Answer:
E.T. the Extraterrestrial
Adjustment for inflation in 1997
Value of E.T. box office receipts = $723,681,284.11 ($435,110,554/96.5 x 160.5)
Explanation:
To adjust a 1982 receipts for inflation in 1997, the 1982 receipts is divided by the 1982 price index and multiplied by the 1997 price index. This results to an inflation-reflected receipts in 1997.
The adjustment helps to put a value that is equivalent to the current price (assessed period's current price) having factored in inflation.
A Consumer Price Index is a statistical estimate that measures the changes in the price level of a weighted average market basket of consumer goods and services purchased by households. It is measured periodically to reflect inflation.
Inflation is the general rise in the prices where a unit of currency yesterperiod buys less today than it did. It is a quantitative measure of the rate at which the average price level of a basket of selected goods and services in an economy increases over some period of time.
