Board Thread:Movies/@comment-3156395-20130412022554/@comment-3317214-20130516023446

I don't know, I manually calculated the average, which is roughly 50%. I originally said "it varies way too much to say that the domestic gross is usually roughly 50%". Now, if the standard deviation is large, that statement can be true, even if the average is exactly 50%.

Which is why it's not worth doing. Then why are you adjusting for inflation? And requiring a gross that is versatile enough to do so...

Like I said, take it up with Box Office Mojo. You have this odd belief that it's just my choice to cite box office grosses in domestic numbers, but it's the industry standard. International grosses are less versatile and involve far too many variables to make them a useful statistic to base a comparison off of. No, I don't believe that you're the only one making this choice. But you did do it. Well, it's the American industry standard. It's an American website (it's not the world). They're Domestic grosses. I don't have a problem with you talking about Domestic grosses. I have a problem with you (and BOM for that matter) talking about grosses (in general) but leaving out the international values. That is incorrect.