Avengers is THE best super hero movie thus far.

[darthdevidem01]

rocketpig said:

darthdevidem01 said:
Let me remind you all in America Episode 1 ended up selling 85 MILLION Tickets...a lot of that thanks to the TREMENDOUS HYPE.

No film SINCE has sold more tickets than it...not even avatar (that ended with around 78 Million tickets...3D & inflation ftw?).

And Episode I sold less than half as many tickets at Episode IV, despite the US population being only 220 million people in 1977 versus over 270 million in 1999.

Episode IV sold 194 million tickets to a population of 220 million. The mind reels at that number. It's unfathomable today.

On the other hand, Gone with the Wind sold 224 million tickets to a population of 130 million. *head explodes*

Episode I was lucky to sell as much as it did.

Ep IV is the true phenomenon...the best word of mouth a movie ever had and will probably ever have. 

Gone With The Wind was re-released like 11 times though...once every decade or something.

If we look at just "first runs" then I actually think Titanic is the leader in ticket sales.