By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
Wonktonodi on 24 December 2015
Edit Thread
LordLichtenstein said:
Wonktonodi said:


What do cultural difference between decades, or countries if you really want to go that far, have to do with dollar amounts? 

With movies there are the two comparisons, total box office and adjusted for inflation. The only one really missing that I could see being added is total tickets but the studios don't give those numbers most the time.

Comparing things monetarily over the span of years and only using the dollar amounts and not taking into account inflation, people today are making fortunes compare people back in the day, but with inflation things cost more as well. The dollar alone isn't a good unit of measure, like an inch, mile second or once. inches 80 years ago don't become miles today. Second don't become hours, but pennies turn to dollars. 

Now, you can look at movies and see why certain movies do well at various times, or what they did right to be popular, but that's discussing the reasons, not the results.

 

There are way more competition for your "entertaiment" dollars now, than there were 25-50 years ago.

Streaming servies.
Mobile gaming.
Console gaming.
PC gaming.
Internet.
More Movies than ever.
More Music than ever.
More Concerts than ever.

etc.

 

Movies, there were much more before television. Plus there were other forms of entertainment that have mostly gone away. However there are hundreds of millions of more people in the US and billions more worldwide watching movies.