Summer Movie Quiz: How Well Do You Know Your Blockbusters?

Photo-Illustration: Maya Robinson

So you’ve seen Jaws and Star Wars, Independence Day and Men in Black, The Avengers and Minions. That makes you an expert on the science of the summer blockbuster, right?

We’ll see about that, Bruckheimer.

To find out how well you can separate true cineplex successes from marketing-induced misremembrances, we pulled summer domestic box office numbers for the past two decades and arranged each year’s top five performers below. Can you identify the movie that raked in the most cash from U.S. audiences during the given summers?

1996

Twister: $241,721,524 Mission: Impossible: $180,981,856 The Rock: $134,069,511 Independence Day: $306,169,268 The Nutty Professor: $128,814,019

1997

The Lost World: Jurassic Park: $229,086,679 Men in Black: $250,690,539 Air Force One: $172,956,409 My Best Friend's Wedding: $127,120,029 Face/Off: $112,276,146

1998

Armageddon: $201,578,182 There's Something About Mary: $176,484,651 Doctor Dolittle: $144,156,605 Deep Impact: $140,464,664 Saving Private Ryan: $216,540,909

1999

The Sixth Sense: $293,506,292 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me: $206,040,086 Tarzan: $171,091,819 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace: $431,088,295 Big Daddy: $163,479,795

2000

Gladiator: $187,705,427 Mission: Impossible II: $215,409,889 The Perfect Storm: $182,618,434 X-Men: $157,299,717 Scary Movie: $157,019,771

2001

Shrek: $267,665,011 Rush Hour 2: $226,164,286 The Mummy Returns: $202,019,785 Pearl Harbor: $198,542,554 Jurassic Park III: $181,171,875

2002

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones: $302,191,252 Signs: $227,966,634 Austin Powers in Goldmember: $213,307,889 Men in Black II: $190,418,803 Spider-Man: $403,706,375

2003

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: $305,413,918 The Matrix Reloaded: $281,576,461 Finding Nemo: $339,714,978 Bruce Almighty: $242,829,261 X2: X-Men United: $214,949,694

2004

Spider-Man 2: $373,585,825 Shrek 2: $441,226,247 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: $249,541,069 The Day After Tomorrow: $186,740,799 The Bourne Supremacy: $176,241,941

2005

War of the Worlds: $234,280,354 Wedding Crashers: $209,255,921 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: $206,459,076 Batman Begins: $205,343,774 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith: $380,270,577

2006

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: $423,315,812 Cars: $244,082,982 X-Men: The Last Stand: $234,362,462 The Da Vinci Code: $217,536,138 Superman Returns: $200,081,192

2007

Shrek the Third: $322,719,944 Transformers: $319,246,193 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End: $309,420,425 Spider-Man 3: $336,530,303 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: $292,004,738

2008

Iron Man: $318,412,101 The Dark Knight: $533,345,358 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: $317,101,119 Hancock: $227,946,274 WALL-E: $223,808,164

2009

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: $301,959,197 Up: $293,004,164 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: $402,111,870 The Hangover: $277,322,503 Star Trek: $257,730,019

2010

Iron Man 2: $312,433,331 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse: $300,531,751 Toy Story 3: $415,004,880 Inception: $292,576,195 Despicable Me: $251,513,985

2011

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2: $381,011,219 Transformers: Dark of the Moon: $352,390,543 The Hangover Part II: $254,464,305 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: $241,071,802 Cars 2: $191,452,396

2012

Marvel's The Avengers: $623,357,910 The Dark Knight Rises: $448,139,099 The Amazing Spider-Man: $262,030,663 Brave: $237,283,207 Ted: $218,815,487

2013

Despicable Me 2: $368,061,265 Man of Steel: $291,045,518 Monsters University: $268,492,764 Fast & Furious 6: $238,679,850 Iron Man 3: $409,013,994

2014

Transformers: Age of Extinction: $245,439,076 Guardians of the Galaxy: $333,176,600 Maleficent: $241,410,378 X-Men: Days of Future Past: $233,921,534 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: $208,545,589

2015

Avengers: Age of Ultron: $459,005,868 Inside Out: $356,461,711 Jurassic World: $652,270,625 Minions $336,045,770 Mission Impossible - Rogue Nation: $195,042,377

Blockbuster Box Office Quiz Results

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