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re: Why is E.T. The most inaccessible film of all time?
Posted on 7/20/14 at 7:34 pm to CTexTiger
Posted on 7/20/14 at 7:34 pm to CTexTiger
I know what you're talking about. I assume it was about money of course. I remember E.T. being at the Lakeside I-IV theaters(not to be confused with Lakeside Mall theaters) for over a year. It was literally in theaters for over a year. That doesn't happen anymore at all and I can't recall a movie in theaters longer than E.T. Then I remember it being rereleased in theaters in the 80's again and it still made bank. I'm assuming there was no good reason for a vhs release when it was still making money at the box office. It did release on VHS in the late 80's. It was also rereleased in theaters in early 2000's too.
Read somewhere that Spielberg was earning $500,000 a day on his share of profits.
I have no idea why you don't see it on TV that much. Maybe keeping it "scarce" so as to keep rereleasing every 10 years or so? I have no idea really.
Read somewhere that Spielberg was earning $500,000 a day on his share of profits.
I have no idea why you don't see it on TV that much. Maybe keeping it "scarce" so as to keep rereleasing every 10 years or so? I have no idea really.
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Posted on 7/20/14 at 8:33 pm to SirSaintly
They followed the same strategy with E.T. that they did with a lot of the Disney classics: limited release on home video to keep it special.
Posted on 7/20/14 at 9:57 pm to SirSaintly
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I know what you're talking about. I assume it was about money of course. I remember E.T. being at the Lakeside I-IV theaters(not to be confused with Lakeside Mall theaters) for over a year. It was literally in theaters for over a year. That doesn't happen anymore at all and I can't recall a movie in theaters longer than E.T.
I saw it at that theater in the one with the pitched roof on the end of the string of theaters.
How long was The Wall in theaters? I thought it was at that theater for more than a year.
Rocky Horror?
Posted on 7/21/14 at 2:53 pm to SirSaintly
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Read somewhere that Spielberg was earning $500,000 a day on his share of profits
Do you mean that he is earning $500,000 per day in royalties, or that his profits from the film are presently earning $500,000 per day? I might believe the latter. There's no way it is the former. Either way, it is very hard to believe he's earning over $180 million a year on ET earnings.
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