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Soundwave on 15 February 2016
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Lawlight said:
Soundwave said:

Titanic did have amazing legs that said, Titanic came out at a time when people watched movies on blurry VHS tapes and the average home TV was a 4:3 ratio 25 inches in crappy SD resolution, there was no Netflix or easy download of pirated movies online.

Today most homes have a large theatrical LCD/plasma screens of 40-50 inches, high definition, way more things to watch and do and the movie ticket issue cuts both ways ... yes tickets are more expensive today, but that also keeps a lot people away from the theater today (why pay $12 a ticket for a movie when you have a big screen at home).

Titanic would not have made that kind of money with the competitive issues TFA has to deal with, people would've seen it 1-2 times, not 3-4 times like a lot of people did.

It also had a run where a lot of crap was coming out. Once it was clear of the Bond movie in late 1997, it was pretty much clear sailing (no pun intended) for a long period of time. 

And what competitive issues did TFA face? 

And so what if most homes have big TVs? Do the movies get released on the same day in Netflix? Same week or month? More like a year late.

There's also 55% more theatres now.

The average ticket costs 84% more.

The US population has grown by 17%. Ditto for the Canadian population.

TFA had stronger competetion, The Revenant (odds on winner for Best Picture this year), Kung-Fu Panda 3, and Deadpool. 

Once it was clear of Tomorrow Never Dies early in its run I guess Titanic had ... The Wedding Singer (a low budget film) to compete against?

Higher ticket prices as I mentioned are both a pro and con ... people aren't going to pay $12 to watch the same movie 3-4 times today, it just doesn't happen. 

TFA has beaten Titanic's initial run, the 3D re-release DID give it a boost from China, so Titanic's current number does have a big boost from China, TFA will beat Titanic once it gets its (inevitable) re-release like Titanic got. 

Yes there more people today, but there are also like 5000 more entertainment options today too and the quality of watching movies at home and being able to access pirated copies with 4 or 5 clicks is exponentially higher. Fewer people go to the movie theater today (that's just a fact) than in 1997/98, so increased population does not help TFA.