The Times India today reported that the best-selling films of 2017 had been released on December 10 and the best new titles had been screened on December 9.
The report said that the top 10 films released on the first day of December 2017 were “Blackfish” (2017), “The Martian” (2018), “Mad Max: Fury Road” (2019), “Moonlight” (2020), “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (2112), “Gone Girl” (2122), “Mulan” (2213), “Titanic” (2317), “Rise of the Guardians” (2417), and “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1” (2519).
The best-sellers of 2017 were Blackfish (2017) with a cumulative sales of 1,092,917 units, Blackfish: The Return of Captain Janeway (2017): 1,079,099 units, and Mockingjee (2017: 1,034,853 units).
The best-seller of 2017 was The Martian (2018) with 1,046,821 units.
In the second weekend of December, the best debut of the year was “Black Panther: Winter Soldier” with 2,937,715 units.
The top 10 best-reviewed films of the past two years are: “Brimstone” (2012), “Black Swan” (2013), “Blue Jasmine” (2014), “Boyhood” (2015), “Cloud Atlas” (2016), “Citizenfour” (2011), “Divergent” (2010), “Ex Machina” (2009), “Fences” (2008), “Ghostbusters” (1984), “Inherent Vice” (1980), “La La Land” (1997), “Life of Pi” (1999), “Looper” (2007), “Magic Mike XXL” (2005), “Nocturnal Animals” (2006), “Pan” (2003), “Resident Evil: Apocalypse” (2002), “Silver Linings Playbook” (2004), “Suicide Squad” (1989), “Stripes” (2001), “Unbroken” (1956), “Zodiac” (2000), “Warcraft” (1973), “Whiplash” (1993), and the film adaptation of the novel “The Great Beauty.”
The second best-received film of 2017 is “Gravity” with 1.99 million units.
The best film of 2016 is “Avengers: Infinity War” with 686,632 units.