Paul Dergarabedian
Paul Dergarabedian
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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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Star Wars' opened the door to the idea of a franchise that could be successful, even if a sequel doesn't do well. It made viable the idea that, with sequels, the law of diminishing returns doesn't always apply.
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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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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'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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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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Out of 400 or 450 movies released every year, maybe 300 are independent films. The only ones you hear about are the breakouts. They don't all make money. Most don't, even if they only have only a $1 million budget, ... If you break even you're doing great.
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Out of 400 or 450 movies released every year, maybe 300 are independent films, ... The only ones you hear about are the breakouts. They don't all make money. Most don't, even if they only have a $1 million budget. If you break even you're doing great.
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Mary' was a really strong holdover. It only dropped 8 percent from last week. That's tremendous, considering the amount of competition there is. Word of mouth boosted that film big.
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Mary' was a really strong holdover, ... It only dropped 8 percent from last week. That's tremendous, considering the amount of competition there is. Word of mouth boosted that film big.
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I think people need a really strong reason to go to the movies and to pay the 10 bucks per person and to go out of the house and take that leap of faith, and 'March of the Penguins' certainly was unique and made it worthwhile to go out to the movie theater.
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I think that's the problem with those shrinking video windows, and that can affect any summer; as long as those video windows are shorter and shorter, it's going to cause a lot of worry on the part of theater owners.
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I think the thought is that this movie would have opened bigger, because it's 'King Kong' and it's Peter Jackson.