Gitesh Pandya
Gitesh Pandya
delayed july open summer supposed until
Titanic' was supposed to open in July 1997 as a big summer movie, but it got delayed until the very end of the year.
arnold both coast date delayed east family films helped loses opened year
After Sept. 11, Arnold Schwarzenegger's 'Collateral Damage,' about a fireman who loses his family to terrorists, was delayed a year - and it opened at No. 1, ... After the East Coast sniper case, 'Phone Booth' was delayed, and that opened at No. 1. Delaying these films to a more marketable date helped both of them.
artistic budget divide expensive films growing hollywood lower shows
I think this shows a growing divide between the expensive Hollywood films, which make a lot of money, and the artistic lower budget films which are made more from quality.
box break happy office studios
Right now studios are just happy to break even at the box office.
start
Just like with any trend, when you get too many players, you start to get some strikeouts.
audience box budgets hit matter movies office profitable reaching targeting
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.
massive star
Star Wars' is going to be a massive hit,
academy best came filmmakers films recognized remakes
When you look at 2005, which overflowed with remakes and sequels, I think that the Academy recognized that the best films came from independent filmmakers not the big studios.
films five four months odd squeezed
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.
certainly change consumer people picky prices ticket
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.
media people
You have so much media and so many celebrities, some people will do anything to get attention.
above far performance
The performance so far has been well above expectations.
becoming bigger box gross north office pie video worldwide
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.
few hollywood impossible last surprise versus year
Hollywood is down versus last year by a significant amount. Nothing is impossible but it will take a few surprise blockbusters.