I found it to be 'different' -- in a good way.
Posted on 08/26/2017 10:40:49 AM PDT by simpson96
Mother Nature certainly isn't helping the dramatic downturn at the August box office, where revenue for the weekend could hit its lowest level in more than 15 years, in addition to being down nearly 50 percent from the same frame last year.
Hurricane Harvey has prompted theater closures in Corpus Christi and other locales along the Texas Gulf Coast. Inland, numerous cinemas have also shuttered in Houston.
Even without the storm, none of the weekend's new offerings were expected to earn more than $5 million, and that's proving to be the case.
Animated family film Leap!, from Harvey Weinstein's shop, is projected to do the best, earning an estimated $1.6 million Friday for a projected $4.8 million-$5 million debut from 2,575 theaters for a third-place finish behind holdovers The Hitman's Bodyguard ($9 million) and Annabelle: Creation ($7.5 million), respectively. Hitman's Bodyguard will join only a short list of films to ever win a weekend with less than $10 million, at least in modern times.
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Not when I was a little boy at the drive-in in the late 60’s it wasn’t!
Moochie O versus?
Hollwood, Cable, the NFL and ESPN have pissed off their customer base.Pay attention NASCAR and Camping World.
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If the word about what their CEO said about Trump supporters not being welcome there, I’d say Camping World will drop by about 25%, at least.
I found it to be 'different' -- in a good way.
T2 has bought and paid for itself many times over. The fact that they're shoving a 25+ year old film back to the theaters (where essentially every ticket sold is profit) tells how desperate things are. Has nothing to do with Trump.
I do, but I see it at home over a streaming service. And to be honest, some of the series offered by Amazon and Netflix are better than movies.
I think the American market is toast. Since the pols have sliced and diced things by race and ethnicity, the video content people watch comes from production companies located where people’s ancestors came from.
Crappy movies.
The problem for cinema is that streaming television coupled with affordable, excellent quality, enormous home theaters has raised the bar so high of what people expect for visual entertainment.
We're experiencing a renaissance in television right now. In terms of production quality, it is the best it has ever been. Movies can't compete. More people will be talking at the water coolers on Monday about Game of Thrones than anything playing at the multiplex this year.
I don’t see anything from Hollyweird.
Part of every movie ticket is a donation to the Democrat Party...
HEY! That is a *great* bad movie! I resent the implication! lol
Domestically, movie theater attendance is down so far in 2017 from 2016.
Year to date comparison:
Tickets sold:
2017: 831.8
2016: 904.7
Really? One weekend storm in one small corner of a huge nation is listed as a partial cause of a massive business shortfall?
“Moviegoing Slows to a Standstill Amid Historic August Slump”
And, why should I care?
HollyWierd can dry up and blow away, AFAIAC!
The USA will be a better place to live without you Hollywierdos!
The wife wanted all 4 of us to go see a movie at the theater recently. I said hellno. Not funding leftist freaks who hate our President. Glad I could pitch in on the slump.
Yeah, I think television is much better than film these days. And people seem much more passionate about their favorite shows than films too.
I saw “Stay” a few years ago. I found it interesting and had to immediately rewatch it to figure out what clues to the ending I missed the first time. I might have to watch it again.
I don’t watch superhero movies and that seems to be all they put out anymore.
There’s too much CO2 in the air to go to the movies.
One often overlooked advance to streaming television is that when show-runners realized people could watch their favorite shows over and over again, they had a wide ability to fill each episode with little hidden Easter eggs that people might not catch the first time they watch it. This has made for a far more enjoyable viewing experience. It's not uncommon today to watch an hour-long episode of your favorite show and then go back and watch it again, catching all the little details you missed, like listening to a record.
Movies don't really have the ability to do this, and neither did TV shows back in the days when you would have to wait for summer re-runs.
Agreed. I’ve found that to be true, as well as that a series is much more interesting than a movie, with much better character development. I’ve lately discovered some British series that are well done, such as some Sky and BBC productions. “Fortitude” and “Whitechapel” are two examples.
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