Originally Posted by
KNIGHT OF THE LAKE
Statistically it's not. 20 years ago a film to cross 1 billion needed to be the most culturally relevant film of the year, it's song needed to be a number 1 hit, it had to have two of the hottest up and coming young actors ever, it had to have groundbreaking tech, it needed to play in theaters forever, it needed to viewed as an Oscar caliber film. That's what it took to get a billion. Now 5 films a summer do it.
Do you know how many pre 2000 films made a billion? 3. Titanic, Jurassic Park and Phantom Menace. Three of the most culturally relevant films of all time as far as anticipation and being remembered.
You know how many did it in the 2000's? 4. Avatar (groundbreaking 3D technology), The Dark Knight (one of the most culturally relevant superhero films ever), Return of the King (final chapter to one of the most important film trilogies ever) and Pirates of the Carribbean 2.
So we went from 3 films in the 90's (the first decade it happened), 4 films in the 2000's, and over 30 in the 2010's.
Yeah it's much harder today.... Anyone thinks that isn't inflation is kidding themselves.