Hollywood | A crise na indústria cinematográfica

As receitas de bilheteira diminuem de ano para ano e, em época de balanço, torna-se pertinente questionar as causas. Será que os filmes não possuem qualidade suficiente para atrair os espectadores? Será que os espectadores trocaram as salas de cinema pelo "home cinema"?

Summer Fading, Hollywood Sees Fizzle

By SHARON WAXMAN
Published: August 24, 2005

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23 - With the last of the summer blockbusters fading from the multiplex, Hollywood's box office slump has hardened into a reality that is setting the movie industry on edge. The drop in ticket sales from last summer to this summer, the most important moviegoing season, is projected to be 9 percent by Labor Day, and the drop in attendance is expected to be even deeper, 11.5 percent, according to Exhibitor Relations, which tracks the box office.

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