Paul Dergarabedian Films Quotations

That's very respectable. They're in the top 10 (for the weekend), and there were a lot of other independent films out there competing against it. We'll see how it carries over to next weekend.

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

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.

There hasn't been a lot of positive word-of-mouth on the mainstream films this summer. Great marketing, huge production spending can probably get you a mega opening, but beyond that, it's up to the moviegoers to spread the word.

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.

These are films that capitalize on the notion of being able to push the envelope and go into territory that you could not go into in a PG-13.

These films are still very robust, but it's natural filmgoers like to see new films.

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.

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.

We've never needed two films like this more than we do now. It's the knockout punch that Hollywood needs.

That's always the problem with films that get high expectation attached to them, ... If this does not beat the opening of 'Two Towers,' people will be decrying it as disappointment.

There seems to be an insatiable appetite for family films but if you have too many coming out at the same time some of these movies will get hurt.

There seems to be a new benchmark in terms of what we call a blockbuster, ... This year, by the end of the year, we'll wind up with about 17 films over $100 million. But the key to this year's success is that we have five films that have gone beyond $200 million. That's never happened before.

The summer slump really put us into a shortfall. It's heartening that there were four up weekends in a row, and that we have some big films in the pipeline.

The summer slump really put us into a shortfall, ... It's heartening that there were four up weekends in a row, and that we have some big films in the pipeline.

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

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.