Movies you've recently watched

[Eddie Teach]

Purge him from OTR?

[Ed Anger]

Darth Vader is is Luke's father.

[Winkelried]

Darth Vader is is Luke's father.

Noooooooooooo! It's impossible!!!!!

[The Larch]

Saw Clint Eastwood's "Invictus" last Friday. Good film, but a bit too sugar coated towards the end, and lacks some exposition at the beginning for the people not familiar with South Africa and the 1995 rugby World Cup. The political part was more entertaining than the sport part, IMO.

7 former ANC operatives forced to cooperate with apartheid time secret police out of 10.

[Admiral Yi]

From a Time article on Avatar's success, the top domestic grossing movies, adjusted for inflation (in $ millions)

1. Gone With the Wind 1,485.0

2. Star Wars 1,309.2

3. The Sound of Music 1,046.8

4. E.T 1,042.6

5. The Ten Commandments 962.9

6. Titanic 943.3


26. Avatar 561.7


And from a different Time article, Mel Gibson had a cameo in Passion of the Christ.  Did anyone spot it?

[Barrister]

I thought I read that Avatar had already clears a billion dollars.  How does Time put it at $500 mil?

Or are those domestic only numbers?

[Admiral Yi]

I thought I read that Avatar had already clears a billion dollars.  How does Time put it at $500 mil?

Or are those domestic only numbers?

Yes.  And they're adjusted for inflation too.

[Josquius]

From a Time article on Avatar's success, the top domestic grossing movies, adjusted for inflation (in $ millions)

Is such importance really put on the domestic market though?
In todays world its pretty much accepted success comes through being international.

[Habbaku]

Yes.  And they're adjusted for inflation too.

[Admiral Yi]

Is such importance really put on the domestic market though?
In todays world its pretty much accepted success comes through being international.

Apples to apples.  For some of those earlier films there wasn't much, if any international market.

[Grey Fox]

I wonder how much Gone with the wind would have made with it's actual number of ticket sales at today's price instead of a inflation adjusted number.

Easy to find.

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

Gone with the Wind MGM $1,507,252,900 $198,676,459 1939^

I guess price inflation follows all-inclusive inflation pretty well.

[Barrister]

I thought I read that Avatar had already clears a billion dollars.  How does Time put it at $500 mil?

Or are those domestic only numbers?

Yes.  And they're adjusted for inflation too.

How can you adjust today's revenue for inflation?   

[Habbaku]

From a Time article on Avatar's success, the top domestic grossing movies, adjusted for inflation (in $ millions)

1. Gone With the Wind 1,485.0

2. Star Wars 1,309.2

3. The Sound of Music 1,046.8

4. E.T 1,042.6

5. The Ten Commandments 962.9

6. Titanic 943.3

26. Avatar 561.7

Quoted for Beeb.  Maybe he'll actually read the post this time so he can get the joke.

[Admiral Yi]

How can you adjust today's revenue for inflation?   

You multiply by one.  The base year numbers don't get adjusted, they stay what they are.

[Liep]

Quick poll:

Terry Gilliam vs Woody Allen - what movie should I watch tonight? It's between The Brothers Grimm and Cassandra's Dream.