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  1. 13 hours ago, La Binoche said:

    The success of this movie fascinates me because it's actually quite mediocre. The sleeper hit of Summer 1990, it opened to $12M and displayed tremendous legs, finishing its US run with $218M. 

     

    But the real surprise came from overseas. According to this Oct. 1993 Variety article, the top international grosses of all time as of that date were as follows: 

     

    1. 'Jurassic Park, 1993, $379 million.

    2. 'E.T. -- The Extraterrestrial,' 1982, $301.6 million.

    3. 'Ghost,' 1990, $290 million.

    4. 'The Bodyguard,' 1992, $289 million.

    5. 'Pretty Woman,' 1989, $279 million.

    6. 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day,' 1991, $263 million.

    7. 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,' 1987, $258 million.

    8. 'Rain Man,' 1988, $240 million.

    9. 'Basic Instinct,' 1992, $235 million.

    10. 'Beauty and the Beast,' 1991, $202 million.

    https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/10/04/Jurassic-Park-sets-worldwide-box-office-record/67457497072

     

    This means Ghost was 2nd only to ET at the international box office upon release. In fact, it was so successful that it scored a BP Oscar nom and won 2 statues - Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Screenplay - despite mixed reviews. 

     

    Image result for ghost demi moore patrick swayze whoopi

     

    I wonder where the extra $50m in T2's OS gross came in (BOM has it listed as $315m). 

    Between Ghost, PW, and The Bodyguard, adult women were really fueling OS grosses around that time. 

     

  2. 16 minutes ago, FantasticBeasts said:

    To put Philosopher's stone performance into perspective though you need to understand how much lots of markets have grown over the years in europe.

    The numbers it pulled are definetely more impressive than TFA and even with Avatar it's discussable.

    More impressive than TFA but definitely not Avatar... I'm surprised FOTR actually edged it out in admissions. 

  3. On 12/7/2017 at 7:43 PM, Olive Skywalker said:

    All-time ranking in China(as of early DEC 2017)

    Rank Movie Ttitle Gross(¥) Gross($) Admissions Country Year
    #1 Wolf Worrior 2 ¥5,682.4 $844.3 159.41  CHN/HK 2017 
    #2 The Mermaid ¥3,392.1 $518.7 92.43  CHN/HK 2016 
    #3 Fate of the Furious  ¥2,670.9 $388.2 72.88  USA 2017 
    #4 Monster Hunt ¥2,439.5 $392.8 65.63  CHN 2015 
    #5 Furious 7 ¥2,426.6 $391.4 62.44  USA 2015 
    #6 Never Say Die ¥2,206.3 $331.8 65.84  CHN 2017 
    #7 Transformers IV ¥1,977.6 $315.9 47.41  USA 2014 
    #8 Kung Fu Yoga ¥1,752.6 $254.7 45.91  CHN 2017 
    #9 Mojin:The Lost Legend ¥1,682.1 $259.6 46.48  CHN 2015 
    10 JTTW: The Demons Strike Back ¥1,655.9 $240.7 42.29  CHN 2017 
    11 Lost in HK ¥1,613.4 $252.9 49.12  CHN 2015 
    12 Transformers: The Last Knight ¥1,551.2 $227.1 42.00  USA 2017 
    13 Zootopia ¥1,530.3 $236.5 45.48  USA 2016 
    14 Warcraft ¥1,466.9 $224.0 39.71  USA 2016 
    15 Avengers:Ageof Ultron ¥1,464.4 $235.8 36.60  USA 2015 
    16 Goodbye Mr. Loser ¥1,441.5 $226.6 44.77  CHN 2015 
    17 Jurrasic World ¥1,420.7 $229.1 37.10  USA 2015 
    18 Avatar ¥1,382.0 $202.6 26.92  USA 2010 
    19 Dangal ¥1,299.1 $188.3 43.20  IND 2017 
    20 Lost in Thailand ¥1,268.1 $204.2 39.27  CHN 2012 
    21 Journey to the West ¥1,247.0 $199.8 31.05  CHN/HK 2013 
    22 Captain America: Civil War ¥1,245.6 $191.6 35.62  USA 2016 
    23 The Monkey King 2 ¥1,200.8 $183.6 32.75  CHN 2016 
    24 Operation Meikong ¥1,182.9 $177.3 38.94  CHN 2017 
    25 POTC5: Dead Men Tell No Tales ¥1,179.9 $172.2 32.95  USA 2017 
    26 The Great Wall ¥1,173.0 $168.8 33.41  USA 2016 
    27 Breakup Buddies ¥1,170.0 $190.2 33.98  CHN 2014 
    28 Jian Bing Man ¥1,160.2 $186.8 35.58  CHN 2015 
    29 Kong: Skull Island ¥1,160.5 $168.7 33.01  USA 2017 
    30  xXx: Return of Cage ¥1,127.5 $163.9 31.13  USA 2017 
    31 The Man From Macau 3 ¥1,117.8 $170.9 31.37  CHN 2016 
    32  Resident Evil: The Final Chapter ¥1,111.9 $168.7 32.05  USA 2017 
    33 Transformers III ¥1,071.6 $166.1 25.64  USA 2011 
    34 The Monkey King ¥1,045.6 $171.4 28.87  CHN/HK 2014 
    35 Duckweed ¥1,048.5 $152.4 24.94  CHN 2017 
    36 Despicable Me 3 ¥1,037.8 $168.7 30.47  USA 2017 
    37 The Time Raiders ¥1,004.1 $151.0 28.52  CHN 2016 
    38 Kung Fu Panda 3 ¥1,001.8 $154.4 28.14  CHN/US 2016 
    39 The Jungle Book ¥978.9 $150.6 29.21  USA 2016 
    40 The Man From Macau  ¥974.7 $155.7 24.85  CHN/HK 2015 

    Should Titanic be around $188m with both releases combined?

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  4. 4 hours ago, BOOYAH SUCKAS said:

    Arnolds highest grossing and arguably best movie, opened with second highest OW of all time and was the first movie to gross over 300m OS. Even today it lives on as one of the most iconic summer blockbusters. 

    I had no clue it was the highest-grossing film overseas at the time until someone pointed that out to me a few years ago.

    Really crazy to realize Cameron's international dominance dates back that far and was able to drive an R-rated movie to #1.

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  5. On 3/28/2017 at 0:48 AM, Jason said:

     

    It actually may be the wrong way to put the question - I just took a quick look at admissions per capita for major European countries + Nordic countries in 2015, and it's not so much that Germany has unusually low admissions per capita, but that the UK and France have unusually high admissions per capita (by European standards). For perspective, admissions per capita in the domestic market is 3.8 - Canada only is 3.3.

     

    France - 3.1

    Germany - 1.7

    Italy - 1.8

    Spain - 2.0

    United Kingdom - 2.7

    Russia - 1.2

     

    Denmark - 2.4

    Finland - 1.6

    Iceland - 4.3

    Norway - 2.3

    Sweden - 1.7

     

    On 3/28/2017 at 5:17 PM, Tower said:

    I actually made a table for admissions per capita in 2016 for the markets I could find a month or two ago:

     

    Market Admissions(M) Population(M) Admissions per capita
    Iceland 1.5 0.338 4.43
    South Korea 217.026 50.801 4.27
    USA+Canada 1,315.2 359.572 3.66
    Ireland 15.782 4.758 3.32
    France 212.72 66.984 3.18
    Mexico 327 122.273 2.67
    United Kingdom 168.26 65.382 2.57
    Norway 13.125 5.252 2.50
    Estonia 3.291 1.318 2.50
    Denmark 13.5 5.749 2.35
    Spain 103.3 46.812 2.21
    Luxembourg 1.25 0.576 2.17
    Netherlands 34.178 16.979 2.01
    Italy 112.5 60.59 1.86
    Sweden 17.8 9.982 1.78
    Belgium 19.7 11.353 1.74
    Austria 15.100 8.774 1.72
    Switzeland 13.432 8.401 1.60
    Finland 8.69 5.503 1.58
    Hungary 14.593 9.83 1.48
    Czech Republic 15.622 10.572 1.48
    Germany 121.104 82.176 1.47
    Portugal 14.891 10.341 1.44
    Japan 180.189 126.86 1.42
    Poland 52.071 38.439 1.35
    Russia 191.117 146.839 1.30
    Latvia 2.516 1.953 1.29
    Lithuania 3.668 2.849 1.29
    Slovenia 2.4 2.064 1.16
    Argentina 48.9 43.85 1.12
    Slovakia 5.694 5.426 1.05
    Croatia 4.295 4.191 1.02
    China 1,372 1,381.54 0.99
    Greece 10.025 10.784 0.93
    Brazil 185 206.441 0.90
    Cyprus 0.737 0.848 0.87
    Belarus 7.996 9.505 0.84
    Bulgaria 5.532 7.154 0.77
    Turkey 58.285 79.815 0.73
    Romania 12 19.76 0.61
    Montenegro 0.3 0.622 0.48
    Serbia 3.249 7.076 0.46
    Liechtenstein 0.016 0.038 0.42
    Georgia 1.1 3.72 0.30

     

    Cool info. Thanks!

  6. 17 minutes ago, Jason said:

     

    Not sure what you're asking here - if you're wondering whether it's because of lower average ticket prices or lower admissions per capita, it's the latter. Average ticket prices (in USD) are actually higher in Germany than in France, and probably about the same as the UK (UK used to be higher but probably not last year after the post-Brexit weakening of the GBP).

     

    If you're asking why Germany has lower admissions per capita than other major European markets, I don't know.

     

    The latter (lower admissions per capita) was my question.

  7. On 3/22/2017 at 3:11 PM, Purple Minion said:

    From Screendaily:

     

    Strong dollar slowed 2016 int'l box office despite local currency gains

     

    Top international markets 2016


    China led the way on $6.6bn, Japan on $2bn, India on $1.9bn, the UK on $1.7bn, France on $1.6bn, South Korea on $1.5bn, Germany on $1.1bn, Australia on $900m, Mexico on $800m, and Brazil, Italy, Russia and Spain on $700m each.


    Rounding out the top 20 are Netherlands, Indonesia, Taiwan, Argentina and Hong Kong on $300m each, and Poland and Turkey on $200m apiece.

     

    More details per region here: http://m.screendaily.com/5116128.article

     

    Why is Germany weaker on a per capita basis as compared to the other major European markets like UK and France?

  8. This being a massive success has always made total sense to me - it's just a total slam-dunk concept that's rife for comedy. 

     

    I remember seeing the (hilarious) ad campaign and thinking it was going to be big (but not THAT big). 

     

    The movie itself still holds up on repeat viewing even 20 years later.

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  9. 2 hours ago, Fullbuster said:

     

    BIGGEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME IN LOCAL CURRENCY

     

     The Avengers 2 : R$146m

    Captain America Civil War : R$143m

    Fast&Furious 7 : R$142m

    Batman vs Superman : R$132.6m

     The Avengers : R$129.6m

    My Mom is a Character 2 (local) : R$123m

    Minions : R$120m

    Suicide Squad : R$118m

    The Ten Commandments (local) : R$116m

    Finding Dory : R$114m

    Star Wars The Force Awakens : R$109m

    Tropa de Elite 2 : R$103m

    Avatar : R$102m

    Twilight BD2 : R$101m

     

    You can find so many stats and data on the first page of this thread ;) I need to update some parts though...

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Thanks! :)

    I thought Titanic had grossed over $70,000,000 in USD back in 1998?

    Was that somehow not enough to qualify for this list or is there a cut-off? 

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  10. 12 hours ago, excel1 said:

     

    Sorry, I was referring to the modern era of film releases, which really didn't start until late 80s/early 90s. The 1980s and 1990s saw such crazy theater and screen growth that it makes comparisons difficult. 

     

    For example, ROTJ was only in 1,002 theaters on opening weekend. Compared to 1,764 on weekend 12. Or the 2,200 Batman opened with. So the adjusted theater average is a bit skewed obviously, but in terms of wide releases, yes ROTJ is based on screens it used, but it's far more difficult to tell how it would have fared with a more mature screen count,

     

    Temple of Doom broke ROTJs record only a year later, so its hard to claim ROTJ was max capacity. However, it did in 1,680 theaters vs. ROTJ. Beverley hills cop also opened, with 26m opening weekend despite opening on Thursday.

     

    Batman opened everywhere and it took 7 years for a film to clearly have more admissions (Independence Day), and it did it with near 3,000 theaters. 

     

    $43 million was unimaginable in 1989. Probably more so than a $100 million opening weekend was in 2002, a $200m ow weekend in 2012, etc

     

    Yeah, those are valid points to consider, and I'd never presume to understate how huge Batman's opening was at the time. 

     

    I was moreso referring to the percentage increase from record-holder to record-holder over the past few decades:

     

    2015     The Force Awakens              $247,966,675     +18.8%

    2015     Jurassic World                     $208,806,270     +0.7%

    2012     The Avengers                      $207,438,708     +22.6%

    2011     Deathly Hallows - Part 2       $169,189,427     +6.8%

    2008     The Dark Knight                  $158,411,483     +4.8%

    2007     Spider-Man 3                      $151,116,516     +11.4%

    2006     Dead Man’s Chest                $135,634,554     +18.1%

    2002     Spider-Man                         $114,844,116     +27.2%

    2001     Harry Potter                        $90,294,621      +25.2%

    1997     The Lost World                    $72,132,785      +36.7%

    1995     Batman Forever                   $52,784,433      +12.2%

    1993     Jurassic Park                       $47,026,828       +2.9%

    1992     Batman Returns                   $45,687,711      +12.8%

    1989     Batman                               $40,489,746      +37.4%

    1989     Ghostbusters II                    $29,472,894      +0.4%

    1989     The Last Crusade                 $29,355,021      +11.4%

    1987     Beverly Hills Cop II               $26,348,555      +4.0%

    1984     The Temple of Doom             $25,337,110      +10.1%

    1983     Return of the Jedi                 $23,019,618      +60.4%

    1982     Star Trek II                          $14,347,221       +1.7%

    1981     Superman II                         $14,100,523      +18.2%

    1979     Star Trek                              $11,926,421      +15.1%

    1978     Superman (Week 3)              $10,363,384      +0.9%

    1978     Every Which Way But Loose   $10,272,294      +1.0%

    1978     Star Wars (Re-Issue)             $10,166,336      +3.0%

    1978     Jaws 2                                 $9,866,023        +37.1%

    1977     Star Wars (Week 11)             $7,195,573        +1.9%

    1975     Jaws                                    $7,061,513

     

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    Or if you'd like to include preview amounts:

     

    2015     The Force Awakens              $247,966,675     +18.8%

    2015     Jurassic World                     $208,806,270     +0.7%

    2012     The Avengers                      $207,438,708     +22.6%

    2011     Deathly Hallows - Part 2       $169,189,427     +6.8%

    2008     The Dark Knight                  $158,411,483     +4.8%

    2007     Spider-Man 3                      $151,116,516     +11.4%

    2006     Dead Man’s Chest                $135,634,554     +18.1%

    2002     Spider-Man                         $114,844,116     +27.2%

    2001     Harry Potter                        $90,294,621      +20.9%

    1997     The Lost World                    $74,699,969      +41.5%

    1995     Batman Forever                   $52,784,433      +12.2%

    1993     Jurassic Park                       $50,159,460      +5.1%

    1992     Batman Returns                   $47,720,711      +11.7%

    1989     Batman                               $42,705,884      +44.9%

    1989     Ghostbusters II                    $29,472,894      +0.4%

    1989     The Last Crusade                 $29,355,021      +11.4%

    1987     Beverly Hills Cop II               $26,348,555      +4.0%

    1984     The Temple of Doom             $25,337,110      +10.1%

    1983     Return of the Jedi                 $23,019,618      +60.4%

    1982     Star Trek II                          $14,347,221       +1.7%

    1981     Superman II                         $14,100,523      +18.2%

    1979     Star Trek                              $11,926,421      +15.1%

    1978     Superman (Week 3)              $10,363,384      +0.9%

    1978     Every Which Way But Loose   $10,272,294      +1.0%

    1978     Star Wars (Re-Issue)             $10,166,336      +3.0%

    1978     Jaws 2                                 $9,866,023        +37.1%

    1977     Star Wars (Week 11)             $7,195,573        +1.9%

    1975     Jaws                                    $7,061,513

     

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    In either case, ROTJ broke the previous record by what is (by far) the largest margin of any film dating back since 1975. 

     

    Its theater count would be equivalent to ~2,500 in today's climate, which is still fairly wide despite not reaching full saturation. 

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