Re: 2012= Highest Film Grossing Year of All Time?
 

I, for one, am shocked that movies gross more as the population increases and ticket prices go up.

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As of this past weekend, 2012's box office sits at $9.94B. It'll surpass last year's no doubt, especially with The Hobbit coming out in two weeks. However, it has $620M plus to go from coming close to 2010 (and another $30M to hit 2009).

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This can't be true. I've read that piracy and illegal file sharing is killing the movie industry.

Re: 2012= Highest Film Grossing Year of All Time?
 

You read that in this thread.

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Looks like Lincoln is on its way to doing $100 million. Interestingly, I know of no one that has seen it.

Re: 2012= Highest Film Grossing Year of All Time?
 

Adjust for inflation, then tell me the numbers.

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I seen it but I'm not very happy about it.

Re: 2012= Highest Film Grossing Year of All Time?
 

Somebody's spreading the word that it's a movie about a Republican politician.

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Who whole heartedly believed in segregation and that black folks were inferior.

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And the truth shall set you free.

Re: 2012= Highest Film Grossing Year of All Time?
 

well, amazingly enough 2012 turned out to be the highest grossing year to date, if that means anything.

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/12/3...e-report-2012/

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Who's paying $7.94 for a movie ticket? Damn, where I live, it's $12 for a basic ticket, going up to $19 for IMAX 3D.

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Tickets where I live are around 6.50-8.00.

I go to Louisville to see films. The places I go range from 7.50-10.00

Re: 2012= Highest Film Grossing Year of All Time?
 

Why isn't number of tickets sold used rather than box office?

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Here you can get them as low as $5 at one particular chain for any matinee/first showing, everyday, every movie (2D). Another chain has them at $8.

Re: 2012= Highest Film Grossing Year of All Time?
 

Because number of tickets sold tell us nothing about gross revenue. Adjusting for inflation tells a better picture, although it's still slanted. More people went to the movies in the past, as there was far fewer ways to watch movies in 1975 as there are in 2012. Cable, streaming, home video, etc. was barely a factor 30 years ago.

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Yeah "Highest Grossing" isn't a great way to measure a film's success in comparison to older movies. Inflation and changing industry both majorly affect it.

They say if you adjust for inflation Gone With the Wind was by far the highest grossing film ever. But you have to remember at the time the only way you could see the movie was to go to the theater. You couldn't wait a few months to catch it on video, and if you wanted to see it again you'd have to go to the theater again. I beleive this one ran for as long as a few years in the theaters as well.

I always wanted to see ongoing stats for movie revenue in all formats. For example, I can buy Jaws on Blu-Ray, but that will never get counted towards the movie's revenue in these sorts of lists. We'll just see it's theatrical run in 1975 and that's it. My purchasing of it on VHS, DVD and Blu-Ray will not count in any way, even though I was never around to see it in the theaters.

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Another thing to consider about GWTW....back in 1939, there were 170 million less people living in America than today

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True, but also remember in 1939 the only outlet you had at home for popular entertainment was radio. People starved for visual entertainment went to the movies. Over and over again. And films were re-released in theaters to capitalize on this, as there were no television rebroadcasts, cable or home video. So box office was naturally much higher than now.

As kids, we saw Star Wars in the late 70s in theaters about a dozen times. With no cable or VCR until around 1982/83, it was the only way to catch the movies you loved, at least until they were broadcast on network television, and that usually took 5-6 years, at least. Nowadays, we get a Blu-Ray in 4 months...

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And yet Hollywood still bitches about people torrenting their crap.