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Exactly one month after the debut of Disney's Aladdin, the remake of the animated classic is now sitting at a worldwide total of $810.1 million (which far surpasses the original 1992 film which made $504 million worldwide). It joins Avengers: Endgame and Captain Marvel as the only movies so far to reach that mark. Congrats! Very Happy

Meesh · Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 12:06 pm Post subject:

Imagine being Mena, who has like no film credits before this!
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AladdinsGenie · Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 12:40 pm Post subject:

This is a lot of pressure to be under and he's super chill about it all (the whole cast is, actually). It's impressive.

Mirage · Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 1:20 pm Post subject: Earnings

And what about when the 1992 film is adjusted for inflation? Smile

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zitagirl · Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 1:25 pm Post subject: Re: Earnings

Meesh · Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 1:38 pm Post subject:

Various online inflation calculators are putting 1992's sum to a little over 900mil today.
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zitagirl · Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 1:45 pm Post subject:

AladdinsGenie · Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 2:17 pm Post subject:

Basically:

(US) $217,350,219 USD ($396,733,088.27 adjusted)
(worldwide) $286,700,000 USD ($523,318,434.78 adjusted)
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$504,050,219 or $ $920,051,523 adjusted

Either way, give it a few more weeks and I'm sure it'll pass that number too. It's doing amazing and that fills me with evil glee Laughing

Adjusted Gross income has always been really silly, though, if only because it's literally impossible to compare two films released decades apart. Not just because of ticket prices going up, but because of shifting markets, constant changes in currency worldwide, re-releases, home video/television income being included or not, the entire equation of the Chinese market being added or not added to a total, etc.

That's why Gone with the Wind is the number one movie of all time when you know there's no way people in the 1930s spent the equivalent of almost 2 billion dollars watching it in the midst of the depression.

zitagirl · Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 2:41 pm Post subject:

AladdinsGenie · Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 2:48 pm Post subject:

I mean, no one brought up it's "quality" just now but you, so I don't know why that's a concern on this thread....?

zitagirl · Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 2:52 pm Post subject:

AladdinsGenie · Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 3:29 pm Post subject:

You don't have to do that! Laughing

All we're doing in this thread is celebrating something positive about the film by talking of its monetary success, which yes, I personally agree with you that - in general - cultural popularity, critical acclaim, or overall money made at the box office are not important factors to me when thinking a movie is good or not, or if it's something I personally find enjoyable or of value. I think I have a healthy mix of all kinds of movies that span the opinion chart on if they're "good" or not.

But what this film is accomplishing right now financially IS a big deal for a lot of reasons that have nothing to do with why you personally hated everything about the film and hope no one brings up how well it's doing as a reason for why they personally loved the film or think it's a good movie in future discussions - be that here or some place else. Maybe I should have discussed why this is important, but I also don't feel the need to start off all talk of any aspect of this film with "You know, Aladdin (2019) has its flaws, but...."

Meesh · Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:32 pm Post subject:

A week old, but relevant and adorable

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AladdinsGenie · Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:44 pm Post subject:

Naomi said this looks like an "ethnic engagement pic" that each family sends out to announce the wedding and I haven't stop laughing since cause it's so true

zitagirl · Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 7:38 pm Post subject: