RevUS Theaters See Lowest Audiences For 23 Years

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Rahul Tongia <tongia () cmu edu>
> Date: April 6, 2018 at 2:07:11 AM EDT
> To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Re: [IP] US Theaters See Lowest Audiences For 23 Years
> Reply-To: tongia () cmu edu
>
> Is it only me that seems to limit going to the theater for selected movies, esp. ones "worthy" of the massive screen? 
>  This would seem to partly explain why sci-fi, epic, etc. movies do well at the theater.  But this also means other 
> "good" genres may suffer (?).
>
> Rahul
>
> > On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 8:35 AM, Dave Farber <farber () gmail com> wrote:
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> > > From: "RJR.C" <rjr () rjriley com>
> > > Date: April 5, 2018 at 10:30:01 PM EDT
> > > To: dave () farber net
> > > Subject: Re: [IP] US Theaters See Lowest Audiences For 23 Years
> > >
> > >
> > > Theaters have cut their own throats with high prices and things like blasting paying customers with loud 
> > > commercials for at least half an hour before they start the show.  Hell,my hearing is impaired and I was taking ear 
> > > plugs to get relief, that was years ago, I finally decided that the sum total of benefit versus aggravation weighed 
> > > in favor of not going at all.
> > >
> > > It sounds to me like they are cannibalizing future business to maintain short term profits.
> > >
> > > Ronald J Riley
> > >
> > > > On 4/5/2018 1:17 PM, Dave Farber wrote:
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> > > > > From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
> > > > > Date: April 5, 2018 at 12:53:46 PM EDT
> > > > > To: Multiple recipients of Dewayne-Net <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>
> > > > > Subject: [Dewayne-Net] US Theaters See Lowest Audiences For 23 Years
> > > > > Reply-To: dewayne-net () warpspeed com
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> > > > > US Theaters See Lowest Audiences For 23 Years
> > > > > By JOE SKREBELS 
> > > > > Apr 5 2018
> > > > > <http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/04/05/us-theaters-see-lowest-audiences-for-23-years>
> > > > >
> > > > > The US theater industry saw audiences drop to their lowest level since 1995 in 2017, but higher ticket prices 
> > > > > meant overall revenue dropped only 2%.
> > > > >
> > > > > In a report put together by the Motion Picture Association of America (per Variety), last year saw 1.24 billion 
> > > > > tickets sold, a 6% drop on 2016's attendance levels.
> > > > >
> > > > > However, ticket prices cushioned that drop, bringing in $11.1 billion over the course of the year. It's also 
> > > > > worth pointing out that 2016's $11.6 billion was a record high for the industry.
> > > > >
> > > > > By comparison, home entertainment spending rose 11% to $47.8 billion, primarily because of video streaming 
> > > > > services. Streaming service subscriptions rose 33% to 446.8 million.
> > > > >
> > > > > The unrivalled theatrical success story of 2018 so far has been Black Panther, which recently overtook Jurassic 
> > > > > World to become the fourth highest-grossing movie in US history - but it may face some competition from Marvel 
> > > > > stablemate Avengers: Infinity War when it arrives on April 25 in Australia, April 26 in the UK, and April 27 in 
> > > > > the US.
> > >
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