Avatar will soon DESTROY Titanic's Record.

[Ste]

All-Time Worldwide Box Office

Titantic is the all time grossing movie at 1.835 Billion dollars and it Will soon be blown off it's long time perch by Avatar.

Avatar has grossed 1.606 Billion dollars in only 32 days, and there is no sign of it slowing anytime soon.

What is even more mind numbingly werid is that, imo, Titanic wasn't that great of a movie, and I am !Quite! surprised it needed to be toped by a movie such as Avatar.


Thoughts?

 

[superdave1984]

I think a more appropriate number would be the number of times people paid to see it rather than how much money it makes. Star Wars was the king and got there when tickets were $2. How much does it cost now to get in?

 

[Ste]

One could always account for inflation to see what movies grossed would be in today's money.

If you wanted to do that..

 

[Muffin Man]

it was bound to happen sometime i guess.

interesting to see what other movies had made. too many h. potter movies near the top though >.<

i wonder what the lowest grossing movies are. i remember i saw on the news that some POS movie that starred paris hilton made only like $10K opening day or something like that which IMO was way too high.

 

[Hefemeister]

There you go. Adjusted for inflation gross income. Not positive about what figures they started with but Titanic comes in at number 6. I would have put star wars at number one as I probably paid to see it at least 10 times.

• 1 Gone with the Wind MGM $1,485,028,000 1939^
• 2 Star Wars Fox $1,309,179,000 1977^
• 3 The Sound of Music Fox $1,046,753,000 1965
• 4 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Uni. $1,042,629,400 1982^
• 5 The Ten Commandments Par. $962,850,000 1956
• 6 Titanic Par. $943,342,300 1997
• 7 Jaws Uni. $941,379,300 1975
• 8 Doctor Zhivago MGM $111,721,910 1965
• 9 The Exorcist WB $812,679,700 1973^
• 10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Dis. $184,925,486 1937^

All Time Box Office Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

 

[yzmxer608]

I've still never seen it, I don't really get what it's about from the commercials.

 

[synergy]

There you go. Adjusted for inflation gross income. Not positive about what figures they started with but Titanic comes in at number 6. I would have put star wars at number one as I probably paid to see it at least 10 times.

• 1 Gone with the Wind MGM $1,485,028,000 1939^
• 2 Star Wars Fox $1,309,179,000 1977^
• 3 The Sound of Music Fox $1,046,753,000 1965
• 4 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Uni. $1,042,629,400 1982^
• 5 The Ten Commandments Par. $962,850,000 1956
• 6 Titanic Par. $943,342,300 1997
• 7 Jaws Uni. $941,379,300 1975
• 8 Doctor Zhivago MGM $111,721,910 1965
• 9 The Exorcist WB $812,679,700 1973^
• 10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Dis. $184,925,486 1937^

All Time Box Office Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

That's a good list.

You also have to add the fact that Avatar also has most ticket sales at a premium price for the 3D version.

 

[Burn]

I've still never seen it, I don't really get what it's about from the commercials.

basically the same plot as pocahontas, just in the future and with blue cat people instead of native americans, lol

 

[Mr. Switch]

basically the same plot as pocahontas, just in the future and with blue cat people instead of native americans, lol

LOL!!


Nail.On.Head

 

[Yami]

Never heard of Pocahontas but reading the wikipedia entry, does sound similar, yes