Box-Office Reporting….1981
According to the 1996 book The Hollywood Reporter Book Of Box Office Hits, Raiders Of The Lost Ark earned $115 million in domestic rentals between June 1981 and 1996. Superman II earned $65 million in domestic rentals between June 1981 and 1996.
According to the 1990 book Box Office Champs, Raiders Of The Lost Ark earned $90.4 million in domestic rentals in the year 1981 alone, which is quite a bit more than what Superman II earned in the year 1981 alone. Superman II earned $64 million that year. Raiders Of The Lost Ark was #1 and Superman II was #2 in 1981.
And according to a 2021 magazine on Indiana Jones from Hollywood Spotlight, on page 37 the magazine reported the following about Raider’s box-office performance: “Thanks to good word of mouth and repeat viewings, the film returned to the top box-office spot in its sixth week of release. It would stay there for another nine weeks…”
But according to online box office reporting, Raiders Of The Lost Ark ranked #14 in 1981 according to the grosses made in 1981 alone, as the site claims it grossed just $21.8 million in the year 1981. But the movie, released on June 12, according to that very same online source, was #1 according with a lifetime gross of $212 million. A $212 million lifetime gross after a dismal $21.8 million gross during its first 6.6 months…
ACCORDING TO THE ONLINE SITE…Raiders Of The Lost Ark grossed at the domestic box office…
- $8.3 million during its first 3 days
- $13.5 million during the following 6.5 months…for a total of $21.8 million between June 12, 1981 and December 31, 1981
- $191 million since January 1, 1982 after only earning $21.8 million in its first 6.6 months…for a total of $212 million.
In other words, the online site reports it had a decent opening weekend in mid-June of 1981, then utterly tanked for the rest of the year…but made an unheard-of explosive word-of-mouth rebound at the box office grossing 90% of its life-time gross after its first 6.6 months in the theaters. Makes no sense. Complete and utter nonsense. So obviously false.
Never mind that the site shaved off 12% of the $242 million gross reported by more reliable Almanacs from 1999 and 2005.
More Than Fighting Social Contagions
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A NEW DIRECTION FOR MY BLOG…
…without neglecting my fight against social contagions.
EVANGELISM…a new chapter in my life.
“Thus, despite the divine command to spread the Word, many Christians redirect their energies into areas of spiritual activity that are more satisfying and in which they are more likely to achieve success.” –a quote from George Barna found in Donald Whitney’s Spiritual Disciplines For The Christian Life
“God wants to redeem human beings from Satan and reconcile them to Himself…” –from Rick Warren’s The Purpose Driven Life