theatrical market statistics 2010 • Box office • Attendance Pg. 3-6 • Spotlight: Attendance Demographics Pg. 7-11 • Entertainment Comparisons Pg. 12 • Films Pg. 13-14 • Screens Pg. 15-16 2 Worldwide Box Office Worldwide box office for all films released in each country around the world1 reached $31.8 billion in 2010‚ up 8% over 2009’s total‚ boosted by box office increases in markets outside the U.S./Canada. International box office ($21.2 billion) made up
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from the novels written by Stephanie Meyer. The first movie was a huge success‚ making audience demand for a sequel a high priority of the producers and distribution companies. The same result came of the sequel and they made the third. Originally‚ the deal was to make a movie for each book‚ but if the movies did not succeed in the box office the projects would have been terminated. As‚ a matter of fact‚ it is so successful that the last movie based on the last book has been split in half to make
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The social importance of film in the 21st century is extremely evident to be a powerful form of communication. Through sound and images filmmakers make use of technical‚ symbolic‚ audio and written codes to convey strong messages. These themes are portrayed in all types of films such as documentaries‚ commercials and even Hollywood blockbusters. As time moves forward so does the ability to connect‚ through film‚ with the social aspects of our age. Every story‚ every image‚ every sound has an impact
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The Battle of the Woods: Hollywood and Nollywood Cinema of the United States has played an undeniable role in the transmission and interpretation of many values that we hold today. We perceive real life situations based on what Hollywood has taught us. Some ninety years after the first huge success of American cinema‚ “The Great Train robbery” was released‚ we were introduced to a new brand of films. The cult classic “Living in Bondage” was distributed. This low- budget film produced in Onitsha
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Industry Analysis Industry Overview The cinema industry is primarily engaged in operating movie theatres and/or exhibiting videos at film festivals. The major products and services in this industry in the UK are single screen theatres‚ multiplex theatres (8 to 15 screens) and megaplex theatres (more than 16 screens). Cinemas in the UK typically operated at 20% capacity. Admissions in 2001 were at the highest level in decades – 156 million admissions generated £974 million in ticket sales –
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business centres of filmmaking are concentrated in United States‚ India and China. Hollywood is a district in Los Angeles‚ California that is situated in west- northwest of Downtown Los Angeles. Due to its fame and cultural individuality of movie studios and movie stars‚ the word Hollywood is often used as a connotation for the cinema of United States which is popularly known as the Hollywood film Industry. CHINESE FILM INDUSTRY [pic][pic] China has the fastest growing film market in the world. According
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In the article “The Dangers of Biosecurity: The Host and the Geopolitics of Outbreak‚” by Hsuan L. Hsu‚ Hsu argues that the movie‚ The Host by Bong Joon-ho‚ takes a new and critical stance to the well-known outbreak narrative‚ by discussing the cause for the film’s various manifestation of monstrosity. Hsu begins by examining the genealogy of the monster through providing two probable examples: the illicit dumping of the toxic chemical called the formaldehyde‚ and the suicide of the businessman.
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signed for GSC IOI City Mall‚ Putrajaya and GSC Aman Central‚ Kedah. GSC Bintang Megamall also provides online ticketing facility (GSC e-payment) for both internet and mobile purchases (Mobile app iPhone and Android) and offers the convenience to movie goers .This includes the SelfPrint service and auto-gate features to ensure that GSC’s valued
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The Beach Boys said it best in their 1964 album‚ All Summer Long‚ “it’s such a groovy place to talk and maybe watch a show; down at the drive in.” The first drive-in movie theater opened on June 6‚ 1933 in Camden New Jersey. Drive-in theaters were the best example of “car culture” after World War II. In 1948‚ there were only 16 locations in the Kentucky and by 1958; there were 117 along the states major highways. They operated in Northern Kentucky from the mid-20th century until 1992. The downfall
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our lives that I believe it is worth looking at the different strategies the companies use to attract potential viewers. Trailers or “advertisements for films” as they are also known have the difficult task to in no more than 2 minutes introduce the movie but not to spoil the story. The first ever trailer has been shown in a U.S. film theatre in 1913. Ever since then they have come a long way. Now they have become the main event. Today’s news savvy audience awaits even a short one-minute teaser trailer
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