I wonder how much of Sony Pictures revenue is made up of DVD etc sales off internet merchants such as Amazon.com?
I also wonder how much additional merchandise they're also selling as a result of this global marketplace?
Similarly, netflix has boosted rentals of their movies by how much?
And lets not forget the direct download rentals aswell, off stores like iTunes.
It's not as if the Internet is making much of a dent on their bottom lines (in terms of ticket sales), I mean, this year, so far has been Hollywoods biggest year in terms of ticket sales/profit in the cinemas.
"An increase in ticket prices also helped boost January's box office. The average ticket price was $7.29 last month, up from $7.18 a year ago. But attendance surged in spite of the higher cost. Audiences bought 141 million movie tickets in January, up 16% from the 121 million sold during the same month last year."
Yep, that internet stuff, really killing the movie business.
I also wonder how much additional merchandise they're also selling as a result of this global marketplace?
Similarly, netflix has boosted rentals of their movies by how much?
And lets not forget the direct download rentals aswell, off stores like iTunes.
It's not as if the Internet is making much of a dent on their bottom lines (in terms of ticket sales), I mean, this year, so far has been Hollywoods biggest year in terms of ticket sales/profit in the cinemas.
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/feb/02/business/fi-boxoffic...
Quote from the article:
"An increase in ticket prices also helped boost January's box office. The average ticket price was $7.29 last month, up from $7.18 a year ago. But attendance surged in spite of the higher cost. Audiences bought 141 million movie tickets in January, up 16% from the 121 million sold during the same month last year."
Yep, that internet stuff, really killing the movie business.