Gone with the wind

 What would have "Gone with the wind" movie engrossed with today's ticket rates???

 (From Harvard Business Publishing stats.)

$1.5 billion. That's what the box-office revenue would have been for Gone with the Wind if all tickets had been sold at today's estimated average price of $7.61, according to Box Office Mojo. The sales figure makes GWTW the all-time box-office winner, beating Star Wars ($1.3 billion), The Sound of Music ($1 billion), and — by a long shot — Avatar ($706 million).

As per the latest stats carried by the Harvard Business Publishing, the MGM movie “Gone with the wind” would have been the highest grosser at box office, if the ticket sales are calculated at today average rate. The Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh starrer film about war reconstruction and romance, released in 1940 created waves when it was released and during its numerous re-runs. Most of the people of my generation (fifties) must have seen it. I also watched the movie during my school days in sixties. I did not understand even a word of the English dialogues, but enjoyed the movie thoroughly.

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DOMESTIC GROSSES Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation* Rank Title (click to view) Studio Adjusted Gross Unadjusted Gross Year^ 1 Gone with the Wind MGM $1,537,559,600 $198,676,459 1939^ 2 Star Wars Fox $1,355,490,100 $460,998,007 1977^ 3 The Sound of Music Fox $1,083,781,000 $158,671,368 1965 4 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Uni. $1,079,511,500 $435,110,554 1982^ 5 The Ten Commandments Par. $996,910,000 $65,500,000 1956 6 Titanic Par. $976,712,200 $600,788,188 1997 7 Jaws Uni. $974,679,800 $260,000,000 1975 8 Doctor Zhivago MGM $944,670,800 $111,721,910 1965 9 The Exorcist WB $841,427,600 $232,671,011 1973^ 10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Dis. $829,490,000 $184,925,486 1937^ 11 101 Dalmatians Dis. $760,370,300 $144,880,014 1961^ 12 The Empire Strikes Back Fox $747,154,600 $290,475,067 1980^ 13 Ben-Hur MGM $745,780,000 $74,000,000 1959 14 Return of the Jedi Fox $715,792,100 $309,306,177 1983^ 15 Avatar Fox $712,489,300 $712,489,342 2009 16 The Sting Uni. $678,377,100 $156,000,000 1973 17 Raiders of the Lost Ark Par. $670,759,500 $242,374,454 1981^ 18 Jurassic Park Uni. $656,026,500 $357,067,947 1993 19 The Graduate AVCO $651,198,300 $104,901,839 1967^ 20 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Fox $645,524,400 $431,088,301 1999 21 Fantasia Dis. $631,960,900 $76,408,097 1941^ 22 The Godfather Par. $600,600,700 $134,966,411 1972^ 23 Forrest Gump Par. $597,732,100 $329,694,499 1994 24 Mary Poppins Dis. $594,963,600 $102,272,727 1964^ 25 The Lion King BV $587,733,900 $328,541,776 1994^ 26 Grease Par. $585,374,500 $188,389,888 1978^ 27 Thunderball UA $569,228,000 $63,595,658 1965 28 The Dark Knight WB $565,286,600 $533,345,358 2008 29 The Jungle Book Dis. $560,704,100 $141,843,612 1967^ 30 Sleeping Beauty Dis. $553,064,800 $51,600,000 1959^ 31 Shrek 2 DW $540,697,600 $441,226,247 2004 32 Ghostbusters Col. $538,260,000 $238,632,124 1984^ 33 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Fox $536,945,300 $102,308,889 1969 34 Love Story Par. $532,685,900 $106,397,186 1970 35 Spider-Man Sony $528,778,900 $403,706,375 2002 36 Independence Day Fox $527,136,100 $306,169,268 1996 37 Home Alone Fox $515,457,200 $285,761,243 1990 38 Pinocchio Dis. $512,939,400 $84,254,167 1940^ 39 Cleopatra (1963) Fox $511,266,100 $57,777,778 1963 40 Beverly Hills Cop Par. $511,011,600 $234,760,478 1984 41 Goldfinger UA $504,543,000 $51,081,062 1964 42 Airport Uni. $503,106,900 $100,489,151 1970 43 American Graffiti Uni. $500,085,700 $115,000,000 1973 44 The Robe Fox $498,109,100 $36,000,000 1953 45 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest BV $491,821,900 $423,315,812 2006 46 Around the World in 80 Days UA $491,723,100 $42,000,000 1956 47 Bambi RKO $484,851,700 $102,247,150 1942^ 48 Blazing Saddles WB $481,161,400 $119,500,000 1974 49 Batman WB $479,084,600 $251,188,924 1989 50 The Bells of St. Mary's RKO $477,490,200 $21,333,333 1945 51 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King NL $468,305,200 $377,027,325 2003 52 The Towering Inferno Fox $467,068,800 $116,000,000 1974 53 Spider-Man 2 Sony $457,808,100 $373,585,825 2004 54 My Fair Lady WB $456,600,000 $72,000,000 1964 55 The Greatest Show on Earth Par. $456,600,000 $36,000,000 1952 56 National Lampoon's Animal House Uni. $455,764,900 $141,600,000 1978^ 57 The Passion of the Christ NM $454,353,800 $370,782,930 2004^ 58 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Fox $451,460,100 $380,270,577 2005 59 Back to the Future Uni. $449,375,500 $210,609,762 1985 60 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers NL $438,567,500 $341,786,758 2002^ 61 The Sixth Sense BV $438,177,200 $293,506,292 1999 62 Superman WB $436,495,300 $134,218,018 1978 63 Tootsie Col. $433,039,000 $177,200,000 1982 64 Smokey and the Bandit Uni. $432,498,600 $126,737,428 1977 65 Finding Nemo BV $428,728,200 $339,714,978 2003 66 West Side Story MGM $425,933,900 $43,656,822 1961 67 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone WB $425,497,800 $317,575,550 2001 68 Lady and the Tramp Dis. $424,142,500 $93,602,326 1955^ 69 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Col. $422,929,900 $132,088,635 1977^ 70 Lawrence of Arabia Col. $421,468,800 $44,824,144 1962^ 71 The Rocky Horror Picture Show Fox $419,078,300 $112,892,319 1975 72 Rocky UA $418,854,200 $117,235,147 1976 73 The Best Years of Our Lives RKO $418,550,000 $23,650,000 1946 74 The Poseidon Adventure Fox $417,803,900 $84,563,118 1972 75 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring NL $416,296,800 $314,776,170 2001^ 76 Twister WB $416,176,700 $241,721,524 1996 77 Men in Black Sony $415,632,900 $250,690,539 1997 78 The Bridge on the River Kwai Col. $413,984,000 $27,200,000 1957 79 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen P/DW $410,186,100 $402,111,870 2009 80 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World MGM $409,991,900 $46,332,858 1963 81 Swiss Family Robinson Dis. $409,478,900 $40,356,000 1960 82 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest UA $408,545,600 $108,981,275 1975 83 M.A.S.H. Fox $408,536,800 $81,600,000 1970 84 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Par. $407,384,700 $179,870,271 1984 85 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Fox $406,895,100 $310,676,740 2002^ 86 Mrs. Doubtfire Fox $400,928,200 $219,195,243 1993 87 Aladdin BV $399,086,300 $217,350,219 1992 88 Ghost Par. $391,650,300 $217,631,306 1990 89 Duel in the Sun Selz. $388,265,300 $20,408,163 1946 90 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl BV $385,438,100 $305,413,918 2003 91 House of Wax WB $384,547,900 $23,750,000 1953 92 Rear Window Par. $383,199,600 $36,764,313 1954^ 93 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Uni. $379,814,700 $229,086,679 1997 94 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Par. $376,059,500 $197,171,806 1989 95 Spider-Man 3 Sony $372,237,700 $336,530,303 2007 96 Terminator 2: Judgment Day TriS $370,275,000 $204,843,345 1991 97 Sergeant York WB $366,217,500 $16,361,885 1941 98 How the Grinch Stole Christmas Uni. $366,092,900 $260,044,825 2000 99 Toy Story 2 BV $364,035,900 $245,852,179 1999^ 100 Top Gun Par. $362,627,200 $176,786,701 1986

CHART NOTES * Adjusted to the estimated 2010 average ticket price of $7.61. Inflation-adjustment is mostly done by multiplying estimated admissions by the latest average ticket price. Where admissions are unavailable, adjustment is based on the average ticket price for when each movie was released (taking in to account re-releases where applicable). ^ Indicates documented multiple theatrical releases. Most of the pre-1980 movies listed on this chart had multiple undocumentented releases over the years. The year shown is the first year of release. Most pre-1980 pictures achieved their totals through multiple releases, especially Disney animated features which made much of their totals in the past few decades belying their original release dates in terms of adjustment. For example, Snow White has made $118,328,683 of its unadjusted $184,925,486 total since 1983. Click here for a full discussion of adjusting for movie ticket price inflation.

As per the latest stats carried by the Harvard Business Publishing, the MGM movie “Gone with the wind” would have been the highest grosser at box office, if the ticket sales are calculated at today average rate. The Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh starrer film about war reconstruction and romance, released in 1940 created waves when it was released and during its numerous re-runs. Most of the people of my generation (fifties) must have seen it. I also watched the movie during my school days in sixties. I did not understand even a word of the English dialogues, but enjoyed the movie thoroughly.

Please view the stats and share your experience about the movie