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Sci-fi box office

Mon, 2009-05-25 13:01 -- John Hawks

I liked the short article by sci-fi author John Scalzi, "Scifi movies made money before Star Wars, too":

[A]djusting for inflation, Frankenstein raked in the equivalent of close to $375 million, which is a hit of historic proportions. No wonder Universal then cranked out a whole bunch of other monster movies in rapid succession.

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