George P Burdell
Lifer
- Aug 25, 2004
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My dates have never complained...Originally posted by: Howard
Movies aren't good places to take a date.Originally posted by: RallyMaster
10 dollars for a movie? i'll pass unless it's for a potential SO
Originally posted by: sapiens74
Don't they count number of tickets sold? Is there a website that shows this? I believe thats the only fair way to judge movies from different eras
Originally posted by: dudeman007
And the mpaa wonders why we dl so much...
There are plenty of great movies every year. Just look beyond big-name A-list blockbuster Hollywood special-effects extravaganzas.Originally posted by: Marlin1975
Movies are so bad now I have not D/L one on over a year. Funny I don;t even want to waste a $.20 disc for a movie out there now.
I think me and wife have went to the movies maybe twice in the last year. We tried to go more but theres just nothing out there most of the time.
Originally posted by: jpeyton
There are plenty of great movies every year. Just look beyond big-name A-list blockbuster Hollywood special-effects extravaganzas.Originally posted by: Marlin1975
Movies are so bad now I have not D/L one on over a year. Funny I don;t even want to waste a $.20 disc for a movie out there now.
I think me and wife have went to the movies maybe twice in the last year. We tried to go more but theres just nothing out there most of the time.
Originally posted by: mobobuff
It would be difficult to calculate number of tickets sold, as the theaters set their own ticket prices. When you see how much a movie makes, you don't see money from ticket sales, you see money the theaters paid for leasing it, which is negotiated before ticket sales even begin. The theaters pay more for the lease depending on their "engagement", or how long they have the rights to show the film before it's returned to the producer.
Beyond that I'm not sure how film lease costs are calculated and if ticket sales are ever widely reported.
Originally posted by: LikeLinus
Originally posted by: mobobuff
It would be difficult to calculate number of tickets sold, as the theaters set their own ticket prices. When you see how much a movie makes, you don't see money from ticket sales, you see money the theaters paid for leasing it, which is negotiated before ticket sales even begin. The theaters pay more for the lease depending on their "engagement", or how long they have the rights to show the film before it's returned to the producer.
Beyond that I'm not sure how film lease costs are calculated and if ticket sales are ever widely reported.
"It would be difficult to calculate number of tickets sold, as the theaters set their own ticket prices."
That makes no sense. Prices does NOT equal tickets sold. WTF are you talking about.
Tickets should be tracked on number of tickets sold and printed from their computer/ticketing machine.
Originally posted by: TruePaige
I really enjoyed Spidey 3. Seemed very...dramatic...powerful..moving. =)
Originally posted by: IsLNdbOi
Originally posted by: TruePaige
I really enjoyed Spidey 3. Seemed very...dramatic...powerful..moving. =)
I liked it too. It's not the best movie I've seen, but it was pretty good just not as good as all the hype made it seem like it was going to be.
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: sapiens74
Don't they count number of tickets sold? Is there a website that shows this? I believe thats the only fair way to judge movies from different eras
This site lists movie ticket prices through the years:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/about/adjuster.htm
But there are other factors you have to consider as well:
- Population increases over time. If you're going to adjust for inflation, should you adjust for population?
- More movies are produced now than years ago. Should you consider the number of people who saw the movie as a percentage of all movie admissions for the year?
- We now have the ability to watch movies in our homes, which wasn't the case years ago.
In the end, you have to accept that there is no way to fairly compare movies from different eras, and the records will always be broken.
Hey, now Sony has more money to dump into the PS3.
Originally posted by: sapiens74
Am I the only one who gets tired of numbers when it comes to movies?
With ticket prices at $10 almost here in Hawaii, it's no wonder movies are hitting records.
Don't they count number of tickets sold? Is there a website that shows this? I believe thats the only fair way to judge movies from different eras