bad_hair_day wrote:Yes, I also remember you couldn’t get in to the very limited amount of screens, so how it overtook Titanic is bit of a mystery.
regmcfly wrote:Particularly if you saw it in a "proper" IMAX. Flora and I paid £18 each in 2009 to see it at the Glasgow Science Centre IMAX.
bad_hair_day wrote:My original point was (same?) bums on seats had a bigger contribution to box office than a surcharge.
The audiences vary demographically and regionally for each movie, which means different average ticket prices. What's more, for a picture like Avatar, the method does not address leveling the playing field for the possible deterrent of higher ticket prices, how the 3D presentations impact 2D attendance or how 3D currently has far fewer theaters than past 2D blockbusters.
However, it's better to have an approximation than to have nothing. Only the money may matter to Hollywood, but attendance is important from an audience and cultural perspective. The disparity between Avatar and Titanic is so huge according to this method, that it is safe to say that Titanic sold a boatload more tickets.
regmcfly wrote:If a person books an unlimited ticket and doesn't show, it counts as a visit.
regmcfly wrote:
But the industry article I linked you to explicitly says that's not the case vs. Titanic.
bad_hair_day wrote:regmcfly wrote:
But the industry article I linked you to explicitly says that's not the case vs. Titanic.
Ah, but we talking about Avengers v Avatar.
Remember seeing Titanic in 3D IMAX too
Of course it is. This doesn't change your avatar arguments.bad_hair_day wrote:We haven't even addressed the practice of extended opening hours and putting it on every screen in a multiplex adding to End Game’s box office.
RamSteelwood wrote:Cheers for the info Reg.
Please set up a new system that tracks number of admissions, but also tracks unique and repeat viewers, and asks them whether they actually enjoyed the film. Then craft a funky algorithm to work out which is truly the most popular.
I can only assume Avatar made so much money from people going to watch it, leaving in disgust at what shite it is, then going back to watch it again thinking they must have seen the wrong film judging from the hype...we need to get these anomalies out of the system!
bad_hair_day wrote:You raised the Titanic.
poprock wrote:I am so confused now. What film was that Tempy?
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