Favorite box office champion: 2000s edition

[The Bus]

Here are the nine box office champions for 2000-2008. Out of those, which did you like the most?

And, out of curiosity, what do you think will do best in 2009? My guess is the Transformers sequel.

[scott1598]

maybe we could have a separate forum now for just POLLS!

[KillerCannibal]

LotR: RotK is probably the one I enjoy the most.

[darkhawk]

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

[Mondo Kane]

If "Fellowship" was in the poll, I wouldn't have picked Dark Knight.

[fumanstan]

Dark Knight. Didn't care that much for the LOTR movies. Spidey and Pirates would probably be next on the list.

[NoirFan]

I've only seen four of these, but The Dark Knight was the only one I was impressed by.

[McHawkson]

Haven't seen Dark Knight yet. Except for Dark Knight, Harry Potter and Spider-man is probably my favorite and rest of them are wayyy bottom.

[project86]

The Grinch???

[dan30oly]

I can't believe I'm the first vote for Spider-Man.

I enjoyed The Dark Knight, but think it gets much more praise than it deserves.

[cranberries fan]

I pick ESP-III just because those saber battle are bad-ass and I love it.
But second pick would be all of The Lord of the Rings films not just one!

[Palaver]

Gotta go with the Dark Knight.

[RichC2]

TDK with RotK in close second. The others on that list are pretty terrible (it sucks the only good Spider-man didn't make the list.)

[lordwow]

TDK followed by ROTK

[Charlie Goose]

There are only 2 movies on that list that I would consider, and TDK beats Spiderman.

[Goat3001]

I went TDK eventhough this year isn't over yet and who knows how well Max Payne will do. ;)

Did Shrek 2 really outgross Spidey 2?

[Giles]

of the one's listed: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, but personally 'Two Towers' (Extended Edition) is the best IMO.

[GradVT06]

Given my test of "If all these were on TV right now and I could only watch one", I'd go with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. I had never even read any of the books or seen any of the movies until this summer, when ABC Family had a marathon of the movies July 4th weekend and it rained here the whole time. I thoroughly enjoyed the movies and liked the first two the best and I'm now going back and actually reading the books. Although coming in close would be The Dark Knight. Close after that would be Pirates of the Caribean: Curse of the Black Pearl if it was a choice- I liked it much better than either of the sequels, and Batman Begins if they were listed.

[TheNightFlier]

The Dark Knight.

[Michael Corvin]

I want to say ROTK but the 12 endings left a really bad taste in my mouth so I went with TDK.

[cardsfan111]

The Dark Knight for me. :up:

[bunkaroo]

Dark Knight was awesome, but I don't think anything can ever top the conclusion to the Lord Of The Rings - it was such an emotional crescendo.

[Kicker_of_Elves]

The Dark Knight

[FantasticVSDoom]

Had to go with TDK, as the others werent really movies I cared for (except for the HP movie).

[sauce07]

Dark Knight, not just because it is the most recent movie in my mind, it kicked ass.

[Giles]

Given my test of "If all these were on TV right now and I could only watch one", I'd go with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. I had never even read any of the books or seen any of the movies until this summer, when ABC Family had a marathon of the movies July 4th weekend and it rained here the whole time. I thoroughly enjoyed the movies and liked the first two the best and I'm now going back and actually reading the books. Although coming in close would be The Dark Knight. Close after that would be Pirates of the Caribean: Curse of the Black Pearl if it was a choice- I liked it much better than either of the sequels, and Batman Begins if they were listed.

In regards to the Harry Potter films, I have to say I'm in the minority of actually enjoying the second film, in extended form as it was shown on tv, with all the deleted scenes reinstated into the storyline of the film.

[wm lopez]

Wish you would have waited for 2009 to be over.

[solipsta]

I was a big fan of Spiderman as a kid, and when it hit the big screen, it was like a dream come true. It might not be the best pic on that list, but it was definitely my favorite.

[abe55]

The Dark Knight, although I do enjoy the original Spider-Man.

The rest suck, IMO.

[dick_grayson]

I like how Star Wars Guy voted for Harry Potter.

[keyed]

There needs to be an "other" option on the poll.

My vote:
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

[GradVT06]

In regards to the Harry Potter films, I have to say I'm in the minority of actually enjoying the second film, in extended form as it was shown on tv, with all the deleted scenes reinstated into the storyline of the film.

I enjoyed the second one, Chamber of Secrets, the most. Of course, I had not read any of the books that's why many folks said I might not have liked PoA-OoP as much.

I know the recording on my DVR for Chamber of Secrets was 3.5 hours long w/ commercials, and I was completely cool w/ that. Didn't seem like there was anything in it I'd cut out.

[starman9000]

Voted Harry Potter, though and LOTR and TDK are better movies. I like that it has a catchy tune like it seems most movies had back in the 80's. I'm sure that is blasphemy for the big music score fans out there.

[Matt Millheiser]

ROTK was a good movie but it was also a bloated mess at times. It needed to be leaner and faster, not saggy around the mid-section. TDK, on the other hand, had a long running time but didn't FEEL like it did. Out of the top box office movies of the decade, it easily wins hands down.