Box Office Revenue [OC]Submitted by CharcoalCharts t3_106dehn in dataisbeautiful
BenUFOs_Mum t1_j3gpho4 wrote
Very confused by the lack of films from the golden era of Hollywood on there. Something must have gone wrong in terms of missing data particularly as we can see many of the highest grossing films of all time are from that era. I can only assume reliable box office data is hard to come by for the regular films of the 30-40s which haven't stood the test of time but certainly grossed over a million in today's money.
The average american was watch more than a film in the cinema a week, and the studio system was pumping out a ridiculous number of films. Gone with the wind alone grossed significantly more than the entire US box office this year.
Edit: looking closely at the database used as a source shows clearly the lack of films from that era. 1930 only has like 6 films for the whole year out of the hundreds that would have been pumped out by the studios at that time. Checking Wikipedia the top ten grossing films from that year all grossed over a million dollars in 1930 money
imhereforthevotes t1_j3h0sq6 wrote
>in 1930 money
Interesting. And this chart doesn't even seem to incorporate inflation, right?
PapaChoff t1_j3h2uin wrote
Probably the top issue with this. Followed by the 2020s with only 3 years of data and the white text.
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Cause0 t1_j3h4704 wrote
Yes it does look in the bottom right
CrackBingeIdea t1_j3he4kx wrote
That bit does but the rest doesn’t I don’t think. Bit weird to mix adjusted and non adjusted data in one image
will_ww t1_j3i3odw wrote
What they mean is other movies adjust for inflation that didn't break the standard $1mil mark in the diagrams. But then it's adjusted in the top 10 numbering.
Aromatic-Teach-4122 t1_j3hprsa wrote
It does apparently
cbarrick t1_j3icizu wrote
> doesn't even seem to incorporate inflation, right?
It measures "adjusted box office gross." I assume "adjusted" means "adjusted for inflation."
imhereforthevotes t1_j3idum4 wrote
Yeah, I missed that, if indeed that's what that means.
karma_the_sequel t1_j3l9pb8 wrote
It purports to - see the URL for U.S. inflation in the bottom right corner of the graphic.
Not sure how you would accurately apply U.S. inflation data to worldwide box office numbers...
karma_the_sequel t1_j3l9igb wrote
That list doesn't look to be anywhere near accurate: https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/ww_top_lifetime_gross/?area=XWW&ref_=bo_cso_ac
BenUFOs_Mum t1_j3lblxo wrote
That's not adjusted for inflation.
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