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In the 80s and early-to-mid 90s, most movies weren't offered for sale to consumers. Big blockbuster movies sometimes were, but those were the exception. Places
by larrywright 10y ago
In the 80s and early-to-mid 90s, most movies weren't offered for sale to consumers. Big blockbuster movies sometimes were, but those were the exception. Places like Blockbuster or your corner video rental store bought VHS movies for around $70/ea and then rented them to consumers for $3 or so. That changed somewhere around the late 90s, when people began buying movies on VHS and DVD, and the price dropped significantly.
Source: I worked for a small video store in the early 90s.
- pbhjpbhj 10y ago>Places like Blockbuster or your corner video rental store bought VHS movies for around $70/ea // Isn't that just rental prices vs consumer prices. It's a tort to by the consumer copy and rent it out so large companies could never get away with that instead they bought a more expensive copy that is basically the tape with license to rent it?? Turns out it's more complicated than that: https://entertainment-industry.knoji.com/the-history-of-the-vhs-movie-industry/ https://entertainment-industry.knoji.com/the-history-of-the-... & http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=692441 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=692441. Would be interested in similar info with global comparison, eg how was the situation different in UK, Germany, etc..