1.1.08: A Look Back at 2007's Biggest Critical and Commercial Hits

Once, Ratatouille find critical mass as 2007's best

While Glenn Kenny has his picks and then some, the critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes gives the nod to Once (98% fresh) and Ratatouille (97% fresh) as the year’s best films from 100 or more reviews. Other films receiving over 90% fresh marks included No Country for Old Men (95%), Away From Her (95%), In the Shadow of the Moon (94%), The Bourne Ultimatum (93%), Sicko (93%), Juno (93%), Gone Baby Gone (93%), Enchanted (93%), Hairspray (91%), The Host (92%), Rescue Dawn (91%), The Savages (91%), Knocked Up (90%) and Michael Clayton (90%). For the complete list, head to Rotten Tomatoes here.

Spider-Man 3 spins 2007’s biggest domestic hit

Even though the top international earner Pirates of the Carribbean: At World’s End sailed around the globe to $961 million, Spider-Man 3 topped Captain Jack as well as Michael Bay’s Transformers ($319 million domestic, $706.3 million global) and Shrek the Third ($321 million domestic, $796 million global) to be the top grossing domestic film of 2007 with $336.5 million ($890.9 global). The rest of the top 10 films in America were Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ($292 million domestically, $938.5 globally), The Bourne Ultimatum ($227.4 million domestically, $441.2 million globally), 300 ($210.6 million domestically, $456.1 million globally), Ratatouille ($206 million domestically, $615.4 million globally), I Am Legend ($194.5 million and counting domestically, $255.9 million globally), and The Simpsons Movie ($183.1 million domestically, $525.6 million globally). More at Box Office Mojo.