Avatar is Actually #26

When looking at ticket sales vs ticket grosses, Avatar is actually the 26th biggest movie in the world. Box office is arguably more straightforward to report than TV ratings yet one respect in which boxoffice reporting is pretty odd- emphasizing ticket grosses yet rarely mentioning ticket sales. With everybody reporting how "Avatar" is The Biggest Movie of All Time based on grosses ($2.039 billion and counting), it's important to remember how rising ticket prices skew the returns. "Avatar," despite topping the worldwide gross list is only No.26 on the ticket sales list…at least, so far..

Here's the Top 20 movies of all time- by number of tickets sold