Comments on: AVATAR: The (Inflatable) 3D Box-Office Effect http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-3d-box-office-premium-189/ The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films Sun, 20 May 2012 21:06:15 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jeremy http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-3d-box-office-premium-189/#comment-486273 Jeremy Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:41:04 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21451#comment-486273 Costs are much higher too. In the end it all evens out, wouldn't you say? Costs are much higher too. In the end it all evens out, wouldn’t you say?

]]> By: Tony http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-3d-box-office-premium-189/#comment-486260 Tony Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:18:26 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21451#comment-486260 "higher prices=lower demand" So why is it that out of the top 25 highest grossing movies off all time (domestic), 18 of them came from the last decade (2000s)? In fact, FIVE of them are from the past 2 years. “higher prices=lower demand”

So why is it that out of the top 25 highest grossing movies off all time (domestic), 18 of them came from the last decade (2000s)? In fact, FIVE of them are from the past 2 years.

]]> By: JonDoe http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-3d-box-office-premium-189/#comment-486251 JonDoe Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:07:40 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21451#comment-486251 This website is obsessed with the incredibly useless "adjusted for inflation" box office numbers. Fox doesn't care, because they're not getting paid in 1939 or 1998 dollars anyways. Here's something that every writer seems to ignore when it comes to this story: Higher prices=lower demand ...and yet, Avatar continues to soar in a recession. Even when you factor in that there are so many entertainment options in this decade, as well as being the most pirated film ever. This website is obsessed with the incredibly useless “adjusted for inflation” box office numbers. Fox doesn’t care, because they’re not getting paid in 1939 or 1998 dollars anyways. Here’s something that every writer seems to ignore when it comes to this story:

Higher prices=lower demand

…and yet, Avatar continues to soar in a recession. Even when you factor in that there are so many entertainment options in this decade, as well as being the most pirated film ever.

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