Eh, apples to oranges comparisons are inevitable. Even adjusting for inflation, tickets cost more nowadays, which depresses the number of tickets each consumer is willing to buy. I think a movie ticket nowadays costs the equivalent of like $0.70 cents back in 1940, but tickets only cost about $0.30 at that time- if…

Exactly, but still regardless of which way you look at it the statement ‘Jurassic World is now the third-most successful film of all time’ is wrong...and that’s what bothers me, if the article is going to use the unadjusted box-office gross list as a measure of the films success it should be at least accurate.

not only starring for the comment but LOVE the username.

Right, and my point is that the “unadjusted for inflation” list is completely worthless for anything except the feeling of admiration one gets when oohing and aahing over big numbers. It tells you nothing about the actual popularity or success of the film relative to others in different time periods. (And of course…

Since I was a kid I wish we would measure by ticket sales instead of box office. Doesn’t make sense to pat yourself on the back because you sold as many tickets as Every Which Way But Loose.

But the point is even when not adjusting for inflation Jurassic World is currently the fourth highest grossing film of all time, not the third- it was the third highest grossing film for 6 months or so until the release of Force Awakens.

Honestly? sign me the fuck up. Cut the bullshit, and give me dinosaurs with fricking laser beams attached to their heads.

If every one of them was piloted by a compelling character played by a well-cast actor, I would too, if I’m honest.

Yes, isn’t Gone With The Wind still the all-time title holder for number of tickets sold?

He’s my friend (and a whole lot more).

Third highest-grossing movie of all time, not adjusted for inflation. That’s the important (?) part.

He was a dinosaur who got biz-zay! Totally radical! Basically Poochie in dinosaur form.

The correct nominative plural declension of rex in Latin is reges.

Man, I remember that show. There was an episode where both sides fought over who got to take control of the massive brontosaurus.

I mean I couldn’t stay still and watch the first one, but based on what I saw at the end, I’d be astonished if Pratt doesn’t enter the movie on a T-Rex in minute one.

I remember really liking 3. It felt closer to actual horror than the other two did, especially that long scene with them in the trees above the velociraptors. It’s probably my favourite, but to be fair, I don’t know if I’ve even seen 2.

I loved part 2, but that gymnastic scene where the little girl swings on the Olympic bars and kicks the raptor make it less than JP 1 for me.

The whole Winnebago scene may have been one of the best executed action sequences ever put to film.

2 was my favorite. As you point out it had plenty of people getting chowed on and plus that scene with the Winnebago hanging off the cliff was fun and that bald hunter dude was rad and of course Goldbloom was fun.

Thank you, Sean. Please do more of these.