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Highest Grossing Films All Pretty Recent

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After taking a look at the list, all of the top movies are relatively recent. I find that interesting.... or is it simply because the same amount of people are going but they cost more per movie hiking revenues. I would have assumed a list of this nature would adjust for inflation but I'm guessing I am wrong
 
the answer was right in front of me haha

"2009 has the most films on the list with seven, next stand 2008 and 2007 tied with six. Eighty percent of the films in the top 50 were released after 2000, while no film prior to 1977 appears in the list because population size and ticket purchasing trends are not considered. Figures are given in United States dollars (USD). This list tends to favor films in more recent years; a domestic-only inflation-adjusted list can be found at List of highest-grossing films in the United States and Canada."
 
Are increasing ticket prices taken into account? Much less more marketing, as well as more theatres to show the movie?

There are too many factors to consider.
 
1. Population growth
2. Increasing standard of living
3. Inflation
4. Even when adjusted for inflation, ticket price growth exceeds inflation so a ticket in 2009 still brings in more adjusted revenue than in 1999
 
Highest grossing means dick. Movies cost a lot more too. Look for net profit which movie cos won't reveal thus ticket sales are indicator of success.
 
Alone said:
Are increasing ticket prices taken into account? Much less more marketing, as well as more theatres to show the movie?

There are too many factors to consider.
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I agree. Rising ticket prices and recycled 3D glasses contribute to the bigger numbers. With affordable home theaters and netflix I think fewer people are going to the movies than in the past.
 
Also, consider the budget and the return. Avatar made a lot, sure, but look at Gone With the Wind. If I recall correctly, it was the only film that made 100x its budget.
 
Number of screens/screenings is also huge. 20 years ago a projectionist had to rewind the film and respool it. That could take an hour. With platter devices that was down to a couple minutes to get it back up and running.

Plus you have mega theaters now showing the same movie on 5 different screens at a time and higher populations available to watch.
 
Makes sense. Even with the economy being as crappy as it is, ~$10 for a night out is pretty cheap. Plus, people always love going to see movies.
 
ZOOYUKA said:
I agree. Rising ticket prices and recycled 3D glasses contribute to the bigger numbers. With affordable home theaters and netflix I think fewer people are going to the movies than in the past.
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2009 North American admissions were 1.42B, the strongest they've been since 2004. It beat last years admissions figures by 6%.
 
Zebo said:
Highest grossing means dick. Movies cost a lot more too. Look for net profit which movie cos won't reveal thus ticket sales are indicator of success.
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Star Trek came out in 1979 and it cost about a hundred million dollars at the time.
It bombed (so far as money is concerned)
After that the budgets of most all movies were watched much more closely, especially action flicks heavy on special effects.

I wouldnt be surprised if profits are higher nowadays simply because there are more countries getting easier access to films. If a movie makes shit in America it could still do well in Zimbabwe or Argentina and make a net profit, especially when you consider video sales.
VHS tapes were considerably expensive to make relative to their sale price, but the mass production of DVD's costs about a penny each.
 
piracy killed the industry 🙁


oh, wait... next thing you know people are going to say global warming was actually supposed to be global cooling!
 
It's just as stupid to compare for inflation or by ticket sales than by gross because a movie like Gone with the Wind was in the theaters for several years and had many re-releases, this applies to movies like Star Wars too, so any and all comparisons are not fair. Besides all that it really doesn't matter because it's a list of highest grossing movies and that's exactly what it is and that's all that should be implied from it.
 
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