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Originally posted by steffie
I think I read something a long time ago that if
the 10 Commendments and
Ben Hur
would been played in todays economy they would have grossed over 1 Billion.
They did but you need to calculate inflation and stuff
AHH whatever,, I need more coffee
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The more important consideration is the LACK of competition back in those days............nowadays you have hundreds of times more movies being made and they make a run and are usually out of most of the theatres by 14 or 15 weeks...........back then, they had pictures like "Gone With the Wind" playing at theatres for like 2 years...........and there were hardly any movies made during the year compared to now............so its hard to say...........also, especially in the last 20 years, movies have gotten so very expensive to go to compared to before..........this prevents families from going to the movies as a family, or strongly discourages it at least...............then there is home video........how many times have you said, "Well I'll wait til that one comes out on video."
When you take these things into consideration, there is no doubt in my mind that "Titanic" had by far the most successful run in movie history box-office wise, especially considering these new factors. And I thought it was merely a good to very good movie, and not a great one.
