Revenge of the Sith a "Blood Bath"

An anonymous reader writes "The BBC is reporting that the Revenge of the Sith is a blood bath and is to recieve a PG-13. One notable point from the article is Lucas is quoted as saying "But I have to tell a story. I'm not making these, oddly enough, to be giant, successful blockbusters. I'm making them because I'm telling a story, and I have to tell the story I intended." As he lit a cigar with a large stack of burning 20's."

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Re:Bzzzt

[kwiqsilver]

Of the top 20 movies by worldwide box office gross, there are two G movies, 7 PG movies, 10 PG13 movies, and one R movie.

1. PG13 Titanic (1997) $1,835,300,000
2. PG13 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) $1,129,219,252
3. PG Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) $968,600,000
4. PG Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) $922,379,000
5. PG13 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) $921,600,000
6. PG13 Jurassic Park (1993) $919,700,000
7. PG Shrek 2 (2004) $880,871,036
8. PG Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) $866,300,000
9. G Finding Nemo (2003) $865,000,000
10. PG13 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) $860,700,000
11. PG13 Independence Day (1996) $811,200,000
12. PG13 Spider-Man (2002) $806,700,000
13. PG Star Wars (1977) $797,900,000
14. PG Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) $789,458,727
15. PG13 Spider-Man 2 (2004) $783,577,893
16. G The Lion King (1994) $783,400,000
17. PG E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) $756,700,000
18. R The Matrix Reloaded (2003) $735,600,000
19. PG13 Forrest Gump (1994) $679,400,000
20. PG13 The Sixth Sense (1999) $661,500,000

So obviously PG-13 doesn't hurt ticket sales much (if at all).

Re:Bzzzt

[pizzaman100]

Here's the adjusted list (domestic):

Title, studio, adjusted amount, year of release

1. Gone with the Wind MGM $1,262,778,900 1939^
2. Star Wars Fox $1,113,247,500 1977^
3. The Sound of Music Fox $890,096,100 1965
4. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Uni. $886,589,600 1982^
5. The Ten Commandments Par. $818,750,000 1956
6. Titanic Par. $802,161,800 1997
7. Jaws Uni. $800,492,600 1975
8. Doctor Zhivago MGM $775,846,600 1965
9. The Exorcist WB $691,054,200 1973^
10. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Dis. $681,250,000 1937^
11. 101 Dalmatians Dis. $624,482,800 1961^
12. The Empire Strikes Back Fox $613,629,000 1980^
13. Ben-Hur MGM $612,500,000 1959
14. Return of the Jedi Fox $587,871,300 1983^
15. The Sting Uni. $557,142,900 1973
16. Raiders of the Lost Ark Par. $550,886,600 1981^
17. Jurassic Park Uni. $538,786,500 1993
18. The Graduate AVCO $534,468,200 1967
19. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Fox $530,138,300 1999
20. Fantasia Dis. $519,021,700 $76,408,097 1941^

21. Source: Box Office Mojo