Here are the top 10 highest-grossing films if Hollywood adjusted the box office based on modern ticket prices in the U.S - CNBC
Another major reason that Hollywood doesn't adjust for inflation is the number of foreign markets films are now released in. Analysts would have to dive into each global market to determine the inflation rate in each country, a task that is nearly impossible considering most films are released in more than 100 markets during their initial run.
Not to mention, ticket prices vary by year. In 2017, the average ticket price was $8.97. In 2018 it was $9.11. This year it is $9.01. So if this adjustment had been done last year, the numbers would have been significantly higher. Comscore determined that since its debut, around 109 million tickets have been sold. At today's average ticket price, the film would have made nearly $1 billion in the U.S.
Swedish actor Max von Sydow performs a exorcism in a scene from the film The Exorcist. The little girl in the bed is actress Linda Blair.Estimated adjusted gross: $1.12 billion Steven Spielberg's "Jaws" was released in theaters in 1975 and earned $260 million. Like "The Exorcist" it is one of six horror movies to be nominated for best picture. It did not win the award, however.
The film has been rereleased twice in addition to its initial run, once in 3D and once to celebrate its 20th anniversary. During those runs, the film earned $658.6 million domestically. "The Sound of Music" was released twice in theaters. Once was its 1965 debut, where it made the bulk of its $158.8 million haul in the U.S., the other was a 2018 rerelease.
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