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There are countless contemporary methods of watching movies that have been introduced in recent years or have been around for some time, which have thwarted the cinema-going experience. I believe secondary research from the past 2 years gives a fresh insight to how the fate of the cinema will proceed.
Secondary Research
2011
Global box office for all films released in each country around the world reached $32.6 billion in 2011, up 3% over 2010’s total, due entirely to the increase in international box office ($22.4 billion). Each international region experienced growth in 2011. Chinese box office grew by 35% in 2011 to become the 2nd largest International market behind Japan, experiencing by far the largest growth in major markets.
- International box office in U.S. dollars is up 35% over five years ago, driven by growth in various markets,
including China and Russia.
2012
• Global box office for all films released in each country around the world reached $34.7 billion in 2012, up 6% over 2011’s total, due to an increase in international box office ($23.9 billion) and U.S./Canada box office ($10.8 billion). All international regions with the exception of Europe experienced growth in 2012. Chinese box office ($2.7 billion) grew by 36% in 2012 to become the largest international market, surpassing Japan.• International box office is up 32% over five years ago, driven by growth in various international markets,
including China, Russia and Brazil.
• Over two-thirds of the world’s nearly 130,000 cinema screens are now digital.
• Cinema screens increased by 5% worldwide in 2012, due to double digit increases in Asia Pacific and Africa/Middle East, raising the total to just under 130,000. Digital cinema continues to grow rapidly (up 41%) and over two-thirds of the world’s screens are now digital. 2012 marked the first year that digital screens surpassed analog screens in international market share.
Recently we looked into film piracy, and the numbers show that after the shutdown of kim Dotcom’s MegaUpload and sister company MegaVideo, there was a noticeable increase in online film film activity, “weekly rental units grew from 13,700 to 24,000 and sales rose from 10,500 to 15,300 as a direct result of allegedly one of the internet’s most popular sources of video piracy”.
Source: Online Distribution looking good as Movie Attendance is “Likely to Drop in 2013″
Box office revenue at movie theaters "lagged far behind 2010," an article by the AP's David Germain reports. Partly that was because the year lacked an "Avatar." Partly because a solid summer slate fell off in the autumn. Germain talks to several Hollywood insiders who tried to account for the general decline of ticket sales; 2011 had "smallest movie audience since 1995." I have some theories of my own, fueled by what people tell me.
Source: I'll tell you why movie revenue is dropping...
But there's a problem: in this world of instant entertainment when and where you want it, the fact that you have to wait for a film to finish its cinema run before you can get it in your home seems increasingly outdated. It will therefore come as no surprise that moves are afoot to reduce the delay between cinema premieres and DVD or on-demand releases.
Ten years ago, you had to wait half a year after a film was released to get your hands on it at home - a gap that has since narrowed to around four months. Studios are trying to speed up DVD releases even further, but they face stiff opposition - and not just from cinemas.
The studios' argument is simple: most films have finished their cinema run after two months, so there is then a two-month wait during which pirate copies are the only way consumers can see the latest blockbusters. The studios say that cutting down the time it takes for films to be released on DVD or streaming services won't harm cinemas and will reduce piracy, but this strategy has met strong resistance.
Source: http://www.techradar.com/news/home-cinema/are-cinemas-under-threat-from-video-on-demand-1044059
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