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Author Topic: Bee movie vs American Gangster Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-26-2007 07:29 PM                        I think it's the same as sports fans cheering for their favorite team...people want to know if "their" movie made #1. (Or in the case of a bad movie, they want to know how bad it flopped.)  |  IP: Logged Chad Souder Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 962 From: Waterloo, IA, USA Registered: Feb 2000 posted 11-30-2007 09:40 PM                     In the December issue of Boxoffice magazine, they have listed the top Christmas actors since 1990. Home Alone (1990) is #1 with $281 mil. Grinch (2000) is #2 with $260 mil. Wouldn't you like to know what the real difference between those two are attendance wise, not what a decade's worth of ticket price increases did? Furthermore, Home Alone 2 is still in the top 6, but I'd be curious where Polar Express would be in relation to it if there were actual ticket sales.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-30-2007 10:31 PM                        All-time Boxoffice Hits (Adjusted for Inflation) from boxofficemojo.com On this list, "HOME ALONE" is still the highest rated Christmas themed movie. It comes in at #35 overall. (Gone With The Wind is #1, not surprisingly.)  |  IP: Logged Chad Souder Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 962 From: Waterloo, IA, USA Registered: Feb 2000 posted 12-13-2007 10:54 AM                     It's interesting that on that list, Mike, only 3 movies in the top 20 were made after 1985 and you have to go clear to #29 to find something post 2000. 15 out of the bottom 20, however, were made since 1985, with 7 of those being post 2000. Obviously more movies are made now so there is more for people to see and spread their money around, but is that the only reason people don't go to one movie in the quantities they used to, but at the same time go to more movies as a whole than ever before? Is it simply because movies are seemingly more "specialized" now so that like a restaurant menu, everyone doesn't just order the burger? Thoughts?  |  IP: Logged

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