The top five books that made the bucks

shrek (2001): what happened when william steig teamed up an ogre with attitude, a smart-ass donkey, and a spunky princess? well, for one, audiences 'shrek'ed with delight, and so did the cash registers. this computer-generated fun fest made sure that myers would remain in style and kept eddie murphy from falling into the chasm of oblivion. bo alert: $265,883,866 forrest gump (1994): when author winston groom set out to chart the 'deep' waters of the boffin-with-a-heart, forrest gump, little did he know that the book would pull the heart, and...umm...purse strings of a generation.robert zemeckis had no qualms going back to the past to create this masterpiece. bo alert: $329,452,28 jurassic park (1993): the book, written by the guru of fantastic dino adventures, michael crichton, was laid in the magical hands of steven spielberg. and did it flourish? you bet your dollar-struck fossilised fanny it did. salute to mr t rex and his able-bodied band of extinct bone-heads...we're talking about sam neill and gang. bo alert: $356,763,175 jaws (1975): now this was a movie, and no points for guessing the director, steven give-me-an-oscar spielberg. but peter benchley's novel was a true classic as well. thanks to that great white hope; roy schneider, robert shaw, and richard dreyfuss actually looked good in those wet suits! ok we're just kidding, but boys, we loved the musical bit at the end. bo alert: $260,000,000 how the grinch stole christmas (2000): uggh...disgusting. no, we're not talking about the movie, we're talking about the book written by dr seuss. the movie was just uggh! but that didn't stop chumps from dishing out money to watch jim carrey cavort around on screen looking handsomer than ever! bo alert: $260,031,035