http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/movies/awardsseason/27record.html?ref=movies
James Cameron's science fiction epic "Avatar" has passed his Titanic in sales with a huge helper being the higher priced Imax and 3-D ticket prices. Avatar like many other contemporary films are benefiting from the increased price of tickets over the years.
Today's average ticket price is $7.46 a major increase from the average price of $4.69 in 1998 when Titanic hit the theaters- meaning that "Titanic" had to sell many more tickets to reach box office totals like Avatar's. They predict "Avatar" will continue holding a place in the box office for weeks if not months to come.
"In just 39 days it has eclipsed the worldwide record," said Paul Dergarabedian, the president of Hollywood.com's box office division. "Thats extraordinarily impressive."
Dergarabedian expected Avatar to surpass the box office mark set by Titanic by the middle of next week. He expects the sales to reach $2 billion by the end of its run.
Fox said 72 percent of worldwide sales for “Avatar” came from 3-D screens. My question for you is do you think we should be comparing "Avatar" with "Titanic" when the ticket prices have increased by almost %50. How can they compare all the statistics when the variables aren't the same?
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Obama's Education Grant Program Emerges
www.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/education/19educ.html?ref=us
The Obama administration’s main school improvement initiative has triggered education policy changes in states across the nation, but it is meeting with some last-minute resistance as the first deadline for applications arrives on Tuesday.
Thousands of school districts all over the us have declined to participate and some teachers unions recommended that their local units not sign on to their states applications.
Still about 40 states were rushing to complete their application. The last minute opposition is unlikely to derail efforts by most of those states to win some of the federal money.
Many have acknowledged that part of this program could be helpful but only part and not enough of it to make them sign on.
My understanding after reading all the details of this article is that Obama is only giving out money to schools who "win". I believe that the money if its even there to give should be distributed evenly by where they stand accademically. Why should everyone have to "apply" when schools all over the U.S.A are education all of the America's "future". Everyone deserves the same ammount of help and some say that they have been able to get help without spending a penny.
A "penny" for your thoughts as to what you think is right in this situation regarding Obama's Education Grant Program?
The Obama administration’s main school improvement initiative has triggered education policy changes in states across the nation, but it is meeting with some last-minute resistance as the first deadline for applications arrives on Tuesday.
Thousands of school districts all over the us have declined to participate and some teachers unions recommended that their local units not sign on to their states applications.
Still about 40 states were rushing to complete their application. The last minute opposition is unlikely to derail efforts by most of those states to win some of the federal money.
Many have acknowledged that part of this program could be helpful but only part and not enough of it to make them sign on.
My understanding after reading all the details of this article is that Obama is only giving out money to schools who "win". I believe that the money if its even there to give should be distributed evenly by where they stand accademically. Why should everyone have to "apply" when schools all over the U.S.A are education all of the America's "future". Everyone deserves the same ammount of help and some say that they have been able to get help without spending a penny.
A "penny" for your thoughts as to what you think is right in this situation regarding Obama's Education Grant Program?
Thursday, January 14, 2010
A Census Campaign thats Over the Top
Has advertising become so important to the world that we have now started to produce our advertisements in 27 languages. Our economy is in the gutter yet we can spend millions of dollars more than we already were to make sure we sell more product when we should be focusing on getting our economy back into shape.
Hello World
Hello World!!! This is my first post with many more to come. So stay tuned for some interesting stories and a wild ride on the cyber roller coaster :)
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