10 Highest-Grossing Movies Of 2017 (So Far) - Ranked From Worst To Best
They all made plenty of money, but which blockbuster comes out on top?
As hard as it is to believe, we're already halfway through 2017. With the year at its midpoint, now seems like a good time to look back at the previous six months of the cinematic calendar and dishearteningly, the reaction to most of Hollywood's output so far has been decidedly 'meh'.
The usual bombardment of sequels, remakes and reboots have dominated the box office once again, because the industry's obsession with franchising everything means that the best movies don't always make the most money. And unfortunately, that's exactly what audiences seem to want.
The sad reality of cinema these days is that heavily-marketed King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, the year's biggest bomb, will probably still earn more in theatres than Edgar Wright's Baby Driver. Think about that.
Of course, its not all bad news. Several of this year's blockbusters have been great, offering a refreshing change in the sea of mediocrity that is studio filmmaking these days and paying audiences responded in kind. However, the studios have also proven they are still capable of tricking people out of their money based on some of the turgid efforts that have somehow become the most lucrative.
10. Fifty Shades Darker
An 'erotic thriller' that is about as erotic and thrilling as being repeatedly slapped in the face with a large salmon, James Foley's turgid sequel sees the Fifty Shades series well on its way to becoming one of the worst movie franchises in the history of a cinema.
Both the acting and writing is terrible from top to bottom, leads Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan somehow manage to have even less chemistry this time round, the direction is workmanlike and uninspired and the whole narrative is just a mess. On a base level, its a by-the-numbers late-night 'steamy' TV movie dressed up with a $55m budget.
Yet as the old saying goes, there is an ass for every seat in this life and Fifty Shades Darker still managed to earn $378.8m at the box office, making it the tenth biggest earner of the year so far. However, that is almost $200m less than its predecessor so thankfully it seems that even fans of the source material are beginning to cotton on to the fact that these movies are just awful.