Board Thread:Movies/@comment-3156395-20130412022554/@comment-3317214-20130522141917

Not when 50% comes from 5%. And again, more franchises have been killed by disappointing domestic releases than saved by good international ones. ] I'm not talking about significance like that

though. I've been saying that 50% is a

significant amount of the gross, despite where

it comes from. Irrefutable. That means you can't

deny it. So stop trying.

I rest my case. That was my case, you realise? That noone cares

about how much things gross in America, except

America.

You've used some form of "America isn't the world" to refute the point three or four times. No, I haven't. I used some form of that

statement to drive home the point, after already

refuting the point.

I rest my case. Again, you're not really explaining yourself

well. Is this the way you accept that my

argument is correct? By saying you rest your

case...

You confuse "show interest" with "has a stake". I realise that, which is why I edited that part

of the discussion.

The data they provide is correct since it reflects the daily grosses films make in the US. Again, this is a problem of you not knowing how to read the site. No. It would be my problem if it actually told

me that the grosses were from the US, and I

misread it. However, that is not the case.

Currently the tables are saying "Film

grossed X amount", where X is the domestic

gross. That statement is incorrect. A correct

statement would be "Film grossed X amount in the

US", or "Film grossed Y amount", where Y is the

worldwide gross.

ProfessorKilroy wrote: The international grosses shouldn't not count towards the box office gross. I really don't like not counting all of the gross towards the gross, you know? I was speaking generally. I didn't say that you

or BOM didn't provide any worldwide values

whatsoever.

Bolded my proof. I think you need to look up the definition of

proof.

You've also been saying that there isn't something used in more than one country. Well, I've been saying that the US domestic grosses aren't used in more than one country. But how does that help your point at all?

Another wrong assumption of yours: I've been making an argument. I haven't. I'm stating fact. What are you even talking about? You're

certainly not stating fact if you've been saying

that the rest of the world uses US domestic

grosses. And even if you were stating fact, you're presenting it in an argument.

Again, drawing a comparison. It's pointless to use a the domestic gross of any country other than the United States' to draw a comparison, especially when Punisher: War Zone made 80% of its gross in the US. Or should I have provided the statistics on every country each film released in (a number of which didn't exist when Howard the Duck was released in 1986, and numbers I don't have). Again, drawing a comparison is useless if it's

not relevant. US domestic grosses are not

relevant for 95% of the world's population.

You've said you didn't try to make a point by saying "America isn't the world", and you've said you didn't accuse Box Office Mojo and myself of not providing international ones. You did both of those things. I suggest you re-direct your efforts elsewhere. Nope, and nope. I seriously suggest you re-direct your efforts elsewhere, as your arguments are becoming a lot less coherent. Also, I take it we're done here?