So it is clear Star Wars is the greatest franchise. Thank you!

Either way if we look at TICKET SALES...yes there is a major effect with this August being one of the worst ever on record.

Ultimately with the gross going higher & higher it shouldn't matter!!

So what your saying is after World War II all the Nazis sign up to Reddit.

I don't think many people even had a tv back in '39 :p
The difference between VHS on a small tv and theater release was also huge. Nowadays with big screen tv's, surround sound and blu-ray you can have an equal, more convenient experience at home. Especially since theaters got downgraded from 35mm to digital 2K. I haven't gone to the theater since I built my own one at home.

The wait seems shorter nowadays, The hunger games is already out on blu-ray. It used to be a year I think. It was as much time as between the staggered US / Euro theater release. When I was still living in Europe I could usually buy the import laserdisc or dvd at the same time or even before the movie came out in the cinema.

I'm not surprised that ticket sales are down, at the cinema I'm closest too, it costs £45 to get 2 3d tickets, 2 popcorn, 2 drinks and 2 hotdogs.

Nah, you know what hurts movies? The advancements in the home theater experience/quick disc releases.

i would say people still want to see the big blockbusters in cinema but i can imagine that those "average important" movies suffer from it since that are movies people don't care too much about but they still want to see them when they have nothing better to do and went in the cinema then in the past.

No, I'm saying a large percentage of people who post comments are rather pedantic.