Luke, I totally agree with regard to the 3D and related ticket price increases.
But where can I find those international/all time numbers you're quoting? I have the *domestic* "Adjusted for Inflation/All Time" numbers, and they show a very different story: Pirates 2 (Dead Man's Chest) at #45 all time; Pirates 1 (Black Pearl) at #91. Transformers 2 (Revenge of the Fallen) at #79; Transformers 3 (Dark of the Moon) at #122 (Man! What a difference with the all-time worldwide unadjusted, huh?!); Transformers 1 doesn't even chart in the top 200. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm --Van On Apr 9, 10:19 pm, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > Van, > > The other consideration is increased ticket prices, both from > inflation as well as 3D and IMAX screenings. The 3D especially > inflates revenue. Avatar, for instance, really needs to have it's > gross cut by 1/3rd to accurately compare it with, say, Titanic. If > you look at ticket sales, generally speaking, the trend has been > downwards, which is why Hollywood has been so eager to embrace 3D, as > it helps fill their coffers despite less tickets being sold. Dark Of > The Moon is the perfect example of this trend: if you correct for > inflation, Dark Of The Moon grossed less than either Transformers and > Revenge of the Fallen. > > Further, corrected for inflation, Curse of the Black Pearl outguns all > of the other POTC movies, as well. > > On Apr 7, 12:56 am, Van Allen Plexico <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Skimming through BoxOfficeMojo.com's All Time Rankings reveals quite a few > > oddities. Here are some that jumped out at me just now: > > > The most recent Transformers movie, "Dark of the Moon" (whatever that > > means) is now #4 all-time, behind only Avatar, Titanic, and the last Harry > > Potter movie. Dear lord. > > > It's no surprise that three of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies hover > > just inside and outside the top ten all time money-makers. You might think > > you know which of the four is missing from that elite group, but you're > > likely wrong. The first one--generally considered the best of the > > four--isn't among that august collection of cash cows. Where do we find > > "Curse of the Black Pearl?" Way down at #53! > > > We all agree that the third Spider-Man movie was the worst, right? So you'd > > be seemingly safe in guessing that it must have performed relatively poorly > > at the box office, since the result was an immediate rebooting of the > > franchise. Hmm. Yeah. It made more money than either of the other two. > > > No X-Men movie makes the top 100 box office films worldwide. But of course > > the highest ranking one, down at 114, is the generally reviled X-Men 3: The > > Last Stand. > > > And here's a bonus weird factoid: Iron Man 2 made more money, both > > worldwide and in the US, than Iron Man. > > > The obvious trend is that sequels outperform originals, but the interesting > > thing to me is that even sequels that the fans generally despise, dislike, > > or at least don't think measure up to earlier installments, still make more > > money. > > > --Van > > > Sent from my iPad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
