Paul Dergarabedian
Paul Dergarabedian
darn good looks next summer unique year
Every summer has its own unique pathology, trajectory, and this is not a summer we want to repeat. Next summer looks really good, it looks like a pretty darn good summer, ... If next year we're down, it will be 'Houston, we have a problem.'
august box fairly weekend
It was a fairly unremarkable weekend at the box office. August usually is a slowdown month.
animated bring debut money says terms
This is right on the money in terms of animated openings. This debut on 'Chicken Little' says they can do it, and they can bring in an audience.
combined created culture grab options pie reason technology tougher
There's no one reason for this slump. This convergence of technology and culture, combined with so many options for entertainment, has created a pie with so many slices now. It's tougher and tougher to grab a piece.
entertainment food music option people pulled time trick trying week
People are pulled in so many directions. We're all trying to find enough time in the day to get our music fix, food fix, movie fix, and there's only so much time in the day or week to do that. . . . The trick is to make your entertainment option the most desirable.
group huge movies talented
In the past, movies like 'Bachelor Party' would come and go, and 'American Pie' did well, but right now a huge part of it is this group of very talented actors,
films natural
These films are still very robust, but it's natural filmgoers like to see new films.
blinded million movies performing solid sports
I think we're being blinded by the blockbusters. Sports movies have been pretty consistent. It's not a hotbed of $100 million films, but it's a solid performing genre.
conversation lines people quoting sustain telling
This is a movie that's a conversation piece. People are going to be telling other people, quoting different lines and scenes. That's what's going to sustain it in the marketplace.
quite summer weekend
It was quite an underwhelming week, ... This is theoretically the first weekend of the summer and It doesn't feel like one.
wound
Nothing salves the wound of controversy like money.
following terry
It's a respectable opening. You can't underestimate the following that Terry Gilliam has.
bump seen
We've never really seen a Globes bump like this.
cultural dawn films paradigm possibly
We're at a technological and cultural crossroads. It's possibly the dawn of a new paradigm in how films are released.