[Crazy Jetty]

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Originally Posted by Optimus Vader

Yeah, but with ticket prices these days that means about 40 people went to see it.


This is kind of off topic, but something that always bothered me was ranking the success of a movie based on how much money they make. Why do they not count actual ticket sales?? When Star Wars (original trilogy) was out it probably cost a nickel to go to the movies... I paid $10 for a friggin' matinee last Sat. (I'm not really looking for an answer.. just venting)

Not only that, but they also just about only rank a movie's success based on how much money it made on it's opening weekend.

Jurassic Park may not have made as much money as Avatar or Transformers did, but that sucker was in mainstream theaters for over a year before it went to dollar theaters And was there for quite some time before it went to video. I remember seeing it in the mainstream theaters on it's 1 year anniversary.
To me, that is as big a sign of success (if not more) than how much it makes on it's first weekend, in a time when blockbusters are in theaters for maybe 4 months, then out on DVD half a year after it's original release.

TV networks are no better anymore, either. If a show does not absolutely dominate it's timeslot and sends other networks scrambling to move or cancel their shows, then it gets axed. Doesn't matter if it's ratings were respectible, and made money for the network.
(Like Terra Nova for example: Fox admits they were pleased with the performance, it made them lots of money, and it held a strong episode to episode ratings following. The second episode retained a near 100% of it's ratings following the pilot, which is a record. But last I heard, they still haven't decided if they'll renew it because it didn't dominate it's timeslot.)

Sad times indeed.