Nothing like the morning New York Times to remind you that the world is still going to hell in a hand basket. The Fed might be cutting more rates because the economy is crap, gas is expensive, there is some sort of election going on that everyone has their panties in a twist about already…

Luckily, the New York Times movie section has some pertinent information. They’ve adjusted yearly box office receipts against inflation and graphed them all on a large interactive timeline that basically rocks our world.

Seeing how Titanic held it’s ground from December 1997 to May 1998 is simply amazing and remembering that Patch Adams made so much money mad us shake our heads.

You can check out the whole interactive graph here. Make sure to start at the beginning and work your way forwards to see how much Hollywood has been blowing this “people don’t go to the movies and pay us anymore” thing way out of proportion.