Study Says Piracy Has A Negligible Effect on Box Office

[craigdbfan]

No it won't work because people don't work in collective unison when it come to stuff like this.

If there's a high enough demand for the film people will watch it as soon as possible. Trying to organize such an event would prove itself fruitless.

 

[mclay18]

If there's a high enough demand for the film people will watch it as soon as possible. Trying to organize such an event would prove itself fruitless.

Well, even though studios would prefer the majority of moviegoers see the new releases within the first two weeks -- they also hope that word-of-mouth is strong enough to carry them through the third and fourth weeks too. Bridesmaids, The Help, District 9, and even costly movies like Avatar and Hugo had pretty good multiples because of decent to stellar word-of-mouth.

And if a movie has staying power like the ones I mentioned, it benefits the exhibitors since they gradually get more of the ticket earnings with each passing week.

 

[craigdbfan]

That's all true it's just having almost no one show up the first two weeks on purpose like dark_b is proposing for something say like "The Avengers" or "TDKR" for example would be essentially impossible.

 

[BestGirl]

In order for one of those fan boycotts to work, it can't target a blockbuster that everyone and his mother wants to see. Nor can it target some Oscar-bait flick that the studio never believed was going to be a money-maker anyway. It's got to be some middle-of-the-road movie that Hollywood hopes will be successful but a chunk of the audience can hold off seeing for a couple of weeks.

 

[dark_b]

In order for one of those fan boycotts to work, it can't target a blockbuster that everyone and his mother wants to see. Nor can it target some Oscar-bait flick that the studio never believed was going to be a money-maker anyway. It's got to be some middle-of-the-road movie that Hollywood hopes will be successful but a chunk of the audience can hold off seeing for a couple of weeks.

but shouldnt we support movies that are a risk for the studio and director?

 

[BestGirl]

but shouldnt we support movies that are a risk for the studio and director?

Yes, but I'm saying that this is the only kind of boycott that will work. Don't kid yourself, a boycott of TDKR or the Avengers will go nowhere.