Sports film

A sports film is a film genre that uses sport as the theme of a film. It is a production in which a sport, sporting event, athlete (and their sport), or follower of sport (and the sport they follow) are prominently featured, and which depend on sport to a significant degree for their plot motivation or resolution. Despite this, sport is ultimately rarely the central concern of such films and sport performs primarily an allegorical role.[1] Furthermore, sports fans are not necessarily the target demographic in such movies, but sports fans tend to have a large following or respect for such movies.

Subgenres

Several sub-categories of sport films can be identified, although the delineations between these subgenres, much as in live action, are somewhat fluid.

The most common Sport subgenres depicted in movies are Sport drama and Sport comedy. Both categories typically employ play ground settings, match, game creatures and other elements commonly associated with biological stories.

Sport films tend to feature a more richly developed sport world, and may also be more player-oriented or thematically complex. Often, they feature a hero of adventure origins and a clear distinction between loss and victory set against each other in a play time struggle.

List of sports films

Highest-grossing sports films

Film Year Worldwide gross (US$) Source Country
Dangal 2017 $340,000,000 [2] India
The Blind Side 2009 $309,208,309 [3] United States
Rocky IV 1985 $300,473,716 [4]
Real Steel 2011 $299,268,508 [5]
Rocky III 1982 $270,000,000 [6]
Space Jam 1996 $230,418,342 [7]
Rocky 1976 $225,000,000 [8]
Million Dollar Baby 2004 $216,763,646 [9]
Rocky II 1979 $200,182,160 [8]
The Longest Yard 2005 $190,320,568 [10]
The Waterboy 1998 $185,991,646 [11]
Creed 2015 $173,567,581 [12]
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story 2004 $167,722,310 [13]
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 2006 $162,966,177 [14]
Cool Runnings 1993 $154,856,263 [15]

References

  1. ↑ Crosson, Seán (2013). Sport and Film. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. p. 60. ISBN 9780415569934.
  2. ↑ "All time box office revenue of the highest grossing Bollywood movies worldwide as of June 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)". Statista. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  3. ↑ "The Blind Side Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 5, 2010.
  4. ↑ Rocky IV at Box Office Mojo
  5. ↑ Real Steel at Box Office Mojo
  6. ↑ Scott, Vernon (November 12, 1982). "Stallone found new life in new film". The Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
  7. ↑ Space Jam at Box Office Mojo
  8. 1 2 "Box Office History for Rocky Movies". The Numbers. Nash Information Services. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
  9. ↑ Million Dollar Baby at Box Office Mojo
  10. ↑ The Longest Yard at Box Office Mojo
  11. ↑ The Waterboy at Box Office Mojo
  12. ↑ Creed at Box Office Mojo
  13. ↑ DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story at Box Office Mojo
  14. ↑ Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby at Box Office Mojo
  15. ↑ Cool Runnings at Box Office Mojo
  • (fr) Julien Camy and Gérard Camy, Sport&Cinéma, ed. Du Bailli de Suffren, 2016, (1200 films, 60 sports, 80 interviews)
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