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Gilgamesh on 07 September 2012

Top films that passed the billion mark. 11 out of the 13 are movies made in the last 10 years, 9 out of 13 in the last 5 years.

Rank Title Worldwide Box Office
1. Avatar (2009) $2,781,505,847
2. Titanic (1997) $2,185,372,302
3. The Avengers (2012) $1,494,323,837
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) $1,327,655,619
5. Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) $1,123,746,996
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) $1,119,929,521
7. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest(2006) $1,065,896,541
8. Toy Story 3 (2010) $1,062,984,497
9. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides(2011) $1,041,963,875
10. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) $1,027,044,677
11. Alice in Wonderland (2010) $1,023,285,206
12. The Dark Knight Rises (2012) $1,011,011,261
13. The Dark Knight (2008) $1,001,921,825


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ruimartiniman on 07 September 2012

I would like to see the worldwide adjusted for ticket price inflation, if there is one.



sethnintendo on 07 September 2012
ruimartiniman said:
I would like to see the worldwide adjusted for ticket price inflation, if there is one.

What about soda, candy, and popcorn inflation within movie theaters?



ruimartiniman on 07 September 2012

Could not find Worldwilde, only USA numbers, 

All Time Domestic (Unadjusted) 

1 Avatar Fox $760,507,625 2009^
2 Titanic Par. $658,672,302 1997^
3 Marvel's The Avengers BV $620,532,807 2012
4 The Dark Knight WB $533,345,358 2008
5 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Fox $474,544,677 1999^
6 Star Wars Fox $460,998,007 1977^
7 Shrek 2 DW $441,226,247 2004
8 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Uni. $435,110,554 1982^
9 The Dark Knight Rises WB $434,176,924 2012
10 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest BV $423,315,812 2006
11 The Lion King BV $422,783,777 1994^
12 Toy Story 3 BV $415,004,880 2010
13 The Hunger Games LGF $408,006,922 2012
14 Spider-Man Sony $403,706,375 2002
15 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen P/DW $402,111,870 2009
16 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 WB $381,011,219 2011
17 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Fox $380,270,577 2005
18 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King NL $377,845,905 2003^
19 Spider-Man 2 Sony $373,585,825 2004
20 The Passion of the Christ NM $370,782,930 2004^

 

All Time Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

1 Gone with the Wind MGM $1,620,397,900 $198,676,459 1939^
2 Star Wars Fox $1,428,519,200 $460,998,007 1977^
3 The Sound of Music Fox $1,142,171,300 $158,671,368 1965
4 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Uni. $1,137,671,800 $435,110,554 1982^
5 Titanic Par. $1,087,949,000 $658,672,302 1997^
6 The Ten Commandments Par. $1,050,620,000 $65,500,000 1956
7 Jaws Uni. $1,027,192,100 $260,000,000 1975
8 Doctor Zhivago MGM $995,566,400 $111,721,910 1965
9 The Exorcist WB $887,005,300 $232,906,145 1973^
10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Dis. $874,180,000 $184,925,486 1937^
11 101 Dalmatians Dis. $801,336,400 $144,880,014 1961^
12 The Empire Strikes Back Fox $787,408,700 $290,475,067 1980^
13 Ben-Hur MGM $785,960,000 $74,000,000 1959
14 Avatar Fox $779,987,300 $760,507,625 2009^
15 Return of the Jedi Fox $754,356,500 $309,306,177 1983^
16 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Fox $724,308,000 $474,544,677 1999^
17 The Sting Uni. $714,925,700 $156,000,000 1973
18 The Lion King BV $714,590,500 $422,783,777 1994^
19 Raiders of the Lost Ark Par. $706,897,700 $245,034,358 1981^
20 Jurassic Park Uni. $691,370,800 $357,067,947 1993^

No soda,candy, popcorn included.



Kantor on 07 September 2012
ruimartiniman said:

Could not find Worldwilde, only USA numbers, 

 

All Time Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

1 Gone with the Wind MGM $1,620,397,900 $198,676,459 1939^
2 Star Wars Fox $1,428,519,200 $460,998,007 1977^
3 The Sound of Music Fox $1,142,171,300 $158,671,368 1965
4 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Uni. $1,137,671,800 $435,110,554 1982^
5 Titanic Par. $1,087,949,000 $658,672,302 1997^
6 The Ten Commandments Par. $1,050,620,000 $65,500,000 1956
7 Jaws Uni. $1,027,192,100 $260,000,000 1975
8 Doctor Zhivago MGM $995,566,400 $111,721,910 1965
9 The Exorcist WB $887,005,300 $232,906,145 1973^
10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Dis. $874,180,000 $184,925,486 1937^
11 101 Dalmatians Dis. $801,336,400 $144,880,014 1961^
12 The Empire Strikes Back Fox $787,408,700 $290,475,067 1980^
13 Ben-Hur MGM $785,960,000 $74,000,000 1959
14 Avatar Fox $779,987,300 $760,507,625 2009^
15 Return of the Jedi Fox $754,356,500 $309,306,177 1983^
16 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Fox $724,308,000 $474,544,677 1999^
17 The Sting Uni. $714,925,700 $156,000,000 1973
18 The Lion King BV $714,590,500 $422,783,777 1994^
19 Raiders of the Lost Ark Par. $706,897,700 $245,034,358 1981^
20 Jurassic Park Uni. $691,370,800 $357,067,947 1993^

No soda,candy, popcorn included.

So it's clear that ticket sales have been decreasing somewhat over time.

But it would be inaccurate to attribute this all to piracy. For one thing, cinema tickets are far more expensive than they used to be. DVDs, streaming services and cable TV have provided a more reasonable and in many ways more comfortable movie-watching experience. With personal computers in our homes and internet connections, not to mention video games, and all of the other things invented in the last 30-odd years, we have far more entertainment available now than people did a few decades ago.

Piracy certainly has an effect, but I doubt it's a big one.



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Adinnieken on 07 September 2012

You mean "affect". "Has the internet affected theater sales? HELL NO"

Also, "Internet" is a proper noun, thus it is capitalized, not lower case.

Generally speaking, while the initial belief in the early 2000's was that the Internet did have an effect on movie sales, the general conclusion was that the real issue was crappy movies. The amount of crap released over the past 10 years makes the B Movie era of the 1950's and 1960's look pale.



d21lewis on 07 September 2012

Were it not for the internet, Paul Blart Mall Cop would have been the number one movie of all time. Prove me wrong. You can't do it.



sethnintendo on 07 September 2012
d21lewis said:
Were it not for the internet, Paul Blart Mall Cop would have been the number one movie of all time. Prove me wrong. You can't do it.

I would rather watch Observe and Report.  Loved the slow motion scene with the fat nude guy running.  Had a good song to go with it also (Pixies - Where Is My Mind).



Gilgamesh on 07 September 2012
Adinnieken said:
You mean "affect". "Has the internet affected theater sales? HELL NO"

Also, "Internet" is a proper noun, thus it is capitalized, not lower case.

Generally speaking, while the initial belief in the early 2000's was that the Internet did have an effect on movie sales, the general conclusion was that the real issue was crappy movies. The amount of crap released over the past 10 years makes the B Movie era of the 1950's and 1960's look pale.

I'll fix the title



Adinnieken on 07 September 2012
Gilgamesh said:
Adinnieken said:
You mean "affect". "Has the internet affected theater sales? HELL NO"

Also, "Internet" is a proper noun, thus it is capitalized, not lower case.

Generally speaking, while the initial belief in the early 2000's was that the Internet did have an effect on movie sales, the general conclusion was that the real issue was crappy movies. The amount of crap released over the past 10 years makes the B Movie era of the 1950's and 1960's look pale.

I'll fix the title

Perfect! :D

There is a cartoon on Reddit about two friends competing for the most comments on Reddit.  The first guy post a thread about everything Reddit loves, cats, atheism, pot, and evolution, but gets fewer than 100 comments.  The other guy posts a thread with a grammatical error and gets over 400 comments.