Thread: Hollywood Doom and Gloom
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Old 02-26-2012, 08:18 AM   #10
fjtorres
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Originally Posted by GA Russell View Post
Two days ago I bought a new copy of The President's Analyst with James Coburn for $2.37 plus $2.98 shipping at Amazon!
Egads. (more in shipping than in buying).
Good movie, too.
I prefer his FLINT movies, though.

When you consider that Sony sold the studios on Blu-ray by telling them they could sell HD Movies for $50 you can see just how badly Hollywood misread the market back in 2005. Now they're lucky if they can sell new BD releases for $25 and the backlist DVDs just keep piling up.

One new thing I've noticed at Wal-mart is the appearance of movie bundle packs; one case, four (vaguely) related movies for anywhere between $5-13.
Not all are old, either. I picked up a Rom-com 4-pack for my mother for $7.99 and a Steve McQueen Combo for $12.

I think DVD buying volume will resume but only when prices finish re-setting themselves. And that hasn't happened yet. When it does, $3 for a vintage movie DVD will be the norm, I think. (It helps that DVD material costs are closer to $0.50 than $50. )

And odds are that books, at least the e-editions, are headed down the same road. Supply and demand will eventually reach a pricing balance and that balance is likely going to be much lower than the BPH's price-fix dreams.
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