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Post by dolphie on Feb 11, 2010 0:43:26 GMT -5
Note about studios getting money from the movie sales: The first week the studios get a large majority of each ticket sale. While the ticket price usually maintains the same price, each week the studio gets less percentage and the theatres get more. The independent theatres overtake the studios percentages as the movie runs longer. Thus theatres actually enjoy longer running movies. After about 4 weeks, the studios get very little of the ticket and the theatre keeps almost all of it. So, aside from avoiding the long lines, crowds, etc. if you wait a while you will also help the local movie theatre make more money. Tired, I did not know this. I rarely go the first weekend of anything and to be quite honest - I have avoided theatres for some time now. Rude jerks talking, cell phones going off, etc, tends to get my Irish up and takes away from the 'get away and go to the movies' experience. Now that I know this - I will make sure I never see a movie the first couple of weekends!!! Money to the locals!!!! Long live small businesses!!!
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Post by johng on Feb 11, 2010 16:37:14 GMT -5
Thanks Tired, Now I don't need to even watch the DVD when released cause you hit some Liberal Nails on the head here...
That Mighty Military we use to invade Iraq for OIL... How's that worked out for you libbies?
Then the "Mining for Unobtanium" now isn't that special!
Seems maybe they are getting the message with Obama's falling approval ratings that all this Liberal Nation Destroying pursuit really isn't going to produce fruit! Unfortunately it is still early and those crops are being seeded, fertilized and one can only hope nature's coating of cold white water prevents the harvest.
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Post by jdredd on Jun 15, 2010 18:08:19 GMT -5
Now that Hollywood has butchered the Robin Hood legend, it is moving on to "Atlas Shrugged". That should be interesting...or not.
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Post by animal on Jun 15, 2010 18:13:38 GMT -5
I never read Atlas Shrugged, but heard some authors talk about it today..... seems she was way ahead of her time in writing it, as far as the USA is concerned. She grew up in Russia during its revolution and saw how the direction we are headed is gonna destroy us also. It was interesting as hell, I may have to get the book now.
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Post by dolphie on Jun 15, 2010 18:47:45 GMT -5
I never read Atlas Shrugged, but heard some authors talk about it today..... seems she was way ahead of her time in writing it, as far as the USA is concerned. She grew up in Russia during its revolution and saw how the direction we are headed is gonna destroy us also. It was interesting as hell, I may have to get the book now. animal, I read Atlas Shrugged and you are going to be astonished to see how far ahead of her time she was. I still cannot believe she called it out from way back then. Fountainhead is another one - that addresses individual creativity. It is not as large a book as Atlas Shrugged - yet areas in it you will see are happening today and you will bristle.
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Post by animal on Jun 15, 2010 18:51:00 GMT -5
The other author wrote "Term Limits".... sounds damned interesting, more of a fiction book.
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Post by jdredd on Sept 1, 2010 0:40:06 GMT -5
I know I'm always behind the times, but I did (reluctantly) plop down my $14.50 to Rupert Murdoch and watched the re-release of Avatar in 3-d. And I have to confess that I liked it. It was much better than Titanic. How could I not like it? It was basically a re-fighting of the war between the indians and the European settlers, but this time the good guys win. Of course, there is going to be a sequel, so who knows?
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Post by animal on Sept 1, 2010 8:51:11 GMT -5
2 sequels, actually..... they are working on both now, so they are released closer than years apart. I have not seen the movie, I aint a theater person.
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Post by jdredd on Sept 1, 2010 11:24:50 GMT -5
2 sequels, actually..... they are working on both now, so they are released closer than years apart. I have not seen the movie, I aint a theater person. It's hard to be a theater person...even if it's not crowded or with lines, you never know when you'll sit near people who talk or eat loudly or kids that kick the back of your chair. And with popcorn, it's all rather expensive. But the chairs are more comfortable now.
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Post by Turk on Sept 1, 2010 15:18:20 GMT -5
2 sequels, actually..... they are working on both now, so they are released closer than years apart. I have not seen the movie, I aint a theater person. It's hard to be a theater person...even if it's not crowded or with lines, you never know when you'll sit near people who talk or eat loudly or kids that kick the back of your chair. And with popcorn, it's all rather expensive. But the chairs are more comfortable now. Theater and airline seats give me the creeps, I know the person before me had fleas.
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Post by jdredd on Oct 17, 2010 4:36:12 GMT -5
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Post by bruce on Oct 17, 2010 4:56:57 GMT -5
Do you think anybody will go see it?
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Post by jdredd on Oct 17, 2010 12:00:27 GMT -5
Do you think anybody will go see it? I don't know. A lot of conservatives seem to avoid the theaters. I think it might be some kind of badge of honor on the right to say you haven't been to the movies in many years.
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Post by bruce on Oct 17, 2010 16:22:04 GMT -5
Do you think anybody will go see it? I don't know. A lot of conservatives seem to avoid the theaters. I think it might be some kind of badge of honor on the right to say you haven't been to the movies in many years. Politcally themed movies of all stripes are death at the box office, even ones with major stars. A documentary? There will probably be organized groups attending en masse in suburban locations but it will die in the big cities, where the bulk of revenues are.
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Post by Turk on Oct 17, 2010 17:01:25 GMT -5
The movie was rejected by Hollywood but private investor stepped up to fund it. It opened in 500 theaters, if it has a good weekend it will be expanded to 1,200 theaters. Opening day did not include NYC and many other metro areas.
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