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Lastly. Using these better numbers/proportions, Star Wars VII will end up at approx. 104,801,736 tickets if the $930,000,000 estimate is correct.

As a rough Avatar estimate we could run the same proportions as listed for VII. Although probably more people saw Avatar in 3D or IMAX vs VII in those formats? I will still do with 100% IMAX for the IMAX 3D experience release which is 736,727 tickets. if we use same proportion as VII for initial Avatar release then: 99,788,705/81,132,890=99,968,820/x x=81,279,332 tickets then add back the 736,727 so 82,016,059 total tickets for Avatar!

Okay here we go: using the following for average prices (in my area standard price ticket is 8.50 which correlates well with BOM listed avg of 8.34 - so I similarly downward adjusted 3D and IMAX prices in my area for calculatons). Standard $8.34 3D $10.34. IMAX $15.34. One could argue the accuracy of these prices but it is a place to start. using 38% standard, 50% 3D and 12% IMAX. 8.34(0.38x)+10.34(0.5x)+15.34(0.12x)=$825,932,841 (as of day 28) x=81,132,890 tickets for Star Wars VII so far 30,830,498 standard 40,566,445 3D 9,735,967 IMAX this is good stuff. I love crunching numbers. I will try to find this info for Avatar later. thoughts?

Hello everyone. I agree with you indeed. For Avatar I used the ticket average for 2009 for the initial release of 234 days (indeed, likely an overestimate of # tickets as not factoring in 3D or IMAX). For the "re-release" in IMAX/3D experience (83 days) I used the IMAX ticket price of about $14.50 at the time. There will be the same issue for VII. I had read somewhere that it had approached 95m tickets. I did the simple math at $8.34 I think BOM has it listed. Also, likely an overestimate of true # tickets sold. If someone has more accurate numbers that would be great. I may look. Some of the articles mention a certain dollar amount for IMAX at least so we could separate that out. I recall something listing % standard, % 3D and % IMAX (possibly 38% standard, 50% 3D and 12% IMAX) in the first week of release. I will do that math later...headed to church.

I have always been curious about BOMs list of inflation-adjusted list having GWTW as number 1. With something like a 2.5 yr initial run and 7-8 re-releases. As others have said, tracking number of tickets sold would make this so much easier. I agree too that there has to be some control for US population. Also, in the best of all worlds, not just number of days in release/re-release but number of theaters/theatrical engagements (The-Numbers has some of this data - but not for GWTW). This string is very useful - assuming the data retrieved is reasonably accurate. I will freely admit that my interest in this topic has been to prove that Star Wars IV has been and still is #1 (hey - I was a 9 year old boy in 1977, what do you expect). This is what I come up with using GWTW numbers from this string and data gotten from other sites for the rest: Total tickets sold (including re-releases) Tickets sold (initial run only) Percent of US population buying ticket (initial run only) 1. Star Wars IV (173,403,304) 1. Star Wars IV (133,592,981) 1. Star Wars IV - 61% 2. GWTW (157,400,000) 2. Titanic (128,923,348) 2. GWTW - 57% 3. Titanic (137,329,646) 3. Avatar (99,968,820) 3. Titanic - 48% 4. Avatar (100,705,547) 4. GWTW (76,000,000) 4. Avatar - 33% # tickets per theatrical engagement 1. Star Wars IV - 3969 2. Avatar - 2207 3. Titanic - 1575 For comparison, Star Wars VII: 99,788,705 tickets so far in first 29 days (that is 31% of current US population). Eventually it will be 4th in total tickets, 3rd in initial run and probably just inch out Avatar for % population buying ticket to take 3rd in that category too. If it has a typical run for current blockbusters of 160 days (2012-2015 era movies) that will be about 36,000 theatrical engagements. I expect about $930,000,000 (128,900,000 tickets) when it is done. That would be 3581 tickets per theatrical engagement - #2 on that list. May the Force be with you.