r/Marvel • u/TechnicianOk3133 • 13h ago

Film/Television We did it!

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Avengers: Endgame is again the highest grossing movie of all time! Shoutout to everyone who went to see Encore again and re-live the experience.

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u/redlancer_1987 13h ago edited 13h ago

I feel like this is a list showing ticket price inflation more than popularity. Where is the list that ranks them by number of tickets sold?

  • 1. Gone with the Wind (1939) 202.3 million tickets
  • 2. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) 178.1 million tickets
  • 3. The Sound of Music (1965) 142.5 million tickets
  • 4. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 141.9 million tickets
  • 5. Titanic (1997)136 million tickets

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u/TranslatorDirect496 12h ago

Tickets are cheaper meaning you can sell more.

Accounting for different time periods is impossible.

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u/redlancer_1987 12h ago

Yes, every era has dramatically different social and economic variables making comparison difficult. Going by money makes the least sense. I'd say the one constant that even makes sense to compare is number of eyeballs on screens.

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u/Ccjfb 12h ago

That’s true. I did t think of that. I wonder if there is a calculation that can even that out.

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u/GatorBo69 5h ago

It’s called “adjusted for inflation” on boxofficemojo.com that basically just ranks movies by number of tickets sold

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u/AlwaysBeQuestioning 22m ago

Is the price of a movie ticket today the same as the price of a movie ticket was for Gone With The Wind when adjusted for inflation?