I think its very interesting to see how towards the beginning of the chart, pretty much all of the movies have much longer tails. It’s almost like now movies are like an explosion, but then they were much more of a slow burn. And it only goes back to 1986, so this is a very recent thing.
Thanks for that Scott, fascinating stuff. It was interesting to see how long Toy Story and Beauty and the Beast were in theaters. Top Gun too. Craziness.
This list is neat, but it’s kind of depressing in a way. Just compare the small slice that is No Country for Old Men for example to that meh-ish National Treasure sequel. NT did about five times better. There really is no justice in this world
@Gibberish: It’s all about the advertising. If NC4OM was advertised with more focus on entertainment than artistry, it would have gotten more in the box office. Now that it was awarded, it may have some more interest, though late in the game. NT2 was advertised that it would be entertaining and not that the movie would be any good.
Everyday people don’t want to go to the movies to see an art gallery. They want to be entertained.
on another note….the script writer you guys were poking during last podcast on the new Akira movie happens to by Garry “Gaz” Whitta who is a talented screen writer and also the former Editor in Chief of PC Gamer. He also has his own video games podcast with the Editor of Next Gen Colin Campbell: “Game Theory” Podcast. check it out if you want to here him speak. its excellent. He was also rumored to be writing a script for a Diablo movie but thats unconfirmed.
Did anyone else find it interesting that movie studios are complaining about theater profits dropping and going on and on about P2P while the chart seems to show that more movies are doing better albeit for a shorter time than they used to?
That easily entertained me for a good ten minutes.
I think its very interesting to see how towards the beginning of the chart, pretty much all of the movies have much longer tails. It’s almost like now movies are like an explosion, but then they were much more of a slow burn. And it only goes back to 1986, so this is a very recent thing.
I love it! It is a work of genius. But I wish it were longer, perhaps starting with Star Wars.
Offlink, glad to hear that.
Titanic showed significant staying power above all the rest. Hated it.
It’s good to know that I’m an individual without even trying.
Thanks for that Scott, fascinating stuff. It was interesting to see how long Toy Story and Beauty and the Beast were in theaters. Top Gun too. Craziness.
This list is neat, but it’s kind of depressing in a way. Just compare the small slice that is No Country for Old Men for example to that meh-ish National Treasure sequel. NT did about five times better. There really is no justice in this world
@Gibberish: It’s all about the advertising. If NC4OM was advertised with more focus on entertainment than artistry, it would have gotten more in the box office. Now that it was awarded, it may have some more interest, though late in the game. NT2 was advertised that it would be entertaining and not that the movie would be any good.
Everyday people don’t want to go to the movies to see an art gallery. They want to be entertained.
So these days the movies burn bright but there’s no substance. Tells a bit about our society
This was very entertaining.
on another note….the script writer you guys were poking during last podcast on the new Akira movie happens to by Garry “Gaz” Whitta who is a talented screen writer and also the former Editor in Chief of PC Gamer. He also has his own video games podcast with the Editor of Next Gen Colin Campbell: “Game Theory” Podcast. check it out if you want to here him speak. its excellent. He was also rumored to be writing a script for a Diablo movie but thats unconfirmed.
One interesting movie timeline was My Big Fat Greek Wedding… It was backwards with the tail in the front..
cool chart.
….oh and one more thing author of the comic books “Death Jr”
Did anyone else find it interesting that movie studios are complaining about theater profits dropping and going on and on about P2P while the chart seems to show that more movies are doing better albeit for a shorter time than they used to?
Maybe it’s just too late at night, but am I the only one who’s baffled as to how to interpret this… for lack of a better word, thing?