My former student Kevan Choset poses the following puzzle: What are the highest-grossing movies set in (1) North America, (2) Latin America, (3) Europe, (4) Asia, (5) Africa, and (6) Australia [UPDATE: and (7) Antarctica]?
For the picky: I’m using U.S. [UPDATE: I originally erroneously said worldwide] grosses, in nominal dollars (not adjusted for inflation), as given on this site. Also, since a movie may have scenes on multiple continents — or for that matter in the oceans or elsewhere — I define the movie as being set somewhere if the majority of its are there or quite near there.
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