Top 10 films—in constant dollars
I was at Charlie’s Vox blog where he lists the top opening weekend grosses of Hollywood films but I wondered how it might look in constant 2008 dollars.
I didn’t find that on Google, but one blogger did work out the top 10 films based on revenue in constant 2005 dollars. The conclusion: the best films are the oldies, but in the early days we didn’t have TV and, later, video–DVD sales.
| Rank in Const $ | Title |
Const 2005$ Revenues |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gone with the Wind | $2,759,101,083 |
| 2 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | $2,498,993,041 |
| 3 | Star Wars | $1,472,637,907 |
| 4 | Bambi | $1,223,775,595 |
| 5 | The Sound of Music | $1,001,314,638 |
| 6 | One Hundred and One Dalmatians | $987,096,774.2 |
| 7 | Jaws | $935,251,798.6 |
| 8 | The Exorcist | $889,413,043.5 |
| 9 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $871,642,202.4 |
| 10 | The Jungle Book | $819,905,271.7 |
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Also remember that "101" and "Jungle Book" have been re-released a couple of times, probably padding the totals for those movies. For that matter, so was "Star Wars".
The other ones were really truly phenomenons, and I can see why they're on that list -- though "Star Wars" was a phenomenon too.
The only one I haven't seen was The Exorcist. I really liked Linda Blair and an surprised that her career didn't climb to superstar status. Star Wars is by far my favorite.