Posted by Eugene Volokh: Movie Locations: My former student Kevan Choset poses the following puzzle: What are the highest-grossing movies set in (1) North America, (2) Latin America, (3) Europe, (4) Asia, (5) Africa, and (6) Australia?
For the picky: I'm using worldwide grosses, in nominal dollars (not adjusted for inflation), as given [1]on this site. Also, since a movie may have scenes on multiple continents -- or for that matter in the oceans or elsewhere -- I define the movie as being set somewhere if the majority of its are there or quite near there. ([2]Show answers.) (1) E.T., (2) Jurassic Park (note that I said Latin America, not South America), (3) Harry Potter I, (4) The Passion of the Christ, (5) The Lion King, (6) Finding Nemo. I assume that the ocean scenes in Finding Nemo are quite near Australia, while the ocean scenes in Titanic are mostly considerably further from either Europe or America. ([3]Hide answers.) References 1. http://www.imdb.com/boxoffice/alltimegross 2. file://localhost/var/www/powerblogs/volokh/posts/1113423661.html 3. file://localhost/var/www/powerblogs/volokh/posts/1113423661.html _______________________________________________ Volokh mailing list [email protected] http://highsorcery.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volokh
