• partial_accumen
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    -19 months ago

    and subsequent culture shift to faster (or day 1) home streaming releases.

    So what you’re saying is that the graph supports my point counter to Tsujimoto’s statement “Just because there’s a recession doesn’t mean you won’t go to the movie theater”. People are going to the movie theater less in 2023.

    • @PrettyLights
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      29 months ago

      You’re misusing causality. Fewer people go to the movies now because there’s less reason to, not because they have less money.

      • partial_accumen
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        19 months ago

        Fewer people go to the movies now because there’s less reason to, not because they have less money.

        Feel free to show your data that supports your statement.

          • partial_accumen
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            19 months ago

            The chart I posted shows lower box office sales. Where is your data saying/showing the equivalent purchase of day 1 streaming that your asserting ?

            • @PrettyLights
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              19 months ago

              Why is there no dip for the 2008 Great Recession? There was no streaming alternative or pandemic then, and thus no dip.

              • partial_accumen
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                19 months ago

                2023 is after the pandemic. The 2023 numbers are BELOW the pre-pandemic levels. The the pandemic doesn’t appear to have any affect here. Said other way, if the pandemic drop was completely deleted, there would STILL be a decline in movie theater attendance.

                There was no streaming alternative

                So again, you’re agreeing with me when we disagree with Tsujimoto’s statements that people will continue to go to the movie theater.

                • @PrettyLights
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                  19 months ago

                  The pandemic caused shutdowns of many, many filming schedules and caused massive backups once they could resume, contributing to a drought of releases in 2023. What movies besides Barbie and Oppenheimer do you remember having any big marketing push?

                  There was also the writers strike.

          • partial_accumen
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            19 months ago

            Fewer people go to the movies now because there’s less reason to

            Where does that chart show proof of your statement?

            • @PrettyLights
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              19 months ago

              Why is there no dip for the 2008 Great Recession? There was no streaming alternative or pandemic then, and thus no dip.