In 1919 you could almost buy the Waldorf Astoria, in 2019 the same amount buys an okay house in Detroit (and yes, 1919 is only 20 years before the year Gone With The Wind was released.)
Weeell... when ten thousand bums-in-seats today earns the same $ as a HUNDRED thousand bums-in-seats 50 years ago, it is kindaaa an important point, no?
It's like saying it's embarrassing to compare what it meant to have $100,000 in 1919 and what it means to have $100,000 in 2019.
Even if you go half way and take 1969 (a year after Planet of the Apes) - what did $100,000 buy then versus in 2019? But you'd ignore that and laugh at the 1968 POTA for its paltry sum vs the most recent POTA trilogy, even though the 1968 movie is still the highest grossing POTA adjusted (and did it on less than 1/4 the number of screens of the recent trilogy...)?
I think there's merit in acknowledging all factors. Yes it was a different world 50 years ago but it's also no coincidence that most "adjusted for inflation" films are indeed the most well known and/or beloved classics of all time. I also think that another huge turning point for pop culture started around 2015 when the production value of made-for-TV movies and series' on premium channels finally caught up with all but the most expensive theatrical releases.
So it is indeed worth noting when Endgame can best Return of the Jedi and Raiders of the Lost Ark attendance in 2019 with so much competition across so much other media.
In other words I appreciate both jye and Tali's points of view, lol.
Great point.
But none of this will stop you seeing Avatar 2 & 3 about a dozen times each.
