[sotd] The Greatest Movie Franchises of All Time [July 8, 2011]

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  • Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:42:00 -0300

        Site of the Day for Friday, July 8, 2011

        The Greatest Movie Franchises of All Time

Today's site, from the The Atlantic, offers a nod to popular culture with its
round-up of the most successful film franchises. Gentle Subscribers will find a
spirited analysis of how the battered but enduring Hollywood tradition of 
following
up a lucrative movie with more of the same, has worked critically and 
financially
over the years.

"[W]e used a formula that took both box office totals and critics' scores into
account to rank the 50 Greatest Movie Franchises of all time." - from the 
website

Spurred by the release of the current Transformers movie and using a 
combination of
data -- inflation adjusted numbers on movie grosses and critical reaction by 
score
-- the article provides snappy franchise rankings over the past several 
decades. A
nicely designed graphic sequence details the standings of each film, noting how 
the
latest movie in each sequence has performed, in dollars at the box office and in
its reception by the critics.

Sidle over to the site for an entertaining look at the top grossing movie
franchises at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/07/the-greatest-movie-franchis
es-of-all-time/241272/#slide1

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