Movies

This is an interesting read... Estimated top 230 movies in NA box office for ticket sales. accountant_4_Jesus Jul 18, 17:12

The sting is in top20! In what world does home alone top Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid? {nm} jtempkin Jul 18, 17:15

Impressive. The Sound of Music is #4. {nm} elchan Jul 18, 17:30

Only 5 of the top 50 released since 2000. That's perspective. {nm} second gary Jul 18, 17:32

And one of those was BATM2. That's perspective. {nm} accountant_4_Jesus Jul 18, 17:37

I have to question that Gone with the Wind number... The US population in 1940 was 132M {nm} dioneta Jul 18, 17:37

The author of the article does say what sources he used and on what basis his figures are. Feel free to do the math yourself, if you like :P {nm} accountant_4_Jesus Jul 18, 17:39

I tried... Everything I find has it jumping from $4M in 1942 to $193M in 1998s re-release. {nm} dioneta Jul 18, 17:44

just go read some history of hollywood. it's pretty accurate. ndmaster Jul 18, 21:39

Part of the case for GWTW Is re-releases; part of it, too, I imagine, is linked to the dominant place film had in popular entertainment... second gary Jul 18, 17:51

IMDB says it ran from 1939-1941. You can sell a lot of tickets in that amount of time. {nm} elchan Jul 18, 18:01

Also, movies were about the only thing to do: no tv, no Internet, no Facebook, no video games islander Jul 18, 18:13

Only books, radio, 78s, other people, and Sartre. second gary Jul 18, 18:37

And HPOT8 nudged out by "Every Which Way But Loose" for spot #124. :) second gary Jul 18, 18:51

It looks similar to the lists that sometimes float around but there are some of the same errors clearbluewaters Jul 19, 06:17

I love this, thanks. Imagine how big stars were when a much larger portion of the country saw their films. {nm} Doyle Lonnegan Jul 19, 07:40