The comparisons of the record industry's crash due to piracy, and the film industry's pending, subsequent demise are growing less and less relevent these days. It has been the talk of nearly every blog and cinematic doomsday prophet in the last 2 or 3 years, that we will see the movie industry tank in the same manner, as the new generation, tech savvy, pimple-faced wizards would all be getting their movie entertainment from their Miley Cyrus-stickered laptop computers and we filmmakers, producers, and studios would all be screwed. Well try telling that to the execs that released major films this year. They wont be able to hear you, they're laughing all the way to the bank.Yes it is true. You can watch a movie on your laptop, your phone, your ipod, whatever. But as my lawyer loves to say, "You could drive all the way to the West Coast with no seatbelt and avoid an accident. Doesnt mean you should." According to these numbers, that wonderful dark room with the big screen is still the numero uno location to watch a film of any kind - mainstream, indie, DIY, micro, major, blockbuster, horror, comedy, whatever.
Variety is reporting that this year's box office earnings are nearly at 10 billion dollars so far, and counting. Recession? Whats that?
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