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Movies Losing Popularity at Box Office

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the good-scripts-also-lost dept.

andyring writes "Without the slightest mention of piracy, the MPAA said box-office revenues declined by 8 percent last year. About 40 percent of the decline came from the U.S. Now if only they'd realize that the decline is from movies sucking more than my shop vac." It's been a while since a film warranted spending the money to watch it in a room full of strangers.

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  1. The Passion of the Slump by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    As Roger Ebert pointed out, the "Box Office Slump" is an myth. 2005 Box Office sales only appear down when compared to 2004, because 2004 saw the release of "The Passion of the Christ", which brought thousands of customers who otherwise do not visit the movie theaters.

    The fact is, 2005 was the second or third best year for film revenue in history.

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