| morenoingrato said: how is avatar so far? looking likely to be he highest grossing movie ever? |
Yes.
Of course this doesnt make it the most popular movie, since ticket prices inflate. There's no true way imo to tell the exact most popular movie. Even ticket sales is not a true measure since the population of the USA actually increases over time. Also, beyond the inflation effect, Avatar benefitted from higher 3D ticket prices.
But still, tons of movies had the same inflation advantages Avatar did and didn't break Titanic's record. 3D prices had an effect but not more than something like ~20% (and in the end, the highest gross is the highest gross regardless how it was achieved).
A lot of movies will be 3D going forward now as well (Alice in Wondeland is the first big one) so other movies will get 3D inflation too, but I bet they wont break the record for a while.
