New Year is a time for the most coveted gifts, and for kind family films that strengthen children's faith in miracles, and cause nostalgia in adults. With this in mind, Forbes magazine published the official rating of the most popular Christmas moviesthat can be viewed by the whole family.
The list of the best New Year films of all time was compiled based on a single criterion - the box office in the US box office.
10. "Santa Claus-3" (2006)
Box office gross: $ 84.5 million
The hit parade of the highest-grossing Christmas and New Year movies opens with the third film in the popular franchise about Scott Calvin as Santa Claus. He invites relatives to celebrate Christmas, and prepares for the birth of a son. As a result, the Scott family and the main elf Curtis are forced to confront the villain Jack Frost. Frost intends to become the ruler of the North Pole and take away Christmas from Santa.
9. "Four Christmases" (2008)
Cashier - $ 120.15 million
It's good to spend Christmas with your family. Home comfort, delicious food, champagne. But what if both his and her parents are divorced, and to celebrate Christmas with everyone you have to visit four houses in one day?
8. "A Christmas Carol" (2009)
Earned at the box office - $ 137.86 million
This great cartoon, one of best screen adaptations (Guardian rating) based on the book by Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol" and the most recent on the chart. It is made using motion capture technology. The inimitable Jim Carrey plays Scrooge, a Victorian curmudgeon who revisits kindness and compassion as he travels with the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. Ghosts, by the way, are also played by Kerry. Some reviews recommend watching this film without young children, since not every child will enjoy the dark views of Victorian England, the sharp special effects and loud, albeit beautiful music.
7. "Santa Claus-2" (2002)
Rental box office - $ 139.24 million
The seventh number in our top 10 family New Year films is the story of how Mr. Santa Claus (in the world - Scott Calvin) got Mrs. Santa Claus, and his double made a complete mess at the North Pole.
6. "Santa Claus" (1994)
Movie revenue: $ 144.83 million
How could the ranking of New Year's bestsellers be without the first Scott Calvin film? It tells how Scott took over as Santa and how the usual fun of kids differs from the serious work of "organizing Christmas."
5. "Elf" (2003)
Rental results - $ 173.4 million
Will Ferrell plays Buddy, a boy adopted by the elves. He grew up, but does not know about his human origin, until he gets from the cheerful and carefree North Pole to cynical New York to find his father. This picture has all the components of a good New Year's story: elves, deer, a talking snowman and Santa Claus.
4. "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" (1992)
Box office gross - $ 173.59 million
The fourth position in the ranking is the comedy with the participation new US president Donald Trump and some Macaulay Culkin. She has many imitators, but none has managed to achieve such frenzied popularity. The adventures of Kevin and two loser robbers Harry and Marv are like tangerines for New Years. You can do without them, but the festive sensations are not the same.
3. "Polar Express" (2004)
Cartoon box office - $ 183.37 million
The top 3 most popular New Year films are opened by a cartoon about an unusual train and a little boy who doubts the magic of Christmas. The Magic Express must take the hero to the North Pole in order to restore his faith in the western counterpart of Santa Claus. Dangerous adventures await passengers on the way, but can anything stop the train heading towards a childhood dream? Perhaps the "Polar Express" will not be very interesting for an adult audience, but children who are already "too big to believe in Santa Claus" will love it.
2. "The Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)
Box office box office - $ 260 million
It's a shame when everyone in the city of Ktograd is having fun at Christmas, and you are green, but not an orc, you live in a cave, but not a caveman and no one invites you to a festive table. How to proceed here? Steal Christmas and ruin the holiday for everyone else in the city.
The only minus of the comedy is that the Grinch performed by Jim Carrey often farts and makes other unpleasant sounds. Not all viewers are ready for this.
1. "Home Alone" (1990)
Rental income - $ 286 million
The oldest comedy about Kevin McCallister and two crooks who were unlucky enough to meet a cute child ranks first among the most popular New Year's films of all time.
“I want my family to disappear” is not the most trivial Christmas wish of a little boy who is a little tired of his big and noisy family. And when it came true (without Santa's intervention, the stupid parents were enough) Kevin did not have to be bored. He remained the only defender of a large house, into which a couple of not too smart, but very stubborn robbers decided to get in.