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Bad Movies to Blame for Box Office Slump

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the obvious-things-that-needed-saying dept.

macklin01 writes "The LA Times is reporting that box office executives are finally fessing up and taking the blame. Poor box office receipts over the summer weren't caused by surging fuel costs, changes in audience preferences, or anything else. As Slashdot readers might have put it (and as it comes out in the article), 'It's the movies, stupid.'"

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  1. Re:it's their mess, hope they clean it up by Alien+Being · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "they may not even release DVD's if they had to release them in a format that allowed for easy pirating"

    The Circuit City DIVX fiasco proved that you're wrong. There was no chance that the studios would leave billions of dollars on the table just to spite the pirates.