interesting stats here showing that attendance is actually going up not down due to DVD etc like some have claimed recently.
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Interesting. Are the "stats" just for Canada?
In the US, theaters are closing all over the place. Not specifically due to DVD, but because they overbuild so many miniplexes. There aren't enough people to fill the seats.
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Thanks Andrew for providing us with the stats.
Additionally Thomas, major investment in "mega-complexes" has hurt local theater giant "Regal Cinimas". Who is Regal you ask? Just the largest theater owner in the world!
They did the buyout thing, and then started building these huge theaters. Unfortunately, demand hasn't seem to have kept up for things like bumper cars at a mall theater. It's a really cool looking place, but it just doesn't seem to draw that many people except maybe fri-sat night. Even then, they seem to come to the theater and leave the rest behind.
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Great Stats Andrew...
Maybe theater movie attendance is up because of the emmerging home theater market?
I know I certainly have attended more movie theaters since adopting Home entertainment as a hobby.
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I think the stats are for Canada only since its from Stats Canada but figured the trend would include the US as well. I think that although attendance is rising its not going up enough to fill all the new mega plex's that are being built.
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I think two of the major reasons for the increase is 1. Higher number of quality actors available today. 2. Studios going after the big bucks by not only bringing us more big budget films, but also the marketing thereof.
Just thought I would throw that in there...
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By Paul Thomasch and Yinka Adegoke
NEW YORK -- Executives from top movie theater chains on Wednesday dismissed calls to shorten the period between a film's release on the big screen and on DVD, saying it would be harmful to studios, theaters and consumers.
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For Bankrupcy/Ch 11 I think. Ouch. Regal Cinemas, perhaps bit off more than they could chew. Warning signs had been in existence all last year that the company was in financial trouble.
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I thought I'd share some classic photos I came across for the 4th Avenue Theater in Anchorage, Alaska. I absolutely LOVE theaters like this from around the US, that have such a rich history of the classic era of film. I think it's so sad that these theaters keep disappearing, and think it's a sign of... -
I was watching TV with my wife and she had some fix-it-up show on and there was a commercial for a 1 hour special about Home Theaters. It is going to be on HGTV this Sunday, Jan.21 at 9pm eastern time.
Here is the description from the HGTV.com web site:
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Brandon's description of the Westwood theaters in another thread got me to thinking about different qualities in cinemas. What's your favorite local (to you) theater and what makes it that way?
Unfortunately, I can't recommend a "super" theater here in Houston. The one I frequent...
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