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Title: Horror Dominates the Box Office, But 2017 Broke No Record: Here’s Why
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on November 02, 2017, 09:06:44 PM

Horror Dominates the Box Office, But 2017 Broke No Record: Here’s Why
Why the New York Times' claim that 2017 marks the record for horror grosses is all wrong. Check out the banner horror years for Hollywood -- by the numbers. (http://www.indiewire.com/2017/11/horror-box-office-2017-record-it-get-out-1201891075/)

Title: Re: Horror Dominates the Box Office, But 2017 Broke No Record: Here’s Why
Post by: Gerard on November 03, 2017, 03:11:54 AM

I like how the article referred to "adjusted" and "unadjusted" takes at the box office, meaning taking inflation into consideration.  Many people, for example, think such movies as Titanic and Avatar were among the #1 of box office bonanzas.  But when adjusted for inflation, the most profitable money maker of all time remains Gone With the Wind.  Nothing since has come as close in people seeing it and the money it raked in.  When I saw HoDS, price of admission was 35 cents.  With the dollar bill my mom gave me, I got in (and it was a double-feature, the other a western no one cared about, a short documentary and a cartoon and don't forget the previews), popcorn, a soda and a box of candy.  And I had to bring home the change.

Gerard