TheImpressiveX@lemm.eeM to movies@lemm.eeEnglish · 4 days agoWicked Becomes Biggest Stage Musical Adaptation Ever At Global Box Officedeadline.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down114
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minus-squareTheImpressiveX@lemm.eeOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·4 days ago Grease (1978): $328 million Wicked (2024): $634.3 million Unadjusted for inflation, of course.
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·4 days agoAdjusting for inflation shows this Wicked claim to be marketing bullshit. https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1978?amount=1000000
minus-squareTheImpressiveX@lemm.eeOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 days agoWhen talking about box office grosses, Hollywood never adjusts for inflation unless specified otherwise.
Bigger than “Grease”?
Unadjusted for inflation, of course.
Adjusting for inflation shows this Wicked claim to be marketing bullshit.
https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1978?amount=1000000
When talking about box office grosses, Hollywood never adjusts for inflation unless specified otherwise.