2011 Highest Grossing Movies Worldwide

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It’s been a tough year at the box office.

The attendance numbers hit a 16-year low. Not since 1995 have moviegoers trickled into the theaters. Big box office flops were a major disappointment for Hollywood studios and audiences alike. Sequels and remakes couldn't sell enough tickets. Even James Bond couldn’t salvage the trite slow-paced movie Cowboys & Aliens.  

In 2011 3-D movies fell flat on their backs. Moviegoers do not want to tangle with clumsy 3-D glasses for two hours. The ticket prices also higher for 3-D movies but they don’t always deliver the goods, not like Here's the list:

 Top 20 highest grossing movies worldwide for 2011:
  1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 – $1.3 billion
  2. Transformers: Dark of the Moon – $1.1 billion
  3. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides – $1 billion
  4. Kung Fu Panda 2 – $663 million
  5. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 – $648 million
  6. Fast Five – $626 million
  7. The Hangover Part II – $581.5 million
  8. The Smurfs – 562.4 million
  9. Cars 2 – $551.9 million
  10. Rio – $484.6 million
  11. Rise of the Planet of the Apes – $481.2 million
  12. Thor – $448.5 million
  13. Captain America: The First Avenger – $368.4 million
  14. X-Men: First Class – $353.6 million
  15. Puss in Boots – $331.3 million
  16. Bridesmaids – 288.4 million
  17. Real Steel – $276.4 million
  18. The Adventures of Tintin – $274.9 million
  19. Super 8 – $259.9 million
  20. Rango – $245.1 million
Let’s hope Hollywood pulls itself of their slump in 2012!

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