| More proof the MPAA is making money anyway... Ok, so Spider Man was out on the internet one day before the movie hit the theatres, according to the article.
So...if the internet is such a big threat to the film industry, can somoeone please tell me how Spider Man became the first movie to break the $100 million mark for an opening weekend...not only that, but obliterated the barrier by hitting $114 million? Not only that, but it still made over $70 million the second weekend...
I don't buy the story that all of this is hurting the industry...look at Spider Man... |
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 nanofeverLiberal Democrats, You Know We're Right
join:2001-08-19
Modesto, CA | *Hands the MPAA an "Economics for Dummies Book" and tells them to look up recession. |
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@netspace.net.au | reply to apollo80
And its a pile of rubbish anyway - cliche' in every way and much worse than Xmen. Makes you wonder really. If people stopped seeing these movies then they'd stop making them but no, people go watch, they follow the formula and we get the same boring old movies over and over. |
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 FLea973Premium
join:2001-02-27
Morristown, NJ | reply to apollo80
said by apollo80:
So...if the internet is such a big threat to the film industry, can somoeone please tell me how Spider Man became the first movie to break the $100 million mark for an opening weekend...not only that, but obliterated the barrier by hitting $114 million? Not only that, but it still made over $70 million the second weekend...
Not that I disagree with your premise.. but... have you seen the price of tickets recently? If tickets cost this much back when Jurassic Park came out... or Batman (the first one) or quite a few others... this barrier would have been passed a while ago. The record I would like to hear about is the NUMBER of tickets not the PRICE.... |
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type6
join:2002-02-20
Toms River, NJ | reply to apollo80
I have downloaded full length movies before. All of them I still went out to see in theatres. Just something about a big ass movie screen and a great sound system seems much better than my 17" monitor with stereo sound. MPAA's problem is nothing and shouldnt even be compared to the RIAA's. Most of the reason I goto the movie is the theatre itself. Plus $8.50 for a 1.5 to even 4 hours long production is still quite a deal. Unless computer screens start hitting the 20 foot mark then I see no problem. |
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