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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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.
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The public excitement just isn't there. 'Just Like Heaven' had a good opening, but not a Reese Witherspoon-sized opening.
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Ticket prices are going up every year. That can certainly change consumer behavior, and at the very least it makes people a lot more picky about what they'll see.
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Typically, the big computer-animated films are spaced out four or five months apart. It is very odd that so many of these are squeezed together.
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When it's the right film with the right story and the right star, then you've got a box office hit on your hands. Often times they are very profitable movies because the budgets aren't very high; it's a matter of targeting the audience and reaching out to them.
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This year a lot of the winning films have subject matter that isn't necessarily mainstream. It's daring studios and filmmakers to make these films.
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Titanic' was supposed to open in July 1997 as a big summer movie, but it got delayed until the very end of the year.
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When there's a popular film like 'Lord of the Rings' or 'Titanic,' audiences will tune in to watch their favorite films get crowned. We didn't have that this year.