Here is the paragraph which got me..
Due to steep inflation since 1965 (when the average ticket cost $1.01), “The Sound of Music,” with a once-gigantic $198 million domestic gross, doesn’t crack this top 100. But when Box Office Mojo adjuststhe top 100 for ticket inflation, the musical classic comes in at No. 3 with $1.22 billion, followed by “E.T.” ($1.22 billion), “Titanic” ($1.16) billion, 1956’s “The Ten Commandments” ($1.12 billion), 1975’s “Jaws” ($1.1 billion), 1965’s “Dr. Zhivago” ($1 billion), 1973’s “The Exorcist” ($952 million) and 1937’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” ($938 million).
here are the first few sentences..
Star Wars: The Force Awakens” will pass “Avatar” as the top-grossing film ever in North America on Wednesday as Tuesday’s $8 million take puts it just $2 million short of the previous record of $760.5 million.
But that hugely impressive number doesn’t take soaring ticket prices — seeing it in 3-D IMAX in Manhattan can set you back as much as $21.59 — into account.
If you factor in inflation, “The Force Awakens” currently ranks in 21st place among all films in terms of actual tickets sold, just behind “Raiders of the Lost Ark” but far, far behind the two chart-toppers: “Gone With the Wind” ($1.7 billion) and the original “Star Wars” ($1.5 billion). (Various factors make it impossible to adjust international grosses, an increasingly important source of Hollywood revenue, for inflation.)
here is the link...
http://nypost.com/2016/01/06/the-force-awakens-is-actually-in-21st-place/
Due to steep inflation since 1965 (when the average ticket cost $1.01), “The Sound of Music,” with a once-gigantic $198 million domestic gross, doesn’t crack this top 100. But when Box Office Mojo adjuststhe top 100 for ticket inflation, the musical classic comes in at No. 3 with $1.22 billion, followed by “E.T.” ($1.22 billion), “Titanic” ($1.16) billion, 1956’s “The Ten Commandments” ($1.12 billion), 1975’s “Jaws” ($1.1 billion), 1965’s “Dr. Zhivago” ($1 billion), 1973’s “The Exorcist” ($952 million) and 1937’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” ($938 million).
here are the first few sentences..
Star Wars: The Force Awakens” will pass “Avatar” as the top-grossing film ever in North America on Wednesday as Tuesday’s $8 million take puts it just $2 million short of the previous record of $760.5 million.
But that hugely impressive number doesn’t take soaring ticket prices — seeing it in 3-D IMAX in Manhattan can set you back as much as $21.59 — into account.
If you factor in inflation, “The Force Awakens” currently ranks in 21st place among all films in terms of actual tickets sold, just behind “Raiders of the Lost Ark” but far, far behind the two chart-toppers: “Gone With the Wind” ($1.7 billion) and the original “Star Wars” ($1.5 billion). (Various factors make it impossible to adjust international grosses, an increasingly important source of Hollywood revenue, for inflation.)
here is the link...
http://nypost.com/2016/01/06/the-force-awakens-is-actually-in-21st-place/
