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The Odyssey Crosses $1 Billion at Worldwide Box Office Box Office (rawteur.com)
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[–] 7 points 3 months ago (1 child)

It’s interesting how many films are passing $1B. Honestly I think it’s more due to ticket prices and inflation. I wish they tracked ticket sales vs gross revenue.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 3 months ago

    There are a few reasons why we don't list the amount of tickets sold:

    • The movie business never started reporting tickets sold. From the inception, it's always been raw dollars, so the data for tickets sold literally does not exist for older movies.
    • Not all tickets are equal. An evening ticket is more expensive than an afternoon ticket, and IMAX ticket or 3D ticket is more expensive than a standard ticket, a ticket at a big city mall multiplex is more expensive than a ticket at a family-owned drive-in theater in the country, etc. So just listing the raw ticket amounts wouldn't tell you how much was made.
    • The studios don't really care about tickets sold, they care about profit.
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