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Adam Fraser
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From: Houghton Lake, MI, USA
Registered: Dec 2001

posted 05-12-2002 02:19 PM

I heard from talking to a employee at a local theatre about an hour away from us that EP2 advanced tickets aren't really selling well. But that could just be in their market. Hope Spiderman keeps it up though.

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Bobby Henderson
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From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001

posted 05-12-2002 03:43 PM

$72 million for the second weekend. That's pretty good numbers. However, ticket price inflation really has to be factored in with these new releases. Claims like "fastest to reach $200 million" and "$100 million on opening weekend" don't really mean a whole lot.

The movie industry should do what the music industry does. Count individual unit sales and publicize that. A $100 million dollar gross means nothing for a movie anymore. There are films that literally flop financially and gross over $100 million. For many major film releases, a distributor may spend between $30 million and $70 million just marketing the thing.

How many tickets did "Star Wars" sell in 1977? Jaws? The Sound of Music? Gone With the Wind? Ticket price inflation has really made it impossible to say definitively which films are truly top box office champions.

I would imagine "Titanic" and its $600 million gross in the U.S. would factor it in well with some all time lists. But how many tickets does that gross actually equal with an older hit like "Gone With the Wind"?

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Jacob Huber
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From: Evansville, IN, USA
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posted 05-12-2002 09:32 PM

I remember reading a top 10 list of all time highest grossing movies adjusted for inflation. Gone with the Wind is at number 1. ET is number 4 on the adjusted and non adjusted lists.

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Jacob Huber
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From: Evansville, IN, USA
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posted 05-12-2002 09:51 PM

Here's the list.
Non Adjusted / Adjusted
1. Titanic $601M / Gone With the Wind $885M
2. Star Wars Ep. IV $461M / Star Wars Ep. IV $798M
3. ET $435M / ET $644M
4. Star Wars Ep. I $431M / The Sound of Music $638M
5. Jurrasic Park $357M / Titanic $601M
6. Forrest Gump $330M / The Ten Commandments $587M
7. Harry Potter $317M / Jaws $574M
8. The Lion King $313M / Dr. Zhivago $542M
9. Star Wars Ep. VI $309M / The Jungle Book $485M
10. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings $309 / Snow White and the 7 Dwarves $471M

*All dollar amounts in U.S. Dollars for U.S. box office only and rounded to the nearest $1M

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Paul Linfesty
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From: Bakersfield, CA, USA
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posted 05-12-2002 10:22 PM

Ive always been a little dubious of these films adjusted for inflation. Take Gone With the Wind, for example. I've seen many times on these lists that they based it on what average ticket sales were in 1939 and compared them to today's prices. Problem is, GWTW was not shown at average ticket prices but at GREATLY inflated ones. And half of the rentals of the film occured starting with the 1967 re-release which ALSO started life as a (70mm) Roadshow. Average ticket prices were also a lot lower due to a much greater range of types of theatres (first, second, third runs than there are today.

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Adam Martin
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From: Dallas, TX
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 05-13-2002 12:13 AM

I just got back from a road trip around Lake Michigan and I have to say that Spider-Man must be playing in 85% of the small-town cinemas in North America. I mean this thing is everywhere. No wonder the numbers are so huge.

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Charles Everett
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From: New Jersey
Registered: May 2001

posted 05-13-2002 04:17 PM

Indeed it is, Adam!

2nd weekend total, certified and official: $71,417,527 -- only a 38 percent drop from 1st weekend.

2nd weekend per-theater average: $19,756.

The press is pouring on the Star Wars hype because they are shocked by Spider-Man's huge numbers.

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