Commentary: Good news: Movies are recession resistant

November 04, 2008 The public's response at the boxoffice was driven not by financial fears but by the product that opened each weekend and the resulting comparisons to last year reflected the success of the product that was playing then. By the same token, last weekend's results also were driven by the product in the marketplace and by the business that was done this time last year. Next year, by the way, Halloween will fall on a Saturday night, which will be even worse for movie ticket sales.

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