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 ...
For us, it’s simple. For less than $200 we got a really nice surround sound system at Wally World. We rent movies from Netflix. Now we can enjoy all the movies we want without dealing with jerks (I’ll never forgive the woman who cackled all the way through “League of Extraordinary Gentlemen”). I’m 5’1” and I don’t have to worry about a 6 foot giant sitting down in front of me. We can push pause when we need to use the restroom or get a snack. We don’t have to pay $6.00 for a one dollar package of liquorice. We get to wear our jammies and snuggle up on the couch. Hubby can enjoy a beer instead of a soda.
At one time, date night meant a movie for us. Now it still does, but we’re a lot less frustrated with the experience. I see no reason to ever go to the movies again. Theater viewing will be completely dead soon unless they come up with something else to draw us back.
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Sometimes it's worse - they insert a little movie around the liberal indoctrination...
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I saw The Fighter yesterday & today am seeing The Green Hornet.
I go for the first matinee. It is 5.00 & usually just a handful of people. I dont buy concessions. I find the experiences great.
This is stadium seating & very nice & clean place that enforces NO CELL PHONE USE & tosses out people who are roudy/talk
I just got back from Oklahoma City & the Cinemark (stadium seating) there charges 3.75 for all movies before 6.
Depends on where you live.
Theaters in Central NH are still kinda fun.
A lot of other places, not so much.
I haven’t seen Comanche Moon in some time. What’s usually on is McMurtry’s Dead Man’s Walk (the Westerns Channel). To me, the least of the series is Streets of Laredo. My biggest problem with it is the license McMurtry takes with historical characters such as Judge Roy Bean. Bean was not shot by some crazy Mexican kid. And at that time of the story, John W. Hardin was likely in jail in Florida, or out and practicing law and gambling.
I saw Broken Trail as the mini-series but haven’t seen it since. Great, well-made movie. I have Open Range on DVD as well as Lonesome Dove. Thinking about picking up Appaloosa on Blu-Ray. My son gave me a Border’s gift card for Christmas and I looked for it, but it wasn’t available. So I bought a couple books. I’ll have to check with my local rental place...
I’ll probably never go to the movies again to see the ‘stars’.
Communists who berate our country. Not a penny from me.
I don’t need them to entertain me for an hour and half...
I'm taking the lady friend to see it. She's refreshingly mature for a twenty something.
I have the premium + Encore package - mainly for its Westerns Channel. Most of their channels (except for one) are not HD, and the movies are in 480p. I have a DVD recorder, so I sometimes record a Gunsmoke or Have Gun Will Travel episode to DVR, then onto a DVD. They play nicely, even when “stretched” to full screen on my Blu-Ray player. But the movies aren’t worth doing that with. They’re better if found on DVD at a store.
We also upgraded to HD when we bought our first HD TV (a 19” one for the kitchen). Now we have a standard HD box for that, and a HD-DVR box for the main TV (a 37” LCD). My old surround system has seen better days, so the next expense will be an upgrade for that. But prices are getting better so I’m not in a hurry.
obtw, saw the previews before the movie and was SO UPSET with all the voilence ALL the movies coming out this year have...AND THEY FAULT PALIN for the violence on this generation....HOLY COW I DESPISE HELLYWOOD!!!
Yay...The King´s Speech...Yay!
Open Range has the best western gun battle.I found it interesting that Robert Duvall was the leader of the outlaws
in the orginial True Grit.
Dang, that's right! I will watch almost anything with Duvall in it. Same about Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, or Bogey.
The last movie I went to was either the last Harry Potter movie, or 300: I can't remember which. The next movie I'll be going to will be either the final Harry Potter movie, or The Hobbit, Pt1, whichever comes out first.
Mark
***I haven’t been to a movie in 20 years. Screw ‘em.***
I don’t blame you. A multi-theater was built near here about five yeaars ago and I never found anything worth going to see, until TRUE GRIT.
I will probably never go to a movie for another five years.
I tape lots of old movies off TCM so I have a library of GOOD films to watch on cold nights.
Everyone says I am partially deaf but I can hear the old movies very clearly. Diction and clarity of speech was prime back before 1980, not so today when so many actors whisper or mumble their lines, and the music overpowers the dialog.
***The owner wears a tuxedo and plays nice music from the 40’s & 50’s before the show starts. No commercials or previews.***
What?
No previews of coming attractions?
No cartoon?
No Movietone News Of The Week?
No selected short subjects?
No cliffhanger serials?
No double feature?
I understand.
Absolutely. It's the centerpiece of the movie.
True Grit (1969) was before Robert Duvall became a 'leading man'. Much of what he'd done before that was TV. He made a name for himself as the consigliare in The Godfather (1972), and that's when his career began to bloom.
Jeez.
I wish we had old theaters around here.
I love watching movies in classic theaters.
I hate cineplexes with their narrow tiny screens.
I just saw Somebody Up There Likes Me with Paul Newman.One
of the MP’s is supposed to be Duvall,but the IMDB website
says unconfirmed.But,having a small part was Steve McQueen.
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