Melissa McCarthy Movies

Want to know the best Melissa McCarthy movies?  How about the worst Melissa McCarthy movies?  Curious about Melissa McCarthy box office grosses or which Melissa McCarthy movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Melissa McCarthy movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

Melissa McCarthy (1970-) is an Oscar® nominated American actress, comedian, writer, fashion designer and producer. McCarthy has successfully moved from television to movies.  Over the last 5 years she has become one of the most successful comedic actors working today.  Melissa McCarthy’s IMDb page shows 43 acting credits from 1997-2017. This page will rank 21 Melissa McCarthy movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows and movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings.  To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences and get some award recognition.

Drivel part of the page:  So right before we went on vacation we published a Greer Garson movie page.  During that vacation we did some serious research on Garson’s frequent co-star Walter Pidgeon.  Walter Pidgeon will be our next classic page…..but we needed a current star for our next subject.  So while reading a review for the new Ghostbuster movie…..we realized that Melissa McCarthy would be a good choice for a UMR page…..so that is how Melissa McCarthy was picked as the lastest UMR movie star subject.

Melissa McCarthy Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

• Sort Melissa McCarthy movies by co-stars of her movies
• Sort Melissa McCarthy movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
• Sort Melissa McCarthy movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
• Sort Melissa McCarthy movies by how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
• Sort Melissa McCarthy movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.

Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Melissa McCarthy Table

1. Seven Melissa McCarthy movie crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark.  That is a percentage of 33.33% of her movies listed. Charlie’s Angels (2000) is her biggest box office hit.
2. An average Melissa McCarthy movie grosses $73.00 million in adjusted box office gross.
3. Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter.  8 of Melissa McCarthy’s movies are rated as good movies…or 38.09% of her movies.  Spy (2015) is her highest rated movie while Tammy (2014) is her lowest rated movie.
4. One Melissa McCarthy movie received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 4.76% of her movies.
5. Zero Melissa McCarthy movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 0.00% of her movies.
6. A “good movie” Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score is 60.00.  10 Melissa McCarthy movie scored higher that average….or 45.45% of her movies. Bridesmaids (2011) got the the highest UMR Score while Pretty Ugly People (2009) got the lowest UMR Score.

Possibly Interesting Facts About Melissa McCarthy

1. Melissa Ann McCarthy was born in Plainfield, Illinois in 1970.

2. Melissa McCarthy received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar® nomination for 2011’s Bridesmaids.  To date that is the only McCarthy movie to receive an Oscar® nomination….which is why Oscar® stats did not get a column in the above table.

3.  Melissa McCarthy first gained fame for her television roles on the Gilmore Girls from 2000 to 2007 and her role in Mike & Molly from 2010 to 2016.

4.  Melissa McCarthy’s favorite movie is 1987’s Planes, Trains & Automobiles.

5.  Melissa McCarthy has been married one time.  She has been married to actor/director Ben Falcone since 2005…they have two children.

6.  Melissa McCarthy is an alumni of the improvisational comedy troupe The Groundlings, where she was a member for nearly 10 years.

7.  Melissa McCarthy received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6927 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on May 19, 2015.

8.  Check out Melissa McCarthy‘s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

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