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Slump? What slump? They’re shouting hooray 만세 in Hollywood these days. The box offices is actually up this year thanks to a big holiday weekend. NBC’s George Lewis now in a happy ending for movie makers.
Those animated penguins from “Happy Feet” past the $37 million mark in ticket sales this past weekend. And it wasn’t the only film doing well. Bond. James Bond hit the Casino Royale jackpot with weekend receipts 받음, 영수 of almost $31 million. “Watch the traffic.” And the Denzel Washington thriller “DEJA VU” steered its way into ~으로 나아가다, 향하다 3rd place with $20.6 million in a year that’s seen a major turnaround 결손으로부터의 흑자 전환 for Hollywood.
For the first time in four years, more people are heading to the movies in spite of competition from DVDs. “Can’t wait for the DVD, gotta go to the theater.” “It’s just a big escape and the bigger the better I think.” Box office revenue 수입 at this point last year was $8 billion. So far this year, it’s already 8.4, up 5.6%.
With the average movie ticket going between $7 and $10 these days, double that if you add incidental 부수적인 such as popcorn. Why are more people heading to the movies? One reason? More big pictures. “Not only is the quality of the product better, there’s also more quantity. So it’s not surprising that the box office is up in 2006.”
This year’s tally 계산 154 major releases, films playing on a thousand screens or more. That’s a 17% increase over last year. The year’s top movie, Pirates of the Caribbean, with a gross 총계, 총수입 of $422.6 million, and the No. 2 entry, Cars, grossing $244 million. Both came out of the Disney Studios. “As long as we tell great stories and tell them well, I think the public will reward 보답하다 us.” A reward that