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'Ant-Man and the Wasp' Buzzes to #1 While 'Incredibles 2' Tops $500 Million
It's another Disney-led weekend as Ant-Man and the Wasp claims the weekend's #1 spot. This marks the tenth time this year a film based on a Marvel comic character has topped the weekend box office. Also releasing this week, Universal and Blumhouse's The First Purge is the latest success in the now, four-film franchise, Roadside's documentary Whitney fell just shy of a spot in the weekend top ten and Annapurna's Sorry to Bother You was a smashing success in limited release. Disney's success...

Sequels Dominate as Denzel's 'Equalizer 2' Edges Out 'Mamma Mia!' Sequel at Top of Box Office
A different kind of record was set this weekend in that it was the first weekend ever where eight of the top ten films at the weekend box office were sequels. Of those eight, two of the weekend's new follow-up films are locked in a tight race at the top with Sony's The Equalizer 2 pulling off a surprise upset, edging out Universal's Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, which looked as if it might top $40 million at one point over the weekend, but settled down well below that mark. Overall, the wee...

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Movie Name		Grade
2008
Tropic Thunder		A
The Dark Knight		A+
Hancock		B
Wanted		A
Get Smart		B+
The Incredible Hulk		B
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull		B
Iron Man		A
2007
I Am Legend		B
Stardust		A
Hot Rod		B-
Underdog		B
The Simpsons Movie		A-
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix		A-
Transformers		A
Ratatouille		A
Ocean's Thirteen		B
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End		B
Spider-Man 3		B+
Hot Fuzz		A-
Grindhouse		A
Blades of Glory		B
300		A-
Smokin' Aces		B
Letters from Iwo Jima		A+
2006
Night at the Museum		B
Casino Royale		A-
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan		B+
Open Season		B
Jackass: Number Two		B
Hollywoodland		B+
Crank		B+
How to Eat Fried Worms		B+
Snakes on a Plane		A
Pulse		C
Accepted		B
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby		B+
The Ant Bully		B+
Miami Vice		A-
District B13		B
Clerks II		A
Monster House		B
You, Me and Dupree		B-
A Scanner Darkly		B+
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest		A
The Devil Wears Prada		B
Superman Returns		C+
Strangers with Candy		B+
Click		B-
X-Men - The Last Stand		C+
The Da Vinci Code		B-
Poseidon		B-
Mission: Impossible III		B+
United 93		A
The Sentinel		B
Silent Hill		B-
Inside Man		B-
V for Vendetta		A-
Thank You for Smoking		A
Game 6		A
16 Blocks		B
Firewall		B
The Matador		A
Underworld: Evolution		B-
2005
The Ringer		C+
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe		B+
Aeon Flux		B-
The Ice Harvest		B
Walk the Line		A
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire		A
The Weather Man		A
Serenity		A
Lord of War		A-
The 40 Year-Old Virgin		A
Red Eye		B
Four Brothers		B
Stealth		C
The Island		A-
Bad News Bears		B
Wedding Crashers		B
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory		A
Fantastic Four		C+
Murderball		A+
War of the Worlds		A-
Land of the Dead		B+
Batman Begins		A+
Mr. & Mrs. Smith		B+
Lords of Dogtown		B-
Madagascar		B
The Longest Yard		B
Star Wars - Episode III, Revenge of the Sith		A
Unleashed		B+
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy		C+
xXx: State of the Union		C
The Interpreter		A-
Kung Fu Hustle		A
The Amityville Horror		C+
Sahara		B
Fever Pitch		B
Sin City		A
The Ring Two		B-
Robots		B+
Hostage		B-
Be Cool		C+
Constantine		B-
Hitch		B
Assault on Precinct 13		B-
2004
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou		B-
Meet the Fockers		C
Ocean's Twelve		B
Blade - Trinity		B+
National Treasure		C+
Bollywood and Vine		C
The Polar Express		B+
The Incredibles		A
The Final Cut		B+
Team America: World Police		B+
Shaun of the Dead		A
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow		A-
Hero		A
Garden State		A
Collateral		A-
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)		B
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle		B+
The Bourne Supremacy		B+
I, Robot		B
Spider-Man 2		A+
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story		B
The Stepford Wives		B+
The Chronicles of Riddick		B-
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban		B+
The Day After Tomorrow		A
Shrek 2		B+
Van Helsing		C+
Man on Fire		B
Kill Bill: Vol. 2		A-
The Punisher		B
The Girl Next Door		B-
Hellboy		B+
Dawn of the Dead		B
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind		B
Jersey Girl		A-
Starsky & Hutch		B-
Miracle		A
Big Fish		A
2003
Paycheck		B
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King		A+
The Cooler		B
Bad Santa		A
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World		A
Elf		B+
The Matrix Revolutions		C
Alien: The Director's Cut		A
Kill Bill: Vol. 1		A
Mystic River		B
The Rundown		B
Underworld		B
Once Upon A Time In Mexico		B-
Lost in Translation		A+
The Order		C
The Medallion		C+
Open Range		B+
S.W.A.T.		B
American Wedding		B+
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life		B-
Bad Boys II		B-
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen		C+
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl		A
Terminator 3 : Rise of the Machines		B+
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle		B+
Hulk		A
Hollywood Homicide		B
2 Fast 2 Furious		B+
The Italian Job		A-
Finding Nemo		A+
Bruce Almighty		B+
The Matrix Reloaded		A
X2		A
Identity		A-
Holes		B+
Bulletproof Monk		B-
Ghosts of the Abyss		A
Phone Booth		A-
Basic		B
Dreamcatcher		C
Tears of the Sun		C+
Daredevil		B+
Old School		B-
Shanghai Knights		B+
Adaptation		A+
2002
Catch Me If You Can		B+
Gangs of New York		A
Two Weeks Notice		B
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers		A-
Star Trek: Nemesis		B+
Chicago		A+
Adam Sandler's 8 Crazy Nights		B-
Die Another Day		A
Treasure Planet		B
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets		A
8 Mile		A
Femme Fatale		B+
I Spy		C+
Punch-Drunk Love		A
Jackass: The Movie		A-
The Ring		A
Knockaround Guys		B+
Red Dragon		A
The Tuxedo		C+
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever		B+
Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi)		B+
Stealing Harvard		B-
S1M0NE		B+
Undisputed		C+
Serving Sara		B
One Hour Photo		A
Possession		B+
Blue Crush		B
Blood Work		A
xXx		B+
The Good Girl		A
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams		A
Signs		A-
Austin Powers in Goldmember		B
Eight Legged Freaks		B
K-19 : The Widowmaker		B+
Halloween: Resurrection		C-
Road to Perdition		A
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course		B-
Men In Black II		B
Mr. Deeds		C
Lilo & Stitch		B+
Minority Report		A
The Bourne Identity		B
Scooby Doo		B-
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys		A
Bad Company		B-
Undercover Brother		A-
The Sum of All Fears		B+
Insomnia		A
About A Boy		A-
Star Wars : Episode II - Attack of the Clones		B+
Unfaithful		C+
The New Guy		C+
Spider-Man		A
Jason X		B-
The Scorpion King		B
The Cat's Meow		A
Frailty		A
Changing Lanes		B+
Van Wilder		C+
Panic Room		A-
Death to Smoochy		A
Sorority Boys		C
Blade II		B+
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial : The 20th Anniversary		B+
Ice Age		A
Resident Evil		B
The Time Machine		C
40 Days and 40 Nights		B
We Were Soldiers		C+
Monsoon Wedding		A
Hart's War		B
John Q		D+
Super Troopers		B
Rollerball		D+
Collateral Damage		B
Slackers		D
Birthday Girl		B+
The Count of Monte Cristo		A
Kung Pow : Enter the Fist		B-
Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacte Des Loups)		A-
Black Hawk Down		A
Orange County		C+
Impostor		C+
2001
Monster's Ball		A
Gosford Park		A
The Shipping News		B
In the Bedroom		A
Ali		B
A Beautiful Mind		A
Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius		B+
The Majestic		B
The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring		B+
The Royal Tenenbaums		A
Not Another Teen Movie		C+
Iris		B
Vanilla Sky		B+
Ocean's Eleven		B+
Behind Enemy Lines		C+
Texas Rangers		D
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone		B+
Heist		B
Shallow Hal		B
Monsters, Inc.		A
The One		B
Amelie		A
The Man Who Wasn't There		A
13 Ghosts		B
K-PAX		B
From Hell		C+
Bandits		B
Mulholland Drive		A
Corky Romano		C
Training Day		B
Joy Ride		B+
Zoolander		B
The Glass House		C+
The Musketeer		D+
Jeepers Creepers		D+
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back		A
Bubble Boy		B+
John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars		C
American Outlaws		B
The Others		B+
Osmosis Jones		B
American Pie 2		B
Rush Hour 2		B+
Original Sin		C
America's Sweethearts		B
Jurassic Park III		C
The Score		B
Legally Blonde		B
Kiss of the Dragon		B
A.I. : Artificial Intelligence		B
The Fast and the Furious		B
Atlantis : The Lost Empire		B+
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (re-release)		A+
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider		B-
Swordfish		B
Evolution		C+
Pearl Harbor		B
Moulin Rouge		A+
Shrek		A
A Knight's Tale		B
The Mummy Returns		B+
Driven		C
Freddy Got Fingered		F
Bridget Jones's Diary		B+
Josie and the Pussycats		B+
Joe Dirt		B
Blow		B+
Just Visiting		B
Along Came a Spider		B+
Spy Kids		A
Someone Like You		B
The Tailor of Panama		C
Heartbreakers		B+
Say It Isn't So		C
Enemy at the Gates		B+
Memento		A
Exit Wounds		B
15 Minutes		C
Get Over It		B
The Mexican		B
3000 Miles to Graceland		D
Hannibal		B+
Valentine		D
Sugar & Spice		B+
The Pledge		A
Double Take		B-
Antitrust		B
2000
Shadow of the Vampire		A
Traffic		A
Miss Congeniality		B
The Family Man		B
O Brother, Where Art Thou?		A+
Cast Away		A-
Finding Forrester		A
What Women Want		B+
The Emperor's New Groove		A
Dude, Where's My Car?		B-
Proof of Life		B
Snatch		B
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon		A+
Dungeons & Dragons		D+
Vertical Limit		B+
Unbreakable		A-
The 6th Day		B
Bounce		B+
Little Nicky		B
Red Planet		B-
You Can Count on Me		A
Men of Honor		A
Charlie's Angels		A-
Lucky Numbers		C+
Book of Shadows : Blair Witch 2		B
Bedazzled		B+
The Legend of Drunken Master		A
Dr. T & The Women		B
Billy Elliot		A
Meet the Parents		B+
Remember the Titans		A
Urban Legends : Final cut		C
Bait		B
Almost Famous		A
Nurse Betty		B
The Art of War		D
Bring it On		A-
Godzilla 2000		B
The Cell		B+
The Replacements		B-
Hollow Man		B
Coyote Ugly		B
Space Cowboys		B
Saving Grace		B
Nutty Professor II - The Klumps		B
Loser		C+
X-Men		A
Scary Movie		B+
The Perfect Storm		A-
The Patriot		A-
Chicken Run		A
Me, Myself & Irene		B+
Boys and Girls		B
Shaft		A-
Titan A.E.		B
Gone in 60 Seconds		B-
Big Momma's House		B
Shanghai Noon		B+
Mission : Impossible 2		A-
Small Time Crooks		A-
Dinosaur		B-
Road Trip		B
Battlefield Earth		D+
Screwed		C+
Gladiator		A-
Frequency		A
U-571		A
Keeping the Faith		B
American Psycho		A-
Where the Money Is		B-
Rules of Engagement		B
The Skulls		C
Romeo Must Die		B+
Erin Brockovich		A-
Final Destination		B
Mission to Mars		B-
Drowning Mona		C+
What Planet Are You From?		B+
Boiler Room		B
Pitch Black		B
Scream 3		B
Eye of the Beholder		D
Supernova		D+
Next Friday		C+
1999
Play it to the Bone		C
Galaxy Quest		A
The Talented Mr. Ripley		B
Man on the Moon		A
Any Given Sunday		B
Anna and the King		B
Bicentennial Man		B
The Cider House Rules		A
The Green Mile		A+
Deuce Bigalow : Male Gigalow		C+
Toy Story 2		A
Sleepy Hollow		B
The World is Not Enough		B+
Dogma		A
The Insider		B+
Being John Malkovich		A
Princess Mononoke		B
The Omega Code		D-
Bringing Out the Dead		B
Bats		C-
Fight Club		A
Superstar		B-
Happy, Texas		B
Three Kings		A
Mystery, Alaska		B
Drive Me Crazy		C
Blue Streak		B
For Love of the Game		B
American Beauty		A
Stir of Echoes		B+
Stigmata		B-
The 13th Warrior		B
Universal Soldier : The Return		D+
Teaching Mrs. Tingle		C+
Bowfinger		B+
Mystery Men		A-
The Thomas Crown Affair		B+
The Sixth Sense		A
The Iron Giant		A+
Dick		B+
Deep Blue Sea		B+
Drop Dead Gorgeous		B
Lake Placid		B-
Eyes Wide Shut		B
The Blair Witch Project		A
American Pie		B+
Arlington Road		B+
South Park : Bigger, Longer & Uncut		A-
Wild Wild West		B+
Big Daddy		B+
The General's Daughter		B
Run Lola Run		A
Austin Powers : The Spy Who Shagged Me		B
Instinct		B
Notting Hill		B
The Thirteenth Floor		B
Trekkies		A-
Star Wars : Episode I -- The Phantom Menace		A
Black Mask		B-
Trippin'		B
The Mummy		A-
Idle Hands		B-
Entrapment		B-
Lost & Found		B-
Election		A-
Life		B
Go		B+
Cookie's Fortune		A
The Matrix		A
10 Things I Hate About You		B
ED tv		B+
The Mod Squad		B-
Ravenous		B+
Forces of Nature		C+
Wing Commander		D
The Rage : Carrie 2		C
The Corruptor		B
Cruel Intentions		B+
Eight Days A Week		B
8mm		B+
Office Space		B+
Blast from the Past		B
Rushmore		A-
Payback		A-
Virus		C+
1998
Affliction		A+
A Civil Action		C
The Faculty		B+
Star Trek : Insurrection		B
Shakespeare in Love		A
A Simple Plan		A+
Psycho (1998)		B
Babe: Pig in the City		A
Jerry Springer : Ringmaster		C+
Enemy of the State		B+
Waking Ned Devine		B+
A Bug's Life		A
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer		C+
The Siege		B
The Waterboy		A-
Elizabeth		A
Pleasantville		C+
Soldier		B-
The Bride of Chucky		C+
Antz		A
A Night at the Roxbury		B+
Ronin		B
Urban Legend		B-
Rush Hour		A-
Touch of Evil (40th Anniv)		A-
Knock Off		C-
Blade		A-
The Avengers		B
Snake Eyes		B-
The Negotiator		A
BASEketball		A
Mafia!		B
Saving Private Ryan		A+
The Mask of Zorro		A
There's Something About Mary		C+
Lethal Weapon 4		A
Armageddon		A
Gone With the Wind		A+
Doctor Dolittle		B
X-Files : Fight the Future		A
Dirty Work		D
A Perfect Murder		B
The Truman Show		A
Godzilla		C
Black Dog		D
The Big Hit		B
Species II		C
Lost in Space		C
Wild Things		B+
The Wedding Singer		B+
The Replacement Killers		B
Deep Rising		B+
1997
As Good As It Gets		A
Titanic		A
Geri's Game		A
Starship Troopers		B
I Know what You Did Last Summer		B
Air Force One		A
Breakdown		B+
Austin Powers : International Man of Mystery		B
1996
Swingers		A
Trainspotting		A
The Quest		D+
Mystery Science Theatre 3000: The Movie		A
Happy Gilmore		B
1995
Goldeneye		B
1994
Stargate		B
Speed		B
Into The Deep (IMAX)		B
1993
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story		B
1991
Terminator 2: Judgment Day		A
1989
The Abyss		A-
Batman		B
1988
They Live		B
1983
A Christmas Story		A
1981
The Evil Dead		B
Raiders of the Lost Ark		A
1978
Halloween		A
1976
Rocky		A
1964
Goldfinger		A
From Russia With Love		C+
1962
Lawrence of Arabia		A
1952
High Noon		A
1943
Casablanca		A+

Average Grade (number of movies)		B (615)