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Zucas on 25 January 2010
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HappySqurriel said:
oldschoolfool said:
HappySqurriel said:

When you factor for inflation, Gone with the Wind saw (roughly) 3 times the ticket sales that Avatar currently has

http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm


inflation doesn't matter. Nobody's going to say that Avatar is number one,but technically because of inflation Gone with the Wind is.

Actually, I know of several people who have become increasingly annoyed by these records being broken because movie when it can mostly be attributed to movie theaters charging $15 for a movie. If you want something that is not as easily manipulated you should look at total ticket sales, which (in all reality) no movie will ever beat Gone with the Wind.

Yea but the argument that the other side could fire right back at this, is due to no "home release" movies technically stayed in theaters for longer periods of times.  Nowadays, most movies stay for a month or 2 and the high grossing ones upward of 4-6 months.  Gone With the Wind was in theaters for years.  So it actually isn't a fair comparison whatsoever, because if movies nowadays had no ability to be played at home or viewed without the use of a theater, then they'd have longer cycles as well (at least for the big profit films). 

So while revenue due to inflation isn't a great way of attaining a good comparison over long periods of time, neither is purely tickets sold.  Unless, of course, we want to include DVD, VCR, and Blu-Ray sales as well in the comparison which still wouldn't be a fair comparison by logic standards. 

 

 

OT: I'm very proud of the movie to have done so well as it truly was a visceral experience.  Great movie.