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- From: mlperkin@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (mildred l perkins)
- Subject: Re: Highest gross movies
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 14:50:33 GMT
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- In <5388@othmar.lulea.trab.se> sture@lulea.trab.se (Sture Jonsson) writes:
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- >Nhan Tran (tran@peora.sdc.ccur.com) wrote:
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- >: When people talk about the highest grossing movie, do they take into
- >: account of inflation?
-
- >No they don't ! If they did there is only ONE movie that can be considered
- >for highest grossing: Gone with the wind. According to one source (I'm afraid
- >I forgot where I read it) it has grossed over 2 billion dollars to date, showing
- >some 800 million dollars profit.
-
- >That sure pushes that E.T. rubbish down from the no. 1 spot.
-
- >: A more accurate measure would be listing
- >: of movies with largest number of sold tickets.
-
- >Sure would, but it doesn't sound as impressive in a world where money counts
- >the most.
-
- Now wait a moment and think about it. If you're going to tinker with
- the statistics, don't forget to include major increases in both
- population and number of screens.
-
- >/Sture
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