Which popular movies are from Paramount ?

[Trippin315]

I realize that Speilberg is out, but out of the top 50 grossing films of all times, the bolded ones are now exclusive. Its not much inthe grand scheme, but there it is.

1 Titanic Dec 1997 Paramount 600.8
2 Star Wars ($322.7M + $138.3M from 1997 SE) May 1977 Fox 461.0
3 Shrek 2 May 2004 DreamWorks 436.7
4 E.T. : The Extra Terrestrial ($399.8M + 2002 SE) Jun 1982 Universal 435.0
5 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace May 1999 Fox 431.1
6 Pirates of the Caribbean: DMC Jul 2006 Buena Vista 423.3
7 Spider-Man May 2002 Sony 403.7
8 Star Wars Episode III: ROTS May 2005 Fox 380.3
9 LOTR: The Return of the King Dec 2003 New Line 377.0
10 Spider-Man 2 (including Imax) Jul 2004 Sony 373.4
11 The Passion of the Christ Feb 2004 NewMarket 370.3
12 Jurassic Park Jun 1993 Universal 357.1
13 LOTR: The Two Towers (incl. 2003 reissue) Dec 2002 New Line 340.7
14 Finding Nemo May 2003 Buena Vista 339.7
15 Spider-Man 3 May 2007 Sony 336.4
16 Forrest Gump Jul 1994 Paramount 329.7
17 The Lion King (including 2003 Imax) Jun 1994 Buena Vista 328.5
18 Shrek the Third May 2007 Paramount 321.0
19 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Nov 2001 Warner Bros. 317.6
20 LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (incl. 2003 reissue) Dec 2001 New Line 314.2
21 Star Wars Episode II: AOTC (including 2002 Imax) May 2002 Fox 310.7
22 Return of the Jedi ($263.7M + $45.4M SE) May 1983 Fox 309.1
23 Pirates of the Caribbean: AWE May 2007 Buena Vista 307.6
24 Independence Day Jul 1996 Fox 306.2
25 Pirates of the Caribbean Jul 2003 Buena Vista 305.4
26 Transformers Jul 2007 Paramount 302.9
27 The Sixth Sense Aug 1999 Buena Vista 293.5
28 The Chronicles of Narnia Dec 2005 Buena Vista 291.7
29 The Empire Strikes Back ($222.7M + $67.6M SE) May 1980 Fox 290.3
30 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Nov 2005 Warner Bros. 290.0
31 Home Alone Nov 1990 Fox 285.8
32 The Matrix Reloaded (including 2003 Imax) May 2003 Warner Bros. 281.5
33 Meet the Fockers Dec 2004 Universal 279.2
34 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Jul 2007 Warner Bros. 272.0
35 Shrek May 2001 DreamWorks 267.7
36 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Nov 2002 Warner Bros. 262.0
37 The Incredibles Nov 2004 Buena Vista 261.4
38 How The Grinch Stole Christmas Nov 2000 Universal 260.0
39 Jaws Jun 1975 Universal 260.0
40 Monsters, Inc. Nov 2001 Buena Vista 255.9
41 Batman Jun 1989 Warner Bros. 251.2
42 Night at the Museum Dec 2006 Fox 250.9
43 Men in Black Jul 1997 Sony 250.1
44 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (incl. Imax) Jun 2004 Warner Bros. 249.4
45 Toy Story 2 Nov 1999 Buena Vista 245.8
46 Cars Jun 2006 Buena Vista 244.1
47 Bruce Almighty May 2003 Universal 242.8
48 Raiders of the Lost Ark Jun 1981 Paramount 242.4
49 Twister May 1996 Warner Bros. 241.9
50 My Big Fat Greek Wedding Apr 2002 IFC Films 241.4

[BluDrew]

Originally Posted by supabilly8

why support a dead format when you can get this movie next year?

you would just be wasting you money

Dead format? This dead format just got Paramount and DreamWorks to be HD DVD exclusive!!!! Wake up!!!

[KenThompson]

Too many wimps here. Go buy your Toshiba . You can sell it as an a paper weight a few years down the road. Better yet why not go over to the other forums and start getting buddy buddy with the hd dud fanbois, because your sounding like one of them just because you can't get Transformers. I was going to buy it but now I could care less.

[Canada]

The Indiana Jones Trilogy and Saving Private Ryan will probably still come out on Blu Ray I know there Paramount and Paramount is HD DVD exclusive but if you read it carefully the agreement did not apply to Spielberg directed movies.

[MLK]

Transformers was over-rated garbage. I could care less about any of the
paramount flicks except for GF I & II. Seriously, who here over 25 really enjoyed transformers? The movie was catered to children...some of the fight scenes with the decepticons were confusing enough (couldn't tell who was fighting who), also the scene where the autobots were prancing around outside the kid's house was ridiculous.

[DrinkMore]

Originally Posted by MLK

Transformers was over-rated garbage. I could care less about any of the
paramount flicks except for GF I & II. Seriously, who here over 25 really enjoyed transformers? The movie was catered to children...some of the fight scenes with the decepticons were confusing enough (couldn't tell who was fighting who), also the scene where the autobots were prancing around outside the kid's house was ridiculous.

Lol, I have to agree. I downloaded it, watched it and thought it was ok. Its aimed to make money off the name more than anything. It was "OK" at best. Everyone wants it because it would look badass on Blu. That's where it stops tho.

**** Paramount.

[MLK]

Originally Posted by DrinkMore

Lol, I have to agree. I downloaded it, watched it and thought it was ok. Its aimed to make money off the name more than anything. It was "OK" at best. Everyone wants it because it would look badass on Blu. That's where it stops tho.

**** Paramount.

I would have to agree with you as well, because I myself have bought a handful of blu-rays more for the picture quality than the actual movie (Pirates of the Carribean, Ghost Rider, etc...). True, Transformers would have looked awesome in blu, but to be honest I'd be ten times more satisfied with the animated flick transferred to blu than the live action movie. Sh*t...I'd rather see the Beast Wars series on blu than the Transformers movie, and if anyone doesn't know what Beast Wars is, you're not a true transformers fan.

[clownface]

This announcement came out of nowhere and it can only be the result of some serious cashflow that isn't even mentioned in the news! I am going to miss Gladiator and Transformers but I will just have to watch them upscaled on my PS3 as i will not be giving either of these studios my cash!

[cajmoyper]

Actually, as a neutral party, with Fox's counterattack, I couldn't be happier with all the movies coming out.

[caliminius]

Originally Posted by MLK

Transformers was over-rated garbage. I could care less about any of the
paramount flicks except for GF I & II. Seriously, who here over 25 really enjoyed transformers? The movie was catered to children...some of the fight scenes with the decepticons were confusing enough (couldn't tell who was fighting who), also the scene where the autobots were prancing around outside the kid's house was ridiculous.

You forgot the "instant classic" moment when Bumblebee pees (sorry "lubricates") the guy. I'm sure that is already finding its way onto an AFI list of all time great movie scenes.

I was overly impressed by the fact that the movie wasn't complete crap. Everything beyond that was just gravy.

I was planning on picking up the Jack Ryan collection and Top Gun, but with the Fox/MGM announcement I have plenty of other titles to spend my money on. I guess if I want the Mission Impossible movies, I should grab them before they disappear.

[Digital Filmmaker]

I can't believe the amount of overreactions I've seen in these posts today.

PARAMOUNT WAS PAID CASH TO GO HD-DUD EXCLUSIVE BECAUSE THE MARKET HAS ALREADY SHOWN THAT CONSUMERS PREFER BLU-RAY AND IT IS WINNING.

This is clearly an act of desperation from the HD-DUD camp.

Not only am I not on the fence, but I am now more committed to Blu-ray than ever before.

No, I am NOT going to run out crying and purchase an HD-DUD player. Doing so will be playing into HD-DUD's hands, and I am not sucker enough to fall for it.

By the way, Titanic is only distributed by Paramount in North America. FOX is the distributor of the film for the rest of the world.

When the Indiana Jones films are finally released in hd, they will at least be on both formats, and even possibly a Blu-ray exclusive. If anyone would bother to go back and read the last sentence of the news release, they will see that this HD-DUD exclusivity does not apply to any Spielberg films.

There was another disc format war over 20 years ago that was just like this one. It was between the LDA (LaserDisc Association) and RCA and their rival format, the CED VIdeo disc, which used a "needle in groove" approach very similar to vinyl records. I remember clearly that the CED disc was declared a winner over the far superior LaserDisc because the players were cheaper. Well, LaserDisc won out, and because of it the optical disc technology survived and gave birth to the Compact Disc, which lead to the development of the DVD, and finally, the two rival HiDef disc formats that are battling for supremacy now.

Today, everyone remembers LaserDisc, but I find that very few people remember or were even aware that there was a rival disc format at that time.

Such as it is now with HD-DUD and the superior Blu-ray disc.

So, STOP OVERREACTING and take a deep breath - relax and enjoy your Blu-ray discs 'cause there's a lot more coming. Remember, winning a small victory is not the same as winning the war.

[Lord_Stewie]

Originally Posted by MasterXeus

How about

Star Trek (Moives & TV shows)
Transformers
Forrest Gump
Jack Ryan Collection
Wayne's World 1 & 2
Indiana Jones I-III (they were the distributor)

Upcoming movies that Paramount is a distributor for (Theatrical)
Iron Man
Care Bears
That Untitled J.J. Adrams Project. (January 18, 2008)
The Smurfs
Star Trek XI
Captain America (2009)
The Avengers (2009)
Beverly Hills Cop IV (2009)
The Brazilian Job (2209) sequel to the Italian Job
Indiana Jones IV


How about all the DreamWorks films?
Shrek 1,2,3
Galaxy Quest
Saving Private Ryan
Gladiator
EuroTrip

the untitled J.J. Abrams movie is called BAD ROBOTS.

[Danno]

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

The Indiana Jones trilogy alone would make me adopt HD-DVD. I'm already a blu ray supporter but with this announcement, along with Universal's exclusivity to HD-DVD, I feel like I'm almost left with no choice but to be a supporter of both formats. It's clear to me that this format war is not ending anytime soon and with titles like Jurassic Park, King Kong, Jaws, The Godfather 1&2, and now Indiana Jones being exclusive to HD-DVD, I cannot imagine not having those in HD.

Didn't you read the actual article?

NONE of Steven Spielberg's movies are included in this deal.

Not Indy, Private Ryan, Forrest Gump, Jurrasic Park, none of them.

The ONLY Spielberg movie coming out on EITHER format so far is Close Encounters, which is BLU-RAY exclusive.

[rondanto]

I was really looking forward to "Godfather Trilogy" and "The Ten Commandments " on Blu Ray

[rondanto]

Warner seems similar to Paramount. It has many older titles released only on hddvd,,Adventures of Robin Hood ,Casablanca to name a few. Hope this doesn't hold true for Ben Hur ,King of Kings and Doctor Zhivago?