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Then it really seems to differ between our countries ironclad Send a noteboard - 06/02/2012 10:52:39 AM
Obviously I can't speak for Germany but here in America I think it is different. From what I understand cinemas are in trouble at least to some extent. Yes, this is anecdotal, but I can say that there are probably 2/3 less theaters where I live then when I was a kid. They've all closed down over the years. Anecdotal too of course is the fact that I haven't gone to a movie theater in years and neither have most of my friends. The only ones who seem to go that I know are parents with kids who always go to matinees or teens who are hanging out there anyways because that is what teens do. And the parents that go to the matinees wouldn't be caught dead paying $15 or even $20 bucks a person after ticket and goodies. It is too expensive. Add on to that that the IMAX and 3D fad seems to be wearing off and movie theaters are in a real pinch. They'll have to lower prices because nobody in his or her right mind is going to pay 15 or bucks to see a regular movie when it can be streamed for 5 bucks at home. Theaters in the long term are screwed.


I know very few people who gave up going to the movies (and none of them downloads movies, they are all just not that fanatic) and as I said, weekends the big cineplexes are packed with people, primarily between 16 and 40, dressing up, going as couples or in big groups of friends. It's the thing to do on weekends, I suppose. That goes for 3D films too, by the way. Even the small theaters that show the somewhat more artsy and obscure films do survive. I can't think of more than one movie theater in an area of 100 km that closed down in the last 20 years.
The question is, whether the trend you and DomA describe for the US is really entirely to blame on piracy. But yeah, I do get the impression the huge majority of college kids watch the films on their comp.
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