Word: multiplexer
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...There's been much speculation about how the SATC movie will do in the theaters. Can a deceased pay-cable franchise get new life at the multiplex? Can a summer movie primarily targeting women lure enough ticket-buyers to become a rare female-oriented summer blockbuster...
...just pop music that's rewiring the multiplex. New York City's Metropolitan Opera has sold 685,000 tickets to its HD performances this season, more than double what it sold last outing. Not bad, considering it's projected to sell 820,000 tickets to the opera-house performances this year. Because each show is broadcast live, says Met general manager Peter Gelb, "it makes people feel like they're part of this global opera community." Perhaps that's why the audiences are spontaneously applauding arias and standing for their favorite singers during curtain calls. The tenor can't hear...
...Because the production cycle for films is longer than TV, it would take a much longer time to see the impact of a strike at movie theaters. In fact, the multiplex wouldn't even begin to show signs of wear until...
...from more diverse sources, they are an increasingly successful antidote to the glitzy song-and-dance fare. Chak De India is the latest and most successful of these mold-breaking films. Trade figures show the film has done very well in bigger cities and among what Chakravorty terms "the multiplex crowd," who are more educated, have more spending power, and have greater exposure to films from around the world. "Filmmakers are making more films to cater to this niche segment, because its numbers are swelling with rising income and educational levels," says Chakravorty...
...everyone knows that Toronto - TIFF, for short - marks the opening of the movie-awards season. Or the serious-film season, which has become the same thing. With blockbusters and buddy comedies filling most of the multiplex screens, movies with a slower pulse and a higher IQ almost have to be marketed as bait for the Academy Awards. Audiences are told that if they don't see this political exposé, or that family-crisis drama, they won't be in the know on Oscar night. It's like homework, but with George Clooney or Brad Pitt as the professor...