Comments on: Another record year for Hollywood

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:19:23 +0000

eat shit and die for yiur unrelenting persicustion os the innocent public

By: Welshie

Welshie — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:39:11 +0000

I agee with all the above posts, but in my opinion it is irrelivent to hollywood whether DVD sales are down…the bottom line is up 5%. That’s all the shareholders, advertisers and the corperation care about! Why change the business model if the bottom line is up? Thts why the ‘inferior’ DVD sales will only matter if the movie bombs in the box-office!

This ‘growth’ has defied a world credit crunch, the loss of investment by various studios in HD-DVD & mass piracy? Sounds to me like the movie industry doesn’t have much of a case against these so called ‘pirates’…sorry, customers!

By: Bill White

Bill White — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:01:20 +0000

Movie revenues up 5%, but theatre admissions steady? Sounds like a steady increase in price gouging to me…

By: Josh Anderson

Josh Anderson — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:25:16 +0000

I don’t know about America, but this 5% rise could have something to do with the fact that many cinema’s in the UK now charge £9+ per film, instead of the oh so appealing £5 I used to pay…

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:45:33 +0000

Thanks, proudhawk

Cheers!

By: proudhawk

proudhawk — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:39:35 +0000

here’s the article now in slashdot. I hope you guys don’t mind my slashdotting your site

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/12/0156220

By: Reason

Reason — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:06:34 +0000

To be fair, corresponding DVD sales are likely to have suffered somewhat in comparison, going on to show that the whole *experience* is an important selling point. Despite all the annoyances of going to the cinema, people *still* want to watch movies in big screens with the family or some friends.
After a movie goes out of office, people still value the experience, but here convenience plays a more important role. Like an easily accessible digital format and lack of DRM, for instance. This is what the MPAA has failed to notice and why they are failing to adapt to a world of evolving environments and preferences.