10 Insane Movie Box-Office Records That Will Probably Never Be Broken
1. Highest Domestic Gross Adjusted For Inflation
Current Record Holder: Gone With The Wind ($1,747,686,000)
Upon release back in 1939, Gone With The Wind earned a total of $198,676,459 at the domestic box-office, which, when adjusted to factor in ticket price inflation, would be around $1,747,686,000 today.
In theory, this record could one day become literally unbeatable. It relies on the fact that movie ticket prices are constantly increasing - but what if they weren't? Price increases have to stop somewhere, before they outstrip the value of the object they're attached to, meaning movie tickets cannot go up in cost perpetually.
Even if they do constantly rise at an everlasting rate, the percentage increase year-over-year is beginning to slow. In 2003, the average ticket cost was $6.03, which increased to $7.89 in 2010, a difference of $1.86.
In the same seven-year gap between 2010 and 2017, tickets only increased $0.76, from $7.89 to $8.65. Movies like Avatar, Jurassic World and The Avengers will certainly have wildly inflated grosses ten years from now, but these reduced price increases will restrict their potential.
And the thing is, Gone With The Wind will also have an even larger inflated gross in ten years, on top of the 78 years it's already had; it looks like the only movie that's going to break this record is the one that currently holds it.
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