The Phantom of the Opera (Le Fantôme de l’Opéra in French) is a French novel by Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serialization in Le Gaulois from September 23, 1909 to January 8, 1910. It is believed to have been inspired by George du Maurier's Trilby. It was translated into English in 1911. It has since been adapted many times into film and stage productions, the most notable of which was Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical, which is now the longest running Broadway show in history, and the most lucrative entertainment enterprise of all time, its worldwide box office over the past 20 years out-grossing even the highest grossing film in history, Titanic. [from wikipedia.org]
2006-12-10 23:38:36 · 4 answers · asked by Ahxel 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Yikes, I have a couple issues with the above statement. There are some outright lies, some omissions and some murky accounting going on at that press agent's office.
1. "Titanic" had a worldwide gross of $1.8 Billion, minus $200 million to produce it. "Phantom" costs the producers money every week, in venue rentals, salaries for cast and crew, advertising, etc. I would be interested to see if "Phantom"'s NET is higher than "Titanic"'s $1.6 BILLION.
2. Ticket prices must be adjusted for inflation over that 20 year period, preferably pegged to the Consumer Price Index for the year Titanic was released. I think the press agent for "Phantom" is saying, "we've sold X amount of tickets over 20 years, this year the price of a ticket is Y, so X times Y is what we've grossed." Uuh uh, it don't work that way.
3. "Phantom" has been made into movies and plays before 1986, most notably the original with Lon Chaney. The statement makes no mention of the original "Titanic" movies, the Titanic-related "The Unsinkable Molly Brown", OR the plays about the Titanic. If you're going to count all the relatives of one family you have to do the same for the other.
4. There is NO WAY a play which has run for 20 years is "the most lucrative entertainment enterprise of all time". C'mon, "Phantom" has made more money than DISNEYLAND?? Universal Studios (the movies, not the theme park)? How about the New York Mets? All of these are "entertainment enterprises". Please its too early to swallow this much baloney all at once. And excuse me, but "A Chorus Line" is currently running on Broadway and has been since 1975. That's 11 years longer than "the longest running show on Broadway"
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2006-12-11 00:12:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I think Titanic is the highest grossing film
2006-12-11 08:20:36 · answer #2 · answered by ariesgirl2002 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what kind of idiot are you? you asked whats the highest grossing film then compared a movie to a play
last time I checked, a play is not eligible to be called the highest grossing film
artard
2006-12-11 01:09:09 · answer #3 · answered by thuglife 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
On film the highest one is Titanic.
2006-12-10 23:41:07 · answer #4 · answered by couchP56 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋