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Wonktonodi on 23 December 2015
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DakonBlackblade said:
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The entire USA list is dominated by stuf from before the 80s, and full of pre 60s movies, its very very unrealistic to think any of these movies released today, with current ticket prices, multitude of entertainement avaliable and the fact ppl has less spare money because the amount ppl make did not follow how much stuf got more expensive and also the fact ppl have more bills to pay than they used to 30-40 years ago, would make anywhere near the million/billions they suposed would do with the adjustment to inflation. In fact the top 10 has only 1 movie from the 90s the rest is pre 90. Even Avatar wich was a absolute phenomenom, that had multiple re-releases is  only 14 on the domestic box office adjusted to inflation list and 3rd on the worldwide one, considering that in the past movies would only release years after theyre American release on some select few markets worldwide, the Chinese market wasnt even a thing, the fact that Gone With the Wind with its inflation adjusted budget still made amost 3.9 billion (ye I was wrong about the 5 billion, big deal, 3.9 bil is so much more realistic...) is beyond retarded, adjusting anything to inflation dont work thinks sels as well or as bad as they sell cause they release on the time they released, if you change the context the result would also be very different.

One last time. World wide adjusted for inflation GWTW is 3.4 billion. The number 2 movie for world wide is Avatar.  

So no need for excuses, or calling the comparison retarded. 

Not acording with this list wich is what I saw http://calculatorgames.info/mogul/, wich might be wrong but than again worldwide gross adjusted for inflation varys depending on source, specialy on older movies where worldwide revenue wasnt tracked like it is today, still 3.4 billion is more than Avatar and still retarded to think that movie would come anywhere close to that on todays context. The American numbers ar emuch more reliable however and you didnt even comment the fact the top 10 American box offices adjusted are all pre 90 with the exception of Titanic wich is pre 2000, theres are movies from 1920 there that made like 200M tops when they released for crying out loud. Adjusting anything to inflation in any scenario is retarded, Im sorry the context change, the results do to. 50 years form now Avatar "will have grossed" 5 billion and gone With the Wind well be reaching 6... super plausible, ye. Releasin today Gone With the Wind wouldnt have sold half as much and wouldnt have screened for over 3 years with multiple re releases either, adjusting to inflation makes 0 sense, so Avatar is the Box Office King and Force Awakens may or may not take its post.

 

Calling it retarded, again and again and again means nothing.

People use inflation to compare movies as well as total value. Insulting it won't change that.

 

Total ticket sales avatar is not king, nor any recent movie. Even with billions of more people in the world.

 

Maybe you didn't notice but in the American top 10. There are movies from 7 different decades on the list, showing movies that really stood out.

Compare that with the top value total and it's 4 with only 3 from before 2004, soon to be only 3 that weren't from the last 8 years. 

Or how about WW in the top 100 movies only 9 are from before 2000 and only 2 before 1993. 

Only comparing with total values and ignoring the inflation comparison as well is literally retarding yourself since you are holding back your ability to make a full comparison. So enough calling it that, thanks :)