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takeasecond OP t1_iul2rg4 wrote

The data is from here and the graphic was made with R

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anti_anti_christ t1_iul3vpp wrote

Surprised to see I am Legend so high up for such a bad movie, in my opinion.

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BainbridgeBorn t1_iul6n38 wrote

So many good movies mixed in with so many bad movies

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iamthemosin t1_iul90so wrote

Very surprised to see 2 Resident Evil films on here. Then again I’m in the domestic market so I guess that makes sense.

Also, A Quiet Place is definitely top 5 horror/sci-fi films. Such a fascinating and fresh concept for a post apocalyptic future.

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c0mputar t1_iulbjwi wrote

I would’ve thought Sixth Sense was a horror. Freaked me out. It would be #2 on this list, but I’m not sure if this is inflation adjusted or not.

I would think Jaws, The Exorcist, and Sixth Sense would top this list if we adjusted for inflation, in that order.

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MrHydromorphism t1_iuldtls wrote

I am surprised to NOT see The Shining on here. Edit: never mind. Box office gross of The Shining was a meager $47 million.

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RedRedditor84 t1_iuldtq6 wrote

Comic sans' cousin is certainly horrific, but would be interesting to compare this to profit.

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Hamborrower t1_iulil3j wrote

Now I see why they kept making Resident Evil movies after they got unwatchably bad. International market baby!

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DocPeacock t1_iulip0e wrote

I have never heard of these Annabelle movies.

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RomromEmpire t1_iulj3mt wrote

No grossing data has value unless it is adapted to inflation / price tickets

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krectus t1_iulkfx8 wrote

1980s gonna sit this one out.

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Valium_Knights t1_iulkmve wrote

I wish I could see a version of this list where it was adjusted for inflation and increased population. It makes it seem like the older movies performed worse when in reality it was simply a different time and earnings isn't an objective measure of how it performed for it's time.

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rcollinsmac t1_iull6go wrote

I am Legend, isn’t a horror movie

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S_king_ t1_iulpg51 wrote

SAW isn’t on here? I feel like it defined it’s own genre of horror

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Welshguy78 t1_iulr10f wrote

How the hell is The Nun on that list? That movie was so shit, I turned it off half way thru.

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A_Retarded_Alien t1_iulryz6 wrote

I would hardly call I Am Legend a horror movie lol, nor Split or Alien: Covenant.

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worldistooblue t1_iuls2kn wrote

Domestic to what? I am guessing this is created usa centric and it means sales in usa

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dat_oracle t1_iuls3yy wrote

Replying to S_king_ (#416,522)

Saw 2 (the most successful part) made around 90 millions. I was also surprised that it's not on the list. It's definitely one of the best in that list. But i guess it's too much gore to have a larger audience

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malkumecks t1_iulxnbw wrote

Quite a few of these are comedies

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tomNJUSA t1_iulzjgl wrote

Jaws & The Exorcist are #1 and #2 by a wide margin.

Jaws 1975 dollars is $2.2 Billion in 2017 dollars of "It".

The Exorcist's 1973 dollars is $2.36 Billion in 2017 dollars of "It".

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HaikuWisdom t1_ium3h3x wrote

Wow, that Conjuring/Annabelle series is cleaning up.

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YourMomsFishBowl t1_ium6xdj wrote

I would love to see the return for every dollar it cost to make The Blair Witch Project considering it cost about Treediddy to make.

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bikutaa t1_ium73qi wrote

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter is physically unwatchable, between the constantly wobbling camera and quick cuts. Yet it's a top 10..

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dog_eat_god t1_ium7884 wrote

No Poltergeist or Shining? If this had been scaled for inflation I'm sure they'd be there and some of the recent trash movies would drop off.

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Dukoduko t1_ium80bi wrote

Interesting how the greatest horror movies aren't even on the list, movies like Alien and The Thing

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nassau4 t1_iumapmg wrote

Is it inflation corrected?

Otherwise stuff from the '70s would be even more impressive.

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Whoak t1_iumc8l8 wrote

Adjusted for inflation? Jaws and exorcist still blow them all out of the water (😄) surely

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JuRiOh t1_iumc939 wrote

Replying to dog_eat_god (#416,971)

Shining was only about 45m, which is around 150m when adjusted for inflation. Still wouldn't be on there.

Jaws however, which is already on the list, would have grossed over a billion. Pretty impressive.

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Brewe t1_iumdvca wrote

Dude, inflation, inflation, inflation.

Also, comic sans?

Are you making a scarily awful post on Halloween on purpose?

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indianaman1979 t1_iumjc29 wrote

i can't believe jaws is #3. i had it pegged at #1. And Alien isn't even on here? WTF?

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huck500 t1_iumnujw wrote

Replying to anti_anti_christ (#416,136)

The director's cut changes the movie significantly for the better. The ending of the theatrical cut is laughably bad, the ending of the director's cut actually reveals some meaningful story. I don't understand at all how anybody looked at those two endings and chose to release the theatrical one.

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Goonskwizzle t1_iumplqp wrote

Now put it in an animation that changes by year. JK. I hate those.

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Welshguy78 t1_iumpqmk wrote

Replying to JuRiOh (#417,219)

Yeah but 250 million in the USA alone?? It was a shitty spin off. The reviews must have been pretty bad. I guess the momentum of the conjuring movies helped it be way bigger than it should have been.

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jdvhunt t1_iumrisb wrote

How is I Am Legend a horror film?

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jaimie1094 t1_iumsz79 wrote

I am legend is a horror movie?

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Dclaxto1 t1_iumte7w wrote

I am legend isn’t horror though…

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JoeErving t1_iumuwuj wrote

When not adjusted for inflation these figures are kind of skewed.

Example - the Movie jaws made 483 million in 1975. Adjusted for inflation that would be 871 million in 2017 dollars. Over 100 million more than the first spot on your list IT (2017).

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WeVe69 t1_iumwoux wrote

I Am Legend is a horror movie?

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AFuckingHandle t1_iumwrvd wrote

Who the hell was watching resident evil the final chapter......even compared to the rest of that messy series, dear God it was sooooo bad.

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Trosque97 t1_iumy4l1 wrote

As someone who loves the Resident Evil films for what they are, I don't think they should be on a horror movie list, action-horror maybe

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Albertsongman t1_iun0b2g wrote

Adjusted for inflation would be better. 👻

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PingouinMalin t1_iun16dl wrote

Replying to Valium_Knights (#416,414)

Not the person you're asking but they bought the rights to adapt a novel, then litterally massacred what made the novel unbelievably good, its ending.

It's a fucking shame cause the revised ending sucks. Why would they do that ?

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h4ppidais t1_iun18ej wrote

why is it always by highest grossing vs highest volume of ticket sales? Even when adjusted for inflation, I feel like it's not always accurate.

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Binx33 t1_iun1bby wrote

Not adjusted for inflation + loose definition of horror movie = dataisugly

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Gio25us t1_iun2ew0 wrote

Since when I am legend is a horror film and not SciFy or Post Apocalypse?

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Felaguin t1_iun8616 wrote

What is utterly amazing with this graph is where “Jaws” and “The Exorcist” place given how much more expensive tickets are today or were in 2017 or even 2007 compared to when they were released.

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PhitPhil t1_iun8daf wrote

I'm annoyed that domestic is listed first in the legend, but international is always first in the bar graph

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KevinDean4599 t1_iun8tyj wrote

I wonder what films tend to be the most profitable when you look at cost to make and promote vs box office. Seems like horror would be generally profitable. Doesn’t rely on big name stars as much and many special effects aren’t over the top either

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MasterBot98 t1_iune14d wrote

I am Legend was supposed to be a horror?

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jrw6736 t1_iunhd5b wrote

I Am Legend is an awesome awesome movie. Didn’t know it was in the Horror category.

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rubbermeatroad t1_iunkyq0 wrote

Adjusted for inflation? Otherwise cool skew.

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StormFinch t1_iunr340 wrote

Replying to Hypersky75 (#418,366)

When not filtered for the horror genre and then adjusted for inflation, they're 13 and 16 of the all-time highest earning. None of the others appear in that list. If the above amounts were adjusted for inflation, they would most likely have been at positions 1 and 2.

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StormFinch t1_iuny2dl wrote

Replying to stewieatb (#417,028)

Most likely it has to do with the distributing company rather than where it was filmed. As an example, The Harry Potter film series is still considered an American production despite being almost entirely UK based, because the distributing company is Warner Brothers.

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[deleted] t1_iuny52g wrote

Dang! These RE moves flopped domestically but rocked internationally. Quite interesting…

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StormFinch t1_iuo4jgy wrote

Replying to Lopsided-Idea3971 (#420,016)

Understandable, it stands apart in that, unlike most of the other horror flicks, it's based around something that could almost be considered mundane. Might also be why it was as popular as it was, it's easier to play upon a fear when it's always possible that that fear could become reality, makes it more visceral. Stephen King's Cujo (the book, not necessarily the film) hit on the same formula.

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SardonicSeraphim t1_iuo8n6r wrote

Damn, I am Legend made a lot of money for something so mediocre.

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psychesfool t1_iupps6s wrote

Common IT W, remains the best horror movie

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[deleted] t1_iuu9xac wrote

How would this chart look if we adjusted for inflation?

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