"Passion" fastest movie ever to reach $300 million; now the 4th top grosser in history

boxoffice mojo ^ | March 30, 04 | boxoffice mojo

[churchillbuff]

According to the page that's linked from Boxoffice Mojo, the Passion was the Number Two film in receipts taken in on Monday - just behind Scooby, and ahead of Dawn of Dead, Ladykillers, etc. I wouldn't be surprised if, for midweek receipts this week, it goes back to number 1 by Wednesday. It's going to keep going and going and going at a steady clip while each competing film flares up and flames out.

[BigSkyFreeper]

I predict Easter weekend will be a big box office weekend for The Passion.

[Your Nightmare]

According to the site, "The Passion" was the 4th fastest to $300 million behind "Spiderman", "Return of the King", and "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace".

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/fastest.htm?page=300&p=.htm

[Enduring Freedom]

It was the fastest 'R'-rated movie to do so.

Also, the fastest movie with the name 'Christ' in it.

And the fastest movie depicting DemocRATS as Satanic demented whores...

(well it should have)

[churchillbuff]

According to the site, "The Passion" was the 4th fastest to $300 million behind "Spiderman", "Return of the King", and "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace".

Sorry. I stand corrected.

[Greek]

Yes, but for a February release, a down movie month, nothing comes close...Had Passion been released in summer or Christmas, it likely would have shattered the record.

[JLS]

To be a bit more realistic, box office adjusted for estimated average ticket price The Passion of The Christ is about 78th or so all time. It is listed 86th on this list but it has not been updated recently:

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted/

But also of interest in The Ten Commandments is 5th all time adjusted for average ticket price. So maybe Hollywood should not be so surprised this movie is a blockbuster.

[sharktrager]

Actually, Passion wouldn't have benefitted much from a summer release because it does not attract kids, which is the bread and butter of the summer season.

Christmas, maybe a bump, but probably not much more than Easter will give it. Plus, Christmas is a much more competitive period, which would have had some impact.

[GEC]

I know one woman who has seen the film who is planning to see it again over Easter weekend.

How many other people are like her?

I would bet a whole bunch.

This film will get a hugh bump in the next couple of weeks because we live in series times.

[Paleo Conservative]

DOMESTIC GROSSES
Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation*
#1-50
As of 3/21/04

Rank	Title (Click to view breakdown)	Studio	Adjusted gross	Unadjusted gross	Year
1	Gone With the Wind	MGM	$1,218,328,752	$198,655,278	1939
2	Star Wars	Fox	$1,074,061,157	$460,998,007	1977
3	The Sound of Music	Fox	$858,764,718	$158,671,368	1965
4	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Uni.	$855,381,641	$434,974,579	1982
5	The Ten Commandments	Par.	$789,930,000	$65,500,000	1956
6	Titanic	Par.	$779,086,619	$600,788,188	1997
7	Jaws	Uni.	$772,315,273	$260,000,000	1975
8	Doctor Zhivago	MGM	$748,536,797	$111,721,910	1965
9	The Exorcist	WB	$666,729,078	$232,671,011	1973
10	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	Dis.	$657,270,000	$184,925,486	1937
11	101 Dalmatians	Dis.	$602,501,023	$144,880,014	1961
12	The Empire Strikes Back	Fox	$591,573,955	$290,475,067	1980
13	Ben-Hur	MGM	$590,940,000	$74,000,000	1959
14	Return of the Jedi	Fox	$567,178,243	$309,306,177	1983
15	The Sting	Uni.	$537,531,427	$156,000,000	1973
16	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Par.	$531,495,386	$242,374,454	1981
17	Jurassic Park	Uni.	$520,077,229	$357,067,947	1993
18	The Graduate	Avco	$515,995,503	$104,397,100	1967
19	The Phantom Menace	Fox	$511,705,203	$431,088,297	1999
20	Fantasia	Dis.	$500,752,174	$76,400,000	1940
21	The Godfather	Par.	$475,903,072	$134,966,411	1972
22	Forrest Gump	Par.	$475,611,919	$329,694,499	1994
23	Mary Poppins	Dis.	$471,436,364	$86,000,000	1964
24	The Lion King	Dis.	$466,708,371	$328,541,776	1994
25	Grease	Par.	$463,838,169	$188,389,888	1978
26	Thunderball	UA	$451,044,000	$63,595,658	1965
27	The Jungle Book	Dis.	$444,289,879	$135,475,556	1967
28	Sleeping Beauty	Dis.	$438,236,618	$51,600,000	1959
29	Ghostbusters	Col.	$426,552,256	$238,632,124	1984
30	Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid	Fox	$425,463,862	$102,308,889	1969
31	Bambi	Dis.	$424,566,310	$102,797,150	1942
32	Independence Day	Fox	$422,471,535	$306,169,255	1996
33	Love Story	Par.	$422,088,813	$106,397,180	1970
34	Beverly Hills Cop	Par.	$421,311,216	$234,760,478	1984
35	Spider-Man	Sony	$418,993,019	$403,706,375	2002
36	Home Alone	Fox	$407,361,771	$285,761,243	1990
37	Pinocchio	Dis.	$406,442,101	$84,254,167	1940
38	Cleopatra	Fox	$405,116,278	$57,777,778	1963
39	Goldfinger	UA	$399,789,000	$51,081,062	1964
40	Airport	Uni.	$398,651,040	$100,489,151	1970
41	American Graffiti	Uni.	$396,257,142	$115,000,000	1973
42	The Robe	Fox	$394,690,910	$36,000,000	1953
43	Around the World in 80 Days	UA	$389,630,769	$42,000,000	1956
44	Blazing Saddles	WB	$381,261,907	$119,500,000	1974
45	Batman	WB	$379,616,347	$251,188,924	1989
46	The Bells of St. Mary's	RKO	$378,352,941	$21,333,333	1945
47	The Return of the King	NL	$373,359,557	$373,359,557	2003
48	The Towering Inferno	Fox	$370,095,239	$116,000,000	1974
49	National Lampoon's Animal House	Uni.	$364,892,308	$141,600,000	1978
50	The Greatest Show on Earth	Par.	$361,800,000	$36,000,000	1952

The unadjusted numbers aren't fair to movies made many decades ago. Inflation makes recent movie groces more impressive than they really are.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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[Paleo Conservative]

DOMESTIC GROSSES
Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation*
#51-117
As of 3/21/04

Rank	Title (Click to view breakdown)	Studio	Adjusted gross	Unadjusted gross	Year
51	My Fair Lady	WB	$361,800,000	$72,000,000	1964
52	Let's Make Love	Fox	$360,513,487	$44,840,000	1960
53	Back to the Future	Uni.	$357,739,963	$210,609,762	1985
54	The Two Towers	NL	$350,064,056	$341,786,758	2002
55	Superman	WB	$345,041,591	$134,218,018	1978
56	Smokey and the Bandit	Uni.	$342,702,552	$126,737,428	1977
57	The Sixth Sense	Dis.	$342,329,390	$293,506,292	1999
58	Finding Nemo	Dis.	$339,714,978	$339,714,978	2003
59	Tootsie	Col.	$339,211,427	$177,200,000	1982
60	Harry Potter / Sorcerer's Stone	WB	$337,536,499	$317,575,550	2001
61	West Side Story	MGM	$337,500,817	$43,656,822	1961
62	Lady and the Tramp	Dis.	$336,081,351	$93,602,326	1955
63	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Col.	$335,120,528	$132,088,635	1977
64	Twister	WB	$333,525,106	$241,708,908	1996
65	Rocky	MGM	$331,891,050	$117,235,147	1976
66	The Best Years of Our Lives	RKO	$331,650,000	$23,650,000	1946
67	The Fellowship of the Ring	NL	$331,149,260	$314,776,170	2001
68	The Poseidon Adventure	Fox	$331,058,824	$93,333,333	1972
69	Men in Black	Sony	$329,338,552	$250,690,539	1997
70	The Bridge on the River Kwai	Col.	$328,032,000	$27,200,000	1957
71	Its' a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World	MGM	$324,868,758	$46,332,858	1963
72	Swiss Family Robinson	UA	$324,462,240	$40,356,000	1960
73	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	MGM	$323,722,704	$108,981,275	1975
74	M*A*S*H	Fox	$323,715,788	$81,600,000	1970
75	Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom	Par.	$322,802,804	$179,870,271	1984
76	Attack of the Clones	Fox	$322,440,747	$310,676,740	2002
77	Mrs. Doubtfire	Fox	$319,262,637	$219,195,243	1993
78	Aladdin	Dis.	$315,812,488	$217,350,219	1992
79	Ghost	Par.	$310,240,372	$217,631,306	1990
80	Duel in the Sun	Selznick	$307,653,060	$20,408,163	1946
81	Pirates of the Caribbean	Dis.	$305,413,918	$305,413,918	2003
82	House of Wax	WB	$304,707,447	$23,750,000	1953
83	Rear Window	Par.	$303,639,095	$26,105,286	1954
84	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Uni.	$300,957,010	$229,086,679	1997
85	Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade	Par.	$297,981,452	$197,171,806	1989
86	The Passion of the Christ	NM	$295,507,244	$295,507,244	2004
87	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	Tri.	$293,397,952	$204,843,345	1991
88	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Uni.	$290,565,778	$260,044,825	2000
89	Sergeant York	WB	$290,182,849	$16,361,885	1941
90	Toy Story 2	Dis.	$289,270,239	$245,823,397	1999
91	Top Gun	Par.	$287,329,873	$176,781,728	1986
92	Shrek	DW	$285,162,547	$267,665,011	2001
93	Crocodile Dundee	Par.	$284,114,593	$174,634,806	1986
94	The Matrix Reloaded	WB	$281,576,461	$281,576,461	2003
95	Saving Private Ryan	DW	$278,145,110	$216,119,491	1998
96	The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse	MGM	$276,887,754	$9,183,673	1921
97	Young Frankenstein	Fox	$275,253,016	$86,273,333	1974
98	Peter Pan	Dis.	$275,109,862	$87,404,651	1953
99	Gremlins	WB	$274,257,437	$153,083,102	1984
100	Monsters, Inc.	Dis.	$272,141,080	$255,873,250	2001
101	Funny Girl	Col.	$271,350,000	$58,500,000	1968
102	Harry Potter / Chamber of Secrets	WB	$271,222,703	$261,988,482	2002
103	The Fugitive	WB	$267,819,041	$183,752,965	1993
104	The Caine Mutiny	Col.	$267,658,164	$21,750,000	1954
105	Toy Story	Dis.	$265,869,261	$191,796,233	1995
106	2001: A Space Odyssey	MGM	$263,072,067	$56,715,371	1968
107	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?	Col.	$262,846,154	$56,666,667	1968
108	Dances With Wolves	Orion	$262,595,584	$184,208,842	1990
109	Kramer vs. Kramer	Col.	$259,412,067	$106,260,000	1979
110	Armageddon	Dis.	$259,171,947	$201,578,182	1998
111	Three Men and a Baby	Dis.	$258,751,709	$167,780,960	1987
112	Psycho	Uni.	$257,280,068	$32,000,000	1960
113	Rambo: First Blood Part 2	Tri.	$255,494,381	$150,415,432	1985
114	Batman Forever	WB	$255,105,196	$184,031,112	1995
115	Cast Away	Fox	$254,621,358	$233,503,178	2000
116	Pretty Woman	Dis.	$254,323,828	$178,406,268	1990
117	Earthquake	Uni.	$254,174,560	$79,666,653	1974

The Passion of Christ ranks 86th all time when adjusted for inflation.

[Cousin Eddie]

That's because it was the only R rated movie to do so. But in "inflation adjusted" terms, it aint even close. Kind of spooky, but the Exorcist has $666 million inflation adjusted.

[JLS]

As I said about now The Passion is aobut 78th. That chart that I linked has not been updated for a number of days. Look on the list at 315,000,000ish and that is where it belongs.

[dfwgator]

And just wait until the DVD comes out, the sales are going to go through the roof.

[Paleo Conservative]

Look on the list at 315,000,000ish and that is where it belongs.

I don't have that much energy. I had to deal with lawyers all last week.

[supercat]

I predict Easter weekend will be a big box office weekend for The Passion.

Are any movies slated to open April 9? Are their producers even going to bother looking at box office receipts?

[I still care]

I saw on Scarborough Country someone had made a film about the effect of the Passion on people. I would really like to see that. Through night technology they were showing all the people crying, hiding their eyes.

[coffeebreak]

Interesting. I posted something from BoxOfficeMojo yesterday and it got deleted. I guess because my comments weren't actually an excerpt from the site.

[I still care]

Many of the older films are multiple releases, because there were no DVDs or VCRs back then. I first saw Gone With the Wind in a movie theater in the 60's or 70's.

And the theatre near our house had a Disney festival every summer - Every week they ran a diffent Disney classic (Bambi, Snow White, etc) in the morning all week from about 10 to 3 for $1 each. We saw most every showing. Once I got too old, I had a little sister to bring. So I attended them for years.

I also remember the first time I saw the 10 commandments. It was in the 60's in a drive in, in KS - at least 10 years after it was made.

If you notice, most of the higher movies are older, and have had multiple runs in theaters.