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This is the very first Christmas we all celebrate in a different way due to the pandemic. Let forget for a moment all the difficulties, let’s relax, lay back and check the Top 5 Highest Grossing Christmas Movies ever … don’t miss out!
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5. Elf, 2003 ($220.000.000)
Elf was released in 2003 and right away didn’t really get good critiques. Regardless thanks to big names such as James Caan and Will Ferrel the film became a box office success, so much so to crack this top 5 highest grossing xmas movies ever earning so far 220.000.000 usd
4. The Polar Express, 2004 ($313.000.000)
Scoring the return of Robert Zemeckis to direct a movie, The Polar Express will be always remembered as the very first animation movie all realized with the technique of the Digital Capturing. Starring Tom Hanks in the virtual role of the main character, and nominated to three academy awards, the Polar Express went to earn good critiques and the amount of 313.000.000 usd
3. How the Grinch stole Christmas, 2000 ($345.000.000)
Inspired by a very popular novel the cinematic version of How the Grinch stole Christmas hit the silver screen in Christmas 2000 and has been immediately a commercial success thanks to Jim Carrey who was probably the most popular actor in the world back in 2000. Despite been hit heavily by the bad reviews and after winning an Academy Award for best make-up How the Grinch stole Christmas earned 345.000.000 usd at the box office.
2. Home Alone – Lost in New York, 1992 ($369.000.000)
The Home Alone saga doesn’t need any presentation and neither does the second chapter of the franchise. Home Alone 2 keeps all the good things of the original in a new environment such as New York City. Despite the old formula the film managed to crack the Top 5 highest grossing movies ever at the second spot earning 369.000.000 usd
1. Home Alone, 1990 ($477.000.000)
No one can beat the one and only original: Home Alone. Starring a young Macaulay Culkin and a veteran actor such as Joe Pesci the original Home alone is the leader, by far, of this Top Five, earning so far the amount of 477.000.000 usd
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Main Sources: Wikipedia – HBO – Metacritic – Rotten Tomatoes
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