PDC1987 Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Jurassic Park. The first film to reach mega-blockbuster grosses domestically *and* then make *far more* internationally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 E.T. was a monster hit before JP. As was Star Wars for that matter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toymaker Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Surely Star Wars was the first global blockbuster. Before that, I can't recall there being anything as universally popular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomknf Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 You people are either ignorant, or straight up dumbasses. Lion King? Batman? Star Wars? By you're logic Madonna and Prince are bigger than Elvis and The Beatles. Other have mentioned GWTW, The Golden Age epics (Ben Hur, Dr. Zhivago, etc.), Sound of Music, but no one has mentioned the 2 most obvious choices; Charlie Chaplin and Disney. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDC1987 Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 E.T. was a monster hit before JP. As was Star Wars for that matter. But neither of them did even more internationally than domestically like JP did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDC1987 Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 You people are either ignorant, or straight up dumbasses. Lion King? Batman? Star Wars? By you're logic Madonna and Prince are bigger than Elvis and The Beatles. Other have mentioned GWTW, The Golden Age epics (Ben Hur, Dr. Zhivago, etc.), Sound of Music, but no one has mentioned the 2 most obvious choices; Charlie Chaplin and Disney. Off topic, but outside of the US and UK Madonna's sales and chart histories blow Elvis' out of the water. As do MJ's. (The Beatles trounce everyone everywhere of course.) The big 4 recoding acts of all time globally are The Beatles, MJ, Madonna and Elvis. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 But neither of them did even more internationally than domestically like JP did.Yes, but they were global blockbusters and they did come out before JP. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmac Posted November 19, 2013 Author Share Posted November 19, 2013 You people are either ignorant, or straight up dumbasses. Lion King? Batman? Star Wars? By you're logic Madonna and Prince are bigger than Elvis and The Beatles. Other have mentioned GWTW, The Golden Age epics (Ben Hur, Dr. Zhivago, etc.), Sound of Music, but no one has mentioned the 2 most obvious choices; Charlie Chaplin and Disney. How can I forget Ben Hur. Was GWTW a global, worldwide hit??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 But neither of them did even more internationally than domestically like JP did. But that doesn't mean that on a global scale a film wasn't huge, just because it made less internationally than it did domestically. ET made 350 upon its first release and then another 350 internationally, in 1982. If 350 adjusts to over a billion domestically, then it had to of made close to that amount internationally. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmandeep Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 It hard to tell if Dr. Zhavigo and Ben Hur and GWTW were global WW hits. No doubt they were insanely popular in English speaking countries and Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ent Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 (edited) Either Gone with the Wind or Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Edited November 20, 2013 by Ent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peludo Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 But that doesn't mean that on a global scale a film wasn't huge, just because it made less internationally than it did domestically. ET made 350 upon its first release and then another 350 internationally, in 1982. If 350 adjusts to over a billion domestically, then it had to of made close to that amount internationally. Indeed. The fact that a movie makes more DOM than OS does not imply that movie is not a global blockbuster. Spider-man, Shrek 2, The Dark Knight did similar amounts DOM than OS, or even DOM was higher than OS, and I do not think someone can deny those movies were global blockbusters. In order to OS numbers can be greater you need developed markets and it is not the same to be in 1977 than in 1993. Many countries had a huge inflation in that period. Said this, I consider Star Wars the first global blockbuster and Jaws, the first in US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Indeed. The fact that a movie makes more DOM than OS does not imply that movie is not a global blockbuster. Spider-man, Shrek 2, The Dark Knight did similar amounts DOM than OS, or even DOM was higher than OS, and I do not think someone can deny those movies were global blockbusters. In order to OS numbers can be greater you need developed markets and it is not the same to be in 1977 than in 1993. Many countries had a huge inflation in that period. Said this, I consider Star Wars the first global blockbuster and Jaws, the first in US. Jaws did great OS. I say it is either GTTW or some one that came out before GTTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peludo Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 (edited) Jaws did great OS. I say it is either GTTW or some one that came out before GTTW. You are right. I have been looking at some numbers that Jaws did OS and were quite impressive (in Spain, for instance, it ranks 18th all time adjusted). I did not remember a so big OS number. So, yes, I change to Jaws as the first global blockbuster (if we talk about blockbuster as we know today). GWTW and Snow White were both enormous, but the behaviour of the market was very different. I consider them different "monsters". Edited November 26, 2013 by peludo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 You are right. I have been looking at some numbers that Jaws did OS and were quite impressive (in Spain, for instance, it ranks 18th all time adjusted). I did not remember a so big OS number. So, yes, I change to Jaws as the first global blockbuster (if we talk about blockbuster as we know today). GWTW and Snow White were both enormous, but the behaviour of the market was very different. I consider them a different "monsters". How about: JAWS = the first modern global blockbuster Jaws is the first global blockbuster since Hollywood entered the New Hollywood time. Godfather doesnt count. But back to the Golden Age, there were blockbusters too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peludo Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 How about: JAWS = the first modern global blockbuster Jaws is the first global blockbuster since Hollywood entered the New Hollywood time. Godfather doesnt count. But back to the Golden Age, there were blockbusters too. Yes, that is what I wanted to differentiate. If we talk about massive movies at the box office, independently of the year, then I would say that Snow White was the first movie being huge in many markets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...