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post #1 of 11
7/28/06 at 1:29pm
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I'm reading Nikki Finke's blog today, checking out the back and forth between her and Kevin Smith, and I see this line:

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Originally Posted by Nikke Finke
I based my analysis on: the very low opening box office total, the average $36 million it takes to market a movie nowadays (and no one's ever characterized Harvey Weinstein as stingy when it comes to spending money on promotion and advertising); and the collapsing DVD market.
What the hell is she talking about? Have I been missing something, or is she just being her usual crazy self?


Read the whole thing here.
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post #2 of 11
7/28/06 at 1:32pm
Welcome to six months ago.
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post #3 of 11
7/28/06 at 1:33pm
It appears to have plateaued, and even maybe declined slightly, which is hardly surprising, but to say it's "collapsing" is overstatement to a rather severe degree.
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post #4 of 11
7/28/06 at 1:39pm
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Originally Posted by Ben Grimm
It appears to have plateaued, and even maybe declined slightly, which is hardly surprising, but to say it's "collapsing" is overstatement to a rather severe degree.
I knew there had been somewhat of a decline, but yeah, calling it a collapse was pretty surprising to me.
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post #5 of 11
7/28/06 at 1:39pm
Not rocket science here. Once the technology was standardized, and passed the early adopter stage, the general public started replacing/buying films they already had/always wanted. The major glut of sales was for existing films. Now, everyone has their favorites, so it's down to awaiting the next film worth buying. They're also down to obscure older films that haven't been released, so that's a smaller market as well.

It's not collapsing, but the boom time is over.
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post #6 of 11
7/28/06 at 1:43pm
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Originally Posted by Death Surge
Not rocket science here. Once the technology was standardized, and passed the early adopter stage, the general public started replacing/buying films they already had/always wanted. The major glut of sales was for existing films. Now, everyone has their favorites, so it's down to awaiting the next film worth buying. They're also down to obscure older films that haven't been released, so that's a smaller market as well.

It's not collapsing, but the boom time is over.
Yup. Same thing happened with compact discs.
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post #7 of 11
7/28/06 at 1:50pm
That's how corporate thinking works. If growth slows, you're taking a loss. If you don't make as much profit as you thought you would, you're taking a loss. It's an entirely different branch of mathematics.
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post #8 of 11
7/28/06 at 1:59pm
The RIAA has the same mindset. The original Napster actually created a surge in sales, but all they could do was bitch about the money they were "losing" from file sharing.
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post #9 of 11
7/28/06 at 3:09pm
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Given the insanity of marketing costs, it doesn't matter anymore how little a film costs to make. Because eking out anything less than $20 mil at the box office during its debut weekend means that movie should have gone straight to video
In all honesty, this quote bothers me more. So something like KISS, KISS, BANG, BANG shouldn't get to be experienced in theaters?
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post #10 of 11
7/28/06 at 3:35pm
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Originally Posted by Brian Wehman
In all honesty, this quote bothers me more. So something like KISS, KISS, BANG, BANG shouldn't get to be experienced in theaters?
Just another example of retarded Finke hyperbole.
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post #11 of 11
7/28/06 at 3:37pm
I'm not sure what everyone is confused or agitated about really.
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