Posted on 01/26/2010 9:23:59 PM PST by Reagan Man
Boxoffice is arguably more straightforward to report than TV ratings. You have this weekly Top 10 list of returns, you compare each movie to the other movies. TV ratings are a murky swamp where one network's hit is another network's flop and context is not just a factor, but often the entire story.
Yet one respect in which boxoffice reporting is pretty odd -- emphasizing ticket grosses yet rarely mentioning ticket sales. That would be like always reporting how many ad dollars sold off "Lost" and not mentioning the number of viewers that actually watched the show. With everybody reporting how "Avatar" is The Biggest Movie of All Time based on grosses ($1.859 billion and counting), it's important to remember how rising ticket prices skew the returns.
Here's the Top 20 movies of all time ... by number of tickets sold:
1 "Gone With the Wind" (1939) 202,044,600
2 "Star Wars" (1977) 178,119,600
3 "The Sound of Music" (1965) 142,415,400
4 "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" (1982) 141,854,300
5 "The Ten Commandments" (1956) 131,000,000
6 "Titanic" (1997) 128,345,900
7 "Jaws" (1975) 128,078,800
8 "Doctor Zhivago" (1965) 124,135,500
9 "The Exorcist" (1973) 110,568,700
10 "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937) 109,000,000
11 "101 Dalmatians" (1961) 99,917,300
12 "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980) 98,180,600
13 "Ben-Hur" (1959) 98,000,000
14 "Return of the Jedi" (1983) 94,059,400
15 "The Sting" (1973) 89,142,900
16 "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981) 88,141,900
17 "Jurassic Park" (1993) 86,205,800
18 "The Graduate" (1967) 85,571,400
19 "Star Wars: Episode I" (1999) 84,825,800
20 "Fantasia" (1941) 83,043,500
"Avatar," despite topping the worldwide gross list, by and by, is only No. 26 on the ticket sales list with 76,421,000 sold ... at least, so far...
While the article itself focuses on ticket sales, it does not mean its entirely about ticket sales.
And yet you keep proclaiming..."This article thread focuses on ticket sales ONLY!"...which means it's about ticket sales.
You can't have it both ways.
The article itself does not go that far.
The hell it doesn't!
It does not mention factors related to inflation. But your point is well taken.
So prices increased because of The Price Fairy?
The main point being...
Which is exactly what I said in my previous reply, just in different words. And you don't even see it. Simply amazing!
The Price Fairy? I'd call that childish, juvenile banter.
>>>>>You can't have it both ways.
Not trying to. To focus, is to emphasize. To emphasize ticket sales, does not mean its entirely about ticket sales. You seem to have a problem with basic commonsense.
The article itself does not go that far.
>>>>>The hell it doesn't!
Okay then. Exactly where does it mention inflation?
>>>>>Which is exactly what I said in my previous reply, just in different words. And you don't even see it. Simply amazing!
WTF does all that mean? LOL
To emphasize ticket sales, does not mean its entirely about ticket sales.
Then why did you keep emphasizing that "This article thread focuses on ticket sales ONLY!"
You're wanting it both ways.
You seem to have a problem with basic commonsense.
How about that! We share something in common.
Exactly where does it mention inflation?
Hmmmm...how about when he talks about rising ticket prices.
Once again...how did ticket prices increase?
WTF does all that mean?
What a shame. You spell it out for someone and they still don't get it.
>>>>>You spell it out for someone and they still don't get it.
My thoughts exactly. You're pathetic.
You've changed direction at least three times. You're going in circles more and more, and you've got me following you. ENOUGH!
Not quite everything. He took the myth we've heard before and put it into a sci-fi world. What other story is about an idyllic planet being infiltrated by technically advanced humans using avatars?
Besides the original scene for the familiar myth, he had innovated film techniques and the whole 3 D stuff to make it aesthetically appealing.
I think another reason that I liked the film is that his rebirth as an avatar at the end reminds me of the resurrection (something I personally belive in).
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