The Dark Knight Beating Titanics Numbers

[DACMAN]

I, like many of you wanted to see TDK FINALLY beat Titanic as the most lucrative movie of all time. But I got to thinking how I'm paying 10 bucks to see one movie now. Does anyone know how close it came to beating Titanic when you factor in inflation? And I guess for that matter, is Titanic the number one movie of all time then? Someone made a perfect case for the fact you need inflation as a factor when deciding the most lucrative film of all time. If we don't something like "RV" looks like it did better than The Wizard of Oz. 70 million to 15 million. But when you factor in inflation, "The Wizard of Oz beats the snot out of it.

 

[VenomVsSpidey]

Who gives a sh** about that ? I'm not a WanerBros exec.

hmm..i dont think im a wanerbrothers executive either...

 

[FlawlessVictory]

I, like many of you wanted to see TDK FINALLY beat Titanic as the most lucrative movie of all time. But I got to thinking how I'm paying 10 bucks to see one movie now. Does anyone know how close it came to beating Titanic when you factor in inflation? And I guess for that matter, is Titanic the number one movie of all time then? Someone made a perfect case for the fact you need inflation as a factor when deciding the most lucrative film of all time. If we don't something like "RV" looks like it did better than The Wizard of Oz. 70 million to 15 million. But when you factor in inflation, "The Wizard of Oz beats the snot out of it.

Here is your answer:

DOMESTIC GROSSES
Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation*​

1 Gone with the Wind MGM $1,450,680,400 $198,676,459 1939
2 Star Wars Fox $1,278,898,700 $460,998,007 1977
3 The Sound of Music Fox $1,022,542,400 $158,671,368 1965
4 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Uni. $1,018,514,100 $435,110,554 1982
5 The Ten Commandments Par. $940,580,000 $65,500,000 1956
6 Titanic Par. $921,523,500 $600,788,188 1997
7 Jaws Uni. $919,605,900 $260,000,000 1975
8 Doctor Zhivago MGM $891,292,600 $111,721,910 1965
9 The Exorcist WB $793,883,100 $232,671,011 1973
10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Dis. $782,620,000 $184,925,486 1937
11 101 Dalmatians Dis. $717,405,900 $144,880,014 1961
12 The Empire Strikes Back Fox $704,937,000 $290,475,067 1980
13 Ben-Hur MGM $703,640,000 $74,000,000 1959
14 Return of the Jedi Fox $675,346,600 $309,306,177 1983
15 The Sting Uni. $640,045,700 $156,000,000 1973
16 Raiders of the Lost Ark Par. $632,858,500 $242,374,454 1981
17 Jurassic Park Uni. $618,957,900 $357,067,947 1993
18 The Graduate AVCO $614,402,600 $104,901,839 1967
19 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Fox $609,049,300 $431,088,301 1999
20 Fantasia Dis. $596,252,200 $76,408,097 1941
21 The Godfather Par. $566,664,000 $134,966,411 1972
22 Forrest Gump Par. $563,957,500 $329,694,499 1994
23 Mary Poppins Dis. $561,345,500 $102,272,727 1964
24 The Lion King BV $554,524,300 $328,541,776 1994
25 Grease Par. $552,298,200 $188,389,888 1978
26 Thunderball UA $537,064,000 $63,595,658 1965
27 The Dark Knight WB $533,345,300 $533,345,358 2008

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm

 

[FlawlessVictory]

And although inflation is a huge factor now, you have factor to in how back in the day there wasn't piracy like there is now and competition from home theaters where some people would prefer to just wait for the dvd instead of making the trip and dealing with the crowds at the theater.

 

[frakkingoff]

Also, some of those movies (i.e., the Star Wars movies) have been released multiple times.

 

[Infinity9999x]

Also, some of those movies (i.e., the Star Wars movies) have been released multiple times.

Exactly. Especially when you start factoring in the movies that were released before any kind of home video system, or before any kind of home video system was used widely.

 

[Jack O Lantern]

Yeah piracy is what stopped it becoming the highest grossing film ever after inflation.


I'm sure it would made that extra few billion in [today's money] needed without it.

 

[deathshead2]

Exactly. Especially when you start factoring in the movies that were released before any kind of home video system, or before any kind of home video system was used widely.

Your a winner. Back in the day just like you said there wasn't any video format. So, alot of movies would spend a year in theaters, not 2 months like most now adays. That and older movies like Gone with the Wind, or The Sound of Music, played pretty much every day since release all the way up till the 80s.

And if I remember right Titantic played in alot of theaters the whole year. While The Dark Knight was lucky to last till Aug for some other theaters.

 

[Bruce Malone]

^^^^

Compared to most current movies it did last quite a while in theatres i remember seeing it in several theatres til october. Also it was re-released pretty blatantly by wb to push it over the billion mark worldwide.

The Dark Knight would really have had to grossed over 900 million to match titanics ticket sales.

 

[deathshead2]

^^^^

Compared to most current movies it did last quite a while in theatres i remember seeing it in several theatres til october. Also it was re-released pretty blatantly by wb to push it over the billion mark worldwide.

The Dark Knight would really have had to grossed over 900 million to match titanics ticket sales.

I don't think WB re-released to push it past that mark. They only put it in a few theaters when they did. Only reason to release it again was because of Oscars.