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Originally Posted by Nautilus
I understand what you're saying, but are you sure they're loosing ticket sales because of your buddy downloading illegally? Maybe they're loosing DVD/digital sales, if he has simply lost interest in visiting theaters, the same way you did. DVD and digital sales are nowhere near the amounts they should be because of piracy, there's no argument about it. It's ticket sales where I'm not so sure.
We're all changing habits as the time goes by, that's natural, do you think that wouldn't have happened with both you and your buddy if not for piracy?
With those piracy charts, I'm also not so sure if they're directly connected to the box office. People have limited amount of time and can only visit movie theaters so much times/month or year. No matter what they're showing there and how interesting it is, I cannot go to see 10 new releases when I only have time for 5 because I have other things in life to do too. But I may wait for a DVD release and buy it when it comes. So those charts may once again reflect lost DVD/digital sales rather than ticket sales.
But those are all theories of course based mostly on personal perception. My main assumption is that people go to movie theaters ONLY because it is an event, which isn't based on anything but speculations. If there's a substantial amount of movie goers that are actually interested to see some particular movie, then of course piracy would have at least some effect on ticket sales too.
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With my buddy I am sure they are losing ticket sales. There was a time a few years ago when he lived in a place where the only internet access he could get was dial-up and it sucked. At that point he and his wife went to the movies at least once per month (sometimes more depending on what was out etc). They then moved to where he got broadband, a friend showed him how the torrent sites work and he has rarely gone since.
There is no way of knowing exactly if or by how much piracy has effected sales of movie tickets. I am just assuming it is. Logic tells me that is plays a part in the whole puzzle, the question is how big of a part.