Comments on: Dark Knight Passes Star Wars

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:00:48 +0000

Why is so much emphasis placed on the dollar amount when comparing a movie's success? Doesn't ANYONE out there realize that new movies are going to keep topping each other because the price of tickets keeps going up? Let's review how many ticket sales it took to reach the 460 million dollars the original Star Wars earned, at roughly $2.00 per ticket, compared to the $10 ticket price of Dark Knight. C'mon people...there is NO comparison.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:55:56 +0000

Yah, if it ain't inflation-adjusted, it's worthless.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:58:15 +0000

What does this list look like when the dollars are adjusted for inflation?

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:53:36 +0000

Look at that list of movies.

#1 is a chick flick writ large.

#7 and #24 fall under the action/adventure genre.

#12 is a Christian epic.

#17 is a comedy.

#2, #5, #6, #9, #13 and #25 are sci-fi

#3, #8, #11, #16, #20, and #22 are comic books brought to the screen.

#4, #10, #14, #19, #21 and #23 are fantasy films.

#15 and #18 are harder to classify. Are they children morality tales or another form of fantasy film.

So roughly 1/5 of the top grossing movies is something other than sci-fi/fantasy/comic book themed movies.

By: Houston

Houston — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:50:49 +0000

Hmmmm.... Look at the only R-rated movie on that list.