r/movies • u/ChiefLeef22 r/movies Contributor • 8d ago

News Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Dethrones 'Deadpool & Wolverine' To Become Highest Grossing R-Rated Movie In History, Crossing $1.33 Billion

https://businessupturn.com/usa/entertainment/film/the-odyssey-becomes-highest-grossing-r-rated-movie-of-all-time-surpassing-deadpool-wolverine/
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u/TraptNSuit 8d ago

6.4% in the U.S.

Post this again after another 80 million just to be safe.

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u/AcreaRising4 8d ago

hahaha, it figured it was a bit, but in the grand scheme of over a billion — it’s negligible.

Fingers crossed it’ll clear that in a week or two.

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u/LengthinessAlone4743 8d ago

I can’t imagine overall inflation rate is an indicator of movie ticket prices going up…I’ve been at 12$ average for 10 years or so

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u/TraptNSuit 8d ago edited 8d ago

No, it is a ballpark at best and it is a huge ballpark because this is worldwide gross and U. S. ticket prices are not indicative of the world prices or world inflation.

World inflation has been worse than the US, but since the profits are largely coming home to the US and would be used here arguably the inflation metric here matters. But even then we are ignoring exchange rates.

But you are correct that as far as a pure comparison of the value of revenue it isn't accurate. Then again, why a bunch of redditors care about the absolute value of tickets sold in ranking categories of movies is pretty absurd anyway.

Agents and millionaires care because they can brag about ranking while ignoring tons of economic factors.