The Avengers: Why Pirates Failed To Prevent A Box Office Record

Quote from highfloydelity : The Avengers: Why Pirates Failed To Prevent A Box Office Record [torrentfreak.com] On one hand the MPAA claim that piracy is killing the movie business and yet ... here we are with a movie breaking weekend box office records even with a pirated release a week early.

When Common Sense Attacks

Quote from EscapeVelo : However, going to the theater can be fun, especially on opening weekend of big blockbusters.

Ugh, that is the worst time to go to the theater IMO! Well, unless you're a teenage boy or girl or something.

I'll gladly wait a few weeks until the crowds die so I won't have to listen to some F'ing kid talk on their cell phone or kick the back of my chair the entire movie.

Quote from Tony_Danza : It's easier to blame piracy than put out a quality product. So the mpaa will continue to blame piracy. The amount of competition for the entertainment dollar is insane these days, I feel like they fail to realize that.

Indeed. The movie was what motivated me to actually watch it at a theater.

If I didn't feel like it was worth it, I would have waited for DVD release. "If you know what I mean."

Quote from thikthird : i don't know about what's available now or not, i'm not that into the scene at the moment. like it's been mentioned, around oscar time, a lot of movies which are in limited release (nyc/la the weekend before the end of the year) usually end up online as rips because studios are sending them out to academy members to generate awards buzz. i remember specifically, a few years back, taken was available a month before it was even in us theatres.

Those are isolated though. How can piracy ever threaten a movie's revenue in these cases? I know this scene. Good movies wont be impacted.

I went for matinee to watch the Avengers because it looked good. That's how I am with all media. I pay for the good stuff.

Quote from ant0n : Those are isolated though. How can piracy ever threaten a movie's revenue in these cases? I know this scene. Good movies wont be impacted.

i'm not saying piracy does affect the movie's revenue, i was merely pointing out that quality rips are occasionally available pre-home release.

Quote from LivninSC : or kick the back of my chair the entire movie.

You nailed it.
I went to see Avengers Friday with the Fandango B1G1 Visa deal.
First time I've ever gone to see a movie on opening weekend.
Me and my GF got there about an hour early to make sure we got good seats, which we did.
These two teenage girls came and sat down in front of us and handed some snack bar stuff over the seats to their parents who were sitting next to us.
Being the nice guy I am, I offered to change seats with them so they could sit next to each other.
BIG MISTAKE!!!!
These girls were now sitting behind us and kicking our chairs the entire movie.
It took every ounce of patience I had to not say something.
I always speak up when someone is being rude, but being they were going to be behind me for a duration, I reluctantly kept my mouth shut.

On another note, when we came out after the movie, there was a guy with a black wind breaker, sitting right outside the theater, that had motion picture anti piracy stuff printed on it.
I shot the shit with him while my GF went to the bathroom.
He mentioned that they caught someone the night before but didn't catch anyone the night we went.
He said it's amazing how many people think they're smarter than them.

I'll ask again in regards to these records being broken. Are they adjusted for inflation?

Quote from ant0n : I'll ask again in regards to these records being broken. Are they adjusted for inflation?

Doubtful.

Or population size?

Quote from IPT : during oscar time, its easier to find R5 releases quick browse of whats available now: 21 Jump Street.

alot easier to get them DVD screeners

these types of threads always amaze me. the arguement is the same: "see, this movie made a profit! I told you its OK to steal!"

this is but one movie and does not represent the entire movie industry. using the big summer blockbuster movie as the "proof" that pirating movies does not effect revenue is a classic misleading vividness fallacy. classic. It is possible you are correct, but the arguement you make is totally ineffective.

Quote : Of all the people who downloaded a pirate copy of the film about 20% came from the US. This means that roughly 100,000 Americans have downloaded a copy online through BitTorrent. Now, IF all these people bought a movie ticket instead then box office revenue would be just 0.5% higher.

seems to be some major assumptions here:

1 each download is watched by only one person. apparently people who pirate movies live in a cave by themselves and never watch movies with anyone else.

2 ignores the sale of popcorn and drinks

3 ignores sales of digital downloads (amazon, itunes, etc. etc.) and blu-ray dvd sales.

4. international revenue

major assumptions making that 0.5% "arguement" stupid.

I once saw a movie in a Planetarium IMAX. That was the most comfortable movie theatre seat Ive ever sat in. I fell asleep. LOL!

Quote from hsjpatman : Doubtful.

That's what I thought.....Much adieu about nothing then.