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DVDs Are Dying, and There's Worse News Ahead for Hollywood
7:30AM 2/09/2012
DVDs -- and even their more modern Blu-ray siblings -- are gradually fading to black, as VHS and LaserDisc did before them. Movie studios have seen this coming for some time. Problem is, it's part of a bigger trend they may not be able to overcome.
4 Ways Hollywood Can Save the Local Multiplex
10:00AM 12/28/2011
Hollywood has a problem. For the first time in more than two decades, the film industry is posting back-to-back years of falling box office receipts. Before the drama becomes a horror show, here are a few things that could beef up ticket sales.
Why Movie Watchers Are Abandoning the Multiplex
7:00AM 10/21/2011
Noticed that your local movie theater is a little quieter than usual lately? Don't go thinking that moviegoers have just gotten more considerate. The reason phones aren't ringing, babies aren't wailing, and know-it-alls aren't giving away plot twists before they happen is simple: People just aren't there.
The Price of Serious 'Harry Potter' Fandom: $401.08
12:15PM 7/21/2011
When it comes to providing bewitchment for the buck, Harry Potter has notched some mesmerizing numbers. Fans who bought all the hardcover books, the DVDs, and attended the movies in first run, paid an average total of $401.08 -- not counting the $20 to $30 they'll pay for the DVD or Blu-Ray of "Deathly Hallows: Part 2."
Defying gravity on Broadway: 'Wicked' makes $2 million in six days
11:00AM 12/01/2009
Broadway has finally figured out how to best Hollywood at the grosses game. During Thanksgiving week, the Wizard of Oz-themed musical Wicked grossed $2,086,135, a new weekly record for a musical.
To put that into perspective, the movie adaptation of the Oprah Book Club selection The Road only...
Wolverine had some pretty sharp claws. In America, the opening weekend haul was bigger that even the most optimistic expectations, even my own: $87 million. International showings doubled the take to a grand total of $160 million. That was despite the worldwide malaise over swine flu that kept some...
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