Paul Dergarabedian Quotations

We're at a technological and cultural crossroads. It's possibly the dawn of a new paradigm in how films are released.

I don't think you can fault the marketing because everyone knew the movie was coming out. But when time and bad reviews conspire against you, it's hard to make a dent in the marketplace.

You look at the fact that DVD sales are down and it tells you again that it's product-driven, ... Because why would somebody want to buy a DVD of a movie they didn't want to see in the first place? You still need to have great movies at the beginning of the pipeline and that feeds everything else.

Producers can get plenty of bang for their buck with films like this.

By programming two films that aren't chasing the same audience, you can really build a pretty good weekend for two movies at the same time.

But ultimately, they have to go to that movie and have a great experience. If they don't, they're going to be less likely to go back.

Home entertainment, video-gaming, downloading music, surfing the Internet you name it. But are we at a tipping point in terms of people's habits? That remains to be seen.

What didn't go wrong? That's the question. This was a summer that really could be characterized as under a cloud from the beginning. Usually, the first weekend in May, you have a big film that kind of kicks off the summer. It didn't happen that way this time, and that was sort of an indicator of things to come.

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

No one had any idea it would do this kind of business.