4. THE TOP GROSSING MOVIE OF ALL TIME

1.Titanic- $601,000,000

Director: James Cameron
Year released: 1998

Who amongst us hasn't seen this weepy, overblown melodrama of the sinking of the big ship? (Sorry to spoil the ending on you.) It started out making a strong (but not ridiculous) amount of money its first weekend out . . . but people kept returning to see it over and over again. It was the #1 movie in the U.S. for 13 weeks in a row.

Titanic is also #1 on the list of the most expensive movies ever made, and it turned out to be worth every penny. It wasn't entirely the teenage girls going to the movie eleven times each that brought in the big bucks (they probably made up a mere 80% of the audience). And while this movie's box office may seem to hold an unbreakable record, just wait until ticket prices are up to $25 a person . . .