US movie theater attendance has dropped record
Despite the fact that the 2011 summer season set a new record at the box office both in North America and at the worldwide box office, the total number of viewers in the United States reached a record low. As reported publication of the NY Times, 543 million tickets were sold over the summer, fewer viewers visited American cinemas only in 1997. Record fees were provided primarily by stereoscopic movies, of which there were 18 main `` locomotives '' in the summer season; became three billionaire movies - " Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 ", " Transformers 3: The Dark Side of the Moon " and Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides. Experts have noted a general decline in American viewers' interest in movies with stars of the first magnitude, including the likes of Johnny Depp. As for Pirates of the Caribbean 4, as it turned out, the Walt Disney movie company could hardly to return the funds spent on production and advertising of the picture, since half of the billion-dollar box office receipts were taken by the distribution networks, and huge royalties were paid to Depp and Jerry Bruckheimer. Among the main failures of the summer season are called Green Lantern; and Cowboys vs. Aliens, which were neither helped by impressive special effects nor by Hollywood stars. The revelation of the season, of course, was the new work of Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris. A movie with a budget of only 30 million The Topic of Article: US movie theater attendance has dropped record. |
