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Smokey
10-07-2006, 04:49 PM
This list of movies become interesting when price of tickets sold at the time is adjusted to today’s dollars ($6.58). And ranked according to how many tickets (in the USA) each movie sold.

Gone with the Wind-which have the highest gross-had four releases theatrically (in 1939, 1954, 1961 and 1971).


1. Gone with the Wind $1.3 billion 1939
http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/images/185/01_gone_with_the_wind.jpg

2. Star Wars $1.1 billion 1977
http://www.digg.be/images/movie/newhope3.jpg

3. The Sound of Music $937,093,200 1965
http://mayabini.blogspirit.com/list/jagat_s_fav_movies/sound-of-music.3.jpg

4. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial $933,401,500 1982
http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/images/185/31_et.jpg

5. The Ten Commandments $861,980,000 1956
http://money.cnn.com/2004/02/24/news/companies/christ_movie/ten_commandments_story.jpg

6. Titanic $844,515,900 1997
http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/26/wkd.kate.winslet.ap/story.titanic.jpg

7. Jaws $842,758,600 1975
http://twtd.bluemountains.net.au/Rick/jaws.jpg

8. Doctor Zhivago $816,811,300 1965
http://images.ciao.com/iuk/images/products/normal/196/product-5880196.jpg

9. The Exorcist $727,541,800 1973
http://www.startsiden.no/magasin/2001/01/12/exorcist_180.jpg

10. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs $717,220,000 1937
http://allost.ru/img/ost/2285/200x200covf.jpg

11. 101 Dalmatians $657,455,500 1961^
12. The Empire Strikes Back $646,028,600 1980^
13. Ben-Hur $644,840,000 1959
14. Return of the Jedi $618,910,900 1983^
15. The Sting $586,560,000 1973

16. Raiders of the Lost Ark $579,973,400 1981^
17. Jurassic Park $567,234,400 1993
18. The Graduate $562,688,100 1967
19. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace $558,153,800 1999
20. Fantasia $546,426,100 1941

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

PeruvianSkies
10-08-2006, 06:44 AM
Also keep in mind that more people would have been able to see some of the older films if the population was adjusted as well. It would be interesting to see how many people would have seen GONE WITH THE WIND or SNOW WHITE by todays 6 Billion world population.

Smokey
10-08-2006, 05:27 PM
That is a good point PeruvianSkies considering that at 1940s, the world population were only around 2 billion people. And USA had only 130 million Vs today’s 300 millions.

eisforelectronic
10-08-2006, 08:52 PM
How come Titanic isn't on that list? Didn't it make over a billion?

PeruvianSkies
10-08-2006, 10:35 PM
TITANIC IS ON THE LIST!!!!!!!! number 6

Dusty Chalk
10-09-2006, 04:23 AM
It looks funny right after Ten Commandments.

Jack & Rose: Hey, look at us, we're Moses!

eisforelectronic
10-11-2006, 04:08 PM
TITANIC IS ON THE LIST!!!!!!!! number 6
Oops, sorry!