If Hong Kong works, there's a good chance that Shanghai will get built. If Hong Kong bombs, it won't. |
If Hong Kong works, there's a good chance that Shanghai will get built. If Hong Kong bombs, it won't. |
It costs more now to go skiing than to go to Disney World. That's going to drive skier-days down. |
It means one of them at least is going to be happy because he's going to get some carriage on something approaching 11 million consumers. |
It means we're going to be off to a pretty slow start compared with last year. |
It would have been a surprise if 'Scary Movie' hadn't been No. 1. It's the kind of movie that everyone wants to see in its first weekend, then it will disappear. It's when (the Weinstein Co.) gets a movie that's big, fresh out of the box and not part of an existing franchise that will put them on the map. |
It would not surprise me if there were a deal, either way. |
Lions Gate has generally been successful with horror and it's not surprising. Horror is the sort of thing that smaller independents have historically done well. |
One of the things that helped on the numbers was the fewer number of shares. The bottom line operating numbers were not much different than expected. |
Overall I think it was a very good year. It points out how strong 2002 was. I think last year was a B-plus. This year going in looks like it is a B to B-plus, but typically I'm surprised by something coming out and it ends up as an A to an A-minus. |
Paramount could make the most money out of this. They've got a couple of cheap movies. |
Some of these movies could be in trouble. I suspect that a bunch will fall by the wayside. There is not enough demand. |
Spielberg will be a magnet for Paramount to attract interesting and creative projects. |
Tell me where the good news was. I haven't seen anything that's good except video game sales. |
The $8 billion (rental) business isn't going to disappear. This isn't buggy whip time. Everybody's got a DVD player. |