Peter Bogdanovich Quotes

The movies have a way of seeping out there over time. We don't put them in 2,000 theaters. It wouldn't work that way.

Movies don't sit in the theaters for an entire summer like they did in 1982. Now you've got a two- or three-week shelf life so you need to have that awareness right off the bat. And in order to make a lot of people know about your movie, you need to be out there banging the drum and showing your stuff.

Think about trailers you see in theaters. If you're seeing a Warner Bros film, the studio might have three of the five trailers. So having a hit helps you create the next hit.

The entertainment business remains a business of blockbusters, and increasingly so.

The reason they don't make movies for adults and for people which are the largest bulge of the population is because they are not usually going to the movie the first weekend. They take a while to learn about it, probably word of mouth. It takes a lot of money to release a picture.

We made the joke when we screened 'Bucket List' that there was 100% desire to see amongst our demographic with a 40% ability to get them to see it.

You can make movies for a select audience, but you have to market it to them. You can make movies for a select audience, but you have to market it to them.

I feel the film companies should pay for proper advertising to see that the movie will sell, instead of putting it on our backs.

If a movie isn't a hit right out of the gate, they drop it. Which means that the whole mainstream Hollywood product has been skewed toward violence and vulgar teen comedy.

One doesn't go on television for the Manhattan crowd. You buy the sides of buses for that.

The core of the movie business remains intact and it's not descending in scope. Studios want movies that are bigger than ever.

I'm hoping that word-of-mouth on the film - people seeing it and liking it - that that will drive more people to the theaters, because I haven't seen the billboards or the posters or anything.

I like studio movies; I love big commercial movies.

Toronto Film Festival is one of those festivals where there are 400 movies, and unless you have a distributor who is super confident and puts a lot of money into it, sometimes movies can go unwatched or unnoticed.

The best time to release a film is on a festive date like Divali or Eid, or at a time when there are no big films three to four weeks before or after.

The distribution systems and the cinemas have adopted to the blockbusters, and they now get their main income from selling popcorn, and if you don't make a film that sells popcorn, it's very hard to get it out there.

One of the big problems we had was, 'Where are we going to put the trailer?' So now they've found places - they did 'A Walk in the Woods,' they put it with that movie 'War Room,' they put it with 'Ricki and the Flash.'

Promotion is absolutely essential in the movie business.

You've got the movie, distribution, and marketing. All are equally important, so educate yourself on how to do the best you can at each of them.

I don't think you can name a good picture where the production or the possible promotion isn't "cast-contingent." That means the film needs not just star power but star box office power.

Going after any movie there is a lot of competition to try and get it.

It's not my job. The Weinstein company, it's their job to convince people. My job was to make the movie. That's what I did. I know what we did in France was to have the maximum screenings just to let people talk about the movie and say they enjoyed the movie.

Sex, action, special effects, and violence sell.

According to me, a film can talk for itself. Like, Aamir Khan does not promote his films on a large scale, but his films work on the box office.

I'm a big fan of advertising during sports events.