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To: timtoews5292004
yep. did you do research papers on the movies in grad school and find those statistics, just like I did, too?

Heck, no. I read a great deal -- books, newspapers, magazines or the internet, or just plain talk to people.

Last year (?), a piece in The Wall St. Journal mentioned that studio execs claim that the "average" movie (however defined) only makes 30% of its take at the boxoffice. About 40% comes from DVDs, 15% from pay TV and the remaining 15% from other sources such as network TV. Just a few days ago I read somewhere that about 80% of Hollywood's revenues comes from DVDs and TV.

The majority of moviegoers are young men, so, not surprisingly, the studios cater to that demographic: they like loud, stupid and violent films. People who are 30+ have lose the habit of going to the movies and simply wait for the DVD or video to be released. I recently read somewhere that DVDs, unlike videos, are priced to sell and not to rent.

102 posted on 03/13/2005 8:07:50 AM PST by Siamese Princess
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To: Siamese Princess

I wonder if that take can be broken down to only movies shown theatrically. It should be broken down to theatrically shown movies and straight to Skinemax movies.


108 posted on 03/13/2005 11:53:31 AM PST by Sam the Sham
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