World Box Office Dropped 8% Last Year

[DudeAsInCool]

World box office dipped 7.9 pct to 23 billion dollars last year : study

Hollywood movie ticket sales around the world dropped by 7.9 percent last year to 23 billion dollars, with the US box office accounting for nearly 40 percent of the haul, a study showed.

Movie ticket receipts in North America dipped by six percent in 2005 to nine billion dollars, according to a study by the ratings statistics firm Nielsen Entertainment/NRG that comes as movie-goers increasingly stay out of cinemas.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/03/09/0...8.c3imi3s8.html

[rainbowdemon]

And that is, without a doubt, caused by illegal file sharing!!

[Wolfie]

And that is, without a doubt, caused by illegal file sharing!!

You just ruined the MPAA surprise press release! ;)

[Ken]

It's very simple.

The amount of truly good movies has dropped sharply.

What did they think was going to happen?

[DudeAsInCool]

It's very simple.

The amount of truly good movies has dropped sharply.

What did they think was going to happen?

That's what happens when you stick with name brands - you get branded in the ass! The industry had a pathetic release schedule