FOR THE 2D FANS AMONG US...
Figures by courtesy of www.boxofficemojo.com
In searching for figures of animated movie sales I came across boxoffice.mojo.com's list of the highest grossing 100 movies of all-time in the USA. The good thing from my point of view is that of these top films there were 14 animated movies. However the really interesting thing about this chart is the fact that the published box-office takings for each film were adjusted so that the value of the dollar in each case matched the value of the dollar today, making it an even playing field for all concerned.
Recognizing this I then extrapolated just the animated movie figures and compiled a USA top-grossing animated movies chart. The really interesting thing with this is the fact that although we popularly assume that the most successful animated movies of all-time are current 3D movies, the chart actually reveals that the top 6 movies among them are all traditionally created 2D movies and 10 of the top 14 are also 2D!
Now I understand the statisticians among us will say the the older movies have had a far longer time to accumulate figures to take them to the top. However I would argue that some... not all, but some... of the top contemporary movies will not ultimately have the staying power of the earlier classics and will therefore never catch-up with those still evergreen contenders. This of course doesn't mean that '2D is best', nor do I even wish to even initiate that line of dialogue. But it does perhaps indicate that new is not necessarily best and that good, classical storytelling will always endure.
Tony. :^{)}=-
Posted by tonymaticus at 11/12/2009 10:10 PM 
Categories: 2D animation
Tags: animation's top 14 movies Top animated movies 2D animation
Categories: 2D animation
Tags: animation's top 14 movies Top animated movies 2D animation
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