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UNIT 2 At the cinema

Text work

1 Circle the film you think was the most popular film ever made.

The Godfather E.T. Titanic Gone with the Wind Lord of the Rings Avatar

2 Read the article about films and check your answer.

The biggest and the best movies!

The most popular?
We all have our favourite films, but what
is the most popular film ever made? Well,
you won’t be surprised to learn that science-
fiction, fantasy and action films have made
lots of money. Avatar, a three-hour movie
set on another planet, has made an incredible
$2.7 billion since it came out in 2009. Other
films which have made more than $1 billion
include The Avengers, Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows and The Lord of the Rings.
But here’s a surprise – the most popular film
ever made was a romantic film. Another
romantic film, Gone with the Wind, has made
more than $3 billion (in today’s money) since
it first appeared in 1939. And Titanic, the
1997 story starring Leonardo DiCaprio, has
made more than $2.4 billion.

The most expensive?
What about the most expensive movies ever
made? Again, science-fiction and action films
come out on top. Pirates of the Caribbean,
Spider-Man and the Batman movies all cost
more than $200 million to make.
The best?
Of course, no-one can agree what the best
movie is. But films like Gone with the Wind,
Casablanca, Star Wars and Lord of the Rings
are on many people’s lists. What’s your
opinion?

3 Match the numbers (a–f) to the information (1–6).

a 2009 1 the year the most popular film first appeared
b $2.4 billion 2 how much money a Leonardo DiCaprio film has made
c 1939 3 the year a long science-fiction film first appeared
d $200 million 4 how much money the most popular film has made
e $3 billion 5 the year a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio came out
f 1997 6 how much the most expensive films cost to make

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