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HTTP:: A List Stars Are Losing All Box Office Appeal Report Says
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Just a couple of years ago, the names on movie posters were sometimes enough to sell tickets and pack large theaters with fans, not just for the premiere weekend, but throughout the entire theatrical run of a film. These days, moviegoers are easier and easier deterred from coming out of the house to go and catch a film in theaters, which translates into A-listers losing their hold of the box-office, a recent piece in the New York Times says. Spring and summer numbers reveal that most household names have taken a serious hit in terms of popularity in recent months, which inevitably leads to the question of whether the same will happen to Brad Pitt, whose latest film, the Tarantino R-rated “Inglourious Basterds,” opened this Friday. As the likes of Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks, Russell Crowe, Denzel Washington, Eddie Murphy, John Travolta, Will Ferrell and Adam Sandler no longer have the power to command many millions' worth of sales in the opening weekend, studios are beco!
ming increasingly worried about the situation, trying to find a way out. So what will happen to “Basterds,” the NY Times asks, when the entire marketing campaign for the film has been centered on Pitt? Or, more importantly, what is it that makes it that A-list stars, the crème de la crème o...
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