Yeah, good luck enforcing that. Best case scenario under that law is that everyone else in the world gets the movie on time, while France gets to wait for it. Congratulations France, you've just been reduced to the equivalent of the dollar theater.
And if you release it in France, under EU rules, you’ve effectively released it throughout the EU. And if you release it in the EU, you’ve effectively released it throughout Blu-ray’s Region B, which includes Africa and the Middle East as well as Australia and New Zealand, where they speak a version of English. And if you’re going to release a movie with an English soundtrack in Region B, you might as well release it in Region A, which includes the United States, because it’s going to end up on the Internet sooner or later, probably sooner.
Another silly law that may have had good intentions, but ends up shooting the country in the foot. Put this next to Australia and their crippled game review advisory board that doesn't have a "mature" rating category.
Though personally I bet there's a loophole here or there for this. It probably wouldn't work, but I say Fox should release 10 copies of Avatar on Blu-Ray at a couple video retailers 4 months after Avatar's theatrical release. Once they're "sold out", they stay "sold out" indefinitely, until they "restock" when Avatar on Blu-Ray releases everywhere else in the modern world.
So France still gets their 4-month release, and the rest of us get a DVD and Blu-Ray release where the producers actually have the time to make the home release right, without having to rush the damn thing into our hands and potentially have to skimp out on things they didn't have the time for.
Or just boycott France altogether. We don't really need Champagne all that much, right?
Actually, the way I understood his post was: Since the movie studios are only allowed to wait 4 months before releasing it on DVD/BluRay, they'll hold off France's theatrical release date until 4 months before the date they planned on. Hence, the dollar theater remark.
So in an effort to counter piracy, which in theory causes huge losses of sale they are instead going to potentially cause huge losses of revenue sales to production companies, who in turn applauded France for their actions. Brilliant. Best of all this will turn to bite them even further in the but because it could potentially put bootlegged DVD's into circulation even faster.
So in an effort to counter piracy, which in theory causes huge losses of sale they are instead going to potentially cause huge losses of revenue sales to production companies, who in turn applauded France for their actions. Brilliant. Best of all this will turn to bite them even further in the but because it could potentially put bootlegged DVD's into circulation even faster.
It's ok, though. Piracy is the ONLY reason for loss of revenue, remember?
Movie theatres actually posted a gross increase for 2009.
Of course, but now you're bring in silly things like "facts" and "data". According to the MPAA, they're hemorrhaging money and losing billions to piracy every day.
That is completely true, theaters make almost every dollar of their profit from selling concessions.
Theater attendance was up in 2009 however, one of the biggest years for cinema actually. More and more people are going back to theaters. Good films will obviously help them flourish, but film studios as a whole do have much bigger fish to fry.
I think Cameron should just say 'screw them' and not release it in France. You get a couple of heavy hitting films like Avatar that never make it into France and they'll have to change their laws due to the long term economic reasons and a guaranteed spike in piracy when these films hit the torrents.
That is completely true, theaters make almost every dollar of their profit from selling concessions.
Theater attendance was up in 2009 however, one of the biggest years for cinema actually. More and more people are going back to theaters. Good films will obviously help them flourish, but film studios as a whole do have much bigger fish to fry.
See, there you go, resorting back to facts and data again. Remember, according to the MPAA, piracy is KILLING THE INDUSTRY!!!!
Ok, I've had enough of that rant for now.
The primary reason revenues dropped off for any of the *AAs was because they were putting out 80% utter crap for a while, and expecting the remaining 20% to keep things afloat.
At least the movie industry has figured out that quality flicks = attendance = money.
Sorry AlexDeGruven, sorry. I know, bringing facts into this house... foolish of me.
we're not quite out of the woods yet in cinema. Most films today are still sequels/remakes/based-on movies. But it is certainly improving. I think as Hollywood invests more into original IP's and moves away from this awful trend of sequels and remakes, movie-goers will become more enthusiastic about spending their money.
Then again, superhero films are still making a ton of money, so perhaps that isn't a good point. On the flip side, AVATAR was a completely original idea, and now it's made more money than any other film in the history of cinema.
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Though personally I bet there's a loophole here or there for this. It probably wouldn't work, but I say Fox should release 10 copies of Avatar on Blu-Ray at a couple video retailers 4 months after Avatar's theatrical release. Once they're "sold out", they stay "sold out" indefinitely, until they "restock" when Avatar on Blu-Ray releases everywhere else in the modern world.
So France still gets their 4-month release, and the rest of us get a DVD and Blu-Ray release where the producers actually have the time to make the home release right, without having to rush the damn thing into our hands and potentially have to skimp out on things they didn't have the time for.
Or just boycott France altogether. We don't really need Champagne all that much, right?
Why even have theaters. Just release everything direct to video. If the French theater owners have any sense they will lobby hard against this.
Actually, the way I understood his post was: Since the movie studios are only allowed to wait 4 months before releasing it on DVD/BluRay, they'll hold off France's theatrical release date until 4 months before the date they planned on. Hence, the dollar theater remark.
It's ok, though. Piracy is the ONLY reason for loss of revenue, remember?
Icrontic presents, "Pirates of the Internet" The tag line could be Dead men don't seed torrents.... Rated RRRRRRRRRRR.......
Of course, but now you're bring in silly things like "facts" and "data". According to the MPAA, they're hemorrhaging money and losing billions to piracy every day.
The studio's take the lions share of the film revenue, theaters make money at the snack stand, hopefully spurred by strong attendance.
Theater attendance was up in 2009 however, one of the biggest years for cinema actually. More and more people are going back to theaters. Good films will obviously help them flourish, but film studios as a whole do have much bigger fish to fry.
See, there you go, resorting back to facts and data again. Remember, according to the MPAA, piracy is KILLING THE INDUSTRY!!!!
Ok, I've had enough of that rant for now.
The primary reason revenues dropped off for any of the *AAs was because they were putting out 80% utter crap for a while, and expecting the remaining 20% to keep things afloat.
At least the movie industry has figured out that quality flicks = attendance = money.
we're not quite out of the woods yet in cinema. Most films today are still sequels/remakes/based-on movies. But it is certainly improving. I think as Hollywood invests more into original IP's and moves away from this awful trend of sequels and remakes, movie-goers will become more enthusiastic about spending their money.
Then again, superhero films are still making a ton of money, so perhaps that isn't a good point. On the flip side, AVATAR was a completely original idea, and now it's made more money than any other film in the history of cinema.