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Movie Industry Blames Texting for Bad Box Office

Posted by michael on from the buying-your-gross dept.

cybercuzco writes "The movie industry is blaming poor sales of such movies as Gigli, The Hulk and Charlies Angels not on the fact that they were poor quality, but because people text message other people telling them that the movie stinks. Industry executives say that this undermines a carefully crafted marketing image. Expect texting to be banned by the MPAA in the near future."

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  1. Yep by flynt · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm sure it will be banned, any day now, yep, right around the corner...

  2. Oh no! by Quintin+Stone · · Score: 1, Redundant

    God forbid they simply not make movies that suck.

    --

    "Prejudice is wrong; you should hate everyone the same."

  3. Re:Communication a problem? by Kalewa · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That's funny and yet...not.

  4. Re:Communication a problem? by Mr.+Mai · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What they should do is stop making shity movies!

  5. Re:Hrrmmm by larien · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Yup, mod parent up. If he hadn't said it, I was about to... :) They've made $11m profit so far and it's still in the cinemas. They're still selling cuddly toys etc. in stores which will be making money and it hasn't even reached rental, let alone video/dvd sales & movie channels.

    By "badly", I suspect that the MPAA means that "people haven't been flocking to it like the sheep we expect them to be".

  6. a marketer's worst enemy by GirTheRobot · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...is an informed public