Paul Dergarabedian
Paul Dergarabedian
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They can't show it as many times during the day, so that may have lessened its box office strength. The fact it did such strong business Christmas day shows there's a lot of interest in the movie.
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It's a moral and psychological victory for Hollywood. It won't pull us completely out of the slump, but we'll end the year on a very positive note.
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It's an amazing run. Nobody ever thought this would have a chance of challenging 'Fahrenheit.
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The Potter franchise is just irresistible to moviegoers. The combination of the Potter books and the love audiences have for the movies conspired a big opening weekend.
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We're at a technological and cultural crossroads. It's possibly the dawn of a new paradigm in how films are released.
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There are these cycles in Hollywood. Part of that is once there's one success, everyone tries to emulate the success,
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We have an up weekend - 5% over the last New Year's weekend. Propelled by these two blockbusters, it's really moving the box office.
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We're getting to the point where people only want to go out to see movies that are as big as the screen. They want to see 'event movies' like 'Kong.' The rest they'll wait for.
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We're going to need some huge performances by these movies, or this will be the third down year in a row. One or two movies is not enough; moviegoers need to be excited about going back to the theaters.
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We still have to acknowledge that we're down.
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You look at the fact that DVD sales are down and it tells you again that it's product-driven, ... Because why would somebody want to buy a DVD of a movie they didn't want to see in the first place? You still need to have great movies at the beginning of the pipeline and that feeds everything else.
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The younger male audience, if you ask 10 of them if they'd rather go to the movies or play a video game, a lot of them are going to say they'd rather play a video game. Hollywood cannot release mediocre movies and expect people to line up in record numbers when consumers have so many options for their entertainment.
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They're back on the release schedule. Whether they're back in terms of box office clout, we'll see over the next couple of weeks. But this group of titles certainly looks like the kind of films that can break down the barrier, the taboo that R-rated movies can't be blockbusters anymore.
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There's a tremendous amount of pressure on 'Star Wars' to turn the marketplace around.