Blockbuster Movies Trivia Questions and Answers

The big films — the franchises, the box-office records and the sequels that should not have worked. Questions cover casting, directors, the films that beat expectations and the ones that quietly lost a fortune, plus the running-order problems every long series eventually creates. This is among the most forgiving topics in the bank because almost everyone has seen enough of it by accident, which makes it a good choice for a table with a wide age range. The hard tier moves behind the camera, where the same handful of directors and cinematographers turn out to be responsible for far more than anyone assumes.

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  1. 1. Avatar reclaimed the all-time box-office record from Avengers: Endgame in 2021 thanks to a theatrical re-release in which country?Hard

    • Japan
    • South Korea
    • China ✓
    • India

  2. 2. In what year did Avatar become the first film ever to cross $2 billion worldwide?Medium

    • 2008
    • 2009
    • 2010 ✓
    • 2012

  3. 3. Which director's 2010 film became the first animated film ever to gross $1 billion worldwide?Medium

    • Pete Docter
    • John Lasseter
    • Andrew Stanton
    • Lee Unkrich ✓

  4. 4. Deadpool's 2016 record as the highest-grossing R-rated film ever was broken in 2019 by which film?Medium

    • Deadpool 2
    • Logan
    • Joker ✓
    • The Batman

  5. 5. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial held the record for highest-grossing film of all time for how many years before Jurassic Park overtook it in 1993?Hard

    • 6 years
    • 9 years
    • 11 years ✓
    • 14 years

  6. 6. Which 2011 film, directed by Justin Lin, is widely credited with transforming Fast & Furious into a heist-style blockbuster series?Medium

    • Fast & Furious
    • Fast Five ✓
    • Fast & Furious 6
    • Furious 7

  7. 7. Which actress played Rey, introduced in 2015's Star Wars: The Force Awakens?Easy

    • Felicity Jones
    • Kelly Marie Tran
    • Emilia Clarke
    • Daisy Ridley ✓

  8. 8. Which actor played young Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)?Hard

    • Hayden Christensen
    • Jake Lloyd ✓
    • Sebastian Shaw
    • Jett Lucas

  9. 9. How many films make up the main Harry Potter series, counting both parts of Deathly Hallows separately?Medium

    • 6
    • 7
    • 8 ✓
    • 10

  10. 10. Who directed Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)?Hard

    • Colin Trevorrow
    • Steven Spielberg
    • J.A. Bayona ✓
    • Gareth Edwards

  11. 11. Tom Cruise's character across the Mission: Impossible franchise is named what?Medium

    • Jack Reacher
    • James Bond
    • John Wick
    • Ethan Hunt ✓

  12. 12. Which actor voices the title character in the Shrek franchise?Easy

    • Eddie Murphy
    • John Lithgow
    • Antonio Banderas
    • Mike Myers ✓

  13. 13. Which actor plays Thor across the Marvel Cinematic Universe?Easy

    • Chris Evans
    • Chris Pine
    • Chris Pratt
    • Chris Hemsworth ✓

  14. 14. Black Panther became the first superhero film nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars ceremony held in what year?Medium

    • 2018
    • 2019 ✓
    • 2020
    • 2021

  15. 15. Who directed The Dark Knight (2008), which became the highest-grossing superhero film ever at the time of its release?Hard

    • Zack Snyder
    • Christopher Nolan ✓
    • Tim Burton
    • Sam Raimi

  16. 16. Which actor played Spider-Man in Sam Raimi's original trilogy (2002-2007)?Easy

    • Andrew Garfield
    • Tom Holland
    • Tobey Maguire ✓
    • Jake Gyllenhaal

  17. 17. Which actor currently plays Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?Easy

    • Tom Holland ✓
    • Tobey Maguire
    • Andrew Garfield
    • Asa Butterfield

  18. 18. Which actor plays the title role in Deadpool (2016)?Easy

    • Ryan Gosling
    • Ryan Reynolds ✓
    • Chris Pratt
    • Josh Brolin

  19. 19. Who directed Iron Man 3 (2013)?Hard

    • Joss Whedon
    • Jon Favreau
    • Shane Black ✓
    • Alan Taylor

  20. 20. Which actor plays Bruce Banner/Hulk across the Marvel Cinematic Universe?Easy

    • Edward Norton
    • Eric Bana
    • Mark Ruffalo ✓
    • Liv Tyler

  21. 21. Which actor, best known for playing Batman, voices and plays the villain Gorr the God Butcher in Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)?Hard

    • Christian Bale ✓
    • Ben Affleck
    • Michael Keaton
    • Robert Pattinson

  22. 22. Which actor plays the title role in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)?Medium

    • Tom Hardy ✓
    • Chris Hemsworth
    • Michael Fassbender
    • Charlie Hunnam

  23. 23. Which actress plays Imperator Furiosa in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)?Easy

    • Rosamund Pike
    • Charlize Theron ✓
    • Naomi Watts
    • Nicole Kidman

  24. 24. How many years passed between the original Top Gun (1986) and Top Gun: Maverick (2022)?Medium

    • 26 years
    • 31 years
    • 36 years ✓
    • 41 years

  25. 25. Which actor leads the crew of oil drillers sent into space in Armageddon (1998)?Easy

    • Harrison Ford
    • Bruce Willis ✓
    • Kevin Costner
    • Mel Gibson

  26. 26. Which actor plays a wrongly-convicted ex-Ranger flying home on a prisoner transport plane in Con Air (1997)?Medium

    • Nicolas Cage ✓
    • John Travolta
    • John Cusack
    • Kevin Spacey

  27. 27. The Rock (1996) paired Nicolas Cage with which veteran actor, in one of his last major action roles?Hard

    • Sean Connery ✓
    • Michael Caine
    • Roger Moore
    • Christopher Plummer

  28. 28. Which actor both directed and starred in the Best Picture-winning epic Braveheart (1995)?Medium

    • Kevin Costner
    • Mel Gibson ✓
    • Russell Crowe
    • Liam Neeson

  29. 29. Who directed Jaws (1975), widely credited with inventing the modern summer blockbuster?Easy

    • George Lucas
    • Steven Spielberg ✓
    • Francis Ford Coppola
    • John Carpenter

  30. 30. Which actor plays the title archaeologist in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)?Easy

    • Harrison Ford ✓
    • Tom Selleck
    • Kurt Russell
    • Michael Douglas

  31. 31. Which surname belongs to the actor who plays Marty McFly in Back to the Future (1985)?Easy

    • Lloyd
    • Fox ✓
    • Glover
    • Feldman

  32. 32. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) was, at the time, the most expensive film ever made, with a budget of roughly how much?Hard

    • $60 million
    • $80 million
    • $100 million ✓
    • $130 million

  33. 33. Which actor plays the title role in Tim Burton's Batman (1989)?Medium

    • Val Kilmer
    • Michael Keaton ✓
    • George Clooney
    • Adam West

  34. 34. Jurassic Park's groundbreaking dinosaur effects were created by which visual-effects company, founded by George Lucas?Hard

    • Weta Digital
    • Digital Domain
    • ILM ✓
    • Pixar

  35. 35. Which figure is closest to Dune: Part Two's total worldwide box-office gross?Hard

    • $500 million
    • $620 million
    • $715 million ✓
    • $850 million

  36. 36. Who directed Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)?Hard

    • Michael Dougherty
    • Gareth Edwards
    • Adam Wingard ✓
    • Jordan Vogt-Roberts

  37. 37. Which actor plays the title role in James Gunn's 2025 Superman?Easy

    • Henry Cavill
    • Tyler Hoechlin
    • David Corenswet ✓
    • Brandon Routh

  38. 38. Which director, also known for Top Gun: Maverick, directed F1: The Movie (2025)?Hard

    • Joseph Kosinski ✓
    • Doug Liman
    • David Leitch
    • Michael Bay

  39. 39. James Cameron's Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third Avatar film, opened in theaters worldwide in which month of 2025?Medium

    • July
    • September
    • November
    • December ✓

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