Over the weekend, Hop was the number-one film in America. But that doesn't exactly mean what it used to: IMDB reports that all is not well in Hollywood:
While [Hop's] gross was slightly below the $38.1 million recorded for Rango last month, making it the second-highest-grossing film of the year, it was far overshadowed by last yearâs Clash of the Titans, which opened during the same weekend (Easter weekend) with $61.2 million. Indeed, the total domestic box office this weekend came in at 29.6 percent below the same weekend a year ago. For the year, total box-office revenue is down 20.3 percent, while attendance is down 21.5 percent.
I have my doubts about whether the upcoming summer of superhero movies and sequels will turn things around considerably, and this is troubling to me. Entertainment is an industry that America has always dominated, and now it's been Goldman Sachsed into a lame, predictable moneymaking machine. Something must be done to rekindle America's days of movie-making glory.