Comments on: Summer 2009 Sets a New Box Office Record

By: Maopheus

Maopheus — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:14:19 +0000

They ain’t saying anything about profits, just revenue so that probably explains things.

By: rus in chicago

rus in chicago — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:22:43 +0000

I don’t understand any of it because all my friends in LA are struggling and they all say everyone out there is taking jobs at lower positions and pay?! I can’t believe Hollywood would be doing what the rest of the economy is doing – forcing fewer people to do more because Hollywood budgets always have had so much waste. Is it the upheaval in TV, radio, music that is keeping the entertainment companies from hiring?! anyone, anyone?

By: rick

rick — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:37:05 +0000

absolutly not. there were alot of big movies that came out this summer (wolverine,star trek, transformers, harry potter, terminator, hangover etc..) with harry potter and the hangover and transformers setting records movie records. hangover = highest growisng rated r movie in history. transformers = highest grossing movie for pre ordered tickets. and harry potter for highest opening day growsing. Plus there were a ton of other movies that were just grate. like district 9, 500 days of summer, funny people, the preposal and the list goes on and on. It was a great summer for movies and i could not be happier and anxiously await for the fall and winter season and the release of the movies this summer that i loved so much.

By: Maopheus

Maopheus — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:58:28 +0000

Not surprised. It seemed to be tracking that way anyway from what I heard. However I did not contribute to that toll anywhere near as much as before. I did not see Transformers 2, I never watch the Potter movies, didn’t see GI-Joe, didn’t see Wolverine, and I thought that the summer movie season was disappointing to me at least except for Star Trek, the Hangover, D9, and Basterds. However I’ve been disappointed with many of the past summers so this year is not that much different.