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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.

Although the prices and release speeds of theatre-to-DVD movies seem to change mildly every year, as consumers, we've gotten pretty comfortable with the new millennium mechanism of delivering movies to consumers. First, you have your movie theatres, where the blockbusters and more successful...

If you are drawn to stories about foods with outrageous amounts of unhealthy fats, you already know that movie popcorn is as bad as it gets. The Center for Science in the Public Interest regularly exposes fat and calorie numbers that have your eyes popping along with the kernels: a large popcorn...

At least one analyst is predicting that fourth-quarter box-office sales are set to fall 12% as most 3-D movies have failed to attract big audiences this year. Even worse: The trend extends beyond movie theaters to the living room.

Cult classics used to rule in midnight screenings. But in recent years, blockbuster films like Eclipse, The Dark Knight and Avatar, have proven that it's a strategy that can supercharge both ticket sales and buzz.

Most adults I know have distinct memories of the criminal thrill of smuggling outside snacks into a movie theater at some point in their lives. It's a transgression so low on the outlaw scale it's probably not even worth one Hail Mary, were a Catholic moviegoer to confess some Sunday. To date, I've...

The biggest horror show in movie theaters right now isn't on screens but in the tubs of popcorn resting in audience members' laps, if you ask one consumer advocate. Snacking on a medium popcorn and soda at one of Regal Entertainment Group's (RGC) cinemas is the nutritional equivalent of eating...

We've all been there; sitting in a crowded theater watching a great movie and bam, you gotta go (gotta go, gotta go right now), but as luck would have it your watching a movie of epic length like Transformers 2 or the Watchmen and you don't want to miss an important scene. How do you know when to...