I find the whole "but, but inflation!!!" arguments pretty ridiculous. Different times back then. There's literally no way Gone with the Wind would do 4b+ if released this year. Things have changed so much over the years, it's not even funny.
Just days after the movie hits the theaters, you find decent copies online either through streaming sites or torrents. And I have heard they're pretty good. If you check number of downloads you get an idea of how much it affects sales. With streaming it's harder to check, but I'm sure numbers are pretty high. Plus plenty of people have learned to wait for the dvd/bluray release. With Netflix and so many on demand services, there are so many different ways to eventually watch the movie.
Back in the day, going to the cinema was one of the few things teenagers used to do. Now so many of them prefer to stay inside and watch whatever they want whenever they feel like it.
Anyway, I enjoyed Avatar and to all the people who keep saying that it was not a "must watch again" kind of movie, all I have to say is that you're wrong (or at least that it doesn't apply to everyone). Almost every person I know told me that it was the only movie they've watched at the cinema 3+ times. I was in Edinburgh when it came out and had to wait a month!!! to watch it in Glasgow, since there was 3d Max there. It was literally sold out for an entire month. The person I went with was watching it for the third time and didn't mind traveling to another city just to watch the movie in a bigger cinema.
Some of you should consider taking you personal feelings aside before making statements about other people and how much *they* enjoyed the movie.
