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UK box office breaks billion pound milestone

article published on 31 January, 2012

The UK box office broke 1 billion pounds last year, for the first time in history. The British Film Institute's research says the market can thank Harry Potter, a stuttering king and "The Inbetweeners." Overall sales came in at just over £1.04 billion ($1.63 billion) excluding Irish sales. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 came in first with £73 million in sales, followed ... [ read the full article ]

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Interestx
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_ 		31. January 2012 @ 20:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
...but but but how can this be?!

What about those ruinous 'pirates', the billions lost in 'intellectual property theft', um, er, blah blah blah

I'm just wondering at what point people just tell the so-called entertainment industry to do one with their crazy anti-consumer 'security' making CE products a total PITA when it goes wrong & their attempts to ruin the net with their stunningly exaggerated greed & silly claims?

The entertainment business remains one of the most profitable enteerprises on the planet, possibly second only to the global energy producers.....

.....but we're supposed to believe file sharing is making the sky fall down.

It's pathetic.
I do buy films but I watch aghast as this trumped up nonsense continues as the annual record profits keep on coming year after year.

The Emperor has no clothes.
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hearme0
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_ 		1. February 2012 @ 09:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
"Broke a billion pounds for the first time in history"????

Isn't that like saying "He was born for the first time in his life"???
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dEwMe
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_ 		1. February 2012 @ 14:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Making a quality product sure helps! But if ticket prices go any higher people won't be able to afford it and will go back to pirating. Took in a 3D matinee the other weekend with my son and the tickets cost me $18. No popcorn or anything!

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Just my $0.02,

dEwMe
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