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$20 Million Now, $20 Million Then - How Star Wars Changed Movie Math 
blogs.amctv.com | by John Scalzi | Fri, May 16
So, the question, which the Wachowskis might ruefully ask, is: Why does a $20 million opening spell disaster for Speed Racer today when its equivalent was absolutely fantastic for Star Wars, back in the day? Movies are still the same strips of images on film stock in 2008 as they were in 197...
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