Quote Originally Posted by SlumpBuster
I don't know. I can't actually decide if Peru is on to something. According to Boxofficemojo.com's 100 top grossing movies of all time adjusted for inflation at least 16 are from this decade. That is more than a decade's fair share if your tracking at least the last nine decades. But, a movie from this decade doesn't show up until number 29, and that is Shrek 2.

This of course assumes that box office is a proper measure of a movie's event status.
I don't think box office is a good measure. There's more theaters than ever before in more markets, especially in other countries. We'd also have to adjust the movie figures for population growth trends, to see what % of the economy paid what amount in real terms.

According to my quick Google search of the USA population, in 1950 there was around 149 million, in 1970 we had 200 million, 1980 had 225 million, and today over 300 million americans. That's 50% growth in population since 1970, 33% or so since 1980.

There's also more forms of entertainment competing for peoples' dollars today though.