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Posted 02 February 2011 - 09:42 PM
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So twice as many people watched "Thunderball" than "Goldeneye." Interesting. That really puts the insane popularity of 60's Bond into perspective.
Posted 03 February 2011 - 01:30 AM
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Posted 04 February 2011 - 01:04 AM
It's also interesting that for all the talk of TSWLM "saving the series" (which I guess it kind of did, after TMWTGG's rapid dicline) and "breaking Moore's Bond" LALD was actually more successful.
Posted 04 February 2011 - 01:46 AM
Speaking from personal experience, I am in that first category, having grown up with Bond films and seeing them new when they came out in my teen years and right up to the present day, as well as on television.What is not talked about is how many of what age groups in what decade. For example like today's mid 30s to early 40s, how many watch still watch Bond movies or are still Bond fans, also how were they in the 80s when they were in middle school and high school. Also even today's 70 something how many still do go and watch a Bond movie compare to when they were young or even back in the mid 90s. Those are the stuff that should be talked, when it comes to the attendance through the years and all the in betweens.
Posted 04 February 2011 - 02:59 AM
Admissions are an interesting statistic, and a much more "fair" comparison of films than grosses, which can be tied to inflation, ticket prices, currency valuation, etc.
That being said, that chart doesn't break down the admissions by region. US admissions return more money to the producers and studio than overseas admissions. Overseas admissions give about 60% of their take to the theatre and 40% to the studio & producers, whereas U.S. ones return approximately 50% to theatre and 50% to the studio/producers.
10% isn't a monumental difference, but when you are talking millions of dollars, it represents a lot of money.
Posted 04 February 2011 - 03:24 AM
Not only that, but in the crucial first week, in excess of 90 percent goes to the studio, with the theater getting a trifle. That's why the popcorn costs so much. The theater is getting very little of what you're paying for a ticket on that opening weekend.
Posted 04 February 2011 - 03:30 AM
Posted 04 February 2011 - 04:19 AM
I'm sure back in the '60s when more people went to the cinema (even though television cut into that)
Posted 04 February 2011 - 02:14 PM
Posted 04 February 2011 - 05:09 PM
It's also interesting that for all the talk of TSWLM "saving the series" (which I guess it kind of did, after TMWTGG's rapid dicline) and "breaking Moore's Bond" LALD was actually more successful.
See Doublenoughtspy's comment. These are world wide attendance figures. I know in the US, TSWLM was far more successful than LALD (which had far lower attendance in the US than DAF did) and that is where much of that reputation came from.
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