I am so sick of everyone saying that AVATAR is the greatest movie of all time or that it is the most successful movie of all time, based solely on Gross money made.
Yes... Avatar has broken the one Billion dollar boundary... but I say its mostly because tickets cost $11.50 a pop now. $16.60 if you go to the IMAX 3D showing.
I have always been a huge Star Wars fan and to hear people say that the shit-eating Avatar movie is "more popular than Star Wars ever was" is a God-Damned Blasphemy!
Star Wars... as well as many other movies have and will stand the test of time when it comes to TICKET SALES!... actual asses in seats... not just how much fucking money a movie made.
Here is the TOP 25 Movies based on TICKET SALES..
1. "Gone With the Wind" (1939) 202,044,600
2. "Star Wars" (1977) 178,119,600
3. "The Sound of Music" (1965) 142,415,400
4. "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" (1982) 141,854,300
5. "The Ten Commandments" (1956) 131,000,000
6. "Titanic" (1997) 128,345,900
7. "Jaws" (1975) 128,078,800
8. "Doctor Zhivago" (1965) 124,135,500
9. "The Exorcist" (1973) 110,568,700
10. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937) 109,000,000
11 "101 Dalmatians" (1961) 99,917,300
12. "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980) 98,180,600
13. "Ben-Hur" (1959) 98,000,000
14. "Return of the Jedi" (1983) 94,059,400
15. "The Sting" (1973) 89,142,900
16. "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981) 88,141,900
17. "Jurassic Park" (1993) 86,205,800
18. "The Graduate" (1967) 85,571,400
19. "Star Wars: Episode I" (1999) 84,825,800
20. "Fantasia" (1941) 83,043,500
"Avatar," despite topping the worldwide gross list, by and by, is only No. 26 on the ticket sales list with 76,421,000 sold.
So suck it Avatar...