The end is near, the 4 horsemen of gaming apocalypse, by Sean Malstrom

[The Ghost of RubangB]

Gamerace said:

FishyJoe said:

darthdevidem01 said:
@fishyJoe

But so did Star Wars and it was THE most influential movie ever

See my Titanic reference. And Battleship Potempkin was the most influential movie ever.

Actually when adjusted for Inflation and population Star Wars was a far bigger movie than Titanic and far more influencial on the industry.  It created the entire big budget special effects movie industry we all take for granted today.

 Having said that - Star Wars is eclipsed by Gone With The Wind as the biggest movie in industry history.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm

As per GTAIV - It is a major hit, there's no denying that.  And the market is big enough for both GTAIV and WiiFit to be major successes.

"It created the entire big budget special effects movie industry we all take for granted today."

That was Jaws, in 1975.  Star Wars was 1977.  Some people say Jaws ruined Hollywood in the 70's.  It's been summer blockbusters ever since, and films like the Godfather, Easy Rider, American Graffiti, The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, were the last hurrah of the second golden age of Hollywood, or whatever you want to call it.