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Is the "highest grossing R-rated thriller of the last decade" a direct quote from a Paramount/Dreamworks mouthpiece or is it something that your bff Nikki or someone else made up who was too lazy to do some research and just looking for an attention grabbing headline?

I say the same phrase on indiewire.com as well, so are they getting their news from the same source?

If someone from Paramount/Dreamworks actually said this, they should be demoted to car park attendant for such a blatant lie. The movie will go down as one of the most successful movies of all time, related to budgeted spend. Isn't that enough?

Should be 'saw' not 'say' in 2nd paragraph.

Besides the title film in question, I saw all but one of the films on the list and thriller would not have been the first word I would've used to describe ANY of them.

Neither Paranormal Activity or most of the films on Dave's list are 'thrillers' in the traditional sense of the term. Most are action, adventure, sci-fi, or horror. But since those genres are not considered 'mature', the studios try to label them as thrillers. For example, I remember that Dimension bent over backwards to get people to call Scream a thriller. Paranormal Activity is a horror film, plain and simple. And on that note, it's second in R-rated fair only to Hannibal (Silence of the Lambs is a thriller/drama in my opinion, but Hannibal is a slasher film with opera in the background). Personally, I'd classify American Gangster and Traffic as dramas. But I know full well that every single person on this thread might have differing opinions on what film is what, which just makes it dumber that Paramount (or whomever started this) had to sully their remarkable achievement by lying about the genre in question.

None of the movies on your list are "thrillers." The closest is probably Hannibal.

None of the movies on your list are "thrillers." The closest is probably Hannibal.

Thriller = horror. That's what execs and marketing gurus call a movie when they don't want it to be perceived as trashy.

Sorry for the double -- and now triple -- post. The thriller genre also spills over into adult movies with people in jeopardy. Basically Paramount's forte in the '90s. If there had been any big Ashley Judd/Morgan Freeman movies in the last decade they would count. And technically, you could make an argument for Taken.

I'm with Rothchild. None of those movies are thrillers except for Hannibal and MAYBE The Departed.

Yeah, where is Taken? Taken might not be the strictest thriller, but it's more of a thriller than three quarters of that list.

I wouldn't argue with Taken, but I would argue with all the titles Dave has listed (inc. Paranormal Activity and perhaps excluding Hannibal).

Really, if you're gonna say Wanted is a thriller why not Transformers 2? I'd say Slumdog Millionaire is more of a thriller than Watchmen. Signs definitely more so than The Matrix sequels. What about The Sum of All Fears? etc

Considering that the movie is only rated R for language, it makes me wonder how much more it could have made if they had made a few insignificant snips to get the PG-13. As it stands, being the 5th highest grossing horror movie of the decade (I'm counting Hannibal, What Lies Beneath, The Ring, and The Grudge as beating it) still ain't bad.

"It is, however, the clear top grosser amongst the R-rate horror films..."

"Hannibal" isn't a horror film??? Really??? What in the world is it then...

Also Everyon, "Taken" is PG-13 not R, and "Paranormal" is going to pass Watchmen," "Black Hawk Down," and "Road to Perdition" so I don't get the point of listing them period DP. Titles it can rightfully claim:

*2nd-highest grossing R-rated horror of the decade

*Highest grossing live-action movie released in September since "Sweet Home Alabama."

*Highest grossing R-rated Suspense movie of the decade

*For Paramount, the highest grossing horror movie since "Fatal Attraction.:

Oh and for good measure:

*Higher than the top grossing Michael Mann movie of all time.

Road to Perdition? You're willing to stretch that far?

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