Global box-office numbers game needs new rule book
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In Hollywood, box-office  records exist to be broken. Last month saw several records fall  as Sony Pictures&#39; &quot;Spider-Man 3,&quot; and then the Walt Disney  Studios&#39; &quot;Pirates of the Caribbean: At World&#39;s End&quot; stormed the  multiplex.
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Video games are so popular that even books about them are selling well. Hint-filled strategy guides now can sell more than 1 million copies, and long-awaited games are being given the kind of "making of" treatment typically bestowed on blockbuster movies.
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Given the intensity with  which the media scrutinize movie ticket sales, last weekend&#039;s  record &#36;136 million opening of Walt Disney Pictures&#039; &quot;Pirates  of the Caribbean: Dead Man&#039;s Chest&quot; was reported as if it were  manna in a box office desert.
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Ratings are based on the box office collections and the cost of the film.
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If the video game industry is beginning to rake in revenue that rivals the movie industry, it's also beginning to accumulate Hollywood-like headaches.-The Washington Post
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Moviegoers are not following the  script written for them by the Hollywood studios. In a sign  that big-budget sequels may be losing their allure, North  American ticket sales for the first three big films of the  lucrative summer season have not kept pace with their  respective predecessors.
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The business of Hindi films in overseas can be most unpredictable. A film starring the biggest of stars may, at times, fail to fetch an opening, while a not-much-expected flick may prove to be the surprise packet.
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Ideally, an A-list star should've a maximum of two/three releases in one calendar year in order to maintain their magnetism and charisma at the box-office.
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Top 5 Movies of the Week Ratings are based on the box office collections and the cost of the film
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The film will go as an independant entry.
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A number cruncher wants to use the cost of in-world oral gratification to compare virtual worlds' economies. In Game|Life.
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"Copyright officials recommended on Thursday that U.S. law be amended so that companies that rely on copyright infringement to make a profit can be held liable for their actions."  Which of course applies only to US companies.  Kazaa should be free and clear.  ...  Should have supplied a link.  I'm a BAD blogger!
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Seeing motion pictures exhibited in film projection theatres is a dying tradition which we will one day tell our grandchildren about in order to bore them.    The causes of this death are obvious to many consumers, but mystify movie studios and exhibitors alike.    What follows is an open letter to the proprietors of Cineplex Entertainment LP, carbon copied here to you, the K5 community, in order that you may share in my vitriol.
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DVD revenue is Hollywood's latest savior, but is there enough money for everybody?
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The multiplex owners and distributors of the two mega-budget films are at loggerheads over sharing the profits from ticket sales. And that has put a question mark over whether the films will release on the Diwali weekend.
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Business is abysmal at local moviehouses. Weekend attendance was off 27 percent from the 2004 low reached the previous weekend. The opening of the SouthSide Works Cinemas 10 on Friday should more than make
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Moviegoers are not following the script written for them by the Hollywood studios. In a sign that big-budget sequels may be losing their allure, North American ticket sales for the first three big films of the lucrative summer season have not kept pace with their respective predecessors.