FauxReal
03-12-08, 09:46 AM
Another record year for Hollywood (http://www.p2pnet.net/story/15234)
http://www.p2pnet.net/images/glickman5bw.jpgp2pnet news | MPAA News (http://www.p2pnet.net/categories/mpaa):- “Today, we stand on a new mountaintop, and I have to say: I like the view,” MPAA boss Dan Glickman told the ShoWest convention in Las Vegas.
“We had about 5 percent growth in both the domestic and worldwide box office, all-time highs on both fronts reminding us once again that good stories well told always find a place in our hearts, our lives and our local theaters,” he gushed.
His words mesh nicely with stats for 2007, to wit:
The domestic box office continued to grow in 2007, reaching $9.63 billion after a 5.4% gain.
Worldwide box office reached another all-time high in 2007 with $26.7 billion, a 4.9% increase.
Domestic theater admissions held steady at 1.4 billion tickets in 2007.
In 2007, the top-grossing films offered more diverse fare in terms of ratings, with a 50% increase in both R and PG rated films.
The total number of films released in the US in 2007 remained on par with 2006 with 603 films released.
But wait!
Aren’t Time Warner, Viacom, Fox, Sony, NBC Universal and Disney being ravaged —- Nay! Devastated! —- by hordes of evil file sharers and counterfeiters, forcing them to cut back on production, lay off staff and and throw needy support workers into the streets?
Nah.
Must be someone else.
Don’t bother to stay tuned.
[source] (http://www.p2pnet.net/story/15234)
http://www.p2pnet.net/images/glickman5bw.jpgp2pnet news | MPAA News (http://www.p2pnet.net/categories/mpaa):- “Today, we stand on a new mountaintop, and I have to say: I like the view,” MPAA boss Dan Glickman told the ShoWest convention in Las Vegas.
“We had about 5 percent growth in both the domestic and worldwide box office, all-time highs on both fronts reminding us once again that good stories well told always find a place in our hearts, our lives and our local theaters,” he gushed.
His words mesh nicely with stats for 2007, to wit:
The domestic box office continued to grow in 2007, reaching $9.63 billion after a 5.4% gain.
Worldwide box office reached another all-time high in 2007 with $26.7 billion, a 4.9% increase.
Domestic theater admissions held steady at 1.4 billion tickets in 2007.
In 2007, the top-grossing films offered more diverse fare in terms of ratings, with a 50% increase in both R and PG rated films.
The total number of films released in the US in 2007 remained on par with 2006 with 603 films released.
But wait!
Aren’t Time Warner, Viacom, Fox, Sony, NBC Universal and Disney being ravaged —- Nay! Devastated! —- by hordes of evil file sharers and counterfeiters, forcing them to cut back on production, lay off staff and and throw needy support workers into the streets?
Nah.
Must be someone else.
Don’t bother to stay tuned.
[source] (http://www.p2pnet.net/story/15234)