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Originally Posted by TheDoc
I see trends that match economic times in that chart. That shows the number of tickets has increased, it's just off it's peak... and yes, the value of tickets sold has went down.
If more lower scale re-released movies have taken place, those aren't at premium rates, they are at much much much reduced rates, like the $1 theater. With MORE of those released, the average ticket price would drop greatly.
And "movie" entertainment, is on the decline overall... the "quality" rating is dropped to the floor with people, greatly. I'm shocked to see they did so well this year with so much 'hate buzz' going around about the cost of movies these days, and the quality, and the bitching of re-released movies.
At that... I would like to point out the price has increased every year, all the way back to 1980... the trend would say, piracy or not... it would still have done this. It was doing it before Internet Piracy.
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The price going up has nothing (or very little) to do with piracy. Still, if you took out all of the discounted stuff that you are claiming causes the number of movies released to rise then what would the amount of sales be? Would they still be making record sales? Maybe they are doing this because they are trying to squeeze every penny out of what they have. Increased competition from the internet, games and other cable channels are causing things to be more competitive than ever before. So when you mix piracy in with all this increased competition it makes for the perfect storm.