Saw sets a world record

[d3M0n]

Jul 23, 2010 14:54:19 GMT -5 Zombified Jeremy said:

Saw wins by default when it comes to home video, as back when Halloween was released, people didn't go out and rent movies.

When that started, the players were expensive and the buying a title cost about as much as you would pay for a box set these days.

I think it was about $1.50 to see a movie in 1978 and not much more than $3.50 in the early 80's. Now it's $11.00 and DVDs are $19.00 each.

[Leatherface]

Rebel, SAW will crash and burn it is inevitiable.

[Halloween11]

i cant stand the saw series and it is true that you have 2 take in fact how much money was back then and now

[Rebel]

Jul 29, 2010 20:53:51 GMT -5 Leatherface said:

Rebel, SAW will crash and burn it is inevitiable.

I think another franchise or maybe one of our favoriites will produce something to dethrone this series. Inflation has to be taken in to account now. What were ticket prices back then? What was the amount of money it cost for a brand new release on Betamax or VHS or Laserdisc etc etc? I am going to assume cheaper than 20 dollars plus like it is now.

[Zombified Jeremy]

Jul 29, 2010 17:15:57 GMT -5 d3M0n said:

Jul 23, 2010 14:54:19 GMT -5 Zombified Jeremy said:

Saw wins by default when it comes to home video, as back when Halloween was released, people didn't go out and rent movies.

When that started, the players were expensive and the buying a title cost about as much as you would pay for a box set these days.

I think it was about $1.50 to see a movie in 1978 and not much more than $3.50 in the early 80's. Now it's $11.00 and DVDs are $19.00 each.

That sounds about right.

It reminds me of how something like Avatar made tons of money, but didn't come close to selling as many tickets as Gone With The Wind, which still holds the record.

To relate this to Saw, there is no chance that it sold as many tickets as the F13 movies.