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Insidb on 24 December 2015
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Wonktonodi said:
Insidb said:

I think the interplay has a significant effect: GWTW benefitted from multiple releases, over several years, and Titanic had a 3D re-release. The summer blockbusters (Star Wars, ET, Avatar, and Jaws) are well represented, but the others were pre-1975 fantasy/drama films that released to about half of today's population. In essence, movies have become more of a margin play today, because you just don't have the same volume of moviegoers. If we did, SWTFA would have already passed GWTW. I personally don't go to the theater often, because tickets seem overpriced to me and my friends, which indicates that there is a sentiment of a disproportion of the ticket cost to income. When I was younger and didn't make much money, tickets were about half to a third of what they are now and not a big deal to buy. This has only served to drive myself and others to spend money where it appears more effectively spent, as well as obtaining the media through other means.

 

On box office mojo, the average price now is double the price of 20 years ago. If you go to 3D Imax compared to the average it might be like that but it's also not hard to go to a matinee. I frequently go for $7.50 these days, or buy tickets at Costco 2 for 16 thought it might have finally gone up after a few years.

 

Yes GWTW benefited hugely from releases, but most movies on the list didn't. And no Star wars wouldn't have passed it already, GWTW was huge when it came out as well, with a huge level of hype from the book. And movies can't do that well on releases without ongoing huge popularity.

 

But we're starting to go in circles. I've made the points I want to make. Inflation is a valid form of comparison no matter what a few forum goers on vgchartz think.

Ultimtely, I agree with you, and it's up to individual to extract the value from the data. Inflation tells us a lot about how many people saw a particular film, and the "it was a different time" argument should be qualified with "how it was different." When we correlate the data, we can see which film "won" the viewership debate, as it helps normalize a lot of other factors.