We're seeing The King's Speech at this theater today.
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 ...
Glad I didn't see that one.
$10 per ticket? I thought that was for the popcorn.
We're seeing The King's Speech at this theater today.
The only reason is that the all-purpose anglo-saxon verb
is used.Shame,this is real movie making.You should google
Lionel Logue after the show.I believe his grandson is co-writer of the screenplay?
Trust me, it's not.....it's played for a comic effect....and most all the words are jumbled together.....
...the King & his teacher are very aware of proper decorum....
....truly it's esentially one small segment with the 'words'...
I especially don't want to listen to the Lord's name in vain...(the F bomb doesn't affect me near as much as the other!)
...I only remember one... quick, almost whispered ......
The movie builds very slowly.....giving time to each character....
And the movies themselves are awful. Loud. Vulgar language. Lousy writing. Terrible plot. Horrible theme. Usually negative attitude toward traditional values. Usually negative attitude towards our country.
It’s gotten so bad that I always notice if the F-bomb isn’t strewn throughout the dialog.
I try to always avoid R rated movies because of the constant F bomb, but I'm making an exception to see The King's Speech.
I wanted to see it but I got called into to work over my holiday vacation and did not have time.
I do have the soundtrack.
Thanks!
First, the incredible cheapness of acquiring movies (Netflix, DirectTV) at home soon after they are release dramatically (no pun intended) diminishes the value of seeing anything in a theater. I just saw "True Grit," and I think it was the first movie I saw in a theater in over a year. I loved it, wanted to see it early, but I could have waited. Nothing in the "theater" experience that made it any better.
Second, the utter rudeness of audiences, whether cell phones or running commentaries or misbehaving kids, is driving people out who LOVE movies and really want the full experience.
Third, the incredible falling costs of making a movie, due to digital technology, mean that studios have to have a home run every time, and therefore could NEVER make a "Breakfast Club" or a "Slumdog Millionaire." It's not surprising that aside from a few predictable special effects hits---Transformers 1-10 or Iron Man---or movies that have, from books, massive built-in audiences ("Harry Potter," "Lord of the Rings," "Twilight")---studios don't want to front for anything except sure winners. "300" was a freak, made for something like $10m with NO A-list actors, yet it grossed over $180m domestic.
Finally, the piracy issue is huge. My son has seen movies that are just out in theaters on his home computer. Someone will slip a videocam in, and the next day it's on the internet, free.
So as one who is just now trying to break in, it's a challenge, but not an impossible one.
Are you talking about Secretariat? The audience applauded at the end.
no “The King’s Speech”
Heard other people say they didn't like it either.
Definitely see “True Grit.” Bridges is great, but the girl is awesome. Steals the movie.
I'll let you know if I like it.
I thought “True Grit” was a gem, and that the girl absolutely stole the movie. What you heard as “stilted” speech, I saw as extremely iconic and different from other movies, and liked it.
Yikes! Is he ok?
“...caters to families...”
I think that is the key.
Exactly!
On my Netflix list.
Which one?
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