moviemarketingmadness.com - 8/17/2008
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Coming just a week after news that movies with R-ratings were faring poorly at the box-office because of their restrictive ratings is this news from ticket sales site Fandango that shows R-rated movies are actually more popular than other, more accessible movies. The results come from a survey run by Fandango that showed the R ratings of movies like Pineapple Express and Tropic Thunder ...
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Sunday Discussion: Does an R-Rating Finally Mean Success?!
FirstShowing.net —
... and is written by Carl DiOrio of Hollywood Reporter as originally pointed out by Chris Thilk at Movie Marketing Madness. I think both of these articles present a very interesting outlook on the progressing state of cinema. In the past, R-ratings were always looked at as a bad thing for films that were trying to be mainstream successes (e.g. make a lot of money at the box office). However, I think that idea has changed entirely, and now R-ratings are potentially helpful in guaranteeing the success of certain types of films like comedies. It's an interesting flip flop and I love ...
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