The Great Box Office Recession? -- Discussing the Up & Down Trends of the Box Office Market

[lab276]

2012 is still ahead of any year.

Well... not really. 2002-2004 are all way ahead, and it's slightly behind 2009 (that'll change after the weekend though).Prometheus and Madagascar 3 both have to really break out in a big way, it's been in the doldrums since April and I'd like to be interested in the box office again.

[kayumanggi]

Well... not really. 2002-2004 are all way ahead, and it's slightly behind 2009 (that'll change after the weekend though).Prometheus and Madagascar 3 both have to really break out in a big way, it's been in the doldrums since April and I'd like to be interested in the box office again.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/?view2=ytdcompare&view=releasedate&p=.htm

[lab276]

http://www.boxoffice...easedate&p=.htm

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/?view2=ytdcompare&view=releasedate&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm

[kayumanggi]

Studios don't make movies using tickets. They use money.

[pinocchio]

Yes, and with 4 million in 1939 you could create a movie like GWTW. Would hardly work anymore today.Fact is, movie admissions per capita in the USA are still in a decline and somehow on 1960ies levels when everybody thought "movies are dead". In 2005 it was something like 5.5 per capita, now it's maybe 4.But most important the homevideo (DVD/BluRay) market still sucks.

[lab276]

Studios don't make movies using tickets. They use money.

And how do they make money?

[kayumanggi]

They make movies.

[lab276]

They make movies.

And how do the movies make money?

[kayumanggi]

It's very unfair to compare ticket sales in a time when people do not respect movie makers anymore. Download here, download there!

[kayumanggi]

And how do the movies make money?

People pay.

[lab276]

People pay.

For tickets.

[lab276]

It's very unfair to compare ticket sales in a time when people do not respect movie makers anymore. Download here, download there!

Yeah, 2002 is unreachable. But the first quarter this year was genuinely big and now it's falling behind 2009.

[pinocchio]

It's very unfair to compare ticket sales in a time when people do not respect movie makers anymore. Download here, download there!

The MPAA already declared in 1977 piracy was a big problem. Back then it was not the Internet but the fact bad people made 16 mm copies and sold/distributed them. Nothing new here....

[kayumanggi]

For tickets.

Lol. That's just their pass. It's money that matters. Movies are the best source of entertainment in the 80s and 90s. It's very different now.

[lab276]

It's weird how some countries, like France, manage to keep people going to the movies. Even Australia's admissions are nearly on-par with 2002.

[kayumanggi]

Yeah, 2002 is unreachable. But the first quarter this year was genuinely big and now it's falling behind 2009.

Let's wait first.

[kayumanggi]

The MPAA already declared in 1977 piracy was a big problem. Back then it was not the Internet but the fact bad people made 16 mm copies and sold/distributed them. Nothing new here....

It's the Internet that makes the difference. That's the new thing here. The piracy is faster, more prolific and more secretive.

[lab276]

Lol. That's just their pass. It's money that matters. Movies are the best source of entertainment in the 80s and 90s. It's very different now.

No, they still are.

[kayumanggi]

Well. Good to hear that. I think so too. It's just that the competition among other sources of entertainment is stiffer.

[lab276]