[QUOTE=kane;15532160]Total box office sales for 2007 - $9,629,052,774
Total box office sales for 2008 - $9,851,168,891
Looks like box office revenue is up.[/bquote]
because ticket prices are up. and your numbers are off.
2007 $9,663,700,000
2008 $9,630,600,000
tickets sold
2007 1,404,600,000
2008 1,337,600,000
for reference 2002 1,575,700,000 ticket's sold. If ticket prices were the same in 2002 as they were in 2008 2002 would have seen revenue of $11,345,000,000
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I agree that the market for physical product is on the decline but some things will stay the same for a while. Movies in the theater will always draw people. For a lot of people seeing a movie on the big screen is about the experience and the atmosphere. Sure, if it were available at the same time at home, some people would choose that, but there is always going to be box office draws.
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Which is exactly why they should release a movie on all formats at the same time. That would cut down on piracy.
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That said the doing away of the physical product is what the SAG people are worried about. Right now they get residuals on DVDs sold. If the DVD goes away and their contract doesn't cover downloads, they get fucked.
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DVD/blu-ray isn't going away anytime soon. Why do a deal now when downloading is in it's infancy? in the long run they may be hurting themselves to signing a bad deal. That's what they did when they signed on VHS/DVD too early.
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During the writers strike one of the key negotiators said that when they look back on this contract negotiation 10-12 years from now he was not going to be the guy who gave away the internet. If you ask for a lot, you can give stuff up and still get a fair share. If you ask for too little it is harder to get more later.
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Since this is all new they could very well be giving away the internet. Best to wait until you see how big or not it becomes.