Posted
9:48 AM
by Gene
For the week ending Thursday, total boxoffice was $324.4 million, down 1% from the $328.1 million accrued during the comparable week a year ago. Year to date, the domestic boxoffice is $5.21 billion, up 4.6% from last year's $4.98 billion. Admissions remain flat. [Emphasis added]
TRANSLATION: Despite
THE CONSPIRACY's tremendous exertions it's drawing no more fools than last year. Indeed the tentpoles are growing so much bigger, and the rest of the biz so much smaller, that in time the biz will be all pole and no tent.
As always we thank The Hollywood Stenographer for holding the good news off until the last graf.