Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekecs!dce From: dce@tekecs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: Most Popular Movie Message-ID: <1367@tekecs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Jun-83 10:21:46 EDT Article-I.D.: tekecs.1367 Posted: Thu Jun 9 10:21:46 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Jun-83 05:18:32 EDT References: ih1ap.155 Lines: 16 Gross sales does not determine popularity of a movie (as with record album sales). You have to look at many other aspects of the situation, like population and price. If you consider the fact that Gone With the Wind cost less to see when it first came out, and that the population of the US was significantly smaller, and that distribution was not as widespread, you might see a big difference. Remember the thousands of gold records made in the 70's? Gold records are those with some amount of sales, not copies. That's why records went to $9.98 each. The top-100 records are based on number sold, so why shouldn't the most popular movies be based on the number of tickets sold or by percentage of population? David