All time movie grosses, adjusted for inflation

Chmee · Post by **Chmee** » January 12, 2004, 6:24 pm

Kind of interesting.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted/

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » January 13, 2004, 12:06 pm

Do movie ticket prices follow the level of inflation that much? At least of late, it sure seems like movie ticket prices are going up a lot faster. I think it underestimates newer titles as a result. I mean an average ticket price of only $6.03? I mean children prices are $5 and seniors are even $5.50. Regular matinees are still $6.50 and reular tickets are no less than $9.25. The weight of all those prices seems off but I guess movies don't cost as much as they do elsewhere in the country, no personal point of reference for that.

However, I knew that Gone With the Wind was in a league by itself.

Chmee · Post by **Chmee** » January 13, 2004, 1:13 pm

This is apparently how they figured out their adjustment.

* Adjusted to the estimated 2003 average ticket price of $6.03. Inflation-adjustment is mostly done by multiplying estimated admissions by the latest average ticket price. Where admissions are unavailable, adjustment is based on the average ticket price for when each movie was released (taking in to account re-releases where applicable).

Most pre-1980 pictures achieved their totals through multiple releases, especially Disney animated features which made much of their totals in the past few decades belying their original release dates in terms of adjustment. For example, Snow White has made $118,328,683 of its unadjusted $184,925,486 total since 1983.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » January 13, 2004, 1:58 pm

Gone With the Wind would need more gore and sex these days to pull in that kind of jack.

Keverian FireCry · Post by **Keverian FireCry** » January 13, 2004, 8:33 pm

I hated Gone With the Wind...Not because of a lack of gore and sex, I could not stand any of the main characters.