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The Dark Knight beats out Star Wars for #2

Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:32 am
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Aush Administrator Joined: 12 Nov 2007 Posts: 980 Location: Midwest, USA If you haven't heard yet, this past weekend, The Dark Knight beat out the original Star Wars for the #2 spot on the all-time best domestic box office list. That's quite an accomplishment. Diamond Comics Previews SlashFIlm.com *something to note, this second article mentions inflation not being taken into account so have to wait and find out more there. _________________ "Changes are nice--but so is continuity!" "Then you saved my life. How disgusting. How unfortunate." "No, don't gush on so. It was nothing, really."

Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:04 am
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Mara Jade Skywalker Master Joined: 15 Feb 2008 Posts: 5359 Location: Beyond Shadows Yeah, I read that. If you take inflation into account, Dark Knight would have to make $900,000,000 to beat out Titanic, and considering how much longer ago Star Wars was, I'm very curious as to if it would actually be in the lead. Once inflation was taken into account. Sooo...I'm not too upset, seeing as the average ticket now is around $7, and that means that more people saw Star Wars. Ha! Edit: I have just done calculations. Okay, Star Wars in 1977, with an average ticket price of $3.50, saw 131,000,000 people. Titanic in 1997, with an average ticket price of $6, saw 100,000,000 people. And Dark Knight in 2008, with an average ticket price of $8 (I bumped it up), saw 59,000,000 people. So there! Star Wars still beats out everybody! _________________ "It's not about the legacy you leave, it's about the life you live." ~Mara Jade Skywalker

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:15 pm
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Aush Administrator Joined: 12 Nov 2007 Posts: 980 Location: Midwest, USA I did read more of one of those articles and saw that the 1997 re-release of ANH had its sales added into that of the previous 1977 release...that may play a role in the calculations that you did. _________________ "Changes are nice--but so is continuity!" "Then you saved my life. How disgusting. How unfortunate." "No, don't gush on so. It was nothing, really."

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 6:46 pm
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Mara Jade Skywalker Master Joined: 15 Feb 2008 Posts: 5359 Location: Beyond Shadows Oh, darn. _________________ "It's not about the legacy you leave, it's about the life you live." ~Mara Jade Skywalker

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:13 pm
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Aush Administrator Joined: 12 Nov 2007 Posts: 980 Location: Midwest, USA Mara Jade Skywalker wrote: Oh, darn. Sorry, I didn't mean to bring you down _________________ "Changes are nice--but so is continuity!" "Then you saved my life. How disgusting. How unfortunate." "No, don't gush on so. It was nothing, really."

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