Yeah, this is a thread about Italian box office.
The peculiarity of BO runs in Italy, the upcoming openings of Eclipse and TS3, a nice amount of free time and the atomic weight of mercury being higher than 200 are certainly important, but they aren't the factors that made me start this thing.
The reason is called Corpse
I hope you're happy now xD
Some numbers:
TOP 100 (Nominal Gross)1 AVATAR 2010 € 65.476.526,73
2 TITANIC 1998 € 42.337.985,82
3 LA VITA E' BELLA (LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL) 1997 € 31.232.922,24
4 ALICE IN WONDERLAND 2010 € 29.883.572,25
5 ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS 2009 € 29.694.052,81
6 THE DA VINCI CODE 2006 € 28.690.407,33
7 CHIEDIMI SE SONO FELICE 2000 € 28.458.894,29
8 NATALE SUL NILO 2002 € 28.297.577,99
9 IL CICLONE 1996 € 28.085.461,27
10 PINOCCHIO 2002 € 26.197.231,40
11 FUOCHI D’ARTIFICIO 1997 € 25.878.172,25
12 HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE 2001 € 25.269.608,19
13 MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA 2008 € 25.091.955,03
14 IL PARADISO ALL’IMPROVVISO 2003 € 24.954.365,10
15 NATALE A RIO 2008 € 24.678.792,31
16 NATALE A NEW YORK 2006 € 23.569.676,25
17 NATALE IN CROCIERA 2007 € 23.461.775,34
18 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING 2004 € 22.851.001,71
19 COSI’ E’ LA VITA 1998 € 22.550.417,77
20 LA LEGGENDA DI AL, JOHN E JACK 2002 € 22.266.458,66
21 FINDING NEMO 2003 € 21.887.082,09
22 THE LORD OF THE RINGS:THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING 2002 € 21.704.043,93
23 NATALE A MIAMI 2005 € 21.236.905,24
24 MADAGASCAR 2005 € 21.203.779,66
25 NATALE A BEVERLY HILLS 2009 € 20.983.639,77
26 HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS 2002 € 20.915.864,37
27 SHREK 2 2004 € 20.863.933,73
28 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS 2003 € 20.745.907,18
29 SHREK THE THIRD 2007 € 20.240.954,20
30 HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE 2005 € 20.133.809,05
31 UNA MOGLIE BELLISSIMA 2007 € 20.030.324,24
32 TI AMO IN TUTTE LE LINGUE DEL MONDO 2005 € 20.019.235,00
33 THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST 2004 € 19.960.061,81
34 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST 2006 € 19.852.928,80
35 SHERLOCK HOLMES 2009 € 19.821.758,85
36 IL MOSTRO 1994 € 19.435.535,97
37 THE LION KING 1994 € 19.418.030,28
38 SPIDER-MAN 2002 € 19.276.725,58
39 NATALE IN INDIA 2003 € 19.189.345,09
40 MANUALE D’AMORE 2 – CAPITOLI SUCCESSIVI 2007 € 19.031.590,20
41 SPIDER-MAN 2 2004 € 18.977.380,69
42 ANGELS & DEMONS 2009 € 18.724.893,65
43 HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX 2007 € 18.632.174,36
44 ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN 2006 € 18.626.039,97
45 IL MIO MIGLIOR NEMICO 2006 € 18.596.074,90
46 HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE 2009 € 18.363.508,49
47 THE LAST SAMURAI 2004 € 18.152.386,20
48 SPIDER-MAN 3 2007 € 18.055.979,66
49 OCEAN’S ELEVEN 2001 € 17.809.626,72
50 RATATOUILLE 2007 € 17.479.606,60
51 CHRISTMAS IN LOVE 2004 € 17.442.165,53
52 A CHRISTMAS CAROL 2009 € 17.073.604,93
53 KUNG FU PANDA 2008 € 17.038.969,23
54 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL 2003 € 16.936.912,18
55 TU LA CONOSCI CLAUDIA? 2004 € 16.877.870,61
56 THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA 2005 € 16.765.124,23
57 RUNAWAY BRIDE 1999 € 16.597.261,43
58 TRE UOMINI E UNA GAMBA 1997 € 16.575.135,85
59 NEW MOON 2009 € 16.444.155,48
60 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END 2007 € 16.428.511,32
61 THE SIMPSONS MOVIE 2007 € 16.205.533,85
62 THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME 1996 € 16.154.781,57
63 HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN 2004 € 15.846.322,72
64 UP 2009 € 15.782.486,42
65 IO, LORO E LARA 2010 € 15.769.273,44
66 THE INCREDIBLES 2004 € 15.586.899,04
67 THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS 2007 € 15.581.977,20
68 AMERICAN BEAUTY 2000 € 15.403.485,44
69 TROY 2004 € 15.389.928,17
70 MERRY CHRISTMAS 2001 € 15.144.832,43
71 TARZAN 1999 € 15.078.629,22
72 LA TIGRE E LA NEVE 2005 € 14.864.479,26
73 A BEAUTIFUL MIND 2002 € 14.683.011,26
74 THE MATRIX RELOADED 2003 € 14.542.657,30
75 MEET THE FOCKERS 2005 € 14.370.122,42
76 2012 2009 € 14.323.430,64
77 THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2006 € 14.309.246,65
78 BRUCE ALMIGHTY 2003 € 14.130.258,21
79 MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2002 € 14.081.940,80
80 CADO DALLE NUBI 2009 € 14.059.494,39
81 MANUALE D’AMORE 2005 € 14.015.865,33
82 NOTTING HILL 1999 € 13.985.494,79
83 INDEPENDENCE DAY 1996 € 13.905.348,85
84 I AM LEGEND 2008 € 13.859.569,38
85 CAST AWAY 2001 € 13.842.098,77
86 HO VOGLIA DI TE 2007 € 13.806.066,30
87 BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY 2001 € 13.754.153,58
88 WAR OF THE WORLDS 2005 € 13.231.289,98
89 IO & MARILYN 2009 € 13.167.839,77
90 IL COSMO SUL COMO’ 2008 € 13.128.317,11
91 CARS 2006 € 13.118.619,30
92 L’ULTIMO BACIO 2001 € 13.108.509,99
93 FORREST GUMP 1994 € 12.988.373,60
94 A SPASSO NEL TEMPO 1996 € 12.971.391,69
95 GRANDE, GROSSO E… VERDONE 2008 € 12.940.794,87
96 THE SIXTH SENSE 1999 € 12.920.924,22
97 SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE 1999 € 12.763.690,88
98 SCUSA MA TI CHIAMO AMORE 2008 € 12.670.073,99
99 VIAGGI DI NOZZE 1995 € 12.606.540,51
100 NOTTE PRIMA DEGLI ESAMI 2006 € 12.467.726,55
Top 100 (Tickets Sold)1 TITANIC 1998 7.921.741
2 AVATAR 2010 7.474.613
3 LA VITA E’ BELLA 1997 5.727.907
4 IL CICLONE 1996 5.229.850
5 CHIEDIMI SE SONO FELICE 2000 4.963.417
6 FUOCHI D’ARTIFICIO 1997 4.749.884
7 IL CODICE DA VINCI (THE DA VINCI CODE) 2006 4.689.031
8 NATALE SUL NILO 2002 4.613.583
9 PINOCCHIO 2002 4.570.902
10 HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE 2001 4.397.736
11 ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS 2009 4.055.279
12 MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA 2008 4.047.795
13 IL PARADISO ALL’IMPROVVISO 2003 4.014.527
14 THE LION KING 1994 3.968.714
15 COSI’ E’ LA VITA 1998 3.932.777
16 NATALE A RIO 2008 3.873.868
17 IL MOSTRO 1994 3.825.144
18 NATALE A NEW YORK 2006 3.802.215
19 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING 2004 3.753.183
20 NATALE IN CROCIERA 2007 3.752.990
21 FINDING NEMO 2003 3.721.921
22 THE LORD OF THE RINGS:THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING 2002 3.636.994
23 MADAGASCAR 2005 3627547
24 LA LEGGENDA DI AL, JOHN E JACK 2002 3591266
25 SHREK 2 2004 3554083
26 HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS 2002 3.531.390
27 SHREK THE THIRD 2007 3.484.612
28 ALICE IN WONDERLAND – 3D 2010 3.436.327
29 NATALE A MIAMI 2005 3.435.751
30 THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST 2004 3.393.822
31 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS 2003 3.383.677
32 HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE 2005 3.380.782
33 SPIDER-MAN 2002 3.306.839
34 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST 2006 3.301.963
35 TI AMO IN TUTTE LE LINGUE DEL MONDO 2005 3.235.873
36 NATALE A BEVERLY HILLS 2009 3.234.877
37 SPIDER-MAN 2 2004 3.209.919
38 HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX 2007 3.203.437
39 IL MIO MIGLIOR NEMICO 2006 3.173.139
40 UNA MOGLIE BELLISSIMA 2007 3.166.244
41 MANUALE D’AMORE 2 – CAPITOLI SUCCESSIVI 2007 3.134.791
42 ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN 2006 3.115.355
43 NATALE IN INDIA 2003 3.101.471
44 THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME 1996 3.098.329
45 SHERLOCK HOLMES 2009 3.029.089
46 TRE UOMINI E UNA GAMBA 1997 3.021.710
47 SPIDER-MAN 3 2007 3.008.127
48 HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE 2009 2.994.664
49 ANGELS & DEMONS 2009 2.988.877
50 THE LAST SAMURAI 2004 2.985.648
51 RATATOUILLE 2007 2.942.701
52 OCEAN’S ELEVEN 2001 2.918.405
53 KUNG FU PANDA 2008 2901808
54 RUNAWAY BRIDE 1999 2.872.418
55 CHRISTMAS IN LOVE 2004 2.867.332
56 THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA 2005 2.831.547
57 TARZAN 1999 2.822.205
58 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL 2003 2.799.872
59 HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN 2004 2.782.852
60 TU LA CONOSCI CLAUDIA? 2004 2.750.193
61 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END 2007 2.725.937
62 AMERICAN BEAUTY 2000 2.710.286
63 THE SIMPSONS MOVIE 2007 2.671.352
64 THE INCREDIBLES 2004 2.659.751
65 THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS 2007 2.604.689
66 TROY 2004 2.594.582
67 INDEPENDENCE DAY 1996 2.589.961
68 FORREST GUMP 1994 2.571.872
69 NEW MOON 2009 2.557.664
70 MERRY CHRISTMAS 2001 2.535.712
71 IO, LORO E LARA 2010 2.532.828
72 LA TIGRE E LA NEVE 2005 2.518.455
73 A BEAUTIFUL MIND 2002 2.477.231
74 NOTTING HILL 1999 2.473.418
75 CAST AWAY 2001 2.442.948
76 BRUCE ALMIGHTY 2003 2.386.628
77 MEET THE FOCKERS 2005 2.369.757
78 THE MATRIX RELOADED 2003 2.361.294
79 VIAGGI DI NOZZE 1995 2.348.088
80 A SPASSO NEL TEMPO 1996 2.347.684
81 BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY 2001 2.346.764
82 MANUALE D’AMORE 2005 2.346.057
83 THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2006 2.340.129
84 L’ULTIMO BACIO 2001 2.338.887
85 SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE 1999 2.318.957
86 HO VOGLIA DI TE 2007 2.309.640
87 CADO DALLE NUBI 2009 2.280.871
88 MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2002 2.279.511
89 CARS 2006 2.273.628
90 THE SIXTH SENSE 1999 2.257.042
91 2012 2009 2.248.686
92 I AM LEGEND 2008 2.216.131
93 MR. BEAN: THE ULTIMATE DISASTER MOVIE 1997 2.210.148
94 WAR OF THE WORLDS 2005 2.197.357
95 SAVING PRIVATE RYAN 1998 2.180.859
96 HANNIBAL 2001 2.174.687
97 GRANDE, GROSSO E… VERDONE 2008 2.173.688
98 MY BEST FRIEND’S WEDDING 1997 2.165.237
99 NOTTE PRIMA DEGLI ESAMI 2006 2.146.504
100 POCAHONTAS 1995 2.145.646
Those are the official numbers...but it's not like they're very reliable. When Titanic was in theatres, Cinetel (the company responsible of BO survey) got information from from around 2/3 of the theatres (66%), now it gets the BO data from 6 theatres out of 7 (85%). Meaning the actual gross for Titanic is around 63M, The Lion King's real cume is close to 30M, ecc ecc...while Alice's number is pretty accurate and should only be increased by a few millions.
All those unknown films with weird titles are Italian comedies...and most of them are depressingly awful. -_-
And if you want to know the best OD's and OW's...ask Archangel