chris franklin

Mon, 27 Jun 2005 17:18:03 -0800

Yeah I have been working on a site called E-Audience.com for most of the last fiscal year. It is kind of a "kill it before it grows" avenue for the public to critique Hollywood films-in-development before they are actually produced. Admittedly, I am the one doing the commenting and all of the posts are on films which, to me, just don't appear to "add-up" business-wise in terms of their audience appeal. But, I'd like to include positive and negative films-in-development selections and do it as a site, rather than as a blog. If anybody is interested in partnering and developing E-Audience with me (and maybe making or saving Hollywood some money), give me a write at "chris at chrisfranklin dotcom."

Ted

Mon, 27 Jun 2005 15:22:48 -0800

For me, this was a classic LAT 'buried lede'. The real story is that gross revenues A. are noe 50-60% from outside the US and B. were up 47% last year, the biggest rise in history. So, after the biggest rise in history (which itself has much to do with higher ticket prices), why would you expect a similar rise this year? The summer product has been equally bad each of the past few years, in my opinion, but last year was a monster year because of 2 films. I don't think this slump is real... in fact I am more and more convinced that no one really knows what the true economics of Hollywood's theatrical releases are.

LAist: Deja vu all over again . . .

chris franklin

Ted