Re: It's Official - Terminator 3 Is A Flop

Date: 16 Jul 2003 07:54:02 -0700
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies.current-films,alt.fan.howard-stern
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"Zimmy" <email-address-deleted> wrote in ...
>
> People are just not going to movies as much anymore. Everyone
> I talk to that normally goes, haven't seen one film. The movie
> studios/theaters have some serious work on their hands to get
> it back. I'm not sure if it is the rising ticket prices catching
> up or the "I'll wait for DVD" sentiment, probably a little of both.
When one considers that the purchase price of a DVD is less than the
cost of two people seeing a movie once in the theatre, and that the
viewing experience is more pleasant, it's almost a no-brainer why
people are opting to wait for DVD.
> A couple of years ago, I could see a twilight show for ~$3.75. Now,
> it is $6 minimum. That is quite a jump in price and I will pick and
> choose accordingly. Going to the same movie twice is out of the
> question.
That's a good point. When I was a teenager earning minimum wage, I
could see three matinee movies for one hour's work, or two movies with
concession stand purchases. Today anyone earning minimum wage can't
afford one matinee ticket. It makes that $3 DVD rental all the more
attractive, and free download even more so.
I actually heard a studio executive seriously suggest that movie
ticket prices should be more inline with baseball or live theatre
tickets. The essential points he was missing were 1) most people
aren't millionaires like him and 2) when you go to the ballpark or
Broadway, the real people are actually _right there_. No one's paying
$100 to see a photo of Sammy Sosa, they're going to see Sammy Sosa
himself.
Doug