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If ‘GTA V’ Were a Movie, It Would’ve Sold Enough Tickets to Be the #453 Biggest Movie of All Time

If Grand Theft Auto V were a theatrically-released movie instead of a video game, enough people would have bought tickets to earn only $227.4 million at the global box office. That box office number would be just enough to make it only the #453 largest grossing film ever worldwide – just under The Green Hornet, The Heat, Mr. Bean’s Holiday and Space Jam.

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NinjaRichParty3821d ago

This is a neat idea of an article. I like that the author thought out of the box with this piece. I'd like to see other games stacked up like this as well.

To be realistic though, you have to take into consideration the fact that if this was a movie, people would have gone to see it multiple times and not just purchased the game once.

DARK WITNESS3821d ago

If this was a movie there would have been a larger audience for it as well. There are lots of people who go and watch movies that are not into gaming.

FunkMacNasty3821d ago

Not just that, but he is counting single units as one ticket sale. So he's forgetting about households who may only buy one copy of the game but several people play it. When you go to the movies its different becuase each person seeing the movie must purchase a ticket.

MestreRothN4G3821d ago

^ Shsshh!!!
Phil Spencer can hear you and like the idea for games!

ZodTheRipper3821d ago

If GTA 5 (or any game for that matter - maybe TLOU excluded) were a movie, I wouldn't be interested in it to be honest.

ZodTheRipper3821d ago

@disagrees: Just to clarify, it's not because of the story of these games, I'm just not a movie fan :D

Sci0n3821d ago

if GTA V made a movie Ray Liotta would be the perfect guy to play Michael. http://upload.wikimedia.org...

RXL3821d ago

Billy Bob for Trevor (or actually the voice actor himself)

and Tyler Perry for Franklin?..or just to mess with people like hollywood loves to do...Christian Bale as Franklin.

Sci0n3821d ago

Yo I was thinking to myself billy bob for trevor too but just didn't say nothing lol. Tyler Perry for franklin, I don't know about that lol.

InMyOpinion3821d ago

Shia Lebeoueuouf in blackface as Franklin. And Michael Bay as director. Best way to ruin something beautiful. :)

GUYwhoPLAYSvideoGAME3821d ago

if gta5 were a movie, it's tickets would have sold for something around 8 dollars, wonder how much it would have sold then

KonsoruMasuta3821d ago (Edited 3821d ago )

It would have sold exactly what the author said it would have. He did factor in the price of a movie ticket.

"29 million gamers bought GTAV, times that by the current movie ticket average of $7.84 a ticket (believe it or not, it is actually that low) equals a $227.4 million dollar gross at the box office."

Bundi3821d ago

I think he means how many people would have bought it at $8, not how much it would have made with 29 million sales.

CheexInk3821d ago

That's not factoring it in. Aside from the fact we're comparing a movie to a game, the lower price point would invite more sales. It kind of highlights how silly this hypothetical is though, ticket sales of a movie and boxes sold of a game just aren't comparable.

pandehz3821d ago

This would have been a terrible movie.

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GTA 5’s cut “James Bond Trevor” DLC was already part-shot, actor says

The GTA 5 Agent Trevor DLC episode could have been a real treat for fans on PlayStation and Xbox, before it was scrubbed sometime before 2017.

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Killer2020UK1d 5h ago

More interested in money than giving fans what they want. Such a shame

CrimsonWing691d 5h ago

With the amount of money they generated, I just don’t understand the scrubbing of this. It would’ve been fantastic for fans.

Profchaos1d 4h ago

I really want to know who drove the decision to focus on multiplayer was it Rockstar or take two.

Because when online started taking off many of the studio leads began having falling outs and leading including a founder

Demetrius16h ago

Ikr mfs that greedy it's ridiculous

andy851d 2h ago

This makes me sad. Trevor was one of my favourite characters in gaming

Demetrius16h ago

One of the reason I believe once gta 6 release, most of us thoroughly play it, enjoy the world they crafted then after that no offline support, no dlc at all

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Grand Theft Auto V PC Optimized: Best Graphics Settings in 2024

Grand Theft Auto V was released on PC on the 14th of April 2015. That means the game will be nine years old in four days, and it’s still among the most-played titles on Steam. With a 24-hour peak of 145K players, it’s as popular as Baldur’s Gate 3, Apex: Legends, and Destiny 2.

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The Best Open World Adventures In Gaming History

The freedom to explore large areas, approach objectives in multiple ways, and stumble across amusing distractions will always be an excellent format for video games, but some do it better than others. To celebrate the formula and parse the best from the best, have a look at the best open-world games of all time so far.

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