Hundreds of movies come out every year, but only a fraction become hits. Business Insider decided to rank the most successful movies of 2015 based on global box-office performance, critic reviews, and fan ratings.We started with a group of the 150 highest-grossing films of the past year through the weekend ending Dec. 20culled from Box Office Mojoand then subtracted their production budget to arrive at a box-office profit figure. We also compiled critic ratings from review aggregator Metacritic(scale: 0 to 100) and fan ratings from IMDb(scale: 0 to 10).We combined these three metrics by taking their geometric meanand ranking the movies based on that composite score.We included some films on our list that technically opened in 2014, astheir wide-release box office run took place primarily in 2015.Our top 50 grossed a combined $19 billion worldwide at the box office.Many were reboots or extensions of a franchise, including Vin Diesel's action blockbuster "Furious 7," which claimed the top spot thanks to strong reviewsfrom fans and critics as well as an expectations-shattering $1.3billionbox-office profitworldwide.With only one weekend under its belt, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" vaulted to No. 9 after a record-breaking $529millionopening weekend; it willlikelyascend higher in the finaldays of 2015.Read on to see the 50 most successful films of 2015:SEE ALSO:THE A-LIST: The 30 coolest, most famous people in Hollywood right nowDON'T MISS:The 10 biggest box-office bombs of 201550. "Woman in Gold"Globalbox office sales:$61.6MProduction budget:$11MBox office profit:$50.6MCritic rating: 51Fan rating: 7.3In "Woman in Gold," Helen Mirren plays a World War II survivor trying to reclaimher family's possessions that were stolen by the Nazisincluding a valuable paintingwith Ryan Reynolds serving as her lawyer. Critics were lukewarm about the treatment of this true-to-life tale, but audiences were more forgiving.49. "Black Mass"Globalbox office sales: $94.6MProduction budget: $53MBox office profit:$41.6MCritic rating: 68Fan rating: 7.2Detailing the rise of notorious Boston mobster Whitey Bulger, "Black Mass" earned approval as one of the best gangster movies in years. And after a string of curious, underwhelming film decisions, Johnny Depp is once again in primeformin the lead role as the kingpin.48. "Still Alice"Globalbox office sales:$43.9MProduction budget:$5MBox office profit:$38.9MCritic rating: 72Fan rating: 7.5Still among the best actors in the business, Julianne Moore proves it once again in "Still Alice,"in which she plays a Columbia University linguistics professor stricken by early-onset Alzheimer's. Released in time for the 2015 award season, Moore won an Academy Awardshe had been nominated three times previouslyand a Golden Globe for best actress, likely helping the filmsecure a nice profitat the box officeduring its wide release this year.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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