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Box office flatlines as everyone ignores the multiplex this Memorial Day weekend
Business Insider ^ | May 28, 2017 | Jason Guerrasio

Posted on 05/28/2017 11:49:41 AM PDT by EdnaMode

Memorial Day weekend would seem like the best time for a big summer blockbuster to hit the theaters, but in recent years audiences have been focusing more on their tans and grillmaster skills over the holiday than going to a movie theater.

Past Memorial Day holiday weekend openings that were instant fails at the box office include: "Tomorrowland" ($33 million opening weekend), "Alice Through the Looking Glass" ($26.8 million), and "X-Men: Apocalypse" ($65.7 million). Now you can add two new releases from this year to that list.

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: box; boxoffice; boycott; culturewars; hollywood; office; trends
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To: SkyDancer

‘Dogpile’ has stepped up to the plate this morning...even Bing, much to my surprise.


121 posted on 05/29/2017 5:44:51 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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To: EdnaMode

Nope. Will wait until they hit Exodus to watch anything new from Hollywood.


122 posted on 05/29/2017 6:01:34 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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To: Yaelle

I bought a big tv that functions as a film screen. I enjoy series Now watching Blue Bloods and waitng eagerly for the next seasons of House of Cards and Longmire and Last Man Standing on Netflix.

Between Netflix streaming, Netflix DVD and you-tube I am happy!


123 posted on 05/29/2017 6:17:04 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: TChad
Ive got a feeling that with the rapid improvement in technology, the era of the highly paid actor is ending. CG animations are ever improving as computing power increases. The next thing will be reviving long dead actors in new roles.

Have you seen the newest voice manufacturing application from Adobe? Watch this to get a look at the way around prima donna actors. Couple this with animations, and the need to go on location diminishes. The next big Hollywood star may be a computer nerd in some studio in the middle of anywhere.

124 posted on 05/29/2017 6:23:19 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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To: Vision Thing

The Godfather had no homos, so homowood homofornia and its millenial audiences need to politically correct this glaring mistake.

___________

succinct and true


125 posted on 05/29/2017 6:35:16 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: who knows what evil?

Yeah, qu’ll supreese ... glad to see it. Google had a real small tiny American flag and yellow ribbon. You’d have to look for it.


126 posted on 05/29/2017 6:50:01 AM PDT by SkyDancer (You know they invented wheelbarrows to teach FAA inspectors to walk on their hind legs.)
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To: SkyDancer

Good thing I keep a magnifying glass next to my monitor, or I would have never seen it.


127 posted on 05/29/2017 8:24:35 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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To: Bratch
I suspect you are correct.

this is a must see movie

128 posted on 05/29/2017 8:37:10 AM PDT by jpsb (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. Otto von Bismark)
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To: Sgt_Schultze
Thanks for that link. Amazing technology, but now we can't trust audio recordings to be real, just as we can't trust digitized photos to be real.

The technology will certainly be used in film production, and soon. One easy application: It will now be possible to change spoken dialog without reshooting a scene. That should be a real money saver.

129 posted on 05/29/2017 4:38:57 PM PDT by TChad (Propagandists should not be treated like journalists.)
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To: TChad

Dumb post. I wish I could retract it.


130 posted on 05/29/2017 7:40:05 PM PDT by TChad (Propagandists should not be treated like journalists.)
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