Movie Madness
Hollywood is well organized. I just looked at Yahoo! movies and I'm amazed at how well planned it is.
4 weeks ago: Iron Man kicked off the summer season alone.
3 weeks ago: Speed Racer was supposed to dominate, but split with What Happens in Vegas.
2 weeks ago: Prince Caspian is the only release.
This past weekend: Indiana Jones was the only movie that opened on Memorial Day weekend...
Next weekend: Fairly active with 2(!) releases. Kung-Fu Panda and Don't Mess with the Zohan.
2 weeks ahead: The Incredible Hulk
3 weeks ahead: Possibly the best weekend release combo is only 2 movies: Love Guru and Get Smart.
4 weeks ahead: WALL-E pretty much by itself. (Wanted(?) is also wide distribution.)
5 weeks ahead: Hancock alone.
6 weeks ahead: July 4th, so no new movies.
7 and 8 weeks ahead: Finally has multiple wide release films including: Hellboy II, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Dark Knight, and Momma Mia.
The point of this is to say that the movie companies have perfectly planned out how your summer movie-going experience will be. They basically divvied up your money. I find that incredibly interesting.
4 weeks ago: Iron Man kicked off the summer season alone.
3 weeks ago: Speed Racer was supposed to dominate, but split with What Happens in Vegas.
2 weeks ago: Prince Caspian is the only release.
This past weekend: Indiana Jones was the only movie that opened on Memorial Day weekend...
Next weekend: Fairly active with 2(!) releases. Kung-Fu Panda and Don't Mess with the Zohan.
2 weeks ahead: The Incredible Hulk
3 weeks ahead: Possibly the best weekend release combo is only 2 movies: Love Guru and Get Smart.
4 weeks ahead: WALL-E pretty much by itself. (Wanted(?) is also wide distribution.)
5 weeks ahead: Hancock alone.
6 weeks ahead: July 4th, so no new movies.
7 and 8 weeks ahead: Finally has multiple wide release films including: Hellboy II, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Dark Knight, and Momma Mia.
The point of this is to say that the movie companies have perfectly planned out how your summer movie-going experience will be. They basically divvied up your money. I find that incredibly interesting.
posted by John W. Burris at
4:38 PM
1 Comments:
Well, I agree. It's pretty odd. In most cases, I'd have a problem with the colluding.
In this case, though. What would the added competition bring? It's not like they're going to be dropping ticket prices.
I'm just glad to see good movies being made again. Now if we could just figure out how to keep kids and teenagers out of theaters... I'd be happy
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