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Post by misstique on Jun 6, 2017 16:27:28 GMT
... all the money that fans spent to buy tickets to movies which showed the TPM trailer at the beginning?
For those of you who are not aware, back in 1999, before there was such a thing as Youtube, trailers for new movies could only be seen at the beginning of movies playing in theaters. So when the trailer for TPM came out, many fans bought tickets to the movies that were playing in theaters at that time just to watch TPM trailer. Once the trailer was over, they left the theaters, not bothering to watch the movie.
So should the money spent on such tickets also be included in the total gross of TPM? What are your views?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2017 17:25:17 GMT
Yeah. It was possible to see trailers on the Quicktime site around that time. There were also fan made sites dedicated to hosting movie trailers (mostly really low-res).
I remember downloading trailers back then and burning them on video CDs so I could watch them on my TV. lol
But, yes, most people still saw them in theatres back then. Plus, many people were still on dial-up. Downloading a trailer could take days!
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Post by Jedan Archer on Jun 6, 2017 18:53:55 GMT
Yes, I seem to remember that Meet Joe Black benefited from that.
But no, the money spent on tickets is formally money for the admission to Joe Black as the main feature or any other film and thus only attributable to that. It's not for the promotion or trailers shown even though this may be the consumer's true motivation to pay. Apart from that, how could you ever quantify these motivational factors?
If you could, would TPM be the most successful film ever..., more so than Dancing with Cat-Smurfs? And is this what we really wanted?
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Post by coldenhaulfield on Jun 7, 2017 3:26:38 GMT
Yes.
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Jun 7, 2017 3:44:46 GMT
I recorded it on VHS, when they played it on the local FOX affiliate.
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Post by misstique on Jun 7, 2017 8:03:52 GMT
Yes, I seem to remember that Meet Joe Black benefited from that. But no, the money spent on tickets is formally money for the admission to Joe Black as the main feature or any other film and thus only attributable to that. It's not for the promotion or trailers shown even though this may be the consumer's true motivation to pay. Apart from that, how could you ever quantify these motivational factors? If you could, would TPM be the most successful film ever..., more so than Dancing with Cat-Smurfs? And is this what we really wanted? That's true about "Meet Joe Black". And if I'm not mistaken the other movies which also showed the trailer were "The Waterboy" and "The Siege". "Dancing with Cat-Smurfs" - LOL! That really made me laugh!! And I shudder to think that there are more of them coming, at least according to Cameron. |
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Post by shinnickneth on Jun 7, 2017 13:41:32 GMT
Yeah. It was possible to see trailers on the Quicktime site around that time. There were also fan made sites dedicated to hosting movie trailers (mostly really low-res). I remember downloading trailers back then and burning them on video CDs so I could watch them on my TV. lol But, yes, most people still saw them in theatres back then. Plus, many people were still on dial-up. Downloading a trailer could take days! Yup. That was me...the damn computer froze every second the trailer played. I can remember seeing the Trade Federation ship (carrying the battle droids) come over the grassy hills of Naboo and that's all I could put through my frustration with the computer.  |
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Post by shinnickneth on Jun 7, 2017 13:43:33 GMT
Yes, I seem to remember that Meet Joe Black benefited from that. But no, the money spent on tickets is formally money for the admission to Joe Black as the main feature or any other film and thus only attributable to that. It's not for the promotion or trailers shown even though this may be the consumer's true motivation to pay. Apart from that, how could you ever quantify these motivational factors? If you could, would TPM be the most successful film ever..., more so than Dancing with Cat-Smurfs? And is this what we really wanted? And if I'm not mistaken the other movies which also showed the trailer were "The Waterboy" and "The Siege". "Dancing with Cat-Smurfs" - LOL! That really made me laugh!! And I shudder to think that there are more of them coming, at least according to Cameron. Yes, that was the first movie to show the trailer for Episode 1. After my computer trouble, I ended up just purchasing a ticket to that movie to see the trailer. During the Meet Joe Black showing I went to, many people in the theater got up and left (they only paid to see the trailer). It wasn't a very popular movie. I enjoyed it though.  |
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