Gitesh Pandya
Gitesh Pandya
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Just like with any trend, when you get too many players, you start to get some strikeouts.
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These are bold films in the sense they are tackling subject matter that's daring. This year there is tremendous upside for these films because there is a huge audience ahead of them. They reached only a fraction of the total audience.
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It's mostly Americans voting and to a large extent, they are Southern California people. It's much more a Hollywood crowd and that affects voting.
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A one-year gap between films is pushing it as it is. Normally you want two years between sequels. An audience needs a little time to regroup.
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All of these deals can be different. There isn't one formula.
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For the really big-budget films, the North American box office gross does not always have to be spectacular. International is becoming a bigger part of the pie and so are worldwide video sales.
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All of the investors (families included) were able to get their capital back, plus the agreed 25 percent.
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It might take getting through the whole season to see whether remakes work or not, ... But right now they're not selling.
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Both of these movies would have to be bigger smashes than anyone expects to erase that gap, and that's probably not going to happen.
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Right now studios are just happy to break even at the box office.
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Star Wars' is going to be a massive hit,
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Hollywood is down versus last year by a significant amount. Nothing is impossible but it will take a few surprise blockbusters.
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This helps save them from times when they have a drought at the box office.
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This summer should beat last summer. The lineup is better. Studios are returning to their bread and butter, which are sequels. Last summer there were a lot of remakes that didn't excite audiences.