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Gone with the Wind leads some inflation-adjusted box-office estimates
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Without adjusting for time, modern blockbusters often lead because ticket prices are higher. Guinness World Records lists the 1939 Gone with the Wind as the highest-grossing film in an inflation-adjusted estimate. Its method estimates tickets sold and applies a current average US ticket price. The ranking depends on methodology, so it is an estimate rather than an exact box-office ledger.
