BOX OFFICE: Alfonso Cuaron's GRAVITY Soars With Impressive Worldwide Total Of $500M

BOX OFFICE: Alfonso Cuaron's GRAVITY Soars With Impressive Worldwide Total Of $500M

The incredible, breathtaking and haunting Gravity has surpassed everyone's expectations at the box office by becoming the seventh biggest movie of 2013 with a current worldwide cume of over $500 million! Hit the jump for further details.

By JoshWilding - Nov 17, 2013 03:11 PM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi
Source: The Hollywood Reporter


According to The Hollywood Reporter, Gravity managed to cross the $500 million mark at the worldwide box office this weekend. The 3D movie - which stars only Sandra Bullock and George Clooney - has now grossed $240.6 million in North America and $274.3 million internationally. That gives it a global cume of over $515 million, and with an opening in China still to come, many expect to see it reach upwards of $600 million by the end of its run. Even with competition like Thor: The Dark World, Gravity still managed to take $18.5 million this weekend and even finished at #6 domestically with $6.3 million. Overseas, France leads with $37.5 million, followed by Korea ($26.5 million), the UK ($23.2 million), Russia ($20.9 million) and Australia ($18.1 million). The movie has only been playing in the UK for two weeks and it is now the seventh biggest movie of 2013.






[Sandra] Bullock plays Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky [George Clooney] in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone–tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth…and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.


STARRING:

Sandra Bullock as Ryan Stone
George Clooney as Matt Kowalsky

RELEASE DATE: Out Now!
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THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 11/17/2013, 3:49 PM
Graverage
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 11/17/2013, 3:51 PM
I'm not gonna go see this, could someone tell me the ending?
SuperCat
SuperCat - 11/17/2013, 3:55 PM
Yeah, haven't seen this yet. Rental, maybe.
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 11/17/2013, 3:58 PM
Anyone I'm actually going to believe?
marvel72
marvel72 - 11/17/2013, 3:59 PM
film of the year for me.

1st gravity
2nd stoker
3rd django unchained
40oz
40oz - 11/17/2013, 4:02 PM
@NovaCorp. Why wouldnt you see it? Super intense movie. Beautiful effects and cinematography. Another ground breaking film like Jurassic Park, Avatar, T2.
ScionStorm
ScionStorm - 11/17/2013, 4:04 PM
Will someone please explain to me what the point of this movie is? The only person I know who has seen it told me not to go watch it unless I wanted to spend two hours sitting in the dark getting more and more frustrated.

It's not like there's any hope they'll be rescued.
Mrsinister
Mrsinister - 11/17/2013, 4:04 PM
Really a great movie with amazing graphics that are best on a theater screen.
Mrsinister
Mrsinister - 11/17/2013, 4:06 PM
Don't ask what the plot is. Just go see it. Sometimes it's fun to have no idea what a movie is about.
40oz
40oz - 11/17/2013, 4:07 PM
@scionstorm. You need new friends man. How old are you? Eventually you will need to see something other than a comic book movie :)
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 11/17/2013, 4:08 PM
I don't care about the plot, just tell me how it ends. If the ending is justified, I might consider watching it.
BabyGroot
BabyGroot - 11/17/2013, 4:08 PM
The single take of the opening scene was awesome. It was about 10 minutes! Such a beautiful movie, and as for the "weak character development" complaints... I think otherwise. They did a good job with the writing, and especially the effects. I'd hate for anyone to spoil the movie for themselves, just because they thought it would be boring. It was just as I thought it would be, except more unexpectedly exciting. Best movie of 2013 for me.
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 11/17/2013, 4:10 PM
I'll give a valid reason I'm not gonna see it.

A friend of mine who's in his final year of a directing course said it was pointless and was clearly trying too hard to be oscar-worthy.
Kyos
Kyos - 11/17/2013, 4:12 PM
"Will someone please explain to me what the point of this movie is? The only person I know who has seen it told me not to go watch it unless I wanted to spend two hours sitting in the dark getting more and more frustrated."

Well to me the point of the movie was to have as intense an experience in the cinema a I didn't have quite like that in a long time. So I'm a person who's seen the movie, and I'm telling you to go see it if you want to have 90 minutes of great time at the cinema!
40oz
40oz - 11/17/2013, 4:13 PM
@NovaCorps, movie was not pointless. I was exhausted after watching it. Super intense. And why would you want to know the ending? That is odd my friend. Best movie I have seen all year, in the theatre atleast. If you want to know the ending, google it. I dont spoil movies.
Kyos
Kyos - 11/17/2013, 4:17 PM
@Nova

But knowing the ending is not really the point. It's about the ride. Imo Gravity is just good cinema and best experienced on the big screen.
BabyGroot
BabyGroot - 11/17/2013, 4:18 PM
The only regret I've got of watching this movie, was that I couldn't see it in IMAX.
Kyos
Kyos - 11/17/2013, 4:19 PM
@Tristan

Same here!
6guerin
6guerin - 11/17/2013, 4:26 PM
best movie of the year hands down . 1h30 of trhillride.

second best for me is snowpiercer uncut version (sorry for you american friends because this his another great movie to watch )
i love so much good comicbookmovie, but not one give me this year what gravity and snowpiercer did........ a powerfull experience
Dangermouse78
Dangermouse78 - 11/17/2013, 4:27 PM
Some people really are beyond help. A film about space doesn't need to have Aliens in it or someone in spandex to be good.

Go see this in IMAX 3D, first film I've seen that truly uses the 3D to full effect and I see most films that come out. You feel like you are in space in certain parts.

Easily in my top 3 films of this year, beating some CBM's which were disappointing.

Novacorps - I don't hold much hope for your 'Director' friend if he didn't see anything in this film that he could learn from.
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 11/17/2013, 4:29 PM
I can't be arsed watching a film if all I'm going to enjoy about it is effects and camera angles.
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 11/17/2013, 4:35 PM
Dangermouse

Did I say he was a director? I don't recall saying that. He studies directing. As well as drama, psychology and a few other things. He's pretty knowledgeable about film. He told me the film has incredible effects and cinematography but the rest is just there to fill space. This is a guy who sees every film at least three times and takes notes on every aspect of it. Literally. He writes things about the film in a notebook. We had a debate over the Thor 2 mid credit, which he won because he'd written everything down.

When he told me about this movie, he started by saying, "It's an Oscar grab and nothing more." The only reason the film seems to have been made is to gwet an Oscar or two.
Dangermouse78
Dangermouse78 - 11/17/2013, 4:35 PM
I think your missing the point entirely. The way it is shot brings you into it like no other film I've seen. Its tense throughout and you really feel it as you don't know how its going to end - unlike most films. But hey, if you don't want to see it that's your call.
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 11/17/2013, 4:39 PM
I haven't actually watched any of this year's Scifis. Apparently Pacific Rim was fun but that it's just a film you can switch off and have no need to pay attention to it and you'll just enjoy the fun of it.

I rarely see movies unless they interest me in some way. Which has led to disappointment this year, as most CBMs have been lackluster and I haven't had the time to see any of the other films.
ScionStorm
ScionStorm - 11/17/2013, 4:40 PM
So it's an experience movie? Like Cloverfield. Where you know from the trailer how or where it ends but you watch for the experience. I just want a point to it and a conflict and if there is no hope they are going to get rescued what is the conflict? Does anything they do have an affect on the world after they are gone?

@40oz -I'm 24. I just said the only friend I know who has seen it gave me that review. I was never impressed by the trailer from the first time I saw it. And I am partial toward character-driven stories.
Dangermouse78
Dangermouse78 - 11/17/2013, 4:41 PM
Sorry, i assumed someone doing a directing course might be learning to be a director?? not that much of jump...

Well if he writes everything down then he must be right.

I've see it twice in 3D and then IMAX 3D - Blown away each time.
Dangermouse78
Dangermouse78 - 11/17/2013, 4:43 PM
Its nothing like Cloverfield
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 11/17/2013, 4:43 PM
What point am I missing? Cinematography is great and all, but if there's no plot or substance, then why the hell does cinematography even matter?
Kyos
Kyos - 11/17/2013, 4:45 PM
"This is a guy who sees every film at least three times and takes notes on every aspect of it. Literally."

Well, maybe from time to time he should put the notebook away and just try to get into the experience. Of course I'm just being judgemental about him because he didn't like a movie I loved. :)

"The only reason the film seems to have been made is to gwet an Oscar or two."

A friend of mine watched the trailer and said "nah, it's too much of an oOscar-grab movie for me". Then I watched the movie and told him it was great and spectacular and breathtaking and he said "well, that's nice and all, and I'm sure it'll win some Oscars, but it's not for me". Then I smacked the pretentiously un-pretentious bastard. :D

Yeah, okay I didn't really hit him. Bu it was close
BlackPhillip
BlackPhillip - 11/17/2013, 4:45 PM
Great movie!
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 11/17/2013, 4:45 PM
He's leaving options open. He studies a lot of things but directing is just a fascination he has, he doesn't plan on a career in it.
WhoDaFoo
WhoDaFoo - 11/17/2013, 4:47 PM
Kinda gave me an Avator feeling. Simple story/characters with impressive technicality.
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 11/17/2013, 4:47 PM
That's the thing, after watching trailers and getting opinions, I can't see myself enjoying this.
6guerin
6guerin - 11/17/2013, 4:48 PM
don't miss this.....the only other movies that gave me this feeling were jurassic park when i was ten,into the wild,million dollar baby and the interrogation scene in the dark knight
ahhmynuts
ahhmynuts - 11/17/2013, 4:50 PM
this movie was pretty good id say 8/10. visually stunning 10/10 on that. great acting by bullock and clooney. but still the story was ehh. but i understand you cant do much with limited resources as this is a story about getting from point A to B to C with almost nothing at hand so im not going to hold it against them.

id compare this movie to the grey and life of pi.

stunning visuals like life of pi(actually even better) with the theme being based in hope and faith like the the grey. its a stunning but if you were to say you were bored i wouldnt blame you. again 8/10
Dangermouse78
Dangermouse78 - 11/17/2013, 4:50 PM
I can only say its one of the best Films of this year by far for me and I see 2 films a week minimum. Yes the cinematography is ground breaking, but it has more than that, its a tense disaster/fight to survive story with only a couple of central characters.

I cant really argue with someone who hasn't seen it though.
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