Tag: SuperSized

How ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Wicked’ compare to other supersized movies

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Bar chart shows top grossing movies with runtimes longer than 2 and a half hours. 2009 “Avatar,” 2 hours, 42 minutes, $2.9B worldwide , $4.3B adjusted; 2019 “Avengers: Endgame,” 3 hours, 1 minute, $2.8B WW , $3.4B adjusted; 2022, “Avatar: The Way of Water,” 3 hours, 12 minutes, $2.3B WW, $2.5B adjusted; 1997, “Titanic,” 3 hours, 14 minutes, $2.3B WW, $4.4B adjusted; 2017 “Star Wars: Episode VIII — The Last Jedi,” 2 hours, 32 minutes, $1.3B WW, $1.7B adjusted; 2003 “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” 3 hours, 21 minutes, $1.1B WW, $2B adjusted; 2011 “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” 2 hours, 34 minutes, $1.1B WW, $1.6b adjusted; 2012 “The Dark Knight Rises,” 2 hours, 44 minutes; $1.1B WW, $1.5B adjusted; 2014 “Transformers: Age of Extinction,” 2 hours, 45 minutes, $1.1B WW, $1.5B adjusted; 2006 “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” 2 hours, 31 minutes, $1.1B WW, $1.7B adjusted.

If “The Brutalist” wins the coveted best picture Oscar, it will be one of the longest films to ever do so, although its box-office take is lagging considerably behind many previous recipients. “Gone With the […]