The Gone With the Wind gross also needs context. The movie was in theatres for like 4 years, and the only way (at the time) you were ever going to see it was in theatres. There was also limited entertainment options, and far less competition in the movie business.
It would be like if Force Awakens was still in theatres, there was no other way to watch it, and no other blockbuster movies had been released since. It would be rolling in billions of domestic gross too.
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