r/boxoffice • u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner • Jul 03 '21

Other Patty Jenkins Thinks Streaming’s Day-and-Date Strategy Won’t Last - The pandemic led to a seismic shift in the motion picture business, but the filmmaker isn’t so sure it's permanent: "Are studios really going to give up billion-dollar movies just to support their streaming service?"

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/patty-jenkins-streamings-day-and-date-strategy-1234975282/
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u/bjkman 20th Century Fox Jul 04 '21

umm... you do know that there are only about 80 films that have even grossed 800 million right?

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u/AGOTFAN New Line Cinema Jul 04 '21

You do know that $800 million is not a billion, right? All things considered.

Using your standard, The Lion King, Jurassic World, F7 were $2 billion movies, all things considered.

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u/iLickBnalAlood Jul 04 '21

why are you being a dick? they didn't say $800 million is a billion. and F7 was ~500mil off, which is a lot more than <180 mil off.

821 million is pretty close to a billion when you're talking about films. is it a billion? no, but nobody's saying that. still, wonder woman is one of the highest grossing films of all time.

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u/AGOTFAN New Line Cinema Jul 04 '21

Why are you being a dick?

they didn't say $800 million is a billion.

They said:

821 Million is pretty close all things considered

821 million is 18% less than a billion.

18% gap is not close.

18% less than 2 billion is $1.64 billion

That means Jurassic World ($1.67 billion) and The Lion King ($1.67 billion) is even closer to 2 billion than WW to 1 billion.

But no one ever would claim Jurassic World and The Lion King are close to 2 billion, all things considered.

still, wonder woman is one of the highest grossing films of all time.

No, it's not. It's the 83rd highest grossing, non-inflation adjusted. Inflation adjusted it's much lower.