Movie industry sees record visitors

Media usage going online is often named as a significant reason for the decline of the ‘old’ media. While piracy and online movie viewing may be considered a problem by movie industry executives it does not seem to hurt sales,.

Cinema admissions in the first 11 months of the year have been the highest since 2004, with the success of Avatar and upcoming Sherlock Holmes promising to round off 2009 in style.A much stronger November than last year, with Michael Jackson concert rehearsal film This Is It a big draw for distributor Sony Pictures, saw admissions increase by 10% from last November to 14.9 million.

via Cinema admissions on course for five-year record – Brand Republic News – Brand Republic.

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