Thread: MGM going broke
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Old 11-16-2009, 02:43 PM  
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Originally Posted by kane View Post
If you believe these numbers that were posted above:
2004 Total Movies Released: 567 Total Combined Gross: $9,327,315,935
2005 Total Movies Released: 594 Total Combined Gross: $8,825,324,278
2006 Total Movies Released: 808 Total Combined Gross: $9,225,689,414
2007 Total Movies Released: 1022 Total Combined Gross: $9,665,661,126
2008 Total Movies Released: 1037 Total Combined Gross: $9,705,677,862
2009 Total Movies Released: 1177 Total Combined Gross: $7,596,626,766

Yes, they are record years, but they are having to release twice as many movies as they did just 5 years ago to make the same amount of money. Isn't that the same complaint we are hearing in this industry? Almost every day you see posts where people talk about how they are working twice as hard, just to make the same amount of money or less than they did just a few years ago.

We already know 08/09 had the biggest box office records in history, single days, weekends, weeks and months, with the longest running ever too. One weekend after another, for 2 years.

How do they have the biggest 'ever' and yet, still have to release double the movies?


Simply... you re-release movies.... yep, those numbers include remakes, redo's, making movies digital and releasing them again.. Not really "new" movies, but "released" movies. Shit people don't want to buy, MGM......
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