Uh, I’m skeptical of this “most successful” list.
Number 5, the “Prince of Egypt,” was a financial disaster for DreamWorks. It didn’t even make its production budget back, let alone go into profit.
And “The Ten Commandmants” bests “The Passion of the Christ?” for the Number 1 slot? Make me laugh. “Commandmants” was a money-maker in its day — it made 65 million domestically, about a 100 million globally. And it still plays on TV yearly. But “Passion” grossed 600 million dollars around the world.
I don’t buy this business of “adjusting for inflation” when talking about film grosses. Why would you do that? There are a lot more people around buying movie tickets today, too. Should you adjust those numbers because there are 300 million people in the US now, just to make it “fair” for the filmmakers who were working in the fifties with a population of only 175 milllion?
“Passion” is the most successful Bible-based movie ever.
Adjusted for Inflation, the Ten Commandments’ (Made in 1956) adjusted gross is $1,093,850,000.
The Budget for the movie in 1956 was a “mere” $13 Million.
See here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ten_Commandments_(1956_film)
Today, adjusted for inflation, $13 Million would be about : $110 Million (Still a smaller budget then Noah ).