IT'S ALL ABOUT CINEMA


       (Photos from top to bottom:
         1.. Emma Watson 2. Anne              Hathaway 3. Angelina Jolie)

We may have a quick look at the world cinema screens.

Who directed most films in the world.
Malayalam film director Sasikumar has directed 141 films and that is a world record. Majority of his films were successful too. More than 50 films category in South India are, K Balachander, Priyadarshan, Kasinathuni Viswanath and Sathyan Anthikad.

Top 10 film production companies
Warner Bros
Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group
Walt Disney Studios
Universal Pictures
20th Century Fox
Paramount Pictures
Lionsgate Films
The Weinstein Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Dream Works Pictures

Most Screen Credits
Kanneganti Brahmanandam (born in Feb 1956) is an actor, comedian and director in Telugu films. He holds the Guinness World Record for the most screen credits for a living actor, appearing in over 1,000 films as on 2017.

Highest grossing lead role actor at the global box office.
American actor Robert Downey Jr playing lead roles in 29 movies accumulated $2,460,365,900 as on 1st April 2020 stands top on the world screen for earning.

Acted in most number of movies
Jagathy Sreekumar holds the world record in acting most number of films in the world. He starred in over 1200 Malayalam films a career spanning almost four decades.

Character in most movies
James Bond with 26 movies is on top in single character appearing in most film's.

Most famous actor
According to a 2018 study published in Applied Network Science, using wide range of metrics including number of films, times appearing as top billing and length of career Samuel L Jackson is the most famous actor.
Denzel Washington on 3, Tom Hanks on 4, Harrison Ford on 7, Sean Connery on 9, Jackie Chan 10, Julia Roberts 19, Robert Downey Jr 21, Bruce Lee 43, Marilyn Monroe 46, are the others in the 50 nos list.

Top Heroes
1   Shah Rukh Khan
2   Leonardo DiCaprio
3   Tom Cruise
5   Robert Downey Jr
8   Salman Khan
9   Akshay Kumar
10 Daniel Radcliffe

Richest Actors
Brad Pitt  $300 million
Will Smith $300 million
Tom Hanks $350 million
Sean Connery $350 million
Jackie Chan $370 million
Arnold Schwarzenegger $400 million
Sylvester Stallone $400 million
Amitabh Bachchan $400 million
Mel Gibson $425 million
George Clooney $500 million
Tom Cruise $570 million
Shah Rukh Khan $600 million
Jami Gertz $3 billion

Character most portrayed
Dracula has over 170 film representations till now is on top.

Most fans
Shah Rukh Khan

Highest paid actress
Scarlett Johansson with $40.5 million pre tax earning stood top in the world as on 2019

Longest Time to make a film
The Thief And The Cobbler has the record of longest time for production. Shooting started in 1964 and completed in 1995 - 31 years.

Most Expensive Film
Pirates of the Caribbean; On Stranger Tides - cost a reported $376.5 million after a tax credit is the most expensive film.

Most Loved Actresses
Emma Watson
Anne Hathaway
Angelina Jolie

Actor with maximum movies in an year
Govinda appeared in 15 films in 1989
Shatrughan Sinha had 13 releases in 1971

K V George
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