Talk:1975 in film

Drew barrymore
She was born in 1975

Box-office Figures -- some of these numbers conflict with boxofficemojo — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.146.22.156 (talk) 05:58, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Lifetime vs First-run
in this edit replaced all the sources in the article with http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com, with the rationale that all the grosses are "lifetime nonsense". I reverted the edit because i) Worldwideboxoffice.com is an WP:SPS which uses IMDb as a source (which rules it out as a source), and ii) with the exception of Jaws I cannot find any other film on the chart that had a re-release. In the case of Jaws the first-run figure is already sourced. The Rocky Horror Picture Show is anomalous because it has never stopped playing, so techncially has never had a reissue. There is probably a good argument for having a cut-off date for a gross (even Gone with the Wind only ran for three years) because the Rocky Horror gross is clearly distorting the chart. It is also worth remembering that a film's lifetime gross and first-run gross are only going to be different if they were re-released. For example, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest has never been re-released, so its "lifetime" gross of $108,981,275 is also its gross from its initial run so there isn't a problem! As far as I can tell none of the other films were re-released either. Betty Logan (talk) 17:11, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Bravo. Now if only anybody could be sure of that for any of the hundreds of other "lifetime" figures used by Boxoffice Mojor or The Numbers or whatever other source is being used. Unfortunately, the casual reader can't know that. More clarity is warranted.  TREKphiler  any time you're ready, Uhura  18:17, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I actually agree with most of what you say. Firstly, I would like to point out I did not create these charts and would not rely on them either! Also, I think readers would be best served if Wikipedia used Variety's historical rental charts which show how the films performed at the time. I can find some charts for the 1970s at . That link includes a really good explanation of the difference between box-office gross and gross rentals as well, which I think is still at the root of the friction between us. Betty Logan (talk) 18:56, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

Why are German and Italian films not included?
Why are German and Italian films not included? 2600:8806:2303:E600:4A1B:51EF:7E25:4704 (talk) 13:34, 19 July 2024 (UTC)