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[Movie] Attendance Crumbles in 2010
Box Office Mojo ^ | 1/11/2011 | Brandon Gray

Posted on 01/15/2011 5:43:50 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta

2010 closed as the second highest-grossing year of all time, but it still couldn't shake an air of disappointment. Not only did 2010 end with a whimper, estimated ATTENDANCE was the LOWEST in 15 years.

The box office tally for 2010 was $10.57 billion, or around $30 million shy of 2009. That translated to an estimated attendance of 1.27 billion, which was off eight percent from 2010.

1995 was the last year to have sub-1.3 billion attendance. Since the modern attendance peak in 2002 (1.58 billion), attendance has been trending downward, but 2010 marked the second severe drop-off, following 2005.

Hollywood often failed to offer an appealing slate of movies, and there were fewer movies made available than before. In 2010, 141 movies reached nationwide release (600 locations or more), down from 158 in 2009 and the smallest number since 2001.

The top-grossing movie of 2010 was a holdover from 2009: Avatar, which made $476.9 million of its $760.5 million lifetime total in 2010.

Toy Story 3 was the second-biggest movie in 2010, drawing $415 million. Alice in Wonderland ($334.2 million), Iron Man 2 ($312.4 million) and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ($300.5 million) rounded out the Top Five.

Animation business was up 16 percent over 2009 to $1.49 billion, while movies presented in the 3D illusion surged to $3.27 billion (an estimated $2.1 billion of which from 3D alone).

All of the major animated titles of 2010 were shown in 3D, and the industry shoved 3D down people's throats in the wake of Avatar's success, adding enough screens to the point in December when several movies had simultaneous nationwide 3D runs.

All those 3D movies contributed to the gross, but they boiled down to more money from fewer people.

(Excerpt) Read more at boxofficemojo.com ...


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KEYWORDS: cinema; film; movies
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To: GailA
IF Weirdowood produced family watchable movies it would make more money. And if it didn’t cost an arm and a leg to go to the movie show, people could afford to go once in a while.

How true...

101 posted on 01/15/2011 7:37:05 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: hopespringseternal
If you know your comic book history, Batman always was a dark, dark character... ...he lost his parents to a murderer after all! I loved "The Dark Night"!
102 posted on 01/15/2011 7:38:23 AM PST by Yossarian (Heartfelt thanks, Tea Party Patriots! Despite slander and muck, you pulled through!)
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To: onyx

Ping


103 posted on 01/15/2011 7:38:49 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

My wife and I had “It’s a Wonderful Life” in our Netflix queue recently. So campy and so great at the same time. I wish they could make more movies like that!

(Lest you think we are old codgers, we also laughed our arses off over “Scott Pilgrim Versus the World”)


104 posted on 01/15/2011 7:39:36 AM PST by bolobaby
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To: martin_fierro

Back in the day, Nicholas Cage was great in ‘Peggy Sue Got Married.’


105 posted on 01/15/2011 7:40:12 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: hopespringseternal
There were ten and twelve year old kids balling watching that movie.

Bawling or balling? There is a difference. LOL!!

106 posted on 01/15/2011 7:40:47 AM PST by hattend (The meaning of the 2010 election was rebuke, reject, and repeal. - Sarah Palin)
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To: bolobaby
My wife and I had “It’s a Wonderful Life” in our Netflix queue recently. So campy and so great at the same time. I wish they could make more movies like that!

The historic Roxy Theater we go to shows that movie free of charge before Christmas every other year or so.

107 posted on 01/15/2011 7:41:48 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

Movies are made for the 35% of the population that’s liberal... and of that group most are made for liberals between the ages of 12 and 25 - do the math... It’s the same group that would be hard pressed to elect a dog catcher - no less keep an industry alive.


108 posted on 01/15/2011 7:42:24 AM PST by GOPJ (."Blood libel" - - when MSM/Dems incite hatred and violence against conservatives based on lies.)
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To: bcsco

“adults are getting tired of animation”

Indeed!


109 posted on 01/15/2011 7:43:48 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

I got all choked up watching it again this year. I immediately put more Jimmy Stewart movies on my queue.


110 posted on 01/15/2011 7:44:07 AM PST by bolobaby
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To: bcsco

I like western and I watch Lonesome Dove and Commanche Moon at least once a month. Throw in Broken Trail and Open Range and I’m set for weeks. LOL!!


111 posted on 01/15/2011 7:46:12 AM PST by hattend (The meaning of the 2010 election was rebuke, reject, and repeal. - Sarah Palin)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

I refuse to support these commie loving little bas-—ds in any way at all...


112 posted on 01/15/2011 7:47:31 AM PST by phockthis
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To: Dr. Scarpetta; Perdogg; EveningStar; Borges; Mr. K; Blondie; altura; mylife; Mama_Bear; ...

Well, I did my share! (and then some)

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If you are receiving this I put you on my list,
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113 posted on 01/15/2011 7:48:49 AM PST by DollyCali (Don't tell God how big your storm is... tell your storm how BIG your God is!)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

My friends and family think I’m strange because I absolutely detest animated kid movies. Everyone but me thinks they are cute, funny and entertaining. Give me movies with real people, lots of action and plots that
are realistic. To me, if a movie cannot depict a possible real life situation, it’s trash.


114 posted on 01/15/2011 7:50:13 AM PST by reaganbooster (The democrat party symbol should be the grim reaper instead of the donkey.)
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To: DollyCali

Add me to the cinema ping list please.


115 posted on 01/15/2011 7:50:13 AM PST by hattend (The meaning of the 2010 election was rebuke, reject, and repeal. - Sarah Palin)
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To: reaganbooster
My friends and family think I’m strange because I absolutely detest animated kid movies. Everyone but me thinks they are cute, funny and entertaining. Give me movies with real people, lots of action and plots that are realistic.

I feel the same way.

116 posted on 01/15/2011 7:54:17 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: bcsco
We've also have had Comcast like forever, since they picked up the contract with our Village. And we never ordered a movie or any 'pay tv' event. And certainly not any 'Adult' movies (hardcore sex).

This trash movie was in the Free Movie category.

Or it may have been under the Premium Channels category which you can get 'some' movies for Free if you're upgraded your cable package & get TCM, Encore and the Movieplex channels. (I did this so I could get TCM, the Military Chanel, Science Channel, National Geo and the History International channel)

I didn't even know about these other Free Movies under the Premium Category until fairly recently. The wife found it by accident.

Now the only thing we have to do is upgrade to the HD channel option. Only $8.00 a month more for two new HDMI cable boxes so we can get the most out of our New HD TVs (One 42" Plasma & One 27" LCD).

117 posted on 01/15/2011 7:54:53 AM PST by Condor51 (Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.)
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To: DollyCali

Thanks Dolly!

Have you seen ‘The King’s Speech’ yet?


118 posted on 01/15/2011 7:55:10 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Dr. Scarpetta
Gee, with Hollyweird making masterpieces like that Plame piece, I just can't understand why...


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

119 posted on 01/15/2011 7:58:01 AM PST by The Comedian (Sarah Palin: America's last, best hope.)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

I saw “The King’s Speech.” An excellent, heart-warming movie about a brave man and a nation that rises to the ultimate challenge. Language occasionally gets a little raw, but never gratuitously, and there’s no soft-core porn or left-wing propaganda in it. It’s a great date movie if your date’s interest goes beyond vampires and femmy teen heartthrobs.


120 posted on 01/15/2011 7:59:11 AM PST by IronJack (=)
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