Paul Dergarabedian
Paul Dergarabedian
cycles emulate hollywood tries
There are these cycles in Hollywood. Part of that is once there's one success, everyone tries to emulate the success,
opposed pale surprised typical weekend year
In all fairness, this was more of a typical late-October weekend, as opposed to a year ago, when 'The Grudge' surprised everyone and made this weekend look pale by comparison.
august box fairly weekend
It was a fairly unremarkable weekend at the box office. August usually is a slowdown month.
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.
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.
liked pat reviewers romance romantic seemed sort
It was sort of one of these traditional romantic comedies. Even the reviewers said it seemed like such a pat formula, but they kind of liked it, ... And Reese Witherspoon is always a draw.
clearly dominating everybody exceeding harry hoped living maybe performance
Harry Potter' is clearly dominating the business. It's the movie that everybody hoped it would be. The box-office performance is living up to, and maybe at this point, exceeding expectations.
concession factor huge last lining movies people prices product summer ticket year
I think it has more to do with product than any other factor because, look, last summer huge summer, ... There were DVDs. The ticket prices were high. The concession prices were high. But people were lining up for those movies more than they are this year because of the movies more than anything.
emotions loss love movies pull relate
Love and loss are two emotions that everyone can relate to, and that's why these movies really pull at our heartstrings.
stands
You could say the 'NC' stands for 'No Cash,'
audiences battling tougher
It's a tug-of-war now, ... battling for audiences that are tougher and tougher to get.
builds critical fuss mouth people word
This is a film that builds through word of mouth and critical acclaim. People want to see what all the fuss is about.
cds choice five technology video
Everyone thought we had so much choice with video and CDs and just the technology we had five or 10 years ago,
genres horror seemingly supply year
Horror is one of those genres that have a seemingly inexhaustible supply of audience. And this year there has been a preponderance of ones that have done well.