I'm not worried at all. There's a very good, diverse balance of films this summer. Long term, I'm a bit more worried.

298

If you've got the choice between taking the kids out, getting a babysitter, and paying $50 for a movie or paying $3 for a rental or maybe $20 to buy the movie on DVD, why would you rush out to a theater?

248

It will have a big effect in the U.S. as well as the Far East, because you are going to be seeing a lot more films with international flavor, instead of geared toward the U.S. and European markets.

198

Petrified of television. They thought it was going to be the end of their industry.

143

Phantom Menace, ... disprove the theory that a Memorial Day release is the save-all of the industry.

133

I get up in front of audiences and do a drawing. Some days I give away t-shirts. Usually it's $20 cash.

127

It's more than a gold mine - it's an untapped diamond mine. China is by far the most lucrative frontier for the American film market. Once they open the floodgates, the potential and the growth that we will be seeing in the film business will be enormous.

104

With some surefire hits in November and December, the slump will be forgotten.

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