Paul Dergarabedian Box Quotations

We have an up weekend - 5% over the last New Year's weekend. Propelled by these two blockbusters, it's really moving the box office.

The pressure is on, ... This holiday season is being held to a high standard in terms of quality, because we always need that quality, and in terms of the box office.

Who would have thought in a year we're having this down box office that we'd have the second-biggest Thanksgiving ever?

With the box office dwindling, all this is seen as another nail in the coffin. Theater owners are afraid once you start releasing films this way (simultaneously in other formats), all movies could go this way. That would put their business in jeopardy.

Family films and horror films are the most consistently performing genres at the box office, and there really is a lot of choice out there for both right now.

This was the worst weekend of the year at the box office and the slowest start to summer we've seen in years.

The track record of horror films tells you maybe Hollywood should just release horror movies to be successful. I can't think of a more consistently performing genre at the box office.

There's a lot at stake. There always have been with these films. That being said, this (Lord of the Rings) is as much of a sure thing as you can get at the box office. It's a real important film for Time Warner, but I think it's going to deliver.

They're back on the release schedule. Whether they're back in terms of box office clout, we'll see over the next couple of weeks. But this group of titles certainly looks like the kind of films that can break down the barrier, the taboo that R-rated movies can't be blockbusters anymore.

It was a summer that will be remembered for the debate it caused because of the seemingly lackluster box office.

That's one box office record we don't want.

They can't show it as many times during the day, so that may have lessened its box office strength. The fact it did such strong business Christmas day shows there's a lot of interest in the movie.

It was a fairly unremarkable weekend at the box office. August usually is a slowdown month.

You've got to look at 'Harry Potter' as being the savior of the box office right now. Who would have thought in a year we're having this down box office that we'd have the second-biggest Thanksgiving ever?

All the studios are under pressure. When the box office is in a malaise, it hurts everyone.

The Golden Globes are now a force to be reckoned with in terms of the box office bump they provide. We've never really seen a Globes bump like this.