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No one is killing the movie industry. Here are the stats: http://www.mpaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/MPAA-Theatrical-Market-Statistics-2016_Final.pdf http:

No one is killing the movie industry. Here are the stats: http://www.mpaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/MPAA-Theatrical-Market-Statistics-2016_Final.pdf http://www.mpaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/MPAA-Theatric...

ardit33 9y ago
Good find, seems that the industry is doing just fine: In 2016, U.S./Canada box office was $11.4 billion, up two percent from $11.1 billion in 2015. Admissions, or tickets sold (1.32 billion), held steady compared to 2015. Moviegoer Trends  More than two-thirds (71%) of the U.S./Canada population – or 246 million people – went to the cinema at least once in 2016, a two percent increase from 2015. Frequent moviegoers – individuals who go to the cinema once a month or more – continue to drive the movie industry, accounting for 48 percent of all tickets sold in the United States and Canada.  The number of frequent moviegoers increased in 2016. However, the number of tickets purchased by frequent moviegoers decreased. This was offset by an increase in the tickets purchased by occasional moviegoers (moviegoers who attended less than once a month).
platz 9y ago
and yet the referenced article in the piece [1] doesn't seem to keep the execs from complaining "studio head honchos lay the blame for several months of horrific box office numbers — the worst in 20 years — on the website": [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/business/media/rotten-tomatoes-box-office.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/business/media/rotten-tom...
- kurthr 9y ago
  Exactly! Proving that movie execs are good at making S#!& up that makes them money... and selling it to the media.
NumberCruncher 9y ago
The doc starts with a picture of a stupid time-travel sci-fi nonsense, ends with a picture of a stupid magic-monster harrypotter nonsense, in the middle with a picture of the remake of The magnificent seven. Which was the remake of Kurosawa's The 7 samurai. This is only entertaining if you are 14 or you have spent the last 35 years in a cave without contact to the outside world. What is killing the movie industry again?

ardit33 9y ago

Good find, seems that the industry is doing just fine: In 2016, U.S./Canada box office was $11.4 billion, up two percent from $11.1 billion in 2015. Admissions, or tickets sold (1.32 billion), held steady compared to 2015. Moviegoer Trends  More than two-thirds (71%) of the U.S./Canada population – or 246 million people – went to the cinema at least once in 2016, a two percent increase from 2015. Frequent moviegoers – individuals who go to the cinema once a month or more – continue to drive the movie industry, accounting for 48 percent of all tickets sold in the United States and Canada.  The number of frequent moviegoers increased in 2016. However, the number of tickets purchased by frequent moviegoers decreased. This was offset by an increase in the tickets purchased by occasional moviegoers (moviegoers who attended less than once a month).

platz 9y ago

and yet the referenced article in the piece [1] doesn't seem to keep the execs from complaining "studio head honchos lay the blame for several months of horrific box office numbers — the worst in 20 years — on the website": [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/business/media/rotten-tomatoes-box-office.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/business/media/rotten-tom...

kurthr 9y ago
Exactly! Proving that movie execs are good at making S#!& up that makes them money... and selling it to the media.

NumberCruncher 9y ago

The doc starts with a picture of a stupid time-travel sci-fi nonsense, ends with a picture of a stupid magic-monster harrypotter nonsense, in the middle with a picture of the remake of The magnificent seven. Which was the remake of Kurosawa's The 7 samurai. This is only entertaining if you are 14 or you have spent the last 35 years in a cave without contact to the outside world. What is killing the movie industry again?