Endless talk today about the big box office gross of POTC. Obviously it did very well but would it kill journalists to report the number of ticket sales in addition to the gross? Ticket sales would provide a valid comparison with older movies, for which ticket prices were much lower. Although I don’t have the figures, I would guess Gone with the Wind easily holds every ticket sales record. Of course, breathless reporting of inflated figures benefits the studios by hyping the film and the media by giving them something to report so we aren’t likely to see a change anytime soon. Who needs context and accuracy anyway? We can just wait until next summer when another movie comes along to ride the inflation wave past POTC. . . . Sigh.
Tags:Culture, movies, Entertainment, Pirates of the Caribbean
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