We can nitpick about "unadjusted for inflation" all we want, but it's still insane that one director is responsible for 3 of the 4 highest-grossing films ever. Big ?: can "Avatar 3" make it 4 of 5?
These lists are all well and good. They reflect the current times. Still, we also need lists that are adjusted for inflation. That puts everything into a more balanced prospective. If we look at only the past 50-years, a movie in the early 70's might be $2, while the same movie today would be $12 (in average markets). By any math, that's six times as much.
Avatar: The Way of Water finally got knocked off the #1 spot by M. Night Shyamalan's Knock At The Cabin over the weekend.
Knock At The Cabin, followed by 80 For Brady at #2. Interestingly the demographics for both skewed toward older audiences, many of who have stayed out of theaters for years.
"UPDATE: James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water has overtaken the filmmaker’s own Titanic at the international box office with an estimated $1.538B through Sunday. That makes it the No. 3 movie of all time abroad, behind the original Avatarand Avengers: Endgame. Globally, The Way of Water reached $2,174.4M through the 8th weekend, putting Titanic in its sights on a worldwide basis. However, the big boat movie is getting a rerelease this coming week, so rankings will depend on what kind of numbers it generates as the two films likely play tag next session."
Some news from Bob Iger (Disney). Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that three animated sequels for Toy Story, Frozen and Zootopia are in the works on today’s Q1 earnings call. “Today I’m so pleased to announce that we have sequels in the works from our animation studios to some of our most popular franchises, Toy Story, Frozen and Zootopia. we’ll have more to share about these productions soon. but this is a great example of how we’re leaning into our unrivaled brands and franchises,” said Iger today. The news came in the wake of some sour news, read a $5.5 billion cost savings by the conglomerate across all divisions and 7K jobs getting cut at Disney. The last three installments of each of those animated franchises were huge global grossing hits on the big screen, read Frozen 2 ($1.45 billion), Pixar’s Toy Story 4 ($1.07 billion) and Zootopia ($1.02 billion).
Yep. I used to respect Pixar because they were always innovating and trying something new. Now it's just endless sequels and the same rehashed stuff.
The last Pixar sequel that came out was Toy Story 4 in 2019, since then they released, Onward, Soul, Luca, Turning Red, Lightyear & Elemental (June 16/2023).
Same as it ever was. Most Disney stuff is based on existing stories and characters. Snow White, Robin Hood, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and The Beast.
I’d argue that Lightyear is still fruit from the Toy Story tree, but yes, there are still more original stories being made, but I doubt many people who post here have seen these.
I saw Onward, liked it more than I thought I would, and Soul which I absolutely hated, then had no interest in the others.
It will be interesting to see what Titanic does in its return. It has been back once or twice before, hasn't it? I seem to recall a 3D release and a release for the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's sinking back in 2012? How long will it be playing for this time?
Re-released a couple of times 3D Apr 4-13 in 2012 in 56 markets: Worldwide gross of $350.44 million Dec 1-14 in 2017: Domestic only $691,642 This time around? I would be surprised if it lasts more than 1-2 weeks.
I would be with your assessment on this. I think everyone who wanted to see Titanic, has already seen Titanic and perhaps multiple times. I really don't see the purpose behind this particular re-release?
