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But no one likes him.

Well he isnt wrong. The movie would have been just as good with Hemsworth because they didnt use Pratt enough, but it wouldnt have done the trade.

JW woefully underused Pratt though, not that muich of him came through. It was better for him being there, but it could have been better than it was.

Assuming you dont want to pay for the rreserch papers done over the last few years then one source is somewhere like Torrentfreak that posts charts of downloads. 95% of movies on those charts are DVD/BR rips and in the 100K range for downloads, its VERY rare for an active cinema release to appear. Sure AOU did appear on the list a while back, but given that the quality of the files was akin to watching a VHS on an old CRT after you had dipped your whole head in vaseline, i doubt it had much box office effect.

Yes you DO need hard evidence, thats how the universe works. Common sense doesnt apply when you grossly over simplifiy the situation and dont understand the full situation. You cant make a common sense judgement if you dont know the facts. Plenty of things can affect BO gross, piracy after the run is ended isnt one of them. Terrible cam copies that are out of sync and unwatchable isnt one of them. Download numbers simply dont add up, its that simple. As for why pay? Well the cinema offers an experience you cant get at home, thats why. Whats really hurts tickets? 50 inch TVs and home surround sound, media that is better quality than the cinema, and stupid ticket prices... and crappy movies.

There anrent many.. The studio blamed its poor BO on the leak. Obviously it had nothing to do with it being complete shit, Oh no.. It took 45million of so less than #2, the notion that it was downloaded and watched 5 million times by people that would have otherwise paid is laughable.

In other words nope, you dont. Attendance is down, must be piracy.. Thats the same blind stupidity that the studios are guilty of and is causing the problem in the first place. The numbers simply dont add up and a download doesnt mean a lost ticket, never did, never will.

Because they are rare and the best, actually watchable copies are on private trackers and get a few thousand downloads tops. Been there, done that, seen the evidence. Your personal ancedotal evidence is meaningless.

Why? Got evidence to the contrary or did you just buy the studios party line? Analysis on torrent tracking numbers proves it.

Totally different situation. Pirated music has no loss of quality compared to the original (more so now most is average quality digital anyway) and are available in minutes from release. Have you actually seen cinema cams? 99% arent even worth the bandwidth loss for a few hours. BR rips dont affect cinema gross all that much.

Thats complete rot. At mosts it cost a movie maybe 50-100k tickets, thats it, and thats a movie like this. For a smaller hit its inconsequential. What it hurts is DVD/BR sales, and frankly with the DRM bullcrap and forced ads they deserve it. Even TV isnt that affected by piracy and that gets hit far harder than movies, GoT has millions of downloads, but mainly because its network is subscription and simply unavailable to most people legally..

Funnily enough my absolute most defining memory of all the JP franchise is the satellite phone ringtone from JP3.

Lets wait and see until we have Avatar 2 before we make that determination.

Perhaps, but music is only a part of it. Unmemorable music didnt hurt Avatar. Iconic music didnt save the Hobbit.

JP released today would only stand a chance of $750M if Cameron directed it.