Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Theatrical Net $$$ not so bad

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Posted by Martin Brooks (Member # 1269) on 07-11-2005, 09:53 PM:

There's been much discussion on how DVD, especially with short windows, is killing the theatrical business. There's an article in the NY Times today with some interesting numbers:
Between 1996 and 2004, DVD net revenues have increased substantially: from 28.7% of the total net (DVD sales, theatrical, video rentals, other) to 47.9%. However, theatrical net has declined only slightly: from 24.5% to 23.1%, but it's a much BIGGER pie! The total pie was $11.3 billion in 1996 and was $19.1 billion in 2004. So even though theatricals share dropped a little, revenues increased from $2.77 billion to $4.41 billion during that time. Most of the share growth for DVD was at the expense of rentals, not theatrical admissions.

Considering all the competition for leisure time that has evolved since 1996, the theatrical business still looks very healthy, in spite of (so far) a down year for 2005.

Posted by Darryl Spicer (Member # 711) on 07-11-2005, 10:22 PM:

good as place as any to say this. The 20 week slump was snapped this week with a little over a 1% increase over last year....We shall see.