Plummeting 2005 box office sparks Hollywood crisis

AFP ^ | 12/13/05 | Staff

[pepperhead]

In addition, Hollywood faces a major external threat: runaway production costs, the growing trend of movie producers to shoot in places such as Canada, Australia and New Zealand to cash in on much lower staff and production charges.

The main problem I see is the salaries they are paying the top actors.

[bert]

.....Every Year they record, record profits.....

I don't think so. They pay their actors and others some of their compensation on the net. If there is no net they keep it all themselves. The trick is to spend all the revenue doen to the wire so there are no profits.

[MAWG]

What? You're not gonna go see " ButtCrack Mountain ? "

[mnehring]

Underworld Sequel with Kate Beckinsale.. Yum!!!

I actually wouldn't call that B, the original had a great artistic quality.

[Always Right]

If Hollywood only had a good gay cowboy movie to bail them out.....

[twigs]

I love many of the B movies. Watch them on Turner whenever I can. I agree that Hollywood doesn't turn out enough good movies. We have a home theater and love to watch movies there, but we still like to go see good movies when they're released. We plan to see Narnia and King Kong at the theater. If there were other good movies, we'd go see them too. But then, we're not from the young male audience, so I guess what we like doesn't count.

[pepperhead]

The B movies are going straight to cable. So all they got is blockbusters and so called "important films".

[najida]

Good point....

When I'm working at home, I'm reminded of WHY watching movies on DVD is preferable to going to a theater.

I can watch the movie at my own convenience, stop for phone calls, or work sessions, go potty when I need too, eat my own food, curl up in front of the fireplace and replay scenes I really like :)

[Gay State Conservative]

Just after the '92 elections,a survey showed that the movers and shakers of the MSM went for BillyBob 89%,whereas the nation as a whole went 43% for him.In recent years the influence of the MSM has plummeted (newspaper circulation,network newscasts,etc).

Coincidence?

If not,is there a lesson to be learned here by the movers and shakers,and the major actors,in Hollywood?

[pepperhead]

Simple answer, make movies, not political statements.

To simple for them.

[Political Junkie Too]

Exhibit #987 in the case that Hollywood has lost its creativity is the latest remake to hit the theaters, Fun With Dick and Jane.

-PJ

[Always Right]

Perhaps these $20-$30 million per flick movie stars ain't worth what they pay them.

[RabidBartender]

No no no! Sequels! That'll get'em! Cheaper by the Dozen II!





Actually, I am looking forward to the next Pirates of the Caribbean movie next July. :p

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

It's filled with liberals who despise people like me, so I make a conscious effort to return the favor by not patronizing their products.

I'm with you 100%!

[ssaftler]

No, he made exactly ONE great film (He was incredible in "Ray"), and now he thinks he's God's gift to the world, and has gone off the deep end with ol' Tookie-bird.

Personally, I'm sick of movies where the male lead is a girly-man led around by the nose by his super-strong, but still sensitive woman. If that's what Hollyweird thinks of the American male, I will continue to vote with my feet and do other things than visit the movie houses...

[Fielding]

"The Passion of The Christ" set the bar to a level Hollywood cannot see, much less attain. Notice this movie isn't mentioned in this article?

[WalterSkinner]

..classics

[Mark was here]

Hollywood and the theaters are doing their best to chase customers away by insisting on showing 20 commercials before the movie starts.

People have paid their money to be entertained, not subject to sales pitches.

[Always Right]

What? You're not gonna go see " ButtCrack Mountain ? "

Hmmm, I thought it was called 'Buttcrack Mountin'...

[Disambiguator]

I just IMDB'd (?) Jamie Foxx, and he played Tookie Williams in a movie about Tookie Williams. The comments on the page are interesting in light of recent events.