KirkVanHouten

Re: 2008 at the Box Office

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Originally Posted by Bill GrandPre As time goes on and tickets go up the $500 million mark becomes more attainable and ultimately less impressive. If anything "The Dark Knight" marks the beginning of an era where inflation has caused smaller blockbusters (that's sorta like "jumbo shrimp" I guess) to get into that $500 million territory. There are several movies that are fairly recent like "The Phantom Menace", "The Lion King", "Jurassic Park", "Forrest Gump" and of course "Titanic" that "The Dark Knight" won't touch in terms of attendance. I'm sure many people have posted TDK's true place in the all-time rankings of films adjusted for inflation many times so there's no point in going over it again but this is a milestone that is practically an inevitability when you're dealing with inflation. It wouldn't shock me at all to start seeing a film break the $500 million mark every year or two from here on out. Before you know it it's gonna be fairly commonplace.

Ok how about this then: even adjusted for inflation, TDK will most likely be the highest grossing film of 2000-2010. You're quite comical because you seem to twist everything you can to insult TDK.

Steve_Tk

Re: 2008 at the Box Office

Can someone post the link for the pure tickets sales again? I know TDK is successful, but wonder where it stands at this point? I'm not concerned with it's current dollar amount, or it's adjusted for inflation amount. I think the real test is how many asses were put in the seats.

David Forbes

Re: 2008 at the Box Office

I think it cleared 70+ million (don't have the exact numbers), but it's far more than fools like Bill GrandPre and his sidekick Chuckles LaSalle give TDK credit for.

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DavidPla

Re: 2008 at the Box Office

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime...st_yr=1&p=.htm

It'll probably finish around #27 or #28.. pretty huge.

Brent M

Re: 2008 at the Box Office

Just ignore him, Kirk. He's clearly not from a planet I like to call Earth and pretty much everything he says has no merit whatsoever.

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TerryRL

Re: 2008 at the Box Office

TOP TICKET SELLERS
(50 million-plus admissions)
#1 “Gone with the Wind” (MGM) 202.0 million (1939)
#2 “Star Wars” (Lucasfilm/Fox) 178.1 million (1977)
#3 “The Sound of Music” (Fox) 142.4 million (1965)
#4 “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” (Universal) 141.85 million (1982)
#5 “The Ten Commandments” (Paramount) 131.0 million (1956)
#6 “Titanic” (Fox/Paramount) 128.3 million (1997)
#7 “Jaws” (Universal) 128.1 million (1975)
#8 “Doctor Zhivago” (MGM) 124.1 million (1965)
#9 “The Exorcist” (WB) 110.6 million (1973)
#10 “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (Disney) 108.9 million (1937)
#11 “101 Dalmatians” (Disney) 99.9 million (1961)
#12 “The Empire Strikes Back” (Lucasfilm/Fox) 98.2 million (1980)
#13 “Ben-Hur” (MGM) 98.0 million (1959)
#14 “Return of the Jedi” (Lucasfilm/Fox) 94.05 million (1983)
#15 “The Sting” (Universal) 89.1 million (1973)
#16 “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (Lucasfilm/Paramount) 88.1 million (1981)
#17 “Jurassic Park” (Universal) 86.2 million (1993)
#18 “The Graduate” (AVCO) 85.6 million (1967)
#19 “Star Wars: Episode I- The Phantom Menace” (Lucasfilm/Fox) 84.8 million (1999)
#20 “Fantasia” (Disney) 83.0 million (1941)
#21 “The Godfather” (Paramount) 78.9 million (1972)
#22 “Forrest Gump” (Paramount) 78.5 million (1994)
#23 “Mary Poppins” (Disney) 78.2 million (1964)
#24 “The Lion King” (Disney) 77.2 million (1994)
#25 “Grease” (Paramount) 76.9 million (1978)
#26 “The Dark Knight” (WB) 75.0 million (2008) Projected (currently at 72.2 million)
#27 “Thunderball” (UA) 74.8 million (1965)
#28 “The Jungle Book” (Disney) 73.7 million (1967)
#29 “Sleeping Beauty” (Disney) 72.7 million (1959)
#30 “Shrek 2” (DreamWorks) 71.0 million (2004)
#31 “Ghostbusters” (Sony) 70.7 million (1984)
#32 “Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid” (Fox) 70.55 million (1969)
#33 “Love Story” (Fox) 70.0 million (1970)
#34 “Spider-Man” (Sony) 69.5 million (2002)
#35 “Independence Day” (Fox) 69.3 million (1996)
#36 “Home Alone” (Fox) 67.7 million (1990)
#37 “Pinocchio” (Disney) 67.4 million (1940)
#38 “Cleopatra” (Fox) 67.2 million (1963)
#39 “Beverly Hills Cop” (Paramount) 67.1 million (1984)
#40 “Goldfinger” (UA) 66.3 million (1964)
#41 “Airport” (Universal) 66.1 million (1970)
#42 “American Graffiti” (Universal) 65.7 million (1973)
#43 “The Robe” (Fox) 65.45 million (1953)
#44 “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Disney) 64.63 million (2006)
#45 “Around the World in 80 Days” (UA) 64.62 (1956)
#46 “Bambi” (RKO) 63.7 million (1942)
#47 “Blazing Saddles” (WB) 63.2 million (1974)
#48 “Batman” (WB) 62.95 million (1989)
#49 “The Bells of St. Mary’s” (RKO) 62.7 million (1945)
#50 “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (New Line) 61.5 million (2003)
#51 “The Towering Inferno” (Fox) 61.4 million (1974)
#52 “Spider-Man 2” (Sony) 60.15 million (2004)
#53 “My Fair Lady” (WB) 60.0 million (1964)
#54 “The Greatest Show on Earth” (Paramount) 60.0 million (1952)
#55 “National Lampoon’s Animal House” (Universal) 59.9 million (1978)
#56 “The Passion of the Christ” (NewMarket) 59.7 million (2004)
#57 “Star Wars: Episode III- Revenge of the Sith” (Lucasfilm/Fox) 59.3 million (2005)
#58 “Back to the Future” (Universal) 59.05 million (1985)
#59 “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” (New Line) 57.63 million (2002)
#60 “The Sixth Sense” (Disney) 57.60 million (1999)
#61 “Superman: The Movie” (WB) 57.4 million (1978)
#62 “Tootsie” (Sony) 56.9 million (1982)
#63 “Smokey & the Bandit” (Universal) 56.8 million (1977)
#64 “Finding Nemo” (Disney/Pixar) 56.3 million (2003)
#65 “West Side Story” (MGM) 56.0 million (1961)
#66 “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” (WB) 55.9 million (2001)
#67 “Lady & the Tramp” (Disney) 55.7 million (1955)
#68 “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” (Sony) 55.6 million (1977)
#69 “Lawrence of Arabia” (Sony) 55.4 million (1962)
#70 “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” (Fox) 55.1 million (1975)
#71 “Rocky” (UA) 55.04 million (1976)
#72 “The Best Years of Our Lives” (RKO) 55.00 million (1946)
#73 “The Poseidon Adventure” (Fox) 54.9 million (1972)
#74 “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” (New Line) 54.703 million (2001)
#75 “Twister” (WB) 54.700 million (1996)
#76 “Men in Black” (Sony) 54.6 million (1997)
#77 “The Bridge on the River Kwai” (Sony) 54.4 million (1957)
#78 “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” (MGM) 53.9 million (1963)
#79 “Swiss Family Robinson” (Disney) 53.8 million (1960)
#80 “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (UA) 53.7 million (1975)
#81 “M*A*S*H” (Fox) 53.7 million (1970)
#82 “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” (Lucasfilm/Paramount) 53.5 million (1984)
#83 “Star Wars: Episode II- Attack of the Clones” (Lucasfilm/Fox) 53.50 million (2002)
#84 “Mrs. Doubtfire” (Fox) 52.7 million (1993)
#85 “Aladdin”(Disney) 52.4 million (1992)
#86 “Ghost” (Paramount) 51.5 million (1990)
#87 “Duel in the Sun” (Selznick Releasing) 51.0 million (1946)
#88 “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” (Disney) 50.6 million (2003)
#89 “House of Wax” (WB) 50.5 million (1953)
#90 “Rear Window” (Paramount) 50.35 million (1954)

THE COUNT
(number of 50 million-plus ticket-sellers from each decade)
1930s: 2
1940s: 6
1950s: 10
1960s: 15
1970s: 20
1980s: 10
1990s: 13
2000s: 14 (thru 2008)

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Bill GrandPre

Re: 2008 at the Box Office

Having the Imax record would also have a significant effect on the number of tickets sold as well. You can't concede that it's broken the Imax record without acknowledging that that chunk of money went to more expensive (re: less) tickets.


Too bad the same can't be said about '98-'08. "The Phantom Menace" is within a decade of "The Dark Knight" and beats it with inflation taken into account. "Titanic" was still in theaters within a decade of "TDK" too.

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Chuck Mayer

Re: 2008 at the Box Office

True. I assume that is accounted for, as are the $20 roadshow tickets for GWTW back in the day. But if it isn't, IMAX ticket costs certainly have provided a small boost to the gross. Not anywhere close to $50-100M, but certainly low double digits.

So the most hyped film of all time and the biggest grosser of all time beat the sequel to a film that grossed $200M. That hardly downplays the amazing success that TDK has had, and the speed at which it made its money. Even now, the marketplace is different to what it was in 1997 or 1999.

We'll see if something makes $500M next year, as you postulate. Or the year after. I'm not convinced about that, since even $400M is not an every year occurence. Not even close.

Zack Gibbs

Re: 2008 at the Box Office

IMAX only accounted for around 1% of TDK's screens, I don't think it matters much.

TravisR

Re: 2008 at the Box Office

Yeah, I'm not a guy who foams at the mouth when someone says a bad word about The Dark Knight but it's a massive hit anyway you look at it.