Gitesh Pandya
Gitesh Pandya
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When you look at 2005, which overflowed with remakes and sequels, I think that the Academy recognized that the best films came from independent filmmakers not the big studios.
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Titanic' was supposed to open in July 1997 as a big summer movie, but it got delayed until the very end of the year.
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You have so much media and so many celebrities, some people will do anything to get attention.
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Right now studios are just happy to break even at the box office.
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I think this shows a growing divide between the expensive Hollywood films, which make a lot of money, and the artistic lower budget films which are made more from quality.
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Just like with any trend, when you get too many players, you start to get some strikeouts.
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Hollywood is down versus last year by a significant amount. Nothing is impossible but it will take a few surprise blockbusters.
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Paris Hilton is probably the best example. She was one of many attractive starlets out there, then that tape hits and it's all the sensation. The reality show gets a boost and it propels her into one of the top five celebrity actresses in the world.
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Star Wars' is going to be a massive hit,
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For the really big-budget films, the North American box office gross does not always have to be spectacular. International is becoming a bigger part of the pie and so are worldwide video sales.
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Ticket prices are going up every year. That can certainly change consumer behavior, and at the very least it makes people a lot more picky about what they'll see.
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Typically, the big computer-animated films are spaced out four or five months apart. It is very odd that so many of these are squeezed together.
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When it's the right film with the right story and the right star, then you've got a box office hit on your hands. Often times they are very profitable movies because the budgets aren't very high; it's a matter of targeting the audience and reaching out to them.
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These are bold films in the sense they are tackling subject matter that's daring. This year there is tremendous upside for these films because there is a huge audience ahead of them. They reached only a fraction of the total audience.