|  The Three Lists: The Domestic, Unadjusted (for inflation) list of  box-office                     champs is top heavy with recent films. Rankings may change daily with every new blockbuster                     release. There are few films that are classics or films from Hollywood's                     Golden Era in this list. Top-grossing, financially-successful films often rate lower                     in artistic achievement. Blockbusters, special effects wonders,                     films with sequels and expensive campaign and publicity ads                     fill many of the positions.  (Notice that there are very                       few pre-1980 films in the unadjusted list.)  The Domestic, Adjusted (for                     inflation) list of  box-office champs - with rankings                     that don't vary much from month to month (and therefore is not updated                     as regularly) - takes into account inflationary factors such                     as ticket prices and any re-issues or re-releases, and is                     more reflective of a film's actual appeal.  [It is inflation-adjusted                     to the 2009 average ticket price of $7.18. Most pre-1980                     pictures achieved their totals through multiple releases.] The escalating                     price of theatre tickets would otherwise bias a list of all-time                     blockbuster films to recent releases. The Worldwide list of box-office-champs - in some cases, the gross earnings were made with multiple releases. Currently, about a quarter of the films were not in the decade of the 2000s.
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