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August 19, 2004
My WSJ Column on Movie Grosses
I should have mentioned it sooner, but I have an editorial in today's Wall Street Journal about movie grosses. It is in the Leisure & Arts section, and it takes Hollywood to task for being, arguably, worse than ever in inflation-adjusted terms. The trigger for the piece was the realization that Shrek II had recently passed Star Wars on the all-time box office list.
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Mr. Kedrosky,
I enjoyed your column in today's, 8/19/04, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), on adjusting top movie grosses for inflation. I had been emailing WSJ about this off and on for the past few years, whenever the "highest grossing movies" of all time list was talked about, but NOT in inflation adjusted dollars.
I would even go one step further, if possible, since on a rough average the U. S. population increases by a net 1% per year, then, as an example, the gross real gross $ for "Gone with the Wind" would be say, 65% higher on your list since there were a lot less movie going people in the U. S. in 1939, therefore "stomping" on the gross real$ for #2 "Titanic".
Is there a way to get your complete list in real dollars of the top grossing movies?
Thanks for a great article, finally from someone.
Beverly Hills, CA
8/19/2004