A remarkable and esteemed 1982, E.T. holds the box office record for most weeks at #1. Released on June 10, 1982, and ending its run on June 9, 1983, E.T.the Extra-Terrestrial was exhibited in theaters for 81 weeks.
What movie holds the record for most weeks at #1 at the box office?
What film took 12 years to make?
Boyhood Shot For Several Days Each Year
While there are many movies that trace decades in the life of a character, like Forrest Gump or Citizen Kane. However, Boyhood took a very unique filmmaking approach to telling such a story. The production of Boyhood lasted 12 years, from May 2002 to August 2013.
Sátántangó There are long movies, and then there's Sátántangó, Bela Tarr's legendary seven-hour adaptation of the novel of the same name by the Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai.
With a running time of 124 minutes, Disney's Fantasia (1940) remains the longest of the studio's 56 animated features to date, and the only with a running time of over two hours.
The film was an adaptation of a historical novel with a fantastic ensemble that includes actors like Martin Sheen, Sam Elliott, and Jeff Daniels. The lengthy 254-minute description of the Battle of Gettysburg—four hours, fourteen minutes—is a worthwhile watch for any history buff or war movie junkie.
The world's earliest surviving motion-picture film, showing actual consecutive action is called Roundhay Garden Scene. It's a short film directed by French inventor Louis Le Prince. While it's just 2.11 seconds long, it is technically a movie.
The Beatles lead all acts, with a whopping 20 No. 1s — they've had the most since 1965, when they surpassed Elvis Presley. Presley, who's notably absent from the list below, scored seven No. 1s in the Hot 100 era.
Logistics or Logistics Art Project is a 2012 experimental art film conceived and created by Erika Magnusson and Daniel Andersson. At 51,420 minutes (857 hours or 35 days and 17 hours), it is the longest movie ever made.
Ambiancé was an unreleased experimental film directed by Swedish director Anders Weberg. The film was expected to have a running time of 720 hours (or 30 days) and initially had a projected release date of 31 December 2020.
Blood Tea and Red String is a full-length stop motion animated film that's written, directed, produced, and edited by Christiane Cegavske and one of the animated films that took forever to make. The film took 13 years to make because it's a handmade film and Cegavske was working alone, animating 10 seconds a day.
Boyhood is a 2014 American epic coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Richard Linklater, and starring Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater, and Ethan Hawke. Filmed from 2002 to 2013, Boyhood depicts the childhood and adolescence of Mason Evans Jr.
Gone with the Wind—first released in 1939—is generally considered to be the most successful film, with Guinness World Records in 2014 estimating its adjusted global gross at $3.4 billion.
Advertised in 2015 with the tagline "The Movie You Will Never See", it is due to be released on November 18, 2115. The film stars an international ensemble cast, with American actor John Malkovich, Chinese actress Shuya Chang, and Chilean actor Marko Zaror. 100 Years is apparently a short film.
A naive man comes out into the world after spending 35 years in a nuclear fallout shelter. A naive man comes out into the world after spending 35 years in a nuclear fallout shelter.
“I didn't know it at the time but my mind was churning and I was working through ideas [from when] I was very young,” says Tippett. “It can take many years of formulation, coming up with ideas and storyboards until something comes together sometimes. You could call it research, but for an artist it's like dreaming.”
