US Theaters See Lowest Audiences For 23 Years

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

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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
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> 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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> > Begin forwarded message:
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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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