Comments on: 2009 A ‘Milestone Year’ For Movie Profits

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[...] that, time and time and time and time and time and time and time and time again, what the entertainment industry says, and what reality is, are [...]

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» Blog Archive » ACTA and the Myth of the Suffering Celebrity — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:35:28 +0000

[...] was the single biggest year in ticket revenue ever, making $10.6 billion US. This was up from the record profits of 2008, making $9.64 billion. Yet despite record profits, they claim to being going broke due to [...]

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2009 Box Office Crosses the $10 Billion Mark - Screen Rant — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:20:28 +0000

[...] – if you want that info be sure to hop on over to our Summer 2009 box office report, and our record 2009 box office profits posts. In this post, we’ll look at the films that helped put the box office over the [...]

By: twistedburton

twistedburton — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:53:21 +0000

I’m sure you can thank The Dark Knight for last year’s good box office, but anyways… this just shows Hollywood only cares about money now and they really don’t care if we LIKE the movies they make. I agree about the summer movies though, they were all over the place! There were amazing ones and terrible ones, but 2010 should be a good year for movies. Get ready for Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Squekwel! Maybe there is hope…

By: jeremy

jeremy — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:21:18 +0000

but oh wait i thought movie piracey was killing the industry. ok so like the globel warming crap that goes on in this country stop lying to us and get off your high horse you act like there is no justification for it but guess what i spent more money after watching a pirated copy becuase it made me think the movie was worth it. besides if the industry really wants to survie then maybe they should stop realisng so much crap.

By: Matt Keith

Matt Keith — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:50:28 +0000

Well PJ, all film is subjective, and one man’s crap is another man’s treasure. I’m sure there are a lot of films that you like that other people consider to be crap.

By: pj

pj — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:10:41 +0000

@Matt Keith
u and people like u r the male version of the twilight girls out there; as 300 and transpunkers works for u twilight and other s***y things works for girls
as much as abs turn them on ; craps turns u on too
and this situation will always remain like this…
u know Vic its like we r stuck in a matrix that runs in an auto-bots hardware

By: Robyn2

Robyn2 — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:29:36 +0000

@ Kofi,
dollars do not equal creativity, (sorry dude!)
Just because a movie makes a lot of money does not mean the movie was great/original/creative or whatever).
But of course, that is not how Hollywood’s “creative minds” think, so they will beat/squeaze every last drop of blood=$$$ out of any sequel/prequel/franchise/teenage crap they can manufacture (and they can always remake all the classic movies if everything else fails!)
And of course blame the writers for bad scripts.
There are tons of good books/literature that can be made into movies.
I have no idea how people can afford to go to the movies with the ticket prices (12.50?)being what they are. During the Great Depression people went to the movies 3 times a week, but the prices were something like a nickel. Can you go 3 times a week and spend close to 40 bucks just for the tickets? (3 times a week, 52 weeks in a year = over $2000 a year) And people say they have no money to save for the retirement!LOL!).

As for myself I’ll save my money and (most of the time)wait until a movie comes out on a DVD and RENT it.

By: Dennis from Canada

Dennis from Canada — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:11:56 +0000

Oh how Piracy has taken food off the tables of the Film Industry.

By: Vic Holtreman

Vic Holtreman — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:08:22 +0000

@Matt Keith

LOL, just yanking your chain, bud.

Vic

By: Current Movies Online

Current Movies Online — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:50:32 +0000

That’s a good question. What do you make from your profits? They have options. Will it be the high road or same old same old?

By: victor thompson

victor thompson — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:59:33 +0000

in reference to my last post, i dropped the ball actually-i forgot their big boy,Avatar is coming out this week and they got Percy Jackson coming out right after in January so Fox should be ahead of everyone at the beginning of the year-though it could be short lived if they both under perform because of all their other big flix for the rest of the year-the only info we have gotten so far are from A-Team,Narnia3, and WallStreet2..Predators is due on july 9th…Hmm, it seems that they are holding out..

By: Matt Keith

Matt Keith — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:48:23 +0000

@Vic

Yeah, sorry about that.

By: Vic Holtreman

Vic Holtreman — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:47:31 +0000

@Matt Keith

I assume you mean “crapfest, in my opinion.”

Vic

By: 790

790 — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:55:11 +0000

@Kofi, sleep easy Zombieland will make over 100 mil after tv rights and dvd sales. Hell its made 3x’its budget back already. That fact alone should be reason to include it in this article,,, ^
Assuming that I don’t have any moral realization until I’m confronted at my doorstep is a laughable point to make. The Studios have been looking out their peep holes and dragging their collective ars on how to market movie content for years. Playing dumb and dumber at the same time causing unions to strike, etc,,, its called a working agenda,,,
^
When it comes to pirating dvds and bootlegging/posting online content I consider that illegal. I don’t recall promoting that activity in my comments Kofi…
^
My point has always been that the studios position behind “online piracy” has been completely exaggerated in an attempt to gain support from lawmakers, in effect to implement their own system of international online regulations that will override our current free system. ^
If that’s what you stand behind and support good for you bro! If you want to cheer on the studios as they make billions and work with lawmakers to prepare to restrict the internet over a bunch of piracy lies, that’s your right. (For now)

I shed no tears for them,,,

By: victor thompson

victor thompson — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:47:19 +0000

This is all well and good,however,what is the real deal with the studios themselves??
At the end of 2008, MGM and 20th Century Fox was limping and now MGM is in bankruptcy court..Where is @0th Century Fox in all of this??Aside from “Wolverine”, I can’t remember what other “hits” they’ve had this year..Next year seems promising-but all I see as the big winner is Marvel/Disney and Dreamworks, possibly WarnerBros after the new year til Iron Man2 comes out,then Paramount thrown in there somewhere..Is Fox droppin the ball or what??

By: Matt Keith

Matt Keith — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:47:46 +0000

Oh yeah, and there was also that GI: Joe crapfest.

By: Matt Keith

Matt Keith — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:40:48 +0000

I thought there were some pretty good films that came: Transformers 2(Yes, I enjoyed that movie. Go on flame away), T4(Yes, I enjoyed that movie as well), “Star Trek”, and “Watchmen”. But, I really wasn’t interested in anything else…other than “Avatar”.

By: greenknight333

greenknight333 — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:36:22 +0000

Geez Kofi by the tone of your response to 790 you’d swear that someone stole the money from your pocket…