWaffles]

@92NycGirl Thor is set in current times. He's on 21st Century Earth for most of the film.

[MichaelFielding1294]

harry potter is british

[themenaceanish]

@MichaelFielding1294 It's American owned.

[WingedPlatypus]

phantom menace was bad because the plot made no sense, and Jar Jar Binks and little Aniken were super annoying

[GhibliGirl91]

Transformers 3 was horrendous.

[Bouncest2]

Someone tell me why Phantom Menace was a bad movie?

[Chaos5067]

@Bouncest2 Jar Jar is why

[desaaron777]

@Bouncest2 /watch?v=FxKtZmQgxrI

There you go.

[brawlmaster012]

Surprised Puss in Boots wasn't here. I thought it was a great film. Breath of fresh air after the two recent mediocre Shrek films.

[senorraul10]

rise of the plant of the apes dever more men it had grat picter and stroy

[mysticryan1]

You should make a list of movies that you think were the best this year, Grace.

[Thejammindodgersfan]

Hey Grace,just been doing some maths and found that in the UK the top movie of the year wasn't an American/Foreign film.It was a British film,called the inbetweeners movie.It beat Harry Potter 8 and Twilight.Check out each total grossing in the UK for all the films:

The Inbetweeners Movie-£45,028,695

Harry Potter 8-£39,655,057

Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 1-£18,485,855

Personally,I would recommend seeing the inbetweeners movie to you.It's available on netflix etc.

Thanks! :-)

[Milkman26789Z]

Winnie the Pooh.

[xLDH1109x]

My top 5

1. Twilight Breaking Dawn part 1

2. Spy Kids 4

3. Jack & Jill

4. Alvin and the chipmunks 3

5. Yogi Bear

[shannonfisherful]

@xLDH1109x Are you 9 years old by any chance

[xLDH1109x]

@shannonfisherful 19

[ANTCAMP44]

I agree with @MarieFace Harry Potter is British not American

[fierfly25]

DRIVE WAS THE BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR!!

[JermaineEvent]

@fierfly25 AGREED!!!!!!

[DanielDanteThe2nd]

Its because Hollywood takes foreign ideas and rapes them so people dont read the books.

This works cause people tend to be lazy in this manner and will go see it.

However even though they are American movies they are foreign in subject matter and orignal source material.

Think about that and you will see why we dont bother competing with corruptywood and its rapefest mostly cause we would lose easy as people go see hollywood shit any day rather than what seems a bad movie but isnt.

[Kairi1416]

I was right. Twilight IS mosre popular in the US than anywhere else.

[tw1ztid1]

i did see Transformers 3 and thought it was a lot better than the second. i even liked the part when the Leonard Nimoy Transformer quoted a line from Star Trek. i wonder how many people didn't get that... i laughed my butt off.

i saw the last two potter movies(which makes up one) even though i hadn't seen any of the previous movies and i still enjoyed it... Pirates 4 i wasn't a fan of at all

[afrogrl9830]

HARRY POTTER!

[SirLunchbox8907]

Apes, Fast 5, and Cappy America all deserve to be on this list.

[lostPhantom666]

do you know anything about the movie imaginarium ?

[Doctalen]

War horse hasn't even come out yet. I'm confident that will be my favorite

[dairuin01]

Harry potter is british the Smurfs are dutch ideas and always remain that thankfully no matter who ever try to stake a claim to them.

[Banjokazooiemaster]

Scream 4!

[kadgi]

The audience votes with their tickets buying? Wouldn't that mean every single movie i ever saw in the theater was my favorite movie of that year, ultimately being my favorite movie ever? Good to know

[gamagu4ever]

Harry Potter isnt an American film...

[ROCKXXSTAR1]

what's this crap? I sweep for Hollywood.

[NightAire]

EXCEPTIONAL update! Very well put together. Every time I think you've done the best you could do, you out-do yourself. The info on the difficult of finding foreign numbers was very interesting, as was the info about 3D / IMAX successes this year, & their impact on box office winners and losers. We complain about ticket and concession prices... but we'll pay double for whiz-bang benefits. :) Also interesting to see more sequels & fewer copy-cats over the years. Same result, but better sales.