I think the exhibitors could fix the problem easy.... the Movie experience works best by being a social connection of shared community, also is the best place to take a date and then dinner... and also its great to experience a film on a mega Big scrren withe the sound at concert level.. the problem lies in the costs... the Model ofconcessions and al is Old.. and its outdated... In a day where people have dollar store mentality as a reference point, Buying 5.00 Popcorn and 4.00 cokes does not get it especially with a family..
the home theatre makes sense as you can watch several films and have all the popcorn you want...and be comfortable, and no noisy patrons. How I would fix it... Is to offer a special Date price that included popcorn and 2 drinks.... and I would offer a Movie Club to stimulate multiple Movie watching... also special days for elderly.. like dark days like tues whee they could see a featureand getpopcorn for 5.00 themovie club could be a prepaid card that could be yoked with local restraunts annd such to stimulate sales atother vendors,, I have had this idea for years,, also ther could be free days for non profit groups to uses the theatres to raise funds for events and charitys... the idea is all this would revive the interest in seeing exhibited movies, It would take the help of the studios to offer special incentives on the film bookings... this all could be easy promoted as events on social media,,, 'I would offer passes for special groups at reduced prices. then I would do a local phone and mailer offering all the new deals to stimulate people to return to the theatres.. there still is no better way to see a film they on the BIG screen in imho > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT: Movie crowds dip to 16-year low as apathy >lingers >Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:11:29 -0800 > >>I saw the Muppet Movie and Rise of the Planet of the Apes and those >were wonderful films. TV is the great competitor especially with >large screens and great sound. That coupled with iTunes and Netflix >it's getting tougher to get butts in the seats. Just saw an article >how the biggest audiences were for sequels. Tough in many ways. >> >>Toochis >> >>Sent from my iPhone >> >>On Dec 29, 2011, at 12:04 PM, Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> >wrote: >> >>> I will go see any Cohen Brothers movie. Tarantino I can wait for >- even skip - on TV. I seriously did not get INGLORIOUS BASTERDS. >But I'm >>> fully prepared to admit I know nothing. >>> >>> The Alamo Drafthouse in Austin seriously forbids the impetus to >talk, text, chat and generally be obnoxious in their theaters. >>> They run a short piece before the film begins telling to be silent >and keep your cell phones dark during the film. You get one >>> warning. Then you're ejected. They do it, too. And it's a >wonderful place to see films. Great projection. Great sound. >>> >>> >>> Kirby McDaniel >>> MovieArt Original Film Posters >>> P.O. Box 4419 >>> Austin TX 78765-4419 >>> 512 479 6680 www.movieart.net >>> mobile 512 589 5112 >>> >>> On Dec 29, 2011, at 1:25 PM, Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art >wrote: >>> >>>> Earl certainly has a major point. >>>> the theatre experience sucks in the US because the person next to >you doesn't give a damn about the person next to them. >>>> I could never understand why people come to the theatre & pay >admission so they can chat to their friend, boyfriend, girlfriend, >mom, dad, sister, brother or any other person while irritating >everyone else. >>>> >>>> and concerning gluttonous Hollywood. >>>> >>>> yes.. just more whining so they can get congress to kanoodle with >them >>>> >>>> for the most part, I don't go to the theatre anymore. Most of the >films that come out I wouldn't pay $12 to see >>>> when Tarantino or Coen bros do a film, I go. The rest I wait for >a dvd mostly >>>> >>>> >>>> At 11:17 AM 12/29/2011, Captain Bijou wrote: >>>>> Sorry, but it's just more boo-hooing from a gluttonous >Tinseltown. >>>>> >>>>> According to Box Office Mojo, there have been (so far) 58 >feature films who world-wide box-office has exceeded $100 million >dollars. In addition, three films, Harry Potter - Deathly Hallows - >Part 5, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Pirates of the Caribbean: >On Stranger Tides have all grossed over 1 billion worldwide. >>>>> >>>>> >http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2011&p=.htm > >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The majority of these films received 50% or more of their >box-office from overseas ticket sales. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns >= "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> These totals are for box-office receipts only and do not include >cable, pay-per-view, DVD or licensed merchandise sales. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> So don't be surprised to see more CGI-laden, bad super-hero and >animated movies in the future. As long as they rake in the bucks >globally, Hollywood will continue to make them. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I have attending movies regularly since the late 1940s and I >have always held the ritual of "goin' to the movies" dear to my >heart. Of late, however, I have found myself growing increasingly >reluctant to brave the crowds and traffic, pay the high cost of >admission and attempt to enjoy a film while I am surrounded by a sea >a tiny blue screens in the darkness while members of the audience >tweet and text. >>>>> >>>>> BTW, I always buy the overpriced popcorn and drinks. I was an >independent theatre owner in Houston during the 1970s and fully >realize that the refreshments are where the theatre owners -- not the >studios -- make their profit. >>>>> >>>>> Don't be surprised if domestic film attendance and revenues >continue to drop as more Americans are able to enjoy at least a >facsimile of the theatrical experience at home. We also have many >more options vying for our entertainment dollars, of which, in this >stagnant economy, fewer and fewer are available. The rest of the >world is not as blessed and continues the theatrical experience as a >major entertainment event. >>>>> >>>>> Once upon a time a motion picture was available only on 35mm in >multiple, heavy metal reels and cans. Now that same film can be >stored and watched on a tiny, thin storage disc that could get lost >in your pocket. As technology increases, the need for archaic means >of film distribution and exhibition -- which has remained essentially >unchanged for more than a century -- grows less and less. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Earl Blair >>>>> >>>>> CAPTAIN BIJOU >>>>> >>>>> www.captainbijou.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 12:13 PM >>>>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT: Movie crowds dip to 16-year low as >apathy lingers >>>>> >>>>> Philip >>>>> >>>>> to recapitulate, what you're saying is: >>>>> >>>>> the US has 300,000,000 people >>>>> the world has 7,000,000,000 people >>>>> the 4% of the world population the US has is becoming >unimportant in comparison to the 96% of the other people on the Earth >>>>> >>>>> THE NERVE OF THOSE FILM COMPANIES!!!! >>>>> >>>>> Rich >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> At 09:03 AM 12/29/2011, Phillip W. Ayling wrote: >>>>>> Bruce, >>>>>> >>>>>> The article is interesting and I agree with your comments as >well. I also want to offer some additional thoughts. "Hollywood" >(whatever that is) once focused only on domestic Box Office. In the >early days of cinema - while movies were made in many places - US >cinema got a boost, not only because of talent here (including many >British Music Hall performers) but because there was a worldwide >fascination with what Hollywood and the US looked like. >>>>>> >>>>>> After the advent of talkies, you had the gritty speak of >Humphrey Bogart and Jimmy Cagney, Cowboy-talk of the Old West, and >American and British "stage speech" in films. Every mob in every town >of every horror film, spoke mild Cockney instead of some type of >Transylvania middle European accent, save for Maria Ouspenskaya. >People with strong foreign accents were generally relegated to >character roles as Hollywood was most focused on U.S and perhaps >"English speaking" Box Office. Even though films were dubbed, that >was generally a very secondary consideration in the casting or the >nature of the film to be made. Arnold "Terminator" wasn't even >allowed to speak English in his first film. >>>>>> >>>>>> Movies done by US producers are now made, cast and greenlit >with an eye to International Box Office. Casts are often put together >not just on their ability to gel, but also on the basis of what >worldwide markets that can deliver. It is possible that this year's >total worldwide revenue will once again hit an all time high. While >producers are concerned about the drop in Domestic Box Office, they >are not going to put that at risk while they have found a formula >that has driven International and total Box-Office growth for the >last 25 years. >>>>>> >>>>>> International press tours and local market TV appearances are >important to ticket sales in a way that they never were before. More >and more films are cast with an eye to the ability of some of the >stars to dub their own voices and to have built in "local >recognition" in certain marketplaces. Can you say "The Expendables"? >>>>>> >>>>>> Pirates of the Caribbean 4 (with more sequels to come) was >originally built around a ride at Disneyland. It earned 80% of its 1 >billion dollars overseas. Johnny Depp is an international star who >speaks some French. Penelope Cruz was added to the cast not just >because she is a fine actress, but also because she is an >international star who speaks Spanish and Italian, does her own >dubbing and is a smashing asset on foreign press tours. Every >producer knows that Mila Kunis speaks Russian; a place where >Hollywood is trying to build audiences. Viggo Mortensen does dubbing >and tours in a host of languages. I could go on and on. >>>>>> >>>>>> Tintin probably won't do nearly as well in the US as it will do >in Europe. Steven Spielberg and New Zealander Peter Jackson (who is >one of the producers) could not have made that film as a Columbia >-Paramount co-production 25 years ago. It would have been made by a >European producer, probably in French, and been relegated to a small >US release. Spielberg was directing his first animated film and he >wanted it to have world-wide appeal. Though Frank Capra was born in >Sicily, you would never know it from any film he ever made. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm not passing judgment and not trying to be xenophobic. The >U.S. film business has just changed.The French, Spanish, Italian and >other film businesses generally are making better films in my opinion >because telling a story is more important than how wide an >International release they will be able to get. >>>>>> >>>>>> Hollywood is trying to make films where every marketplace will >see someone that they can relate to onscreen and call their own. I'm >not saying that means that Hollywood has to make crappy films, but >that seems to be a by-product of making films as marketing deals >rather than as story telling vehicles. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>> From: Bruce Hershenson >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 6:31 AM >>>>>> Subject: [MOPO] OT: Movie crowds dip to 16-year low as apathy >lingers >>>>>> >>>>>> >http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/53195051-79/billion-million-movie- >2011.html.csp >>>>>> My thinking is that most current movies aren't very good, and >that they are too expensive, too much trouble to go to, and there are >a million good alternatives that are far cheaper and just as >entertaining. Many current releases look like they started with a >cutesy title and built a completely unnecessary movie around it >("Chipwrecked", etc). MAKE GOOD MOVIES AND THE AUDIENCES WILL COME >BACK! >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Bruce Hershenson and the other 24 members of the >eMoviePoster.com team >>>>>> P.O. 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