One thing that I find amazing about Americans is that most of them don't understand inflation at all. It's uncommon to see any mainstream source talk about inflation-adjusted values when referring to past numbers. This becomes clear when for instance box office numbers become a conversation topic -- nobody really stops to consider how comparing films from 20 years ago with films of today is just really a measure of how money loses its value and therefore movies make more money than before
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The box office thing is a game, and the game isn’t fun when Gone With The Wind will never be defeated.
The new Avengers movie is already #5 (inflation adjusted) and it's only been out for a little over three weeks.
Three weeks pretty much mean the lions share of the box office take is in already.
It's still a fun game when you can double to quadruple your investment