rekordy: List of highest-grossing films

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Films generate income from several revenue streams, including theatrical exhibition, home video, television broadcast rights, and merchandising. However, theatrical box-office earnings are the primary metric for trade publications in assessing the success of a film, mostly because of the availability of the data compared to sales figures for home video and broadcast rights, but also because of historical practice. Included on the list are charts of the top box-office earners (ranked by both the nominal and real value of their revenue), a chart of high-grossing films by calendar year, a timeline showing the transition of the highest-grossing film record, and a chart of the highest-grossing f…

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The following is a list of the highest-grossing films in the United States and Canada, a market known as the North American box office or, in the United States film industry, the domestic box office.

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NATIONALISM, GOVERNANCE, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN BOLLYWOOD: A CRITICAL STUDY OF POLITICAL NARRATIVES IN IMDB-RATED AND HIGHEST-GROSSING FILMS (2005–2025). Background: Bollywood is an influential medium of political communication that reflects and shapes public understanding of nationalism, governance, democracy, identity, and social justice. Aim: This study critically examined political narratives in selected IMDb-rated and highest-grossing Bollywood films released between 2005 and 2025 and assessed their relationship with audience reception and commercial performance. Methods: A qualitative-dominant mixed-method design was applied to a purposive sample of 20 Hindi films. Structured content a…

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Nonverbal Communication and Cultural Features of Highest-grossing Movies among Asean Countries. This paper analyzes the nonverbal communication and cultural features of the Highest-Grossing Movies Among Selected ASEAN Countries. There are two approaches used in this study. First, it sought to identify the nonverbal communication features through semiotic analysis of the most important movie scenes, and second, it determined the cultural features of the movies through a readers-oriented approach. Through the analysis of the cultural features, ASEAN nations such as the Philippines, Malaysia, and Thailand share the same values such as the strong family ties. Also, the belief in the supernatura…

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Films made in Japan produce revenue through various sources; the lists below only consider box office earnings at cinemas, not other sources of income such as merchandising or home video. The lists include both anime and live-action films produced by Japanese studios, but do not include English-language international co-productions between Japanese and Hollywood studios. For example, many Hollywood films based on Japanese source material were co‑produced with Japanese production companies.