The Hollywood box office slump in continues: lose their mojo movies?

Thursday, January 20, 2011

The Hollywood box office slump in continues: lose their mojo movies?

Image credit: Jaimie Trueblood; Chuck HodesWith this weekend of the Green Hornet solid but unspectacular, and the opening of the Dilemma, Hollywood disappointing debut is marking the milestone: box office revenue, unhappy now been confirmed in the previous year tally to ten consecutive weeks. When the holiday season to rest the high profile of the bruising sytytystapahtumista, such as a Tourist, how can you know and Gulliver's Travels, the major studios are hopeful 2011 will lead to an increase in the cancellation of 5% over the last few years a worrying decline in the whole movie is granted a right of supervision and control. 2011 is not off to the start of the most encouraging. Although final numbers yet, this weekend in total box office haul shows it will be 25% less than last year. Yes, his last years, audiences were still flocking 3-d to hit Avatar. However, the 10 straight down weeks specials — and a good green Hornet.

What's going on here? It is difficult to argue that the studio executives had to make a foolhardy gambles. Seth Rogen, granted the vote in was Superehero's a heyday of radio Dureron have questionable call. But that is not greenlit costarring Alicia and Angelina Jolie thriller? Or a romantic comedy, Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson and Paul Rudd, James l. Brooks directed? Or Ron Howard and Vince Vaughn comedy paring, Kevin James? Are down-the-middle edge studio execs to sort Haikailen carefully, because they are supposed to have a safe, but found they proved to be a wise bets.

Yet, even though the number of trained blockbusters and underperformed overall income is down, this is not entirely bleak Stretch movie fans. Less ostensibly less commercial films such as stone, Black Swan, King speech, 127 hours, and the Fighter has been critical of the love and the awards season buzz but much bigger than anyone could reasonably expect the crowds. This means that the budget-conscious groups begin to discard obsolete, not-not-done-that the formulas, and in demanding a greater level of originality and artistic Ambition, if they're going to fork over their hard earned dollar movie tickets? Large Studios —, lest we forget, brought off daring zeitgeist-would you like to stay at the beginning and definers of social network in the last few years (and to give credit where it is due, the stone and the Fighter are both paramount movies) — shift away from their business model, now the bloated and tired of overpriced movie remakes a smaller scale, toward edgier fare?

It might be a little early to herald a new 1970s-style cinematic revolution in Hollywood; To start Let's Wait and see how some of this year, the latest instalment of expected juggernauts transformers and Pirates of the Caribbean franchise agreements, such as the fare before we can get the air ducting. Still, when directed by Ethan Coen offbeat Western is running behind the little family only slightly in the domestic box — gonzo psychological thriller ballet to the world is a big, shiny outgrossed Barton-Jolie movie and passes the soon-to-eat Pray Love, Julia Roberts, set the mark — it is safe to say that something is going on.

How long at the Hollywood box office slump last continuously? Who knows. The larger and more important question is this: movies are really, as many fear to lose their cultural mojo is increasing sea of competing entertainment options? Or are they really difficult and sometimes painful, but ultimately an exciting process that mojo back? Tuned. It is going to an interesting year.