Live sports and music concerts are different IMO. I think the studios would profit more, by going direct, with all things considered, TV/Movie content is consumed differently now and folks expect convenience. You don't talk during a movie, but you do during a concert or football game. The interaction is completely different.
People will pay what is it, €15 in my neck of the woods, for the experience of of a movie theater, with the big screen and the dolby surround audio that can give Manowar a run for their money. $25 to 35 to pay for a blockbuster in my home? NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN! I wouldn't even pay that much for Netflix and then I can have all the movies and series I want. I'll wait for the movie to become part of a regular streaming service or sail the High Seas if I really wanted to see it. Especially for a lame superhero movie. There are just not going to be the same number of people that will pay this much to see a movie direct as there are who will go to a theater.
They could make money if the actors weren't demanding so much money. Actors seem to think they're entitled to outrageous salaries (just like CEOs). Then they preach to us how we're supposed to live our lives. Same with athletes. $100M a year to throw a ball?
Maybe this is finally the catalyst to restore some sanity to the income and wealth disparity.
Yeah, I'm getting a bit political but it's my forum so...
I personally hate going to the movie theater but my wife likes it. I prefer to watch movies at home where I can pause it when I need to take a leak.
Ignorance is bliss. With celebs I learned that the less you know about them and their idea(l)s, the better off you will be enjoying their work. It's just that its become next to impossible to put your fingers in your ears and shout NANANANANA to drown them out as their movies have become part of their preaching. Thankfully we have one counter to their insanity. Don't like it, don't go see their movies or buy their music.
Although I'm not sure they are still getting their big salaries though. How many actors are there still who can ask anything they want because they know that when their name is on the movie poster people will come? I can't think of any. Maybe Tom Cruise? And who would have thought that a scientologist would be one of the more sane celebs these days? Johnny Depp maybe if his name is on a Pirates of the Caribbean movie, because a PotC movie without Johnny Depp is like Star Wars without Han, Luke and Leia?
The weird thing is, they all clearly see themselves as 'on the side of the people' and your average everyday person seems to have been suckered in by that and believes the same thing. I've never understood why it's horrible for "big business" to have so much wealth, yet the Hollywood a-holes (writers, directors, actors) all seem to get a free pass.
I reckon its like becoming old. When you are young you don't see yourself ever becoming old, when you get old you don't feel old until your body starts telling you otherwise. You still mostly think and feel like when you were young. Same with these actors. They started with nothing, full of piss and vinegar, power to the people, and then gradually they earn money, adopt crazy lifestyles, but they still think they were the same people they were when they were young and poor. They don't see that they have become part of the elite, part of the system that they railed against as a kid. And how hollow, false and uncaring their words actually sound to the common man.
My wife and I were just talking about this today. I'd care a great deal, I love the experience of going to the theater to see a blockbuster. I don't care how good your home system it is, it can't replace seeing something like a Marvel movie or Jurassic Park on a 100ft Imax screen with a sound system that pins you in your seat. Not to mention the social aspect of enjoying a movie with a crowd of enthusiastic fans.
There is something unique and special in a mass crowd experience that can never be replicated in the comfort of your home. It's not for everyone, and that is okay. We shouldn't all be made into the same shape or form. I reckon for those who hate going to a theater but love to see a new movie when its new being able to stream it at home should be an option available. Same people who like going to theaters shouldn't be denied that experience because some prefer streaming is the way to go.
...was thinking about these actors (musicians, and athletes to some degree) ..Who would want to spend their lives in the limelight, and the press? Constantly harried by scumbag photographers, dangling from trees-all jockeying to get some-form of crotch-shot for some sleazy tabloid; routinely being sued for paternity and other-such BS whatnots.
...Would rather have just enough to be honest, and have a little of the quiet life.. I don’t even like people coming-up to me at the gas station “Oh, You’re that guitar player, ...in that band!” ..I-mean ...Leave me the hell alone. I’m gassing-up my car ffs.
I always found that really weird. People you don’t know rushing over all overly excited to meet you - mainly because I'm just not interesting-enough to get That excited about. And I have never considered myself that good a guitar player.
You couldn’t pay me enough to be a “star”. I don’t know how they do it. I'd go mad (short trip though that may be).
That's kinda ironic because becoming a big and famous rock star has been the driving force for the vast majority of musicians who picked up an instrument. It may not have been what they thought it would be, which is why it caused so much self destructive behavior, but it certainly was a motivating force for many to become a musician.
Besides, these days everyone has paparazzi hounding their every step. Google, social media, corporations, governments know everything you do online. Privacy is dead and we all murdered it to get shiny i-Phones or Androids.