So they know how many people like it.
Films that do poorly at the box office are called 'bombs'. Example: Ishtar bombed at the box office.
The website Box Office Mojo releases regular box office reports, as does the website Box Office. For a list of the highest grossing films of all time, see Wikipedia's article on the subject.
No, 'Maleficent' is a box-office hit. It had the highest grossing opening weekend of any of Angelina Jolie's films, making $70 million dollars.
Usually, when films are huge box office successes, eventhough they're bad, it's due to the technical achievments of the film (most popular being the special effects) who attract the audiences who don't really care of the film's story
'Ant-Man' did not necessarily fail at the US box office. While it may not have performed as well as other Marvel films like 'Avengers', its box office success was still significant. Factors affecting its performance could include being released close to other blockbuster films or not having as well-known a character as some other Marvel superheroes.
It would violate copyright laws to watch new films online.
Unknown. Box office records don't go back that far, for example Box Office Mojo oldest movie is 1921 w/ The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse.
Sky Box Office has more than 1,000 movies available to members, so there are too many to list, but they do occasionally offer movies for viewing before they are available to the public on DVD.
Music Box Films was created in 2007.
There are some good films but mostly it is just cashing in .Look at the films during summer most are chick flicks with some action films.
Doubtful. Out of the thousands of films released only a couple throughout history have broken a billion at the box office. (some franchises have managed to do it, but that's with more than one movie) Man of steel is performing well at the box office, but not any better than other recently successful superhero films. Judging from current trends it will likely come somewhere in the 500 to 750 million range.
"Good" is in the eye of the beholder. For example, "It's a Wonderful Life" was not successful when it was originally released to theaters. But it's considered a classic now and is viewed by millions each year. Great films might do little box office while a mediocre films could rake it in.