Board Thread:Movies/@comment-3156395-20130412022554/@comment-3317214-20130515102808

LoveWaffle wrote: The average Marvel movie makes 48.248% of its gross in the domestic market. That's roughly 50%. And even if it were a heck of a lot less, that's still one country controlling a large plurality of the market. What's the standard deviation though?

I wouldn't trust a stat that advertises itself as "a lot less accurate". I didn't say you should trust the inflation adjusted gross. Adjusting for inflation provides an somewhat interesting insight, but it's not really necessary.

Does anyone say they shouldn't? That's why I also offered the international numbers. They're just less versatile. Well, technically no. But your natural gross-citing state is domestic. My problem is with saying "Movie grossed $money", where the money is domestic. Because that's just wrong. I don't so much have a problem with you saying "Movie had a domestic gross of $money". International grosses are less versatile, but more real.

Take it up with Box Office Mojo. Box Office Mojo isn't the world. Neither is America.