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[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 months ago (2 children)

In theory it helps by funneling fans between The Avengers, Star Wars and Lord of the Rings, for which they have refined the process of pumping out content and merchandise with lower cost and risk

declining ticket sales

In practice people just stop going to the movies

But hey, I guess the profit margins are better

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago

Large corporations rarely innovate and try new things. Most innovation comes from smaller players with limited market share taking risks.

Large companies buy out smaller ones who create cash cows from taking large risks. The large company then milks the cash cows until they are completely dead.

The consolidation of studios to a few megacorporations has led to this inevitable end. The solution is simple: break them up. If we have 30 or so similar sized studios competing, we will get better movies/TV again.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

I'm surprised there wasn't a big drop from Netflix and big ass TV's.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

There was. If you map that onto the growth in population you'll see that tickets per person has been dropping since about 2000.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I’ve been to like six or seven movies with my partner…

We’ve been together for 12 years.

We’ve seen thousands of movies, though—thank you, trackers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Big ass TVs?

Doesn't sound sanitary.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

2020 kinda accelerated the existing trends and got a majority of people willing to watch films at home instead of in theaters. Before that enough people really enjoyed the theater experience that it wasn't too much of a threat to the business model