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Some of the franchises in the franchise list overlap, resulting in some movies' grosses counting towards multiple franchises. This is not a mistake. The short explanation is that this is how the franchise deals work and how our sources do it.
I originally wanted to put it here in June that there has been a re-release for the film listed on Box Office Mojo. I know that they are notorious for having been plagued with issues; I myself have gone on here to point out errors in past years, but I think in this case it's legitimate. The only issue that's here is Norway's gross, which seems to have artificially added $8M. With the total for Norway subtracted, the re-release's total should be $2,450,927, and if I am correct in assuming the total on this page hasn't been updated, the corrected overall total should be $1,150,448,334.
However, when I went to write this again I noticed that the film's gross is now suddenly lower by several millions, from $1,151,462,071 to $1,138,027,091. After looking at the grosses for individual releases, it looks like the original release's total has been lowered from $1,140,703,091 to $1,118,887,224, a reduction of $22M. Looking at the grosses for individual countries, it looks like the culprits for this are the grosses for Italy and New Zealand, with Italy going from $35,837,796 to $540,246, while New Zealand had its gross change from $8,986,127 to $9,479. Both seem to have had a 2024 gross erroneously added to the weekend totals that, somehow, overwrote the overall grosses entirely.
I did notice is that the original gross's total is identical to the total from 2019, which I thought it was worth pointing it out considering that I recall them increasing the gross from $1.118bn to $1.14bn in 2020 that prompted a discussion here. In addition, while comparing the totals from before and after they changed New Zealand's gross, the $8,986,127 from before the most recent revision is actually listed as being from 2019 as opposed to 2003/2004.
Now, while I could've made an edit a long time ago, I know that these kinds of things aren't so cut-and-dry as they seem and I wanted input on how others might feel regarding it. I know this is already listed on the film finance task force page, so while I might not be mentioning anything new, maybe in all of this there's something of note that will help. AverageLogic (talk) 19:58, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion can be found here. You've done some good detective work, but it's always best to raise an incorrect BOM figure here, first. What is interesting is that if you add up the foreign grosses now (with the deflated numbers for Italy and New Zealand) the original foreign gross comes to $719,380,488, which is $22,479411 lower than the actual figure they have down as the original foreign gross ($741,859,899). So there is a clear disconnect between the country grosses and the total. I'm inclined to believe that the the 36 mil figure for Italy and 9 mil for New Zealand are correct, which then takes you back up $1.140 billion. What a shit show. I am now inclined to believe that the $1.140 billion was in fact correct (despite my reservations in the original discussion), and I think the other reissue grosses up to 2021 look ok, and then errors creep in in 2023 & 2024. That 8 mil for Norway is taking the piss. This is going to be a friggin nightmare to correct and explain. I suggest we leave it a few days and see if BOM fix the errors in the original figure first, and then that just leaves us with the reissues to sort out. Betty Logan (talk) 06:05, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
On the article "1922 in film" the highest grossing movie of 1922 is listed as "The Ten Commandments" with a source cited. Is there a reason why in this article the highest grossing movie is "The Covered Wagon" for that year? 78.11.222.121 (talk) 07:01, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think you mean 1923 in film. The sources used here state that The Covered Wagon grossed $5 million and The Ten Commandments $4.2 million. I think the other list is conflating domestic and worldwide rentals. According to this list of film rentals, The Covered Wagon was the top film domestically with $3.5 million, beating the $2.5 million grossed by The Ten Commandments, and it seems both films took a further $1.5 million overseas. Betty Logan (talk) 09:00, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, now i know. The article "1923 in film" lists only revenue in the U.S. and this article lists revenue worldwide. I think this topic can be closed. Thanks. 78.11.222.121 (talk) 11:54, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
