Friday, May 25, 2012

It's Not That You're Stupid, It's Just That You Don't Know Anything

35 Years Ago Today…

Star Wars (A New Hope) was released in theaters for the first time.

It went on to become the highest-grossing film of all time (up to that point). Adjusted for inflation, it comes in at number 3 in the list of highest-grossing films ever made right behind Avatar (2009) and Gone With The Wind (1939). If you were to include toy/merchandise sales into the mix, it would take the top spot by a very wide margin. It isn’t all just about making money. It currently averages an 8.8/10 on IMDB which places it at #17 all time as voted by users.


 

3 comments:

Sarah said...

Happy Geek Pride day!

Mike D. said...

Not even the best movie in its own series... Empire takes it by a longshot!!!!

spiderkev said...

Still the best opening shot in movie history.