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Chris Columbus (1958-) is an American director, writer and producer. Columbus first became known for his screenplays for 1984’s Gremlins and 1985’s The Goonies. As a director he has directed some of the biggest blockbusters of all-time (2 Home Alone movies, 2 Harry Potter movies & Mrs. Doubtfire). His IMDb page shows over 80 credits since 1984. This page will rank Chris Columbus movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Some of his silent movies were not included in the rankings.
Chris Columbus Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Chris Columbus Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Chris Columbus movies by the stars of his movies
- Sort Chris Columbus movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Chris Columbus movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Chris Columbus movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Chris Columbus movie received.
- Sort Chris Columbus movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
Possibly Interesting Facts About Chris Columbus
1. Christopher Joseph Columbus was born in Spangler, Pennsylvania in 1958.
2. While at New York University’s film school at the Tisch School of the Arts, Chris Columbus was a schoolmate of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and Alec Baldwin.
3. Chris Columbus’ screenplay of Gremlins (1984), was written as a dark satire of It’s a Wonderful Life (1946).
4. John Hughes hired Chris Columbus to direct 1989’s National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. During pre-production, Columbus and Chevy Chase did not get along which caused Columbus to quit that project. Columbus was amazed when a few months later, Hughes offered Columbus the chance to direct another movie. Columbus accepted the offer and that movie, Home Alone, turned out to be one of the biggest box office movies of all-time.
5. Chris Columbus got the directing gig on Harry Potter after longtime front-runner Steven Spielberg passed on the project. He met author J.K. Rowling in England and won the job over several other candidates after promising her he would film entirely in the U.K. and use an all-British cast. Most of the crew was also British.
Check out Chris Columbus’ career compared to current and classic actors and directors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
I’ve seen 14 of the 21 films Chris Columbus films on the chart. Favorites are – Harry Potter 1 & 2, Home Alone 1 & 2, Gremlins, Percy Jackson, Mrs. Doubtfire and Young Sherlock Holmes (directed by Barry Levinson).
I have yet to see the two Christmas Chronicles films and I’m a Kurt Russell fan, I’ll give them a go this Xmas.
Nice work Bruce. Vote Up!
Great UMR Page