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Return of the King's total

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I originally wanted to put it here in June that there has been a re-release for the film listed on Box Office Mojo. I know that they are notorious for having been plagued with issues; I myself have gone on here to point out errors in past years, but I think in this case it's legitimate. The only issue that's here is Norway's gross, which seems to have artificially added $8M. With the total for Norway subtracted, the re-release's total should be $2,450,927, and if I am correct in assuming the total on this page hasn't been updated, the corrected overall total should be $1,150,448,334.

However, when I went to write this again I noticed that the film's gross is now suddenly lower by several millions, from $1,151,462,071 to $1,138,027,091. After looking at the grosses for individual releases, it looks like the original release's total has been lowered from $1,140,703,091 to $1,118,887,224, a reduction of $22M. Looking at the grosses for individual countries, it looks like the culprits for this are the grosses for Italy and New Zealand, with Italy going from $35,837,796 to $540,246, while New Zealand had its gross change from $8,986,127 to $9,479. Both seem to have had a 2024 gross erroneously added to the weekend totals that, somehow, overwrote the overall grosses entirely.

I did notice is that the original gross's total is identical to the total from 2019, which I thought it was worth pointing it out considering that I recall them increasing the gross from $1.118bn to $1.14bn in 2020 that prompted a discussion here. In addition, while comparing the totals from before and after they changed New Zealand's gross, the $8,986,127 from before the most recent revision is actually listed as being from 2019 as opposed to 2003/2004.

Now, while I could've made an edit a long time ago, I know that these kinds of things aren't so cut-and-dry as they seem and I wanted input on how others might feel regarding it. I know this is already listed on the film finance task force page, so while I might not be mentioning anything new, maybe in all of this there's something of note that will help. AverageLogic (talk) 19:58, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]