Stephen Kings IT to become the Biggest Horror Movie of All Time

[Farsala]

thismeintiel said:

Farsala said:

Lot of flaws with that though as well. Less population before which makes older movies look like it had a lot more success as a % of the population watched it.

 

Movie theatre food and tickets were also very cheap compared to wages, and as you may know wages haven't increased at the same rate.

Lastly people have options nowadays like pirating or buying, so people could still be watching it, and it could be the most successful film ever, but the numbers won't show it.

I don't think your concerns factor into what he said. He's talking number of tickets sold period. Not compared to the population at the time. Also, people had options back then, too.  

 

The only real problem with what he's suggesting is that it doesn't factor in a films budget. A movie could sell half the tickets of something like Ghostbusters 2016, which was a flop, and still be a success since it had a budget 1/4 the size.

What he suggests is like the video game industry, which we have seen is quite flawed, especially for cheap japanese games. IE: game sells 1m is a success

People couldn't really pirate back then though, or was at least very hard and not worth it. Would be like pirating bubblegum, chump change for the average buyer.