I’m one of the few people who still reads the print newspaper every day. Sometimes I wonder why. Today the FYI section had an interesting graph comparing the money Avatar has made with other all-time revenue generating movies. It was essentially a copy of this graph:
The above chart came from here.
Maybe it’s not interesting… maybe it’s moderately interesting… I guess it’s up to you and what type of things you like to learn about and read. But then I looked closely at the chart in the KC star and found this footnote:
Note: Adjusted for inflation, “Avatar” ranks 26th in box office revenues.
WTF!?!?! So let me get this straight: You make a chart that appears to be designed to show that Avatar has made more money, faster, than any other movie… followed with a footnote that says, “nah, just kidding, how’s 26th sound?” Is this the type of thing that works because it’s in the FYI section of the Star? Or is perhaps because Americans have become increasingly math illiterate? Or maybe the author himself is one of those people who just, “doesn’t get math”? Or maybe I’m overreacting? But we’re not talking about Calc III here…
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